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Contents
Pages
3. 40 QUIZ – Each question is based on the same-number page. E.g. Q.15’s answer will be
found on page 15.
4. Fiche Ceist
5. Vocabulary Constabulary (vocabulary development exercise)
6. Cloze Text
7. Edit the Editor – Editing and grammar w orksheet
8. Puzzles – Maths and logic puzzles and problem solving exercsies
9. Wordsearch
10. Drama Cards
11. News Round-up – Comprehension exe rcise based on News section (pp.4, 5, 6, 7)
12. Project Worksheet
13. Have Your Say – Orla Language/Debating worksheet
14. Planet Sudoku – Extra Sudoku puzzles
15. Answers
16. Teacher’s Monthly Planner, with Curriculum links outlined.
Subject: English Strand: Writing Strand Units: Creating and fostering the impulse to write Developing competence, confidence and the ability to write independently Developing Emotional and Imaginative Life through Writing
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1. On what date was World Health Day 2018?2. Who is Sales Manager at The Primary Planet?3. Auckland is a city in which country?4. Henk van der Klok is a native of which country?5. How tall is the statue designed by Patrick ó’Reilly?6. In which city did Bloody Sunday occur?7. Which Taoiseach signed the Good Friday Agreement?8. In which Irish town was the GAA founded?9. Is fear lei lochanna seachas an fharraige.10.How old does John claim he is? 11.How much was Mr Yang fined for keeping a black bear?12.What part does Josh Brolin play in Avengers: Infinity War?13.Which award is for budding entrepreneurs in your school?14.What is the title of Ezra’s second album? 15.In which US state is the city of Nashville?16.On what date is World Malaria Day?17.Warsaw is the capital of this country.18.This company recently introduced the 5.0 VTOL flying car.19.The Model County.20.Wash hands before meals and after using the __________. 21.What does the Latin phrase ‘mens sana in corpore sano’ mean? 22.How much water should children aged between 9 and 12 drink each
day?23.How many species of bat are there in Ireland?24.Who was the chairperson of the tennis club?25.What is the value of the 5 in this month’s countdown number?26.What is the title of Stephen Hawking’s most successful book? 27.The Flying Scotsman travelled between London and
______________.28.Nickname of Thomas Francis Meagher?29.What percentage of our communication is non-verbal? 30.What was Emma’s score for her final run?31.Who bought Derval as her slave ? 32.Which country produces 26% of their energy from geothermal
power?33.How many pieces of the Dowris Hoard have been mislaid over the
years?34.The answer to 17 Across.35.Allianz National Football League Division 2 champions? 36.Who beat Ireland in the Cricket World Cup qualifier recently?37.Who is the captain of Italian club Fiorentina? 38.Nickname of West Brom? 39.Who secured victory against Wales with a late interception try?40.Name the photographer who took the picture of Conor Murray. ________________
The Primary Planet April Quiz
40 questions based on the 40 pages in issue #71 of The Primary Planet - 1 question per page
Subject: Gaeilge
Strand: Leitheoireacht
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Sampla- Lch 5: Rugadh Brian Friel sa bhliain seo. 1929
FICHE CEIST
Aibreán 2018
1. (Lch 3) Beidh sí ag canadh i bPáirc an Chrócaigh i mi Meithimh. _______________
2. (Lch 5) Beidh an Pápa Proinsias in Éirinn sa mhí seo i 2018. _______________
3. (Lch 7) Fuair John Hume agus ______________ Duais Nobel i 1998. _______________
4. (Lch 9) Ba mhaith leis bheith ina dhochtúir. _______________
5. (Lch 10) Cén saghas madra é Yogi? _______________
6. (Lch 14) Rugadh George Ezra Bennett sa chathair seo i 1993. _______________
7. (Lch 15) Cén t-ainm a thug Leigh-Ann ó Little Mix do a coileán nua? _______________
8. (Lch 17) Cén cathair ina bhfuil Primus Primary School? _______________
9. (Lch 18) An Mercedes ______, an chéad carr le inneall díosail . _______________
10. (Lch 23) Cé mhéad feithidí a itheann pipistrelle gach oíche? _______________
11. (Lch 26) Rugadh Stephen Hawking sa chathair seo. _______________
12. (Lch 27) Thóg sé an chéad traein leictreach. _______________
13. (Lch 27) An traein a théann thar 13 tíortha idir an Fhrainc agus anTuirc. _______________
14. (Lch 28) Cén leasainm atá ar Contae Phort Láirge? _______________
15. (Lch 28) Údar an leabhar Amelia. _______________
16. (Lch 33) Cén gairm bheatha a bhí ag Patrick Sheenan? _______________
17. (Lch 35) Imríonn Mark Schutte leis an gclub seo. _______________
18. (Lch 35) Imríonn Gary Sice leis an gclub seo. _______________
19. (Lch 37) Cén sport a imríonn Fernando Verdasco? _______________
20. (Lch 38) Imríonn Kalidou Koulibaly leis an gclub seo. _______________
Tá siad simplí agus tá fiche freagra le fáil. Féach tríd an nuachtán!
Subject: English Strand: Strand: Competence and confidence in using language Strand Units: Reading: developing interests, attitudes, information retrieval skills and the ability to think
Are you a good detective? The Vocabulary Constabulary needs your help. This is all you have to do. You can often detect the meaning of a word by reading it in context, that is, by reading the other words around it
in a piece of text. Find the page, article or paragraph in TPP and then detect the word or phrase that solves the clue to its meaning. The number of letters and the starting letter of the solution are in brackets after each clue.
Vocabulary Constabulary April 2018
LOCATION, Article/Paragraph CLUE (number of letters, first letter) SOLUTION
1. P1, Our Health is … One qualified to prescribe glasses and contact lenses . (8,o) __________________
2. P8, The Transatlantic Route awful; terrible; dreadful; horrendous . (9,a) __________________
3. P10, More Cheese, Please Presenting something favourably. (10,s) __________________
4. P10, Yogi’s Gone Viral Subjected to many questions or messages. (9,b) __________________
5. P12, Iron Man Holding a position but not necessarily by legal right. (2,5,d,f) __________________
6. P13, dynamic Award Fair treatment of others, especially in sporting contests. (13,s) __________________
7. P20, Keep it Clean Cleanliness; sanitation. (7,h) __________________
8. P21, You Are What You Eat Relating to deformities of bones or muscles. (11,o) __________________
9. P24, Anyone for Tennis The score of 40 all in a game of tennis. (5,d) __________________
10. P27, Harry Potter Quasar An exact copy of something, often on a smaller scale. (7,r) __________________
11. P29, The Best Vitamin … Act in such a way as to have an effect on each other. (8,i) __________________
12. P32, The History of … Disaster; catastrophe; emergency; calamity. (6,c) __________________
13. P35, Dublin’s Dominance A situation that is absurd or disorganised. (5,f) __________________
14. P36, Freak Ice Hockey … Without intention; accidentally. (13,i) __________________
15. P37, Milan Badelj Put right; correct. (7,r) __________________
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Subject: English
Strand: Writing Strand Units: Creating and fostering the impulse to write
Developing competence, Confidence and the ability to write independently Developing Emotional and Imaginative Life through Writing
djV Peculiar News Stories from England
(This article first appeared in The Primary Planet in November 2011)
Fill in the blanks with words from the word bank. REMEMBER-each sentence should make sense!
An English tortoise is getting used to living life in the fast-lane after vets _______________ (1) his legs with wh eels. Twenty-three-year-old Septimus had the model plane _____________ (2) fi tted after h is two fro nt l egs h ad to be______________. (3) Owner Darren Strand allowed vets to attach the wheels with _______________ (4) a f ter learning that Septimus would have to be put down otherwise.
‘He got the ____________ (5) of moving in it very quickly, although to begin with, he was very weak, ’ said D arre n. ‘Now he can turn himself around and go_____________, (6) something he couldn't do before!’
Septimus lost his legs while ________________ (7) at the bottom of Darren's garden last winter. When he reappeared in the spring, his legs were in a very bad way. Vets say they were probably _________________ (8) on by rats!
‘He was very lucky to be alive,’ added Darren's daughter Tabbie, 13. ‘If you put him on freshly cut __________ (9) o r a path he is really fast!’
Meanwhile, Council workers in Liverpool failed to ___________ (10) th at a sch ool th at th ey we re p ain tin g a “SCHOOL-KEEP CLEAR” s ign outside wasn't actually there.
Gateacre Comprehensive School was ____________ (11) tw o ye ars a go b efore th e b ui lding was co mpletely demolished. The site where it stood is now waste land surrounded by a ______________ (12) fence. But that did n' t stop the council workers from doing the ______ (13) anyway.
‘You would have thought they'd have noticed there wasn't a _______________ (14) there anymore,’ said a co u nci l insider afterwards.
The warning is painted on roads outside schools to stop _______________ (15) b l ocking p up i l a nd te achers ' entrance. The error will cost Liverpool Council around £100 to correct. In a statement, th ey s aid th ey we re n ow checking all other school road markings in the city. That might be a good idea.
Word Bank
notice wheels vehicles backwards putty
replaced grass gnawed metal amputated
hibernating school hang shut job
Subject: SPHE Strand: Strand: Myself and Others Strand Units: My Friends and Other People
Editing- a vital skil!Can you find the errors in the story below? There are ten spelling mistakes, five capital letters
have been omitted and five full stops have also been left out.
This is an article which first appeared in the March 2015 edition of The Primary Planet.
Lions on the Loose
This is the story of the self-taught Dublin lion tamer Bill Stephens and the day his beloved
lioness prowled the streets of dublin.
Bill Stephens was from fairview in Dublin and after spending time as a drummer in a band,
he decided to seek fame as a lion tamer. His dream was to travel to America with his lion
show, and so he bought three lions and traveled Ireland with the circus. The act saw Bill
enter the lions’ cage to feed them from his own mouth and place his head between their
open jaws He kept his animals in a pen behind the old cinema in Fairview, and he would
often walk his lions on waist ground in the area.
One Sunday in november 1951, as Bill opened a cage to feed a lioness, she made a brake for
it and excaped. Bill was known as a fearless man and he chaste her down the middle of the
road People were warned to stay indoors as Bill and the local Gardaí tried to catch the
dangerus animal. the lioness mauled a 16-year-old mechanic but soon Bill cornered her in a
nearby feild. He stood face to face with the animal as schoolchildren climbed walls for a
closer look Spooked by the noise of the crowd, the lioness lashed out and sank her teeth
into Bill’s shoulder. Knowing she would be more dangerous after tasteing blood, Bill had to
tell the Gardaí to shoot and kill the lioness.
Bill and the story of the ‘Great Fairview Escape’ made headlines all over the world, and the
attention made Bill want to push his act to the limit He wanted it to be more dangerous
than ever, and soon a circus scout from america came to Dublin to watch Bill’s act. This was
his big chance to impress, and he wore a new suit for the occasion. Bill entered the lion’s
cage to perform his usual stunts, but the lion pownced on him immediately, and the other
animal handlers couldn’t subdue the animal. When they did, Bill Stephens was dead at the
age of 28. it is said that his new suit may have had a part to play in his death The lions
trusted Stephens but the new suit had none of his sent on it, and so the lion didn’t
recognise him as he entered the cage.
Subject: English Strand: Strand: Competence and confidence in using language Strand Units: Reading: developing interests, attitudes, information retrieval skills and the ability to think
Fun Puzzles
1. Doublets
Doublets are word puzzles invented by Lewis Carroll. Transform one word into another by changing a single letter in each step, so that each link in the chain is a valid word.
For example, to change MORE into LESS with 3 links: MORE, lore, lose, loss, LESS (There will often be several ways to solve the doublet but remember, each link must be a valid word!)
Now try these Change MINT into HOSE with 3 links Change REST into MUCK with 3 links Change FIST into CARE with 3 links
2. General Knowledge Quiz
Solve the general knowledge quiz and the first letters of the answers will reveal something associated with April. Use your research skills to help you find the answers
___________________ (8)
___________________ (10) ___________________ (6) ___________________ (9)
___________________ (4) ___________________ (3)
1. Bratislava is the capital of this European country. 2. What did Sir Christopher Cockerell invent?3. George ____________ was the author of Animal Farm. 4. The Hill of Uisneach is in which Irish county? 5. According to the Bible Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of ____________6. The Suez Canal joins the Mediterranean and the __________ Sea.7. In which sport would one use a trudgen? ___________________ (8)
3. Timothy TouristTimothy Tourist intends to see ten places or things associated with County Waterford. Unscramble the letters so Timothy can
begin his travels. Use your research skills to help you find the answers on page 28 of the April #71 edition of The Primary Planet.
1 MATERRO
2 LOWCONKDAMENK
3 URIS
4 ROCCOPATSEP
5 TOASHIMCAMK
6 HITRUHCSCRHC 7 RANNIN
8 RUGDANNVA
9 GREAMHOC
10 SOMERIL
Issue 71 April WordsearchAll the words in the wordsearch are health-themed. All you have to do is find them :) We've popped one in that isn't in the list. Can you find it? Clue: It's good for you so do some everyday!
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Subject: Drama Strand: Drama to explore feelings, knowledge and ideas, leading to understanding Strand Units: Exploring and making drama, Reflecting on drama and co-operating and communicating in making drama.
Drama Cards – Over To YouEach month, we invite you and your class to base your drama lesson
on a theme from your TPP.
This month, our chosen scenario is taken from Earth Day on April 22. Scenario
You are holding a public meeting about Plastic Pollution in your town. The only problem is, a massive factory employing 450 people is situated 2 miles outside the
town, and it makes plastic bags!
Role 3
Role 6
Role 1The person chairing the
meeting. You must keep the peace
while giving everybody a chance
to talk.
Role 2A marine biologist
that lives and works in the area and is very concerned
about the plastic pollution in the
nearby sea.
A representative from the factory who was sent to
assure people that the owners are
environmentally friendly.
Role 4A local fisherman
who has witnessed something
shocking over the past few weeks.
Role 5A community member who
cannot seem to control their
temper and is opposed to the
factory!
A community member who is
employed by the factory and is
very grateful for the work it provides.
Subject: English
Strand: Writing
Strand Units: Creating and fostering the impulse to write Developing
competence, Confidence and the ability to write independently Developing
Emotional and Imaginative Life through Writing
Sampla- Lch 5: Rugadh Brian Friel sa bhliain seo. 1929
1. Children usually give their teddy bear a name.
What name would you give the Adare bear?
2. How did Cambridge Analytica get access to 50 million Facebook users’
information?
3. Do you think the pop-up Communion Shop is a good idea?
Why do you think so?
4. Design a poster to encourage people to be careful on the internet.
5. Write two entries for early 2019 in Anthony Galvin’s diary as he treks
across Siberia.
6. Write a positive newspaper headline about Metrolink.
7. Write a negative newspaper headline about Metrolink.
8. Use your research skills to write five facts about Pope Francis.
9. Irish artist Patrick O’Reilly designed the Adare Bear.
What toy would you make a giant statue of?
10. What was your favourite news story in this month’s TPP?
This comprehension exercise is based on the news section of this month’s Primary Planet – pages 4 – 6. When answering the questions, write full sentences for your answers. Read the
key words in the questions so that you can include key words in your answers.
Question Time
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Subject: English Strand: Writing Strand Units: Creating and fostering the impulse to write Developing competence, Confidence and the ability to write independently Developing Emotional and Imaginative Life through Writing
Name:____________________
Find and record interesting facts that you read in this month’s paper, in your own words. Illustrate each fact or import a suitable image. The first one is done for you!
(You can find out more about Justin Timberlake on page 14 of the February 2017 edition of The Primary Planet)
Did you know about bats?Bats are the world’s only flying mammals. There are nine species of bats in Ireland. They live in many different places around the country even in our cities. Bats are nocturnal creatures and sleep during the day while hanging upside down. They eat insects which they catch while flying in the dark. A bat may eat as many as 3,000 insects in one night.
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Subject: English Strand: Writing Strand Units: Creating and fostering the impulse to write Developing competence, Confidence and the ability to write independently Developing Emotional and Imaginative Life through Writing
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Subject: English Strand: Competence and confidence in using language / Developing cognitive abilities through language Strand Units: Developing competence and confidence in using oral language / Developing cognitive abilities through oral language
A PROBLEM SHARED ...Based on last year's Problem of the Month, what advice would you give to Aisha? Have you experienced the same? Try to imagine yourself in Aisha's position and think about how she might solve her problem. And remember: A Problem Shared is a Problem Halved.
In class groups, or in pairs, discuss the above problem among yourselves. Compare advice and decide, as a group, what the best or most practical solutions are.
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– h
is h
eart
bea
t, c
om
har
sa –
n
eigh
bo
ur,
céi
slín
í – t
on
sils
, nim
hn
each
– p
ain
ful,
míf
ho
igh
nea
ch –
im
pat
ien
t, a
ilse
– c
ance
r, i
n a
man
na
– n
ow
an
d a
gain
16
17
Pla
ne
t S
cho
ols
- S
cho
ol
Ne
ws
• E
ngl
ish
•
Dev
elo
pin
g co
gnit
ive
abil
itie
s
thro
ugh
lan
guag
e
•
Rea
din
g: d
evel
op
ing
inte
rest
s, in
form
atio
n
retr
iev
al s
kil
ls a
nd
th
e
abil
ity
to
th
ink
•
Rea
d a
nd
lea
rn a
bo
ut
up
com
ing
day
s o
f th
e m
on
th t
hat
hav
e re
lev
ance
to w
hat
th
e ch
ild
ren
are
do
ing
in s
cho
ol.
Th
is M
on
th’s
Pic
k –
Ear
th D
ay
Ap
ril 2
2
•
Rea
d a
Dia
ry o
f a
Fir
st-Y
ear
acco
un
t b
y C
aoim
he
Shee
rin
, ou
tlin
ing
thei
r ex
per
ien
ces
so f
ar i
n F
irst
Yea
r.
•
Rea
d a
n a
rtic
le b
y S
t O
liv
er P
lun
ket
t’s,
Mea
th w
ho
rec
eiv
ed a
vis
it f
rom
pu
pil
s fr
om
a P
oli
sh P
rim
ary
Sch
oo
l.
20
, 21
, 2
2
St
Pa
tric
k’s
Da
y S
pe
cia
l • E
ngl
ish
• H
isto
ry
• S
cien
ce
• S
tori
es
•
Sto
ries
fro
m t
he
liv
es o
f p
eop
le i
n t
he
pas
t
• R
ead
‘Yo
ur
Hea
lth
is Y
ou
r W
ealt
h’ a
WH
O W
orl
d H
ealt
h D
ay S
pec
ial
L
oo
k a
t w
ays
of s
tayi
ng
hea
lth
y, u
nd
er t
he
sub
hea
din
gs:
Kee
p it
Cle
an, P
reve
nti
on
is B
ette
r th
an C
ure
, Yo
u a
re w
hat
yo
u e
at, A
H
ealt
hy
Hea
rt =
A h
ealt
hy
Yo
u, E
xerc
ise,
No
t E
xtra
Fri
es,
Men
s Sa
ns
in
Co
rpo
re S
ano
(a
hea
lth
y m
ind
in a
hea
lth
y b
od
y)
• R
ead
To
p T
ips
bas
ed o
n e
ach
of
the
sub
-hea
der
s li
sted
ab
ove
.
•
Lea
rn a
bo
ut
the
imp
ort
ance
of
wat
er f
or
a h
ealt
hy
bo
dy
an
d h
ealt
hy
min
d.
•
Lea
rn w
hat
th
e d
aily
gu
idel
ines
are
fo
r y
ou
ng
adu
lts
and
beg
in t
o
app
reci
ate
ho
w w
ater
is s
o i
mp
ort
ant
to li
fe a
nd
wel
lbei
ng.
22
-
23
Ma
ths
- M
ath
s st
ory
,
Pu
zzle
s, S
ud
ok
u
• M
ath
s •
Nu
mb
er
•
Shap
e an
d S
pac
e
•
Pro
ble
m S
olv
ing
•
Mea
sure
•
Op
erat
ion
s
•
Per
cen
tage
s
•
Tim
e
•
Mo
ney
•
Solv
e an
d c
om
ple
te p
ract
ical
on
e-st
ep a
nd
tw
o-s
tep
pro
ble
ms
and
task
s in
volv
ing
mu
ltip
lica
tio
n, d
ivis
ion
, ad
dit
ion
an
d s
ub
trac
tio
n –
cou
ntd
ow
n, c
rack
th
e co
de
(mu
ltip
lica
tio
n)
Sud
ok
u, p
uzz
les
•
Pro
ble
m s
olv
e u
sin
g re
al li
fe s
itu
atio
n –
An
yon
e F
or
Ten
nis
?
(St
ran
d: N
um
ber
; Str
an
d U
nit
s: A
dd
itio
n, S
ub
trac
tio
n, M
ult
ipli
cati
on
,
Div
isio
n, C
apac
ity
, Tim
e, P
erce
nta
ges
)
24
P
lan
et
Fa
rmin
g
• G
eogr
aph
y
• S
cien
ce
• S
PH
E
•
Hu
man
En
viro
nm
ents
•
Nat
ura
l En
viro
nm
ents
•
Liv
ing
thin
gs
•
My
self
•
Peo
ple
livi
ng
an
d
wo
rkin
g in
th
e lo
cal a
rea
•
Th
e lo
cal,
nat
ura
l en
vir
on
men
t
•
Rea
d a
bo
ut
the
goin
g-o
ns
of
a L
eitr
im f
arm
er
•
Lea
rn a
bo
ut
the
dif
ficu
ltie
s th
at t
he
bad
wea
ther
has
bro
ugh
t.
•
Rea
d a
Yo
un
g F
arm
er’s
Jo
urn
al b
y t
he
5th
an
d 6
th p
up
ils
of
May
glas
s N
S, C
o. W
exfo
rd
25
, 2
6
ST
EM
P
lan
et
Wil
dli
fe
Pla
ne
t S
cie
nce
P
lan
et
Te
ch
• S
cien
ce
• G
eogr
aph
y
•
Liv
ing
Th
ing
s
•
Nat
ura
l En
viro
nm
ents
•
Fo
rces
•
Mat
eria
ls
•
An
imal
Lif
e
•
Hu
man
Lif
e
•
Th
e lo
cal,
nat
ura
l en
vir
on
men
t •
Lig
ht
•
Lea
rn a
bo
ut
the
ren
ewab
le e
ner
gy o
f g
eote
hra
ml
•
Rea
d a
bo
ut
the
life
an
d t
imes
of
Pro
fess
or
Step
hen
Haw
kin
g (1
94
2 –
20
18
)
•
Dar
k S
ky
Ran
ger
s: L
eo t
he
lio
n c
on
stel
lati
on
•
Rea
d a
bo
ut
bat
s
•
Rea
d a
bo
ut
the
evo
luti
on
of
the
trai
n
•
Rea
d a
bo
ut
the
late
st G
adge
ts –
LG
's 6
5-i
nch
ro
ll-u
p T
V, H
arry
Po
tter
Qu
ash
ar a
nd
th
e K
ingK
on
g S
kat
ebo
ard
29
P
lan
et
We
llb
ein
g-
Pro
ject
Me
• S
PH
E
•
My
self
•
Self
-id
enti
ty
•
Gro
win
g a
nd
ch
angi
ng
•
Mak
ing
dec
isio
ns
•
Pro
ject
Me:
Rea
d a
bo
ut
and
dis
cuss
th
e im
po
rtan
ce o
f fr
ien
dsh
ip
•
Un
der
stan
d t
he
ben
efit
s o
f h
avin
g go
od
fri
end
s ar
ou
nd
yo
u
28
P
lace
s –
Co
un
ty F
ocu
s #
27
Mo
na
gh
an
• G
eogr
aph
y
•
Nat
ura
l En
viro
nm
ents
•
Peo
ple
liv
ing
in a
con
tras
tin
g p
art
of
Irel
and
•
Lea
rn a
bo
ut
the
cou
nty
of
Wat
erfo
rd
•
Rea
d t
he
his
tory
an
d o
rigi
ns
of
the
cou
nty
- lo
ok
ing
at f
acts
an
d f
igu
res
bas
ed o
n g
eogr
aph
ical
, his
tori
cal a
nd
cu
ltu
ral i
nfo
rmat
ion
, to
uri
st
attr
acti
on
s, s
po
rt e
tc.
3
0
Th
e W
riti
ng
Co
rne
r
• E
ngl
ish
• E
mo
tio
nal
an
d
imag
inat
ive
dev
elo
pm
ent
thro
ugh
wri
tin
g
•
• ex
per
ien
ce in
tere
stin
g a
nd
rele
va
nt
wri
tin
g c
hal
len
ges
• se
e h
is/h
er w
riti
ng
val
ued
•
Sho
rt S
tory
Win
ner
: P
yeo
ng
cha
ng
By
Éil
is M
urr
ay, 6
th C
lass
Bri
ttas
Bay
Nat
ion
al S
cho
ol B
ritt
as B
ay, C
o. W
ick
low
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