Whitecross National School

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS’ WEEK

For Catholic Schools’ week, we decided to do as Jesus said: ‘Love your neighbour.’ We know that he wasn’t talking about just the person next door, but that as Christians, we should help out. For the week we agreed to love our neighbour by being helpful to other people.

Below is our list of good turns completed by our pupils during Catholic Schools’ Week. Many were similar so we won’t repeat similar ones:

• I washed the dishes
• I lit the fire
• I rang my Granny for a chat
• I helped make the dinner
• I helped my brother with his homework
• I tidied my room and kept it tidy
• I fed my dog
• I made tea for Mam and Dad
• I set the table
• I walked the dog
• I filled and emptied the dishwasher
• I played with my little brother
• I put out and brought in the bins
• I cleaned out the fish tank
• I helped with ironing
• I helped hang out the washing
• I went around to see my great-nanny
• I helped a girl when she fell in the yard
• I helped sort out the heating when it was broken at home
• I made the bed for granny when she came
• I walked to school on Wednesday
• I made my own lunch
• I played well in the yard
• I helped Mam close the windows and pull down the blinds at night
• I worked a full day on the farm
• I helped make my Grandad’s birthday cake
• I hoovered the house
• I put away the groceries
• I cleaned the kitchen
• I went to see my auntie
• I went to bed without being told and got up without being called
• I sorted out the uniforms
• I visited my cousin
• I brought in the turf and cleaned out the fire
• I picked the leaves in the garden
• I visited an elderly person
• I helped an elderly neighbour
• I cleaned the en-suite at home
• I tidied all the bedrooms
• I cleaned the car
• I helped get breakfast ready
• I helped the nanny care for the new twins
• I helped my granny in Belfast by tidying her bedroom and catching a spider
• I emptied the dishwasher for a week
• I helped my brother cross the road
• I cleaned the whole house
• I cleaned out the guinea pig cage
• I helped Mum carry the groceries
• I de-iced my Mum’s car
• I helped my sister with her letters and words
• I shared my ipad
• I prepared and served the dinner
• I tidied the playroom
• I filled the log basket, sorted out the underwear and put it in each room
• I sorted out Dad’s desk
• I helped Mam make a cake
• I made Mam and Dad’s breakfast
• I did all my homework in 20 minutes, two days in a row
• I cleaned up the dog poo
• I emptied the dishwasher for granny
• I let my Dad have a lie-in
• I helped Granny because she had a sore hip
• I used some of my savings to give to a homeless charity
• I helped Mammy set up for a new baby
• I gave Mam a break by doing the housework with my sister
• I helped Mammy clean up after she stripped the wallpaper
• I helped my little sister get dressed
• I helped Mam with the baby she minds
• I cleaned up my playroom
• I put my sister’s bottle away
• I helped my Dad build a house
• I helped my friend when she fell in the playground
• I helped my Dad with the shopping
• I listened to my Mammy
• I visited my Nanny
• I helped my brother with his writing
• I cleaned the tractor
• I set up a train set for my brother
• I cleaned the toilets and the sinks
• I brought in coal and logs
• I helped Nana move house and put stuff in boxes
• I fixed the door with Dad
• I helped with calving cows on the farm
• I played with my baby brother
• I made a card for someone in hospital
• I brought sweets back from Manchester for my brothers
• I helped my friend with her homework
• I cleaned out the dogs kennel
• I was extra nice to my brother
• I helped teacher all week
• I washed the floor
• I taught my brother his letters
• I helped Grandad cross the road
• I held the door for an adult
• I made a birthday card for someone
• I kept the door open for the Junior Infants
• I said Thank You after dinner
• I fed my cat
• I fed the bunny