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Nollaig Shona Duit!
.Christmas at Crescent!
The traditional large Christmas tree was
erected in the Central Area as of last Mon-
day! It has since been adorned with lus-
trous red and silver baubles and various
yuletide decorations. A manger has been
set up beside it, depicting the crib where
Jesus was born. Saint Francis of Assisi is
credited with creating the first nativity
scene in 1223 intending to encourage the
worship of Christ, having been inspired by
his recent visit to the Holy Land where he
had been shown Jesus' traditional birth-
place.
A nativity scene takes its inspiration from
the birth of Jesus in the Gospels of Mat-
thew and Luke. Luke's narrative describes
an angel announcing the birth of Jesus to
shepherds who then visit the humble site
where Jesus is found lying in a manger, a
trough for cattle feed. Matthew's narrative
tells of "wise men" who follow a star to the
house where Jesus dwelt.
To all staff, students
and teachers have a
Happy Christmas!
Mark Moloney
13th December 2012 4th Edition Arrupé
The fir tree has a long association
with Christianity, it began in Germany almost 1,000 years ago when St Boni-
face, who converted the German peo-ple to Christianity, was said to have
come across a group of pagans wor-
shipping an oak tree. In anger, St
Boniface is said to have cut down the
oak tree and to his amazement a
young fir tree sprung up from the
roots of the oak tree. St Boniface
took this as a sign of the Christian
faith. But it was not until the 16th
century that fir trees were brought
indoors at Christmas time.
In other Christmassy news, the Carol Con-
cert took place on Wednesday Night, organ-
ised and run by Mrs Lavery. A fun night was
had by all full of festive cheer and music.
Mrs Delaney presented the night and was
opened by a haunting rendition of Away in a
Manger. This was followed by ‘What Child is
This’, more commonly known from the air of
Greensleeves sung by the Choir accompanied by the Trad Group.
The equally beautiful O Holy Night with lead soloists Mykeala and Cliodhna backed by a four-
part harmony choir next echoed through the CentraL Area. As the night progressed, people
gradually got into the Xmas cheer with olden carols and popular music alike. Carols such
as Joy to the World were sung as well as a carol medley of Once in Royal, O Come All Ye
Faithful and Silent Night played by the orchestra. The fifth year
music class sang an interesting negro spiritual called Mary Had a
Baby and the staff choir sung Mary’s Child.
The Parents’ Choir got into the spirit! They serenaded us with a
mash-up of Oh Christmas Tree and We Wish You a Merry Xmas.
The Carol evening came to a close with the last few melodies; A
sweet duet between David and Mykeala called Winter Song origi-
nally by Sara Bareilles and the orchestra played us out with
Sleigh Ride and Slade’s 73 hit ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’.
Carol Concert!
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Bóthar Santa Hat Challenge World Record Attempt
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Enable Ireland Santa Hat Day
On December 8, the TY students were selling Santa Hats on
the behalf of Bóthar prior to the Heineken Cup game between
Munster and Saracens. It was arranged that the TY students
would meet outside a house opposite Thomond Park at half
two and didn't finish selling until kick-off at six o’clock. The
students were deployed around the Thomond Park area in
groups. Thousands of hats were sold on the day and Bóthar
made a lot of money to help people in the third world. When
we finished there were sweets and drinks for us take-away.
The Dublin-Bóthar office are attempting to break the record
this Sunday in the Aviva Stadium at the Leinster v Clermont
game. We sold over 12,734 hats on the day comfortably
breaking the current record of 8,600. Leinster are likely to
break the record again as there attendance will be 55,000,
twice the capacity of Thomond Park.
Diarmaid McDonnell
On Friday December 7th, Santa Hat day was held
in school in aid of Enable Ireland. The event
raised over €1000 and was a huge success.
Some of the students even dressed up for the
event and so did a few of the teachers. There
was a very good atmosphere in the central area
on the day and the cheque was presented to
Claire, Enda and Adam at assembly the following
Wednesday. This fundraising is essential to Ena-
ble Ireland to continue their brilliant charitable
work. This is set to become an annual event in
the school.
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School Show High School Musical!
The School Show was yet
again another great success.
High School Musical was the
musical performed this year.
The show was, as always, at a
very high standard and was
greeted by a standing ovation
on the final night. The cast
had rehearsed for months in
preparation for the show,
rehearsing all through Mid-
Term and at night time for the
two weeks before the show.
The lead roles were played by
Luke Ryan, Jesse Reed,
Michaela Tomlinson, David
O'Leary, Chris Young, Alison
McCarthy and Maria Fleming.
The stage was erected in one
day, for the first time, by TY
students two weeks before
the show with the crew being
in the school till eleven. From
then the cast practiced on the
stage at night with the art
team working on the stage
during the day. The show was
very entertaining and went on
for three nights with Friday
and Saturday being a sell out.
the show was also performed
on the Wednesday for primary
school children.
The Principle Characters from the show.
Silver Surfers
Our class Meyer have been working on an IT programme which we call Silver Surfers. This involves working with People
with Parkinsons and their carers on the following computer skills. We have been working with our new friends for the last
number of weeks and we have thoroughly enjoyed working with them. We have also learned a lot from this experience
especially the positive outlook on life the participants have.
How to use Word
How to e-mail and attach a file from Word
Youtube
Copy and paste
Building confidence with computer
Database for contacting members of the mid west Parkinsons Associa-
tion
Skype
How to use your mobile phone
By Julia Walsh
Cyber Bullying
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“About 75% of people
have visited a site online
and made fun of another
person. Cyber bullying is
when a child, teen, or
adult is bullied online.”
Dosomething.org. Cyber
bullying should not be
ignored. There should be a
federal law against bulling
online. Cyber bullying
causes depression and in
some cases even suicide.
When someone is being
bullied their self-esteem
decreases rapidly. Cyber-
bullying.us said “They feel
embarrassed, depressed,
and unwanted.”
Stopcyberbullying.org
said “This never goes
away and if it does it
takes years and some-
times counselling is need-
ed.” It takes time for
someone to get over the
mixed emotions that are
running though their head.
Sometimes victims of
cyber bulling attempt or
commit suicide. Such as
the recent deaths of Irish
teenagers, 15 year old
Ciara Pugsley, from Lei-
trim and 13 year old Erin
Gallagher, from Donegal.
uver in Canada lost her life
after what is again suspected
to have been a campaign of
online abuse against her. The
victims cannot control all the
emotions and pressure that
is being brought on them.
Some might say that cyber
bullying is not as bad as it
seems, but they are wrong.
Cyber bullying is something
that most pre-teens and
teens go through. Bullies do
not realize that it hurts oth-
ers. Also, some say that kids
do not take these things seri-
ously. Cyber bullying should
be taken seriously and needs
On Tuesday 21st of November 3rd Year class Berchmans went on a visit to
Leinster House, they got to see the Dail in motion, visit the Seanad and were
taken on a tour of the house by Matt. They got to see the Dail chamber and sit
in on a questions and answers session between Minister Brendan Howlin and
Mary Lou Mc Donald T.D. They were shown the collection of paintings of all the
former Taoiseach in Leinster House,,such famous names as Jack Lynch,
Sean Lemass, Garret Fitzgerald, Charlie Haughy.
Outside the gates they got to meet with protesters and experience first
hand the atmosphere of unrest that exists in the country, with the various
protests taking place. Even T.D. Willie O
Dea was available for a picture!
They would like to thank their teachers
Emilie and Joe for taking us and espe-
cially Mary Kenny Mr. Michael Noonan’s
personal secretary for all her help in
organising the trip.
Berchmans visit to Leinster House
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This year, like last year, Kensy S.J. is our debating co-ordinator.
He’s aptly named our group, the DEBSOC (debating society). We
kick-started the year with a concern debate against Glenstal which
we won 3 points from. The motion was ‘The World has more to fear
from Obama as president than Romney’. Concern debates give
students the opportunity to research and debate issues that affect
those living in the developing world and deal with key issues in
current affairs. Our next debates are in January, for Round 3 and
4 which are based on AIDS and the UN. I myself, will be opposing
the motion ‘The UN belongs on the scrapheap of History’. Wednes-
day in Room 30 and new members are welcome!
Chairpersons, Adjudicators, Members of
the Opposition, Ladies and Gentleman!
The debate on AIDS states that an AIDS free world will be achieved within our lifetime. There will then be a de-
bate on Population and our scores will be tallied to decide if we’ve made it through to the Knockout stages! The
debating team meets regularly, everyone is welcome!
TY Options
I am going to write to you today to talk about my experience with the option
I tried for the first time in depth which is Home economics. Although I did
encounter other aspects of this option than cooking this was by far my
favourite option of TY. Along with many other people I learned new recipes
for dishes. I thoroughly enjoyed Home EC during my course of TY. Last
Wednesday I took part in a cooking test. One other person and I made a
Mexican dish from scratch. The dish consisted of a starter of nachos with
guacamole and cheese. The main course consisted of a rice dish with
chicken, peppers and tomatoes. We also made a poster representing Mexi-
can food and culture. Before I would never have thought I would be able
make something like this. I have had so much fun during this course and
would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested but is hesitating.
Rory O’Mahony
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After winning the City Cup, the Junior Cup rugby team have been in good form. They have marched to
victory against Blackrock, PBC, Clements and most recently, Clongowes Wood, but were beaten by Rock-
well, on an off day for the team. The team also had expert advice from Paul O’Connell, who helped them
with line-outs at one training session. The Kidney Cup will begin for Crescent in January and have a bye
into the semi-finals where they await
the winners of Castletroy and CBC.
Crescent have had a good record in
the competition in recent years get-
ting to the last three finals, winning
two. The Junior Cup campaign will
begin in late January .with a qualify-
ing game.
Junior Cup Rugby News
Sports News
In boys basketball, the first years had an impressive win
over Villiers on Wednesday beating them 36-12 with great
scores from Jordan Hehir. The All Ireland first round
league games for 1st and 2nd years start in January 2013.
On the girls basketball front, the 2nd Year Girls had a great
win over Midlands Champions, Thurles Presentation, in Oc-
tober in an exhibition game at the Canon Hayes Centre in
Tipperary Town to commemorate Canon Hayes 25th Anni-
versary. The All Ireland League for 1st and 2nd years starts
in January 2013.The 2nd Year Girls team is to attend an
International Basketball tournament in Barcelona at Easter
2013. Ciara Lane, Aoife Lane, Jenny Morri-
son and Louise Ryan were all part of the
Southwest Regional team who won the All-
Ireland Inter Regionals in October 2012.
Anyone who is interested in playing bas-
ketball check the Junior Corridor for de-
tails.
Blackrock Match Report
Last Saturday, Crescent's Junior Cup
Rugby team played Blackrock College
from Dublin in a challenge match. On
paper it looked like it would be a tight
match and it certainly was. With
Blackrock supposedly being the best
team in Leinster this year and with
Crescent's success so far this year,
this was all set to be an entertaining
match and it didn't disap-
point. Crescent started the game
strongly and continued to put
Blackrock under pressure. Mid-way
into the first half, the first score of the
game was a Crescent try. Some great
carrying from Peter Hickey off our
own lineout set up Glen Dickenson to
round the Blackrock defence and run in
for a try. Blackrock came back strong-
ly and really tested the Crescent de-
fence late in the first half but some
fierce tackling from the home team
eventually lead to Blackrock making a
costly mistake as the half-time whistle
blew with the score 5-0 to Crescent.
Blackrock came out all guns blazing in
the second half and were by far the
more dominant team in the opening
exchanges. This lead to Blackrock
crossing the line for their opening
score after a well organised maul off a
lineout was too much for Crescent to
handle. The conversion was missed,
leaving the score at 5-5. Blackrock had
the majority of the possession in the
second half but Crescent's defence
was too strong for the away side to
break down. The game looked set to be
a draw but in the last play of the game,
Basketball
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Christmas Recipe
RUDOLF CUPCAKES
Ingredients-
200g butter, cubed
200g plain chocolate, broken into squares
200g light soft brown sugar
2 large eggs , beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
250g self-raising flour
FOR THE ICING
200g plain chocolate, broken into squares
100ml double cream, not fridge-cold
50g icing sugar
FOR THE REINDEERS
12 large milk chocolate buttons (we used Cad-
bury Dairy Milk Giant Buttons)
For our mini business we have set up a new window painting company for festive holi-days. Our service can decorate your win-dows for this coming Christmas and other holidays throughout the year. Our service is available to houses and shops designed to decorate houses or attract customers to shops. So far we have been very successful from both shops and houses. Our price is another thing that is very reasonable about this business. To paint a window display in your house its €25 and to paint a window display for your business it's €50. Call 0857034491 or email [email protected] for enquiries or bookings.
Olivia and Brigid Window Painting in the school.
Arrupé Class
TY Group responsible for this Cres-
cent Express edition.
E.Collins B. Considine R. Coughlan
E.Dilger C.Dylan G.Fitzpatrick
N.Hackett J. Hanrahan S. Kelly S.
Kennedy D. Mc Carthy D. Mc Donnell
K. Mc Donnell E.Mc Gann
A. Mc Killican M. Moloney L.
Molyneaux N. Nevin T. O Donnell R. O
Mahony C. O Sullivan A. Reeves G.
Sheahan T. Smart
Some of the activities that have been taking place in the past
few weeks at Crescent !
School Assembly
High School Musical
practice
School Choir perform for Christmas Carols
Santa hat challenge
Michelle decorates her door for the festive
season
The entrance hallway gets a
makeover thanks to Mary
Lynch !