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National Book Week 2014!

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The pupils of Gowran National School celebrated book week by participating in several activities this week. 
> Khan's book fair
> 1st & 2nd - Trip to Dubray Books where they children learned many interesting facts about the Titanic from the very intriguing author Nicola Pierce. They also paid a visit to the library.                             
> 3rd and 4th also paid a visit to Dubray Books where they were read to by the author Brendan O'Brien. 
> Visit from Brendan Corcoran to our 5th and 6th class pupils          
​> Author, Paula Leyden, read to the pupils of 3rd, 4th & 6th classes. > Shared reading between Infants and the Senior Classes
> Visit from our retired teachers to read to the Junior Classes
> 'Fairytale writing' competition for 5th/6th... writing 'the real story' of a fairytale, a modern version of a classical  fairytale, or composing their own fairytales.
> Fairytale dramas: Fifth class performed for Infant and First Classes

............Read our articles on these events, along with our compositions below!

Khan’s Book Fair

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Khan's Bookshop
On Thursday and Friday, the 27th and 28th of March, we had a special visit from Khan. Khan owns a book shop in James’ Street, Kilkenny. She came to our school with lots of her popular books from her shop.

There was a variety of books for different ages. All the classes had a chance to go and buy the books that they were interested in. If the book that you wanted wasn`t there, then you could tell Khan and she would go back to her bookshop and bring the book back to our school. The prices were very reasonable so lots of children bought many books.

 Everyone had a great day and we can’t wait until Khan comes back again next year!!!!!!!

Back to the Future!

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On Thursday, we were horrified when we were ordered to go back to infants. When we got there, we were relieved to find out that we were doing shared reading with them. We read them bedtime stories from their library which they really enjoyed. Afterwards we asked them questions on the story we chose. We were delighted to hear that the
infants would be reading to us. We listened closely as they read brilliantly. It was such a successful and enjoyable day! We would definitely do it again! The infants are the future!

                 The REAL Fairytale Stories!

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We have been challenged to write a fairy tale with a twist. It was a success and there were many entries. All the children put time and effort in to it. The prize was a €5 voucher to Khan’s book fair. The winner from Mrs. Tighe's English class was Madison Lawson. The winner from Mrs. Phelan's was Sarah O’Neill and the winner from Mrs. O’Keeffe’s class was Freagh Kelly. They were the writers of some of the brilliant stories written by the 5th and 6th classes in Gowran N.S.
We hope there is another competition next year!

Website Home Page Design of our Favourite Authors

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This week, Ms Tighe gave us the idea to make a websites for our favourite authors including Jacquiline Wilson, and Michael Morpurgo. We looked at the Roald Dahl website to get a brief idea of what we would have to do. Just click on Roald Dahl's photo to get an idea!


Fantastic 4th Class authors!

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Shared Reading

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The senior classes joined forces with the Infants during the week. 5th & 6th Class chose books to read to the Infants and then the Infants read a small story to the older children. It was enjoyed by all and we have decided we will do it more often!

A World of Fairytales!

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Fifth class re-enacted our favourite fairytales to entertain the infant and first classes during bookweek. We saw Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and others!

Here is a picture of four fifth class pupils. Can you guess what fairytale they performed?

Well done to all who participated... and our fantastic audience!