St Clare’s Bicentenary

2. Present Our School today was built in 1976. It is co- educational We study Science, ICT and the senior classes study German The uniform is brown with a blue shirt. Past Orphanage school opened in 1803. It was a girls only school The orphans studied old Irish , Sewing and Knitting. The uniform was navy with a white shirt. St Clare’s Bicentenary

3. Annaghmore Primary School • Opened in 1901 • 85 pupils on the roll in 2003 • Six teachers • 3 mobile classrooms • Resource room • Large playgrounds • Hot school dinners available

5. History of Annaghmore Primary School • Annaghmore Primary School was opened in 1901 in what was the old Police Station. • Pupils brought turf to school. • Many pupils were allowed to take holidays during the busy farming periods, such as apple pulling and harvest. • Many pupils walked to school, sometimes 6-8 miles over fields. • Reading, writing, arithmetic and religion were the main subjects. • Many pupils wrote with slate pencils. • Some teachers travelled to school on horseback.

6. Sport in St. Clare’s P.S. We have camogie for the girls and hurling for the boys. The camogie is on Monday and hurling is on Thursday . The football is on Friday for the boys. The senior classes have basketball training.The junior classes have mini - tennis training after school.

7. Sport in Annaghmore • We play football at lunchtimes in the playground. P4/5 play football on Tuesday and Thursday and P6/7 play the rest of the week. • The girls have hockey practice on Wednesdays after school. • The boys have football practice on Thursday after school. • The boys play rugby on Thursdays in the springtime. • In the summer girls play netball on a Tuesday afternoon. • In the summer we have athletics in school.

8. Playground Games at Annaghmore We have two play areas, a tarmac playground and a grass pitch. Games we play:- -What time is it Mr. Wolf? -Touch tig -Walking tig -Stuck in the mud -Football -Hopscotch -Clock stop -Sea, shore and land -Skipping games

9. Computer Room at St Clare’s We have a computer room in our school. Ms. Downing teaches us . She takes half a class at a time . We have 14 computers, 2 printers, a scanner,a digital camera, a data projector and our new video phone. My favorite software is Carmen San Diego, Mighty Maths number heroes, Maths Circus and Type to learn. I like printing cards and stories.

11. St Clare’s Lollipop Lady The lollipop lady helps us to cross the road. Her name is Rita. She is always smiling. She stops the traffic so we can get to the other side of the road. The rules of the road say that you should look left and right then left again when crossing the road.The school gates are closed with a buzzer.The school gates open for the cars and the children.I feel safe when the lollipop lady helps me cross the road. We went to traffic school to learn the rules of the road. A digital photograph of Rita the Lollipop Lady

13. St Clare’s Survey on traveling to school • We have a walk to school week each year. The car’s fumes is bad for the environment. Walking is also good exercise. Some people in other classes use a scooter. They must wear a helmet. We went to the traffic school this year and learned the rules of the road.

14. Annaghmore School Transport • Our bus driver is called Martin. • 15 people get collected every morning. • There are 24 seats on the bus. • There are 2 bus monitors. • The bus is yellow, blue and white. • Lots of people go home on the bus.

15. St Clare’s Halloween Art • This is my halloween picture of a witch on her way to a disco.I drew this picture. Then I stuck on fabric for her clothes and wool for her hair. Do you think she is groovy? • By Tom

16. Lunches at Annaghmore • 12:20-1:00 pm • 15 minutes playtime • Hot school dinners and packed lunches • Cooks-Mrs.Martin and Mrs.Willis • School dinner costs £1.25 and 20p for pudding. • School dinners eaten in dining hall. Packed lunches eaten in classroom.