The Trail


Third and fourth class went on a trail around our school and local area. The first stop on the trail was to look at the plants and birds around our school. We saw blackbirds, robins and magpies. We looked at ivy, holly, evergreen trees and other plants in the school yard. For the second stop, we went to the church. There, we had to draw the altar and answer some questions in Irish. The church plays a very special part in the community of Newcastle. The third stop was the signpost for ‘Teampallmaol’. It means the bald church or the church with no roof. Then we walked down to the graveyard. We looked at some old head stones. There is only one wall left of the old chapel that was first built. We had to draw a sample of what an old head stone looked like. One of the oldest headstones is from 1802. When we were finished we did an activity on Saint Patrick. Then we went back to the school and made a map of the trail.