Straight from the horses mouth
Cheryl Cole: New Red Hair Do? Yes or No?
Yes
No
New Cinema Releases
| Name Of Film; | Release date; |
| ‘Harry Potter’ and the deathly hallows (part 1) | 19th November |
| Saw 7 (3D) | 29th October |
| Due Date | 5th November |
| Jackass (3D) | 5th November |
| The Kids Are Alright | 29th October |
| Book TicketsOnline In Advance. |
Well the big story of the week has got to be the Snow Days! We all got some unexpected study leave when the “big freeze” hit South County Down.
Send us your pictures and stories of what you got up to when the school was closed due the treacherous icy conditions.
The X-Factor Final is on this weekend, who will win and continue to make Simon Cowell rich? Send us your views on the result and let us know if you think shows like this are bad for the recording industry as some musicians seem to be suggesting.
Assessments are well underway and reports are about to be written, keep this in mind this week folks when tempted to use any remaining snow for one final snowball battle!
…and finally here’s a moving poem written by Gerry (year 9) a sober thought just before the festive season begins so spare a thought for those less fortunate than ourselves as we start getting ready for receiving presents and the grand eat-in that fdis the Christmas holiday.
I once knew a Girl…
I once knew a girl,
Who wore her hair in curls,
Six she was when last I saw her
Before the pain and the slaughter.
She came to play at my house,
Never said more than a mouse,
Behind that happy face I knew,
No-one knew what she went through.
She seemed to be so happy to come to our house,
But we didn’t know why,
That poor wee girl had her fair share of cries.
Her mum and dad had problems,
That we all knew,
We all had heard some rumours,
That we didn’t know were true.
Behind closed doors what happened,
No one could tell,
What happened to that little girl we thought we knew so well.
She walked to school with the lunch she packed,
No one knew what she was holding back,
She wore the same dress she wore yesterday,
She knew exactly what the kids would say.
I started to notice the bruises,
But she always had an excuse,
“I fell down the stairs”
But I knew she had no proof.
The tears spill down my face,
When I think of that wee craytur
If only I knew,
I probably could have saved her.
Seeing her lying in her little basket,
Almost made me blow a casket,
All her friends began to cry,
They didn’t think that she could die.
Her mum and dad began to bawl,
As if they played no part at all,
I don’t think that they knew,
Exactly what their strength could do.
Welcome!
This is the latest update of the St Louis blog. This week you’ll find recent news and headlines, an updated list of the Top 10 tracks and a calendar of upcoming school events. Hope you like it!
Music
Official UK Music Chart:
1. Love You More – JLS
2. The Flood - Take That
3. Your Song – Ellie Goulding
4. Only Girl (In The World) – Rihanna
5. Firework – Katy Perry
6. Like A G6 (feat. Cataracs & Dev) – Far East Movement
7. The Time (Dirty Bit) – The Black Eyed Peas
8. Happiness – Alexis Jordan
9. Shine A Light (feat. Taio Cruz) – McFly
10. Safe – Westlife
For a more recent update of the charts, click here: Official UK Top 40
Upcoming Events In School
28 November – Year 13 / 14 Parent Teacher Meeting (Don’t you just hate parent teacher meetings?)
21 December – Carol Service at Massforth (All you people in the choir will be singing!)
22 December – Christmas Holidays Start (I know we’re all looking forward to this date!)
New and Headlines
Glee announces UK concert tour for summer 2011! The cast will perform at London’s O2 Arena 25-26 June and at Manchester’s MEN Arena 22 June. Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday 26 November so hurry up and get them!
Call of Duty: Black Ops: I’m sure all of you boys (maybe some girls too?) already know how popular Back Ops is, but just how popular? Well, the publishers of the game say it has shattered all records for biggest entertainment release of all time, including everything from the biggest blockbuster movies to the best selling albums. But the really big news is that figures show the game made more than £400 million in its first five days!
UK Offers Loan To Irish Republic: The UK offered the Irish Republic a loan, thought to be around £7 billion but terms are still being negotiated. People are wondering if this is going to affect us …
New law needed to stop bullying: Three quarters of a million people are supporting a charity’s campaign for a new law against bullying over the internet and in schools. Beatbullying thinks measures in place now don’t do enough to protect children from being harassed through texts, emails and social networking sites. As you all know, last week was Anti-Bullying Week, so this supports this well!
Xbox Kinect goes on sale in the UK: Hundreds of stores across the UK opened at midnight so gamers could get their hands on it. This new add-on plugs into the Xbox 360 and uses a motion sensor, camera and microphone so people can play games without a controller, instead using their body movement and voice. Microsoft has spent nearly a decade developing the technology behind Kinect and hopes to sell five million worldwide! Going on your Christmas list, anyone?
New chat system on Facebook: The new system will be an all-in-one place to check texts, emails, instant messages and Facebook chat, but it is getting a response of mixed opinions. Some people think it will be good, others think it will be a disaster. What do you think?
Anti-bullying week was very much on everyone’s minds last week (15th-19th November). This is an issue we take very seriously and it was the main focus of our assemblies as well as the pastoral care classes. We really want to stamp out any type of bullying but it really depends on you.
Most classes have now nominated two people to act as a link from victims to teachers so do not let yourself become isolated and suffer alone. If you have witnessed anything that makes you uncomfortable, please help by telling someone and acting on it.
Watch your thoughts, they become words,
Watch your words, they become actions,
Watch your actions, they become habits,
Watch your habits, they become your character,
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
Here is a short digital story one of the year 11 Media Studies students made using photostory 3. It’s on the school network and is really easy to use.
Thursday 11th November
Welcome back everyone, I know it’s our second week back but after the holidays it has been difficult getting back into our old routines.
The Junior Drama festival was a roaring success, as usual, with everyone participating well and the usual stresses about props and costumes. Anything that was left behind backstage was taken to the English storeroom so if you have mislaid something that would be the place to look.
There was a winning play in each year group with an overall winner from all the plays. The standard was excellent and it was great to see so many talented people get a chance to shine.
The English department also awarded a “Best Actor” and “Best Actress” prize and an award for “Best Dramatic Moment”
The plays were as follows:
8A- The Map
8B- Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
8C- Maruf the Cobbler
8D- Jungle Book
Year 9s
9A- Melon City
9B- Robby Nudd
9C- Truth and Falsehood
9D- The Canterbury Tales
10A- The Creepy Corpse of Cal Capone
10C- Macbeth
10D- Oliver Twist
Best Actors Awards went to:
Fintan O’Hagan; Best Actor-Year 8
Niamh Owens; Best Actress- Year 8
Best Actor-Year 9- Saran McElroy-Banjo
Best Actress- Year 9 – Theresa Poskitt
Best Actor-Year 10- Daire Rodgers 10C
Best Actress- Year 10 – Jessica Lawrence 10A
Best Overall winner went to The Canterbury Tales. The judges found this a difficult decision as The Creepy Corpse of Cal Capone by the year 10s, was a favourite for a lot of the audience.
A special performance of “Come Dine With Me” was delivered by Mrs. Cunningham’s year 12 Drama class and they certainly showed us how it was done. The audience were riveted by this thought-provoking murder-mystery. Kamil McCabe got the opportunity to show us how to moonwalk once again, the drama group were able to make full use of our Kamil’s unique talent.
Check out the pictures ! (Excuse the poor photography)
Drama Festival Reviews
Oliver Twist
We started off working on Oliver Twist by writing screen plays and watching the musical. This took a couple of classes. We then discussed what scenes we were going to act out and how we were going to set the scene. Mr. Quigg then gave us out scripts.
Our next obstacle was to get our parts. We did this by raising our hands if we wanted the part, although no one was too eager. The next day we came into class and the tables and chairs were pushed to one side of the room, leaving a space in the middle to act as our stage. Mr. Quigg then took it upon himself to sort us out into positions, telling us what words to say and when and how to say them.
Finally Mr. Quigg started to play the music and nobody began to sing. We weren’t interested. I think we all just wanted to do our own thing and not prance about the stage, singing and making a fool out of ourselves, but we kept at it. We’d gone too far to scrap it all and start again.
We went to Mrs Mc Donagh and she helped us out with our singing and played the keyboards and before we knew it we were singing away and actually starting to enjoy it.
Our next task was to get our costumes. It was easier for the orphans because we didn’t have to find top hats, long coats and fancy dresses.
The day of our performance was here! We were all buzzing! We gave it our best shot and ended up winning a prize! I love the drama festival, I’m so sad that it was our last year.
Megan McManus 10D
Other Major Events this week;
Maths Fun Day
Year 12 Career Planning Day- The year 12s were treated to a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Careers Day on Wednesday. This involved presentations from experts from the University of Ulster.
There were workshops and quizzes which allowed students to learn about the various careers available in these areas.
Well done to the students who won prizes-Olivia Farrell, Hannah Parker, Shannon O’Hare, Niamh Donegan, Kerry Donnelly and Leanne McGivern who beat the boys in a competition to build the fastest car.
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St Louis News
As we all know and are all excited about, the Drama Festival is coming up! From the 21st-22nd October, watch the year 8s, 9s and 10s perform our favourite plays. Awards will be handed out for best actor, best play, etc.
Get your costumes out and get ready to ‘Trick or Treat’ as Halloween is nearly here! Yes, finally a break from all that boring school work. All pupils will be off from the 25th October- 1st November! Unlucky for all you teachers who have to go to school on the 1st, so make the most of your week off!
Finally, brace yourselves all year 9 pupils, as your parent teacher meeting is on the 4th November. Ahhh! Good luck (you’ll need it).
Other News
All the Chilean miners have been rescued! The 22 hour rescue mission, saving 33 miners trapped half a mile underground for 69 days, has finally reunited them with their friends and family. To read more, click here.
Music
Official UK Music Chart:
For a more recent update of the charts, follow this link: Official UK Top 40
X Factor
You’re all probably following the hit singing competition, X Factor, and voting for your favourite contestant. Catch this week’s episode on ITV from 7:30-10pm on Saturday, and the results from 8-9pm on Sunday. Both episodes will be followed by the Xtra Factor on ITV2. (Come on Wagner!)
Concerts
Usher will be playing in the O2 in Dublin on the 26th and 27th February, 2011. He will also be playing in the Odyssey Arena, Belfast, but the date has not been announced yet. ( OMG, I can’t wait. Get it? OMG?)
The Script will be playing in the Odyssey Arena, Belfast, on the 7th March, 2011.
Any Katy Perry fans out there? Well get ready, because she’s playing in the O2, Dublin, on the 28th March!
These tickets are on sale now, so all you fans better hurry up before they’re all sold out!
The day had come that we went on our school trip to the aquarium. I went into school and got on the bus that was taking us to the aquarium. There were two buses. We got on the bus at nine thirty am . We arrived at the ferry at eleven o’clock; it took about five minutes to get to Portaferry. We had to walk from the ferry to the aquarium; it only took about five minutes.
We went in and had our break, after that we went and saw all the fish in tanks; we also saw some seals. We got to touch some of the fish in the tanks, which was very cool.
We were finished about quarter past twelve, had our lunch and we were back on the ferry for one o’clock. We were on the bus again for ten past one and arrived back at school at three o’clock It was a very good trip!!!!!
On Tuesday the 2nd of September I went to Portaferry Aquarium with my school. We had to get a bus to Strangford, then get on the boat to go to Portaferry. When we got to the Aquarium we got to leave our bags in the lunch room and have a snack.
We went to a room where there was a big touch tank and in it there were lots of different creatures such as Starfish, Sharks, and Flatfish etc. Then we moved on to the seals that had been hurt. They were all two months old and had different problems. There were different seals outside in a bigger pool so we went out to have a look at them. They were all adopted as well but were nearly ready to be put back out into the wild.
After that, we went to a big room with lots of different tanks, one of them had baby Sharks still in their eggs. After viewing all the tanks we walked across the top of a big tank with sharks, Cod, etc in it. There was a room with computers and information in it and a sculpture of the biggest Tortoise in Ireland, it was very big. After all that we got to go and have our lunch. After our lunch we had to go back to school. The Aquarium was a very interesting day out and I had lots of fun at it.
On Tuesday 7th September all the first years went on a school trip to Portaferry Aquarium. We got a bus to Strangford and then a ferry to Portaferry. We walked from the ferry to the aquarium.
The first thing we did was get something to eat and then our tour guide came and took us to the touch tank. There were sharks, rays and starfish in the tank, we all got to touch them and hold the starfish.
Next, the man took us to see the baby seals. If the aquarium finds any hurt or ill baby seals they take them back and care for them. They had a seal called Grapefruit and the other was called Cherry. Later we went to see all the bigger fish. There was an octopus and we saw her eggs.
After we were finished looking at the rest of the fish, we went back and got our lunch. Then we got onto the ferry and then onto the bus for our journey back to school. We all enjoyed our trip.
Girls take on the formal
On the 3rd of September 2010 the teachers of st Louis saw their pupils in a new light. These, once pudgy little 1st years were now stunning young adults dressed to the nines in fabulous dresses…The formal was a brilliant night in which teachers and pupils were certainly able to have the craic outside the classroom. The PowerPoint presentation provided much entertainment for the evening, showing pictures of each student in their younger years with hilarious, anonymous commentary on their present day activities! Then there was the delicious three course meal of soup, steak and chocolate cake, which was greatly enjoyed by all the guests. Once the meal and the speeches were over the disco began, which saw everyone jump to their feet and run to the dance floor to enjoy hits ranging from “Rock the boat” to YMCA. There was even a dance performance of Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
The formal really was a fantastic way to start our final year in St.Louis; it definitely was a night to remember!
Boys take on the formal!
The formal for most is a time of stress, excitement, anticipation, hair, nails, make-up, fake tan and mayhem…for girls that is. Boys on the other hand take a simple approach to this time of madness with one word “Mummy”!!!
“Mummy here’s a list of stuff I need; shirt, tie, suit (no mad colours) shoes, rose, chocolates etc.”
“P.S If you have any change left out of that fiver I gave you get yourself something nice.”
Seriously though the formal is a fantastic night a highlight of the year so make the most of it when it comes your turn and enjoy.
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Six teaspoons of walking Rory,
Mixing up with a wooden spoon of Nicole, Etain and Aisling,
Sprinkle in a dash of sweets, chocolate and one too many ice-creams,
Then add an ounce some lovely birthday cakes,
Mix in well my fav TV show on a Saturday morning,
Roll out some late-nights coming home at twenty past one,
A dash of climbing trees,
Watching the stars in the sky as it cools so nicely,
Then spread the icing of a fireworks,
Last add some sprinkles of family fun,
And then you’re all done.
- Brin Dundas
An ounce of Longstone`s sea-views,
A bowl full of Camogie
Mix up well
A pinch of Hannah
A sprinkle of Laughter
And into the oven the football goes
With a squeeze of friends and family
Half a cup of sleeping
A large tablespoon of my laptop
A dash of football
Add in some late nights
Pour in days out
Stir in a bit of music too
Whisk it all together and have some fun
That’s my happiness recipe done.
Kelsie Rogers
An ounce of T.V.
A cup of getting changed
A sprinkle of football
A litre of scratching my dog
Half a cup of going to sleep
A table spoon of playing the Playstation
A small cup of going on my quads
500 ml of playing with my brother
Stir in a bit of doing tricks on my bike
A dash of going down the town
Add in some of my friends
Pour In some of my houses view
Add a bowl full of eating my dinner
And to top it all off going home to see my loving family.
Patrick Doran
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