Drumming Workshop

We had a very interesting visitor this week. He taught us how to play the African drums!

Whole School Macarena!

 

Here's Mr Caufield and Teacher Eoin leading the whole school macarena during our céili.!

A Hectic, Fun-filled, Action-packed Term in Kilcoskan!

Here we are practicing our jig! We had a whole school céili for St Patrick's Day. It was great craic!

The petting zoo came to school today!

Olivia's Report : Whales

Report:

Whales

Even though Whales look similar to fish they are mammals just like us humans. One of the reasons they are mammals is that they have to come up to surface to breathe, but they can stay under water for quite awhile. They also look after their children and feed them on milk.

Whales with teeth are called ‘‘ Toothed Whales‘‘ ( no surprise there), but Whales with bristly brushes instead of teeth called balleen plates are named Balleen Whales. Balleen Whales only eat tiny sea creatures. Balleen Whales have two blowholes where as Toothed Whales have only one 

The Blue Whales is the largest sea mammal and the biggest animal that has ever lived. An adult Blue Whale can weigh as much as 20 African Elephants!!

Male Humpback Whales sing songs to females. Each song lasts for about half an hour and may be sung over and over again.

FUN FACTS:

·       When we open our eyes in salt water the salt makes them sting. But Whales make special oily tears to protect their eyes.

·       The Sperm Whale has the biggest brain of any animal. Its brain weighs 7.8kg, about five times as much as a human brain

·       Blue whales are so enormous that they could not live on land as their lungs would be crushed under the weight of their body so they wouldn’t be able to breathe.

·       A baby whale is called a calf . the calf stays with its mother for two or three years.

·       Fin Whales have voices that are louder than jet planes.

Leah's Report on Crocodiles and Alligators

1. Alligators and crocodiles are reptiles which live in the swamp.

2. The difference between the alligator and the crocodile is that the top teeth of an alligator only show when it’s mouth is closed.

3. The saltwater crocodile measures  up to 10 metres long and weighs more  than 1.5 tonnes.

4.The deadly hunter can kill an animal up to as big as a horse!

Josie's Report- Ducks

Ducks

What is this about?  It is about ducks. They live every where except  in Antarctica. The females are camouflaged. They are often yellow. They have webbed feet .They sometimes have long beaks.They have 2 layers of feathers . They swim sometimes in water .They dip their heads up and down to look for food.  In the winter they  find somewhere warm to hibernate . In July they lose there flight feathers .They eat aquatic plants and grass fish grain and snails.

They have no nerve bloods vessels in their feet. They have 2 layers of feathers.   

Tristan's Business

My name is Tristan Murphy. I BMX and scooter.I make skate wax and skate stickers and I sell them.My skate wax comes in all different colours.I make it with cooking oil butter and wax if you want colour in it put a crayon or coloured wax in it.You can use any wax, tea candles, old candle wax etc .Then put all of the stuff into a can and put it on a pan until it melts.When it melts pour it in a mold of your choice.Wait until it hardens and you're done.To make stickers you will need an image, a sticky name tag ,tape and glue.First you need to glue the part where you write your name and leave the sticky cover on.Put your tape on top of your sticker then take the sticky cover of and stick it on. That's it for now, more entrepreneurial tips coming soon!

My Youtube Channel- Gaming Boy

My YouTube channel- Gaming Boy

Hi I am James I have a YouTube channel called Gaming Boy.

I post gaming videos like Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, Minecraft , WWE 2k15, FIFA 15 and Watch Dogs. I have a friend on YouTube called Health Boy Gaming. My goal for subscribers is 100 at the moment I have 41 subscribers they are the best subscribers you could ever have. I record my Gameplay with my ps4 my microphone is a turtle beach headset and a application on my PlayStation called ShareFactory you can put music in your videos and an intro and outro in there to , and you can shorten your videos .Don’t do YouTube for money you only get payed when you get 1000 subscribers or 500 subscribers my inspiration is a YouTuber called VanossGaming, Lui Calibare, Dathi De Nogla, h2o Delarios and my cousin Cian. He has a YouTube channel called Cian Lawless Hanlon. Go subscribe to his channel or go subscribe to my channel, like my videos and I will see you over on the next one bye for now JJJJJ

Made by: James Lawless

Ava's Mothers Day Recipes

Hello there,

Welcome to our blog. This week, we bring to you, our classroom newspaper. Ava is writing for the Lifestyle section of The Kilcoskan Times. Ava brings us six recipes for Mother's Day. These recipes are nice and simple, and an easy way to treat your Mom for Mother's Day.

Recipes 

Starters

Prawn cocktail

Ingredients: pre-cooked king prawns, salad leaves, ketchup, mayonnaise and Tabasco sauce.

Method: Finely chop your salad leaves and add to see through glass. Next start making your Marie Rose sauce first you get some mayonnaise and 1 table spoon into a bowl. After that add 1 desert spoon of ketchup and a few drops of the Tabasco sauce so you don’t burn your mam’s  tongue. Finally chop the king prawns  after that add your king prawns into your Marie Rose sauce then add your Marie Rose sauce into the glass and your done.

Chicken Wings in piri piri sauce

Ingredients: Chicken wings and Nando’s piri piri sauce.

Method: Marinate your chicken wings over night in the fridge in piri piri sauce. Next take them out of the fridge but them on a baking tray. Turn oven on for 190 degrees C cook for a half an hour to 45 minutes until crispy. Then put some piri piri sauce in a little bowl for dipping take out of the oven and your ready to serve.

Pate with Melba toast

Ingredients: Pate and Bread

Method: First of all cut crusts off of the bread. Next roll out bread with rolling pin till flat then turn grill on full blast. Put bread on grill and turn when done. Finally take off the bread from the grill put on plates and get out pate and put on a plate get knives to spread the pate. That's all there is to it.

Main Courses

Surf and Turf

Ingredients: Fillet steak ,lobster tail ,butter and maris piper potatoes and French beans.

Method: First you get the potatoes as many as you want and chop them in quarters then add to large bowl drizzle sunflower oil on them shake the bowl so the oil gets on all of the chips place on baking tray. Next turn oven on to 190 degrees C and cook for 45 minutes. After that get a pot out and place your lobster tail in hot boiling water add 2 table spoons of table salt cook for 10 minutes for a 1 lb lobster. Next of all when the lobster is cooked drain the lobster. After that get a frying pan heat the oil very hot and fry your fillet steak 3 minutes for rare, 5 minutes for medium and 8 minutes for well done. Finally get a knob of butter and place in a ramekin put in microwave for a minute then serve melted butter for dipping lobster in. Boil French beans in boiling water for 5 minutes and then drain and your done.

Tagliatelle creamy taragan chicken

Ingredients: Tagliatelle chicken breasts fresh cream 1 onion mushrooms fresh taragan and a tea spoon of cornflour.

Method: dice the onion and slice the mushrooms. Next fry the onion till clear

Desserts

Tiramisu

Sorry I don’t  know how to make Tiramisu but I know it is very hard to make. So you can buy it in Lidl for a reasonable price!

Apple pie and Ice cream

Ingredients: Cooking apples,puff pastry ,sugar and Ice cream

Method: First get your pastry tin and roll out your pastry onto the tin. Next slice your apples thinly then place on top of pastry sprinkle some sugar on the apples. After that seal the pastry over the apples. Next lightly beat an egg then spread on top of pastry. After that put oven on for 190 degrees C then bake for 35-40 minutes and next you can take your ice cream out of the freezer if you bought it and serve with apple pie.