The Importance of Democracy

11 Bellevue Heights

Frankfield

Douglas

Cork

Ireland

28/2/11

Dear Mr. Gaddafi,

I'm writing to you because of what is happening in your country at the moment.

I had never heard of you until 1 or 2 weeks ago when all the trouble started in your country. I'm only 12 years old and i thought every country was like Ireland. We elect our own government and it works really well. But when i heard whats going on in your own country I was shocked! You've been incharge for over 40 years and from what I hear on the news you dont treat your own people very well. I heard a woman on the radio saying that your citizens have to queue for food and they only get a small amount of food after all the queuing. Here in ireland we walk into the shop, find what we need and pay. Its time for you to resign Mr Gaddafi, let the people decide on who will lead their next government.

Yours Sincerly,

Robert Froggatt

The Importance of Democracy!

113 West Ave,
Parkgate,
Frankfield,
Cork
28/02/2011
Dear Government Leaders,
I'm writing this letter to remind you of the benefits of democracy and what good democracy can do for it's people. In the words of Abraham Lincoln "a government for the people, of the people and by the people"

In democracy all citizens are equal before the law. All citizens have equal right to power and democracy is freedom. People can vote for a person from their community who therefore knows about the problems of the area and can solve the problems.

Our own country Ireland is an honest democratic country. Infact, it had an election this Friday because the old government left us bankrupt.

If a country isn't a democratic country then the dictator may or may not have understood the problems. This has happened in a few countries across the globe. Most recent is the Libyan's affair. The dictator Gadafi has been in power for 42 years. When an election takes place he threatens the people to vote for him or otherwisr they'll die. So,that's why people couldn't vote against him even though they wanted to, as they were suffering under his rule. Egypt's dictator Mubarak has been in control for over 30 years and has ruled the country badly. A revolution took place to throw out the present government there.

I therefore, humbly request that you continue to do the best to maintain an honest democracy in your countries. This is only possible if you work towards better awareness amongst the citizens so that they can make the right choices when electing their representatives.

Yours Sincerely,
Natasha Singhal

Guide dog girls!

Our birthday girls got a chance to play with "punch" who visited us from the guide dogs today. Our school will be doing a coin trail soon in aid of Irish Guide Dogs for the blind, a very important charity!!

Giant History Books!

Chess Competition

Lake Isle of Inisfree

The theme of the poem is how Yeats wants to live peacefully in isolation in a place called Innisfree. Maybe he thinks that this will make him a better poet.
The image in the poem is that the poet is on the busy streets of London when he dreams of a bee hive and a cabin on the Lake Isle of Innisfree. Life is just a whole lot slower there.
In reality it is grey and dull in London and over there he is rushing to home and work.
At least Inisfree will always be in his heart.
By Luke Lewis

Oral History Project

In the last couple of weeks we completed an oral history project about schools in the past. We all interviewed an older person to find out about their memories of school. Some of the accounts were very funny. Lots of things have changed since then, including the abolishment of corporal punishment and the use of technology. We discovered too that some things have remained the same, like the games played in the school yard and the subjects studied. There is a lot to be learned by listening to older people. If you would like to read these accounts the project is on display outside room 15.

Lá Fhéile Bríde

Keeping it Green

Fingers crossed we'll get our energy flag tomorrow!

Greenest Classroom!

Our class won the January title for greenest classroom in scoil nioclais. We are very proud and lots of the other classes were green with envy!!

Miss walsh's secret santas!

Guzzler's big book on energy!

Hi this is Seán and Niamh from ms Chawkes 6th class. We were chosen to read Guzzler's big book on energy to Ms Horgan's and Mr McDonald's 2nd classes. The book was about a little girl called Aoife who's friend Guzzler, a little green monster has a habit of wasting energy. Aoife along with her friends and family try to teach him to save energy.
The children were very enthusiastic about the story, sharing their ideas on saving energy. For example: filling the washing machine, walking to school, turning off lights, having showers instead of baths to save water, carpooling, recycling and much more. We found that the children had alot more knowledge on saving energy than we expected.
Ms Horgans class are designing posters inspired by the book and saving energy.
We really enjoyed the teaching experience.

The Story of Energy

Our school is being assessed in two weeks time by an inspector from sustainable energy ireland who will decide if we qualify for the Energy Flag. We have been working very hard to ensure we will be awarded this flag by keeping a close eye on the energy consumption of our school and trying to reduce the amount of energy we use. Our class completed a project on the story of energy and climate change and the possibilities for developing renewable energy in Ireland.

Computer Buddies

we are buddying up with senior infants to help them with their computer skills on mondays. today, we had lots of fun teaching them and we hope they learn a lot.