Saint Patricks Day

Saint Patrick’s Day

Every Saint has a feast day and one of these days is Saint Patrick's day, it is an important day.

Saint Patrick’s day is the feast day of Saint Patrick and it is naturally celebrated at Saint Patrick's School. This year they celebrated by separating the students into groups and having activities in each class. There are were six groups, Dongalls, Emeralds, Tipperary's, Leprechauns, Litericks and Shamrocks.

The first activity was bowling and the rules were simple. Each person got two shots and the team with the most points won. The second activity was making shamrocks. You trace a shamrock on a piece of paper and choose words to write on it on the board and colour it in. The third activity was fishing. People had to fish for letters and the team that makes the most words won.

The fourth activity was making a pot o’ gold at the end of a rainbow. You had to get a cardboard and a piece of paper that had a rainbow on it. After cutting out the rainbow it had to be stuck on to the cardboard that was shaped like a rainbow. Next you had to stick some cotton one one side and cut a small line on the other side. The teacher put a plastic container on it then she puts some lollies in the container.

The fifth activity is sponge painting a cardboard shamrock. You picked three colours and you painted them in the three sides with a sponge. The final activity is making leprechaun bookmarks.The teachers gave out points to each group and the team that has the most points wins.

This year Donegals won. Which team do you think would win next year?