The Prayers You Prayed For Yourself and Others At Your Graduation Mass

This here is what you prayed today, and all the many caring adults (mostly your families) prayed today, in the Prayers of the Faithful at the Mass.

I’m putting them here so that you might sometime, maybe a few times, pray them again. 

Lord, this morning we’d like to say “Thank you!”  Thank you for loving us and taking care of us in school all these years and making sure we were safe. Lord, hear us.

Thank you for our parents and guardians who have given us so much love all these years. Lord, hear us.

Thank you for everyone who has helped us during our time at primary school, including all the teachers, all the SNAs, all the school staff, and all the volunteers. And a special thank you for Fr Joe, who confirmed us last month with the Holy Spirit, and for Fr Marino and Fr Brendan, who helped prepare us for Confirmation. Lord, hear us.

  

Lord, this morning we’d also like to ask you some asking prayers. Please bless us children now as we prepare to leave primary school and begin a new part of our life’s journey in secondary school. Help us make good choices in our lives. Lord, hear us.

Lord, please bless our parents and guardians for their loving care so far. Help them to ‘be there’ for us as teenagers. Lord, hear us.

Lord, please bless everyone at Talbot with health, peace, and happiness. Help them continue to work hard and work well for all the children. Lord, hear us.

  

Lord, we have grown to be a family, like brothers and sisters. Help us get better at loving others by putting other people’s needs ahead of our own wants. Lord, hear us.

Lord, we say sorry and ask your forgiveness for the bad things we have done. We wish we didn’t do them, and we’ll try to live better and better. Please help us live like Jesus, and not sin again. Lord, hear us.

And, Lord, we know you ask us to follow you and live like you. But we also know that it’s not easy to do that. So help us become stronger and stronger Christians by praying to you more and more. Help us always remember you are there for us. Lord, hear us.

Teacher: Lord, we pray for all these beautiful children, each a wonderful act of creation, as they leave us at Talbot and move forward in their lives. Help them on their mission to become great Christians. Help them give your love to everyone they meet. Help them support each other. Help them make good choices, choosing good friends, choosing the right paths, and staying away from all that is bad. Keep them close to you. Lord, hear us.

The Class Poem — with you in it, with many memories in it...

(I told Megan O'Meara I'd put this up. It won't be up forever, so if you want to cut and paste the text now is a good time.)

In the month of September
– I wonder if you remember? –
I was excited to say
you’re each intelligent in many-a-way.

And now it’s June
I’m singing the same tune…

Each of you’s different but each of you’s equal;

The game of life you’re winning,
because your potential you’re fulfilling.

No matter what say the rest,
you know God gave you a mission to be your best.

You learned to “remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look to the future with confidence” — to pray is the way.

You learned how to learn by aiming at a target;

What’s great is you stick-with-it til you say “Got it!”

So, just who have we got, in this class that’s so hot?

Well, we got Katie the dancer, so caring and sweet;
and Ian the boxer, so chatty and neat.

RTE’s horse-mad laughing Luke Farrell so happy-go-lucky;
and “Mrs Brown’s” entertaining Luke Corbally so honest and bubbly.

We got the multi-talented and well-named Blessing,
who leads by example and puts up with no messing.

We’ve caring Courtney so constantly cheerful — she’s a joy to be around.
And we’ve gentle Djena so constantly thoughtful — she’s totally sound.

We got ever-reliable, ever-friendly, Councillor Megan O’Meara

Always ready to ask: “How are ya?”

Hugely organised it seems she always has a plan;
And of course Ireland has no greater JLS fan.

And magnificent Morgan so impressively knowledgeable;
In history and maths is his enthusiasm unmatchable.

And we’ve generous Jamie, dependable and so helpful;

What a calm Councillor he is, apparently un-flusterable.

We’ve got the independent and imaginative Jessica,
who knows the value of being alert, ready to say… “Aha!”

And we’ve been graced by a hard-working gentleman, ever-admirable Emmanuel;
who, being so honest, could anything to anyone sell.

There’s big-hearted Adam always so laid-back and funny,
and thorough Tiernan, so richly-talented and usually on the money.

Relaxed Ryan’s passion is soccer, especially United;
When Sir Alex left, we mourned his loss of the boss.

Ever-improving in every-thing Nadean’s bright smiles got us through the dark winter;
Every day she steps closer to hitting her targets right in the centre.

And thank God for mellow Megan McGrath; so musically-gifted
when she plays to heaven you feel drifted.

And of course our ever-listening, ever-blossoming, terrific twins Nicole and Jade;
of this year in English and Maths great success they made.
I hope that one day, “I met Niall Horan!” they can say.

And we’ve elegant, easy-going, and jovial Leah;
who sometimes can’t wait til 2:40 so she can say, “See ya!”

And adaptable Ajibola our amazing friendly artist,

Who in improvements in reading wins the prize that is first.

Sakirat could win the X-Factor with her singing and dancing,
and personality so full of wonderful life a pop star could ask her to be his wife.

Quiet confident Kacper is in class so friendly,
but be warned: in team sports he turns deadly.

And who’s our favourite, deep-feelings poet?
Sure, it’s the wise and all-wonderful Agata, don’t you know it.

Many memories with time gradually fade away;

What matters more is to know that you had many a fine day.

But before time makes your Class memories history
Maybe record some details so they won’t be a mystery.

Here’s some other things I’ll keep
in my memory so deep:

• Our ‘Faith Friends’ night
  when the first Pope Francis first stepped into our sight.
• Your confirmation copies,
  so full of your Spirit, they surely God much did please.
• Your progress in Maths and English
  so huge the news we must publish!
• Friday afternoon’s Talbot’s-Got-Talent where week after week was repeated
  the powerful singing and acting to which we were all treated.

Each of you is creative, intelligent, and unique;
Collectively so noisy, you can’t hear me speak.

You get busy having the craic;
often so much, I’ve to go on the “shhh!” attack.

But when the chips are down and there’s work to be done,
You get in there and work, down to the very last one.
And now we’ve arrived at the end of the year;
You move on to secondary; I stay here.
I sincerely hope, as the years quickly pass,
You’ll remember the good times you shared in 6^th Class.

Memories of Great People...

Your Songs, Your Acting... All Here

You guys are so talented. I've SO enjoyed learning from you as well as teaching you. 

Never have I been so lucky to have had such a class of so many beautiful, gifted singers and actors.  You really are so talented. I SO hope and pray you will all continue to develop these talents in yourselves. Not just so you become brilliant, but mostly simply to enjoy yourselves! Singing and acting is fun! It's a way to create, and it's so vital, so HEALTHY for you to create. 

Listen to yourselves here. You'll smile lots, you'll remember lots, and it's all good. 

Enjoy. 

And, God bless you all, now and forever.

https://soundcloud.com/talbotmrstuart is the web page for everything we've recorded and put up on the web. 

1. You guys acting and dancing scene 6 of our school play Double Trouble last week in front of hundreds of adults, hours after doing it in front of hundreds of kids. Fantastic!
2. Our very last "Talbot's Got Talent" on a Friday afternoon. And boy, is there talent in this class. We've been blessed all year by so many gorgeous performances, usually singers, sometimes comedians, sometimes actors, all... fantastic!
3. And isn't it great that the boys all sang together of their love for the girls and are ready to Let Her Go... fantastic!
4. And the girls, well, do they want the boys to Stay? 
5. Finally, here you all are, going on The Climb. Buen Camino! Bon Chemin! A good journey to you!

You guys at the school play rehearsal looking at the Junior School kids coming in... time flies! Make the most of your opportunities to make good choices for yourselves. All is well, all will be well. 

Poetry websites to explore and enjoy...

Wow. Wish I knew of this site years ago.

Fun, simple, rhyming poems about all sorts of things... http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html 

MORE cool MATHS websites to help you and to enjoy...

MORE cool MATHS websites to help you and to enjoy...

math500.com which doesn't look all that great but is! Try it out. 

It's there to HELP you with whatever it is you are finding hard. 
The home page has 84 types of things you might be finding hard. Just click on one and do a question. If you get it wrong, it gives feedback, one step at a time(!). It's like having your ma or your da there beside you, helping you a little but not too much, all the way until you get the right answer. 

coolmath.com 

This is a HUGE website, with lots for you, your younger brother, your older sister, even your granddad!

For Sixth Class you might be most interested in 

1. A cool and easy way to multiply (see how quick you can learn it)
2. Be stunned by the MIND MONSTER reading your mind!! Neat trick... you can work it out if you look closely at the answers on the grid. 
3. ALL THE GAMES.

Your brother or sister doing the Leaving Cert will find this 'Factory Balls' one hard... there's no way I was able to do this type of game when I was your age. (I just got up to level 6, and now it's too hard for me :(  )

YOUR Projects: Listen to Yourselves HERE

Wow. I've just listened again to you guys presenting your shockingly-good presentations earlier today and boy o boy, you sound even better!

When you listen to it again, you will pick up things that you missed the first time. And that's a lesson for us all -- to learn something well, we need to listen to it again, and again.

Anyhow, click on this and enjoy listening to how great each of you were. I'll post the photos of your projects too (mabye on our kidblog site).

"Blog-a-Blog-a-Blog!" :) Kidblog.org/MrS2013

Isn't it great. In just 34 hours of being on kidblog.org you, the class, have created 50 posts and God-knows-how-many comments. 

You're the first class in the school to blog, ever. And you're one of the very first primary classes in Ireland who

My Website For Your Parents

I've just added 'labels' (tags) to this website and I realise I haven't a post telling parents about the website I prepared just for parents in Sept/October last year. So, this is that post. And now I can label/tag it so that parents, if they click on the 'parents' label, will see it and find it easily.

The website that I have prepared for your parents is usefulsiteforparents.blogspot.ie

GREAT help with your project... AND with future homework!!

Good news for all you researchers! There's a superb encyclopedia which normally costs families hundreds of euros. But now the Irish government has done a deal with the publishers. And so all children in Ireland now have FREE access to the encylopedia, which is online. 

Simply go to

When We Do Our Projects... What Options Do We Have to Present It?

This is the list you came up with in class. It's great. When you are planning a project, think about how you will present it to others. Here are your ideas

Talbot's Got Talent... What The Class Would Like To See

So, here's a list you created in the class. I hope you will look at it and get ideas what skills you might begin to  learn and master. 

List of What More We Would Like To See in Talbot's Got Talent 

• Comedy and Jokes
• Serious Drama
• Magic Tricks
• Juggling
• Art

Sites About Animals for ICT Class and Home

Okay, guys, these are the sites I mentioned in class. 

Types of Animals That There Are

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/classification/kc_classification_appearance.htm

Threats to Animals' Lives
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/endangered_animals/whats_the_problem.htm

Research The Most Popular Animals Here http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/best_place_species/alltime_top10/

And the very best website
www.kidsbiology.com (click on animals)

Off you go. Enjoy your research. I look forward to hearing what you discovered and learned.