School trips

When we reminisce about our school days few of us remember a particular lesson that inspired us. Instead it is often particular teachers we remember or events such as school trips. Gillespie's has a full and varied programme of trips including several to foreign lands during the past session. Currently there are school trips to New York, Switzerland, Berlin, Southern Ireland and Mongolia. Early reports indicate that they are going well and the pupils are enjoying themselves.

An email from Mr Carruthers on the Ireland trip reads as follows:  

Hallo folks, we had another fantastic day today. Although the weather was no where as good as it was yesterday we had a little bit of drizzle in the morning but we were shown around TG4 the Irish Language TV station at that time which the senior pupils particularly enjoyed. We got goodie bags and a warm welcome. We then had a little tour of Connemara before heading to Pairce an Chnuic where the kids were taken for Gaelic Football and Hurling on CLG Micheal Breathnach's new AstroTurf (main rule, Gaelic to be spoken at all times), Amazing that a small amateur community club can have such a facility in place - on top of a stand and full size pitch. The girls want to start up a Gaelic Football team in the school. Tomorrow we are off to Inis Mor, the largest of the Aran Isles. Sun supposed to reappear tomorrow, we'll keep you updated. Slan!