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MS Readathon Thank You Gifts

Therese Hickey — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:26:38 +0000

Well done to all the boys and girls who received their MS Readathon thank you gifts today.

The boys and girls in Fifth Class who took part in the Readathon will receive their prizes on Monday.

Preparing for the CD launch

Eibhlin Newell — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:02:17 +0000

Some additional information about B.T.S CD

Eibhlin Newell — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:59:14 +0000

Dear Parents/Guardians

I would like to give you some background information about the CD that 5th class will be launching in the coming weeks.

For the past four years KCEB (Kildare County Enterprise Board) has provided funding for primary schools for a business and media education course. On behalf of Kildare County Enterprise Board, Vita Studios offered our school the funding for this media project. All additional staff and learning materials were provided under the funding and profits made from the project are returned to the school

We at NETNS accepted and fifth class were chosen as the class who would set up the business. Firstly we set out our business plan, we named our company ‘NETNS Music Makers’ and we received our certificate of incorporation.

We then allocated different jobs to the children in the class in the areas of sales and marketing, IT department and Finance.

The children in 5th class then worked with all of the other classes in the school to learn the song chosen for their class and prepare for recording.

Vita recording studios then came and set up in the fifth class classroom and all of the classes had their turn to record their song in our very own studio.

We are now in the final stages of our business plan and we are currently collecting orders for the CD and preparing for our CD launch. We will be selling our CD for €10 and it costs €4 to make. This project then doubles as a fund raiser for the school as the €6 profit will be given to the school.

5th class have done a fantastic job setting up and running this company and will continue to work hard in the coming weeks to get the copies of the CDs out to our customers and preparing for the launch. We will be in touch early next week about the launch date and times.

We would like to thank you all for your support.

Making Computer Games!

David Froggatt — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:03:25 +0000

Everyone has been really busy in our after school club looking at Scratch Programming. In groups of 2/3, children made versions of the classic game ‘Pong’. I’ve been amazed at how everyone has used teamwork and computer skills to help make their games. You can play them below!

Use the mouse (or keyboard on Shane and Eomann’s) to move the bat and stop the ball hitting the floor!

If you would like to see all of our games, please click here.

Kieva and Niamh
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Ben and Ciaran
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Tia and Lia Pong
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Shane and Eamonn ( Use the keyboard cursor keys for this game!)
Learn more about this project

Lorcan, Sean and Eoin
Learn more about this project

If you want to learn more about Scratch Programming, there is a great site here

B.T.S (Born to Sing) Superstars.

Eibhlin Newell — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:22:28 +0000

Hello everyone, on the 26/04/12 we recorded our cd. It is called B.T.S. (Born to sing) Superstars, the name was picked by one of the students in 5^th class. All of the classes came to 5^th class to record their songs. The songs are Summer Time, Colours, Ugly Alien, Every day, Angles, We are the Kids, Superstars and Bright star. We used lots of technical equipment and microphones. All of 5^th class helped with the recording and listened to all of the students singing the music. We also had to wear headphones, work the computer, video the classes, and write notes on how the classes sang.

All the children in N.E.T.N.S. are on the CD and you will be able to purchase this wonderful CD featuring your child/ren from N.E.T.N.S Music Makers (aka 5^th class) in the coming weeks.

5k Walk

Karen Butler — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:51:29 +0000

5th and 6th Class have postponed their 5k fundraising walk until Tuesday 1st of May due to weather conditions.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who has helped us to fundraise for our trip to the Gaeltacht.

We will update you on how our walk went on Tuesday,

Have a lovely weekend

From all in 5th & 6th

Thank you

Karen Butler — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:41:19 +0000

Sixth Class would like to thank everybody who has been helping us to fundraise for our trip to the Gaeltacht so far.

We are completing a 5k walk with 5th this Friday and we are really looking forward to this… We are still fundraising but we would like to thank 3rd, 4th and 5th for helping us to reduce the cost of our trip to the Gaeltacht. So its never too late to sponsor us…!

We will let you know on Friday how our walk went and how much we managed to fundraise..

Thanks again everybody,

6th class

Endangered Species – Hilda’s room

Hilda Sheahan — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:57:52 +0000

The Fifth and Sixth class project groups have begun working on projects based on “Endangered Species” today. Many species throughout the world are decreasing in population and are threatened with extinction. Though numerous environmental groups around the world fight for their survival, ongoing changes in the environment of these animals makes the job of protecting many species a difficult one. We are looking forward to researching and presenting our projects in the coming weeks.

Garden Update

David Froggatt — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:45:28 +0000

Its been another busy week and lots has been happening in the garden before the holidays!

As 5th Class have been looking at The Great Famine in class, they planted some potatoes. We discussed where the potato came from and why people relied on it as a crop.

5th, 6th and 3rd class children all helped to plant some runner beans, carrots and leeks, whilst others also helped to build a new raised bed.

I was very impressed by the teamwork everyone showed to help construct the raised bed and the ‘mini-greenhouse’ which sits on top of it to keep the planted warm and safe. We cannot wait to plant some vegetables in the bed after the holidays

Cross Country

Eibhlin Newell — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:14:57 +0000

Well done to all the children who represented NETNS at the Cumann na mBunscoil Cross country competition on Thursday the 29th of March. We had a great time over at the Hawkfield grounds and I’m very proud to inform you that each one of our 22 athletes completed the course. Áine, who was running on the girls team, ran a fantastic race and came away with a medal. Congratulations to all the children who took part and thank you to all the parents who helped out with lifts on the day.