Class Trip to St Enda's

As part of the FAB book project, 5th and 6th class have been reading the novel "The Young Rebels" by Morgan Llywelyn, which has also helped us to learn all about life during the time of the 1916 Rising.

As part of the FAB project, we visited St Enda's school, founded by Padraig Mac Piarais, which has now been turned into a museum.

We had a lovely tour guide that told us a lot of interesting facts and stories about the school and the Pearse Family.

Some of us decided that the greeting area was our favourite room in the house, even though it contained some sad history, while others favoured the dorm room where the boys slept with the roaring fire and beautiful views of the garden.

During the tour, we had the opportunity to visit the Nature Room and the class room out in the court yard.  It gave us a great insight as to how school life was in St Enda's 100 years ago.  It was interesting comparing it to our classroom today.

Can you spot the REAL frog in the picture?

We were even lucky enough to sit outside in the court yard and relax in the sun just like the boys did 100 years ago in St Enda's.