An Fáinne
On Wednesday, the 11th of April two Irish examiners came into the school to test us on our Irish work. We spent the last few months preparing for this. We collected lots of old stories that had been collected about eighty years ago. We got these off Duchas.ie ‘The school’s collection’. Most students got theirs off their relatives.
Everyone in the class did a couple of stories each . All this work was gathered together and binded together into a book .
The next part of this Irish project was to collect different pieces of work from each school Miss Conroy chose on Duchas.ie . This was also put into the book.
We then had to complete a project on a topic . For example, I did my project on "Riddles". I had to gather riddles from different schools such as Killimor, Tynagh, Killeen and Portumna. This was put into a book and given to the examiners when they arrived.
Finally, Miss Conroy gave everyone a topic to read about . I got a piece on my area. When the examiners came we had to stand at the top of the classroom and read it. Half way through , there was a few musical performances. Sarah Jane and Alsún played the piano, Fiona played the accordion and sang a song in Irish accompanied by her guitar. Kyle also preformed on the fiddle. At the end of the speeches the examiner thanked us and presented us with a badge and a certificate.
Overall, I really enjoyed this project. We had lots of time to prepare.and I enjoyed researching how people lived long ago. It was a very interesting project. Its purpose was to encourage us to use Irish more.
Everyone in the class did a couple of stories each . All this work was gathered together and binded together into a book .
The next part of this Irish project was to collect different pieces of work from each school Miss Conroy chose on Duchas.ie . This was also put into the book.
We then had to complete a project on a topic . For example, I did my project on "Riddles". I had to gather riddles from different schools such as Killimor, Tynagh, Killeen and Portumna. This was put into a book and given to the examiners when they arrived.
Finally, Miss Conroy gave everyone a topic to read about . I got a piece on my area. When the examiners came we had to stand at the top of the classroom and read it. Half way through , there was a few musical performances. Sarah Jane and Alsún played the piano, Fiona played the accordion and sang a song in Irish accompanied by her guitar. Kyle also preformed on the fiddle. At the end of the speeches the examiner thanked us and presented us with a badge and a certificate.
Overall, I really enjoyed this project. We had lots of time to prepare.and I enjoyed researching how people lived long ago. It was a very interesting project. Its purpose was to encourage us to use Irish more.