Monday 4 April 2022

Cad é an bealach is fearr le rudaí sobhriste a chosaint agus a choinneáil slán ?

Seo an cheist go ndearna Rang 6 iomscrúdú ar mar cuid den Bleaist Eolaíochta.

Seo thíos físeán a rinne an rang den turgnamh:

Agus seo taispeántas sleamhnán:

Friday 18 February 2022

You’re probably wondering what happened after the funeral? They came with their massive black planes, took thousands to who knows where, turned our homes to flames. Some got to the bunkers ,I was one of them.

When the sirens stopped we went outside. Nothing was left standing. People were leaving hiking through the rubble, out into the sunlight. I saw Mike's brother crying over his mother’s body, I grabbed his hand… he looked into my eyes. That’s when I knew I had to take care of him. He had nobody. We joined the crowd hiking up the steep mountain leaving our home forever…..

Aoibhe 😎

THE DEATHLY HIKE

It was a sunny afternoon. Ben and Max were going for a hike. It was getting dark. "We need to got it's getting dark" said Ben. "No were nearly at the top" demanded Max. When they got there it was nearly pitch black. "Ok were here" said Ben "time to start going down". Wait let me explore for a bit" said Max. "Fine but I'm staying here " said Ben annoyed. After a minute there was a terrified scream. "MAX MAX" shouted Ben. "RUN" screeched Max. Ben ran he heard Max behind him and something chasing him. They took a shortcut through the woods. When they got to the bottom they jumped on their bikes and road home and never talked about the Deathly Hike again.

Claire

“TRAITOR”

Vladmir Birtkran was a Russian spy during WW2. Now he is retired and living by the French coast. One day, Vladmir was summoned by an old ally. They went for a walk on the beach, two old men with walking sticks. Vladmir’s friend was called Zadar, and he had a mission, to kill Vladmir before he leaked any secrets. Vladmir was a bit of a chatterbox. Zadar was armed and had a plan. He invited Vladmir for a boat ride. When they were cruising, he choked Vladmir. Vladmir’s last word was “TRAITOR” before he was a floating corpse in the ocean….

Eoin

Lost in the Forest

"Did you hear that story about the group of people who got lost in the forest?" said Miles .

"Shut up, none of that is true." I responded, petrified of what he just said.

We got off the bus and set up our tents.

"Are you cold or is it just me?" said Miles while shuttering.

"I'm cold too, we have a fire pit, do you wanna find some firewood, I didn't bring matches." I said.

We went out into the forest, thinking it would only take a half a hour at most. We were very wrong. So I went my way and he went his. Then a storm started. I heard a voice say

"Someone help! Please!"

It was Miles.

Finn

The dark shadows

The Dark Shadows

by Liam

Once opon a time, there was a boy named Johnny, he lived with his Dad. They lived in a small house in the countryside outside the city and had very little money. One day, Johnny was outside in the garden, when he saw something in the distance. It was two men. Dressed in black business suits, each had a cane in their hand, they both had a moustache and a beard and deep black shadows. They approached the garden step by step. Johnny got more curious the closer they got."Hello?" Said Johnny. "Hello" said one of the men. "We're here for your father"...........

THE END......?

BOOM BOOM

BOOM BOOM

Once there was two men they loved camping and nature so they went for a hike they grabbed there things and went. It was a pretty long drive and definitely wasn’t worth it. They eventually got there and started going on the walk. The two men where on the trail for a while they went to the river they where having the best time why did this have to end so horribly. Soon they left the river and went into the woods after 30 minutes they noticed a dark figure. They payed no intention to it. Out of no where

BOOM BOOM

They fell to the ground.

Sorcha

THE MOVING SHADOWS

One day there were two shadows called Thomas and Heinz. Th

omas and Heinz hated the sunlight because they were stuck to their masters but at night they were free. Thomas and Heinz once were real people but they got a curse from WALLIAMS. One night Thomas and Heinz were in a centra stealing the money because they were invisible but the cashier called the ghostbusters. When they came they put on goggles so they could see Thomas and Heinz. They trapped them but out of nowhere a portal appeared and WALLIAMS started to kill everyone. He started to put enchantments around them and after a minute he vanished but Thomas and Heinz were stuck.

THE END

by Oisín

I Am Ready

I am ready, come on you can do this. Jack just yelled ‘Are you ready.’ I didn’t answer just picked up my sword and got into my position. The sun was high in the sky and there was my shadow it made me feel weak. But I kept on telling myself that I am strong. The fight started I was scared because this was my first fight in five years. ‘Ow’ he got the first hit it wasn’t that deep but it hurt. But then he got another hit this time it was way deeper. But when he swung again, I got his head. I won wow that wasn’t too bad.

Tadhg

WORLD WAR 3 CATASTROPHE

My Grandad and I went walking in the park, discussing the possibilities of world war 3.

“What was the war like?” I asked.

“Frightening” He replied quietly.

“What will happen to us if there’s another war, Grandad?”

“I don’t know…” He answered.

Over my shoulder, I noticed two men carrying what I thought were sticks. As they got closer, I realized that they weren’t sticks. They were guns. They fired at us. We dashed behind a tree to shield ourselves from the bullets. Then a plane flew overhead, dropping bombs on the city bellow. The war had begun…

SINÉAD.

The boys on the moon

Once there was a person called George he always wanted to go to the moon. It was summer break and he had to make or invent a science project for his classes homework. For his project he made a cart with fireworks for the speed. Then him and his friend went into the cart but he pressed the wrong button on the remote control and they somehow got on the moon because of fireworks. When on the moon he was looking for aliens or any sing of them. Years had past and no sing of the aliens later on he died but at least he got his wish.

Darragh

Shadowmen

“Have you got them?” he screamed. “We tried sir, we tried but they got away.”“Raah” he screamed in rage and turned his knights to ash. Bring in the shadowmen. Zac and Urial were walking down a stony road when they saw the two old men. Their limbs were creaking when they walked. That's when they made the first move. The older of the two, enveloped by shadow, shot a flare from the middle of his palm. Zac dodged. Uriel tried to kick the shadowman and he connected with his head. He turned to ash. The other one turned and ran. That's when the boys knew their life was in danger from the so called Shadow King.

Conall

THE KINGSMEN

THE KINGSMEN

As Garick and the new recruit walk down the gravel path to the “pub”. (the pub is actually just a cover up for the agency). As they open the door to the pub Garick sees a fat brute of a man and 15 others waiting for them. All of a sudden one of the henchmen opens fire on the both of them Garick pushes the recruit out of the way and then dodges the bullet. He then takes out an “walking stick” thats actually an M16 and shoots the brute 3 times in the head. Then he jumps up and swings on one of the chandeliers and drops a grenade right in the middle of the 15 henchmen. BOOM Garick kills all of them. Garick drops down and says “Right well this is the agency”. The recruit stands there dumbstruck and just says “WOW”.

Baileigh

Monday 14 February 2022

THE EXTRAORDINARALY HORRIBLE MARTIAN

THE

EXTRAORDINARALY

HORRIBLE

MARTIAN

The year is 2015 and the world has been conquered by a single extraterrestrial called Micheal. Micheal is walking down the streets of Baghdad, there are bodies lying on the streets. Micheal is extraordinary because he is the most powerful thing in the universe.

Micheal is horrible,he eats bodies and the survivors, like me.

” IT’S HERE!!! IT’S HERE!!!” shouted a guard.

Micheal is breaking down the iron gate.

BANG!!! BASH!!! BANG!!! THUD!

People started screaming as Micheal shoved the guards away. The chief said he’s going to fight Micheal with his mustard collard guitar. He sent multiple waves at Micheal but it was no use his final words were

” WERE DOOMED!

THE END

Oisín

The Extraordinary Skeleton City

There was once this restaurant in the darkest corner of the city there was skeletons playing guitar with most of the strings Brocken of. Zombies dancing vampires eating mustard and ketchup hot dogs that they shoved in there mouths. There was a horrible group of goblins Starring at everyone. So I walked, all eyes where on me the goblins said “ a human here?” The skeletons stoped playing the music, the vampires went silent. I sat down and ordered food, it never came so I just got up and left.

Sorcha

Saturday 12 February 2022

Jubilee line

Will was in the middle of writing his great new song, he had invited his friends Tom and Toby over to hear it.

“It’s horrible!” Will exclaimed.

“I think it’s extraordinary” Toby answered.

Months of work was put into his new song. Will shoved his new mustard coloured guitar into his case and went to record the song. Once he finished he went back home and listen to a preview with Tom.

“This song is going to be a hit” Tom said.

Weeks later the song was released.

Jubilee line by Wilbur soot

The end.

Ella

Friday 11 February 2022

Was it a Dream?

I was walking down the street when I heard someone playing the guitar and I was walking over to tell him how extraordinary he was at it when I smelt something horrible like mustard. When I woke up, I was being been shoved into a room I was just about to scream when he came back with a gun, a chair, and some ducktape. When he went downstairs, I heard him call someone but I couldn’t hear what he said. He was coming up the stairs then I spelt the mustard again. I woke up in my bed and wondered was it all a dream.

Tadhg

WRESTLING SHARKS

I went to the zoo for the first time last week. When I entered, there was a monkey that shoved me when I walked by him and ran away. The zoo was in absolute chaos, with empty mustard and jam jars everywhere for some reason. There was a group of crocodiles “playing” guitars and drums. The noise was so horrible I covered my ears. But the most extraordinary thing was the shark wrestling. Crowds had gathered round and were cheering! I sprinted out of the zoo, but that night, I had haunted nightmares of wrestling sharks…

Eoin

The Robot Soldiers

It was Christmas Eve Ben was playing his guitar in his room. He shoved his guitar away and looked out the window. He was angry he should be out playing with his friends or playing football. Instead he was stuck in his house with nothing to do. The Robot Soldier were roaming the streets shooting anyone who came out of their house. The Robot Soldiers were extraordinary. They were also know as the Killing Machines. They had a mustard coloured skin. It was horrible. The Robot Soldiers were being controlled by an evil killer called The Deadly. No one knew his real name…

Claire

The Dark Funeral

After the Tragic death of Mike, the underground civilisation was terrified about what might happen. It’s a horrible feeling. A few days after his death, we gave him a funeral. His band members gave his mother his mustard coloured guitar, that he played to entertain children during the war. He was extraordinary. Blue and white roses covered his coffin. As they where lowering the coffin, sirens started blaring . Everyone was panicking and rushing to the bunker. When Mike's little brother got shoved to the ground, I rushed over to help, when a cold hard blast of air came and it all turned black …

Aoibhe

The Eagerly Extraordinary Pawn Shop

"Welcome to the Eagerly Extraordinary Pawn Shop! Do you need any help with anything?" said the cashier.

Of course I didn't need help. I didn't want to buy anything.

"No, I'm fine."

He walked into the back of the shop. This was my chance. I saw a old mustard jar. I put it in my pocket. There was also this guitar, I took it off the wall and made a run for it, but just before I got out, the cashier shoved me to the ground.

This was the first time I was ever caught.

"I'm sorry, I'll put it back. Just don't call the police on me," I begged,

The shopkeeper laughed, "I have something else to make up for this horrible crime......"

Finn

The Horrible Noise

By Liam

One day, super famous singer 'Barry Miles' was preparing for his concert. Thousands of people were coming to see it. Lots of tickets were bought for the show, people even sold their cars for a ticket! On the night of the show, Barry was getting ready for an extraordinary

concert. He stepped on stage and played his guitar but…...DISASTER!!! The guitar made a horrible noise! The crowd started booing at him. 'What a terrible noise!' said one, 'you're the worst you know!' said another. 'Eat this Barry!' said another as he threw a hot dog with extra mustard at him. The sausage got shoved up his nose and Barry ran away (crying)

The end!

THE GARAGE PORTAL

~~THE GARAGE PORTAL~~

The bell rang for the end of school, and minute`s later the school was empty.

Dara headed home with his friends James Tomas and Noah Ellis. When they Arrived at Dara`s house they headed straight for the garage. The garage smelled as horrible as ever, like old mustard. Dara picked up his guitar while James sat at the drum`s and Noah picked up his base. “I think we`ll try the latest song” said Dara. Then the most extraordinary thing happened.

A big circle appeared in in front of them and something shot out. A man stood there he looked around, shoved past Noah to the door, turned into a Wolf, and ran out. They rubbed their eyes and looked through the hole. And they new they were looking at another world.

Seán

THE ACCIDENTAL ARCHAEOLOGIST

3/6/2003

My year took a trip to Egypt last week. On Monday after we arrived in the airport, we took camels to the camp site. My guitar got lost at baggage claim. We had hotdogs cooked on the campfire for dinner with ketchup and mustard.

On Tuesday morning we went exploring the pyramids. We took a wrong turn and stumbled across a hole in the ground. We stood at the edge, trying to see what was at the bottom. Some horrible person in my year shoved me off the edge. That is when I made my extraordinary discovery. I had fallen into an ancient Pharos’ tomb…

Sinéad

The Magic Guitar

It was a cold horrible day. Jamall was walking home from school when he saw a man walking towards him. The man was dressed in a brown coat, a black hat, leather gloves, and leather black shoes. He was walking towards Jamall fast. Jamall noticed this and started walking faster but the man was now jogging to catch up to Jamall. Soon Jamall was running and so was the man. The man finally caught up with Jamall and shoved him down an alley way Jamall was so terrified he didn’t even try to struggle to get out of this man’s grip. On and on they walked until the man pushed Jamall forward and pointed at a shape in the corner. Jamall turned around to look at the shape. He then turned around to look at the man, but he was gone. Jamall started to walk forward he soon saw that the shape was a guitar ‘was this what the man was pointing to??’ Jamall thought.

Jamall walked toward the guitar he picked it up and played a few cords and as he played, he got teleported to an extraordinary land. As he looked around, he saw people dressed in sweet with pink and green and yellow skin. He saw a lady that had sherbet lemons for shoes and a toffee dress while her hair was made from pink cotton candy. He walked around some more and found him self outside a weird looking building. It was made from mustard. ‘Mustard really they could’ve chosen anything, but they chose mustard?? Jamall thought. He saw the gates were open and he walked inside. As soon as he went in, he got a huge smell of mustard Jamall held his nose because the smell was so disgusting. He walked on and on and saw someone it looked like a man made from ketchup the ketchup man saw Jamall and said, ‘HEY YOU GET OVER HERE’ Jamall was startled and ran for it the ketchup was chasing Jamall. Jamall was leaping over people made from sweets and was throwing sherbet lemons at the ketchup man. Just as Jamall was going to give himself over to the ketchup man he saw a portal opening he looked inside and saw that it was the ally way that man pushed him in. He quicky leaped in and just as the ketchup man was going to follow Jamall the portal closed and Jamall was back in the ally way. He ran home and never saw that man or guitar ever again.

Stella

The band in the Restaurant

Once there was a band playing in the new Restaurant. Over 1,000 people were there to see it. They were looking forward to them. The extraordinary band are a great band or that’s what people thought. The new man in the band Jonny, he has a horrible guitar, so when they started you could hear the screeching of the guitar. When the started the people cheered, while the screeching of the guitar the Restaurant sounded extra loud. After a while the sound started to slow down and that’s when the main man John slipped on old, out of date mustard. Then the crowd started throwing tomatoes, although the band were happy it was a bad night for them.

My little brother

My little brother.

My little brother. Don't get me started .every time I see him his thumb is shoved in his mouth. playing the guitar THUMB IN MOUTH, at school THUMB IN MOUTH, and every time my friends are near no matter how many times I tell him THUMB IN MOUTH . And I am fed up. I have a plan , an extraordinary plan. that night when all my friends where falling asleep I didn't. I hopped out of bed a mischievous grin on my face. first I put in a drop of vinegar then a dollop of mustered a spoonful of chili a bulb of garlic and viola a concoction even George Kranky would be proud of . I crept into his room put a scoop on his thumb and the habit was no more.

Conall

THE EXTRAORDINARY MUSTARD GUITAR

DING DING DING! Out walks Leo Varadkar with his horrible maracas. He had a sly but tedious grin. He was ready to win straight away but little did he know he was going to get shoved kicked and thrown all over the place. DING DING DING! The Extraordinary Mustard Man walksout looking as fierce as ever. THWAP BANG BOOM. The extraordinary mustard man was pulverizing Leo. His stupid maracas didnt stand a chance against him and his mustard guitar. This really is the start of the Mustard Mans empire.

Baileigh

Saturday 29 January 2022

The Battle for The Key

The Battle for the Key

The year is 2122. 100 years later there is a giant war that has been going on for nearly 10 years now. And even evil society called S.M.E.E.R. want to take over the world. Three quarters of the world are living underground.

“We need to find the key to stop them “said the sergeant.

“The Key of Hope “ was its name. The key is the only thing that can open the door in S.M.E.E.R‘a defence system. One day the army were heading back to their base, but Private Pearson spotted something.

“What’s that?“ said the sergeant. He picked it up. It was the key “There is finally hope ….”

Liam

Friday 28 January 2022

The cold frosty morning

They won the war little do they know there’s an underground civilisation. One cold, damp frosty morning when Mike was on guard duty when he noticed something on the blurry horizon. His curiosity got the better of him and he took one step out to the border line … That’s when it all happened. So fast it was a blur. He could hear the sirens blaring warning they had been spotted. Then it all stopped.. All that was left of him was a key on the could frosty morning grass where the crimes had just started.

Aoibhe

The Lost Key

It was a snowy wintry evening Clodia was walking to the shops from her school. She was walking with her bike . When she was nearly at the shops she noticed a man looking at her . Then she noticed that he was following here for 2 blocks now. Clodia hopped on her bike and cycled throw the frosty grass. She dropped her house key but did not notice as she was so scared of the man who was following her. She cycled home and found out she lost the only key to get into the house her parent had the other one but they were at work and his brother was in school (he was in college).To make it worse a van drove around the corner with the same man who was following her in it . Clodia freaked out and hid behind the wall. Hopefully he did not see her bike by the wall....

Claire

The Frozen Lake

Tommy was sitting on the edge of his bed, he decided to go on a walk to the lake. He walked out of his house to see frozen grass and snow scattered on the sidewalk. Tommy walked around to see frozen leafs scattered around the grass. While he was walking through the field he had dropped his key. He kept walking until he tracked the frozen lake. One he had got hole he realised he had dropped his key on the walk up. He had to wait for him mum to get home to open the door.

Ella

2085

The year is 2085.The world is upturned and frozen from nuclear weapons.Nearly the whole population of earth is dead and the others are all hiding undergroung for warmth.With no one to stop them, an evil, power hungry organization called The Kreen have taken over with an army of robot soldiers.There was one thing that could stop The Kreen though, The Silver Key.The Key is lost in a secret cave in a forest.The Key can unlock The Iron Door, which holds the one thing to destroy The Kreen... THE DART

Eoin

The Key

It was a frosty morning and I just went outside to get a hot chocolate. When I was walking back with my hot chocolate (it was already half empty) I saw a key with footprints beside it. When I picked up the key, I saw the number of a house. So, I got in my car went to the address. But when I pulled up, I noticed something strange it looked like no one lived there for a long time. So, I went in saw …

TO BE CONTINUED

Tadhg

The Fairsides

This wasn’t the town the people remembered. They remembered a town filled with laughter and joy and children playing and the sun shining. Well not anymore since the riches had taken over. You see

everybody use to have the same amount of money so the the people could all afford clothes food and houses. But soon the people turned against each other. Some people thought that they should have more money than others where the other people, let’s call them the Fairsides, thought they should all have the same amount. This led to a civil war… And the government was on the side of the Riches.

So, the Riches had better weapons. They had machine guns and snipers while the Fairsides had secondhand weapons and slingshots. In the end the Riches won. The Fairsides ended up homeless. They got all their money taken away so they couldn’t buy new clothes or shoes or food. The Riches were very crule to the Fairsides. They made them clean up after them used them as maids and butlers and made them clean all the shops and they

wouldn’t even pay them because they were so greedy. But one day as a little girl called Amy was walking around and cleaning up, she saw something shiny on they floor. She bent over to pick it up and it was a key she examined it in her hand and saw that it had a number on it the number was 167894. She thought to herslef ‘’why is there a key just lying around on the ground and has a number on it??’’ Then something clicked she knew what this was it was a key to the bank there was a rumour going around that they key opened a secret door in the bank fullof jewls, diamomd, Rubys,

and lots and lots of money. Amy wanted answers so she waited till everybody was asleep and wnet to the bank when she was in she saw a door and went up to it and put the key in the lock and it fitted she walked in the room and saw Diamomds, Tiraras and lots of money she gathered as much as she could and brought it back to the poor now they could buy clothes and houses ad food and the riches were livid. But the government took the other people’s side and kicked the rich out. So everybody lived happy exept the Riches.

Stella

Prisoner in peril.

Prisoner in peril.

It was a cold frosty morning. The prisoners of war were marched out of their beds outside to the wall. “Line up” barked the officer “And face the wall.” All the prisoners turned around, paralysed with fear. The last things they heard were the officer loading his gun and then a gun shot.

They fell onto the frosty grass as the next people in line watched in terror from the corner of their eyes, knowing they were next. As the last person inline fell, they only seen a dead leaf frozen and limp, much like their fellow prisoners. Then everything fell into darkness…

Sinéad.

THE LOST KEY

THE LOST KEY

It was a frosty winter`s morning, and everyone who owned a car could be seen pouring hot water on the windshield. Han went down for breakfast, “Hello mittens,” he said to his cat. “Darn! out of milk!” he said.

So he crossed the park over to Centra. He got the milk and went to the counter. “This early” said the man at the counter. “Need milk for breakfast” Han replied.

Then he walked home and noticed a key on the ground. When he got home and reached into his pocket for his key ,but it wasn`t there. That`s when he realised whose key he`d seen in the park

Seán

Park Walk

Today a man went to the park and when he got there it was very cold because it was winter. All the frost on the grass and all the leaves on the ground, that really did show it was winter. The man was in three layers and a coat as well that’s how cold it was. In the park he found a pair of keys on the floor, he also slipped a couple of times. When he found the keys, he found a trail of leaves, he followed it and found a person, not just any person, but the owner of the keys. Then he went home.

Darragh

Midnight’s Call

I woke up with a start. There was a loud thud outside. I pulled the covers over my head, trembling. With all my courage I tiptoed out of bed, went downstairs and opened the door. It was a cold night and my breath was visible I walked across the garden, the frost crackling under my weight. I saw something glint from the corner of my eye. I ran over. It was a key, a rusted old forgotten key. Then I heard the thud again behind the bush. A brown chest stood there. The trees around the box seemed to whisper the same word over and over again “Open”. That’s when I knew the key was important

Conall

KILLER ON THE LOOSE

It's a cold frosty morning and the Killer is on a rampage. He leaves a key in the cold frosty grass to try and lure his victims in. He's already killed three victims . All three of them lying on the cold floor of the killers hut. His hut is in the middle of the Montana Forest and Wildlife Reaserch Centre. He videotapes his victims deaths like an animal.

Nick Rye one of the reaserchers is out for a nice stroll. The killer who is currently hiding behind a Burdock root plant has a bolted pipe in his right hand ready to strike. THUD! Right to the back of Nicks head. The killer drags Nick over to his hut then vigorously pull shim inside. Nick was never seen again he's presumabaly DEAD.

Baileigh

THE BORING LEAF

One day leaf was attached to a ten thousand year old tree. The tree was overlooking a village of the west coast of Ireland. It was a normal day, the sun was shining, kids were playing and there were piknikas. But since it was Ireland the weather changed to stormy in seconds. Umbrellas were up and people were walking home. BANG!! Lightning hit the tree and was on fire. A massive gust of wind knocked the boring leaf of the tree. After the feaf landed on the ground, a random rusty key landed beside it. After a few hours the tree had burned down. The leaf and key are frozen and history.

THE END

Oisín

The Drought

There hasn't been a drop of rain in months. The government has started storing certain foods in special bunkers made to look like a ordinary shed, and can all be opened using one master key that is always on surveillance.

"So when I found the key in the park, of course I was curious.

When the door opened for me, I went completely mental, I couldn't tell anyone. It was terrible. I'd be surrounded by death and sickness, and then I would be having a whole feast to myself.

Everyone would always be asking me

'How are you not sick?'

I didn't want to answer. And now I'm here."

"Do you understand how serious this offence is? Your going to jail."

Finn

Friday 14 January 2022

The Funfair

One day, the Jeffreys went for a walk out at the funfair.

“It’s going to be a lovely day” said Mum.

“It’s not like last year” he thought.

“I heard there is a few new games and rides” said Tim.

Mum, Dad, Tina and Joe got in the car and drove to the fair.

“Here we are!” said Dad.

“It’s much bigger this time!” Joe said.

They went on the rollercoaster, the ferris wheel, bumper cars and much more!

“What a lovely time that was!” said mum as they left the funfair at 6:30. They went home and went to bed. They had a great time!

The end

Liam

It’s not like last year

It’s not like last year, Tom thought to himself. You see when Tom was just twelve years old his mother was too poor to take care of him. So she took him to an orphanage. It had huge iron gates and it was an ugly red building, the yard only had sand Tom didn’t hear a single child talking. Tom didn’t know where he was, his mother held his hand and they both walked towards the ugly red building. Finally, his mother stopped at a door, and she knocked. Someone came out, she had brown messy hair and a scrunched-up face, she was wearing a white apron and a navy dress. Tom was frightened of this woman and held his mother’s hand tighter then ever before.

It’s okay Tom, his mother said softly. The woman smirked, don’t worry I don’t bite she laughed.

Tom didn’t like this lady one bit. ‘I’m Matron Millie’ she said.

‘Come inside dear’ she said. She tried to grab his arm, but he clung to his mother tightly.

‘Tom dear, it’s alright, this woman will take good care of you’ his mother said softly, and her eyes were filling with tears. Finally, Matron grabbed his arm while Tom screamed for his mother. His mother ran down the steps and couldn’t bear to look at him getting taken away.

Tom screamed and screamed until his voice was so sore, he couldn’t scream anymore. Matron brought him into a room. It had a tub in the middle of it. ‘Get in’ said matron, Tom reluctantly got in. Matron started to wash his hair, while doing so she got soap suds in his eyes, and he started to yell and cry. Matron tugged his ear. ‘Stop crying you little baby!’.

He stopped crying. After the bath she took his old clothes and threw them away.

Tom said, ‘Why are you throwing my clothes away’.

Matron said ‘Because here we have a uniform’, and she threw the uniform at him. It was an ugly brown Top with black buttons and the trousers a tan sort of color, and the shoes were black with laces but they looked old and ugly too.

The socks were a yellowish sort of grey color, and finally the cap was a ugly green. Right get yourself dressed and I’ll show you around. Tom reluctantly put on the uniform. He thought it might be comfortable but it was a scratchy material and he kept having to roll up his trousers as they were so scratchy they hurt his legs.

But the Matron didn’t like that, ‘Stop doing that’ the matron said. The matron showed him where the dorms, the dining room, the yard and the classes were.

‘Bed is at eight o clock sharp’, said the man in charge of the boys. ‘Anyone caught sneaking around at night will get whipped and bread and water for a week’.

Tom gulped he didn’t like this man Tom wanted to escape but how? Will he ever get home?

The End

He'd been on this expedition for weeks, looking for food to bring back to his group. He had gotten to a neighbourhood that looked very familiar to him. He wasn't sure why. He had forgotten what life was like before "The Incident". He then suddenly realised. This was his house. He ran in as fast as he could. The house was clearly already broken into, with almost everything gone. Except for one family photo, which he put in his rucksack. He then went upstairs into his room. He saw pictures of him and his friends. "It's not last like year" he thought. After a while, he heard groaning from outside the room. He pulled out his axe but then dropped it. Tears welled up in his eyes. "Mom?"

Finn

THE SCHOOL WITH A DARK SECRET

What do you think the new principal will be like asked Paul’s Mam hopefully normal laughed Paul . Go to bed you you’re up early. Tomorrow morning Paul’s Mam dropped him off have a good day she said . He walked in sensing something was wrong he presumed it was nothing. The corridors were cold dark damp and miserable. He arrived to class and sat down the teacher taking no notice … she turned pale ,blood red eyes ,foaming mouth . No time to react he found himself fixated on her eyes . He began to feel sleepy his classmates already snoring it’s not like last year he thought before falling into a deep sleep …..

Aoibhe

The Soldiers

It was the year 1999 New Years Eve . Danny was getting into bed. He looked at his watch 2 minutes until the year 2000. 1 minute. 30 seconds . 10 seconds . 3 2 1. Danny waited for the fireworks. They went of but they did not sound like fireworks . "Its not like last year" he thought . He peeked out the window . There were Soldiers marching down the street with guns on their shoulder . The slammed down his neighbours doors. A couple of minutes later they knocked down the door to his house . Danny hid under his bed . The soldiers marched up the stairs into his Mam and Dads room . He heard his Mam scream . A couple of minutes later they marched into Dannys room . He held his breath while they searched his room . After they left he heard a car engine start he peeked out the window . The car drove away with his parents.....

Claire Ni Laoire

Barry’s Birthday

Barry Baska is at school and it is his birthday. So, he expected everyone to wish him a happy birthday, but nobody did. Which was weird because it’s not like last year, he thought that everybody might of forget. So, when he went out for lunch, he asked his friends “Do you know what is special about today?” The friends answered with. “Yes, it’s pancake Tuesday.” Barry was about to shout IT’S MY BIRTHDAY but then someone went on the speaker and told everyone to go in. When he went in everyone shouted, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY.” It was the best birthday Barry ever had.

The End

Tadhg

Eight-armed robbery

Gargamel stood in Donald Trumps office. Donald Trump looked different. He was no longer slightly fake-tanned, he had completely transformed into an orange Oompa-loompa. A lot had changed in his life. “It’s not like last year.” He thought, stroking his bald spot.

Gargamel had teamed up with Donald Trump because he had money and power. They had purchased bombs to set on the Smurf’s home. Then a rock had been thrown through the window and smashed the octopus tank just as they were talking about the plan. The octopus stole the bombs and escaped through the broken window.

Sinéad

THE NEW YEARS SPEECH

THE NEW YEARS SPEECH

James Tomas lived at 7 Oxford Street at the start of 2022. James, come down. It`s time for dinner.” Called his Mom “Coming,” he called back. Dinner was a delicious homemade spaghetti bolognese and meat balls. After dinner they played cluedo, monopoly and headbands. “It`s time for the countdown” said Dad.

“10, 9, 8, 7.” Everyone on Oxford Street was counting “6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!” Everyone cried at once. And then Boris Johnson said a few short words. “This will not be like last year.” And what of James you ask “he`s right , it`s not like last year” he thought.

Seán

THE FAILED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

SCRUFFY THE JANITOR was walking down O’Connell Street Dublin, when someone snatched his wallet out of his hand. BANG.… the thief dropped dead -not by SCRUFFY but by an assassin sniper that was trying to kill SCRUFFY.

SCRUFFY ducked behind a car. He saw the glare of the assassin’s scope through the windshield. SCRUFFY thought quickly and realised he could use his broom to deflect the bullets. Luckily the plan worked and he hit the assassin. SCRUFFY scaled the building the assassin was on with his ladder. The sniper was gone but SCRUFFY recognised the card he left. It’s not like last year he thought.

Oisín

“It’s not like last year,” he thought”

It was new years day when Mr Murray woke up. He had been awake until 00:05. He and his dog were so tired, but they went on a walk a one hour walk. He saw lots of people celebrating and cheering. “It not like last year he thought” hopefully this year will be better. On his walk he saw a magician and went to the shop and bought a cake for his birthday on new years eve. He also bought the dog a lot of dog food. And when he came back his family was there and bought another cake.

Darragh

DEATH TO 2084

“It's not like last year he thought” The cronians are gone and three quarters of the world is gone. The cronians are man made machines made for the military to win the.... You know what I dont even know at this point theres just been too many wars that i dont care to think about.

The cronians all started just going mad and then they went rogue and stole all our weapons and technology. So they ended up wiping out 75% of humanity. But the ones who did survive (including me) had to scavenge and live underground in a place called the Burrow. The things we found scavenging we then sold at the Hob the Hob is basically a black market where we sell the things we have found. So thats where i am now at the Hob selling the things I've found. All of a sudden the hob owner bellowed “what's that!” i looked over to NO MANS LAND and I seen a head sticking up out of the sand and piles of debris. I “oh no i whisper not another invasion”.......

THE END

Baileigh