Teacher interviews

Interviews with the teachers

Mr Biggane What’s your favourite Christmas movie? Monty Python’s Life of Brian What’s your favourite Christmas song? It’d have to be Fairytale of New York by The Pogues. Whats your favourite Christmas Tradition? My favourite Christmas tradition is meeting all my friends who are all away, and they all come back for Christmas. So just getting to see all my mates that I might not get to see for the whole year. Do you think you could outsmart Kevin McCallister? No, he had his own set up pretty good so no probably not. Are you on team Taylor Swift or Team Jake Gyllenhaal? Does it have to be one of them? Yes. I suppose Taylor Swift, though I’m not a fan of her music. She’s done a lot for feminist issues, so I guess Taylor Swift.

Ms Fields What is your favourite Christmas movie? Miracle on 34th Street What is your favourite Christmas tradition? The whole family getting together on Christmas eve. What was your favourite Christmas gift growing up? My tiny tears doll. What’s your favourite Christmas dish? Christmas dinner with turkey and ham. Would you rather have Christmas dinner made by Gordon Ramsay or Guy Fieri? Nevan Maguire. Are you on team Taylor Swift or team Jake Gyllenhaal? Taylor Swift, definitely.

Ms Lafferty What’s your favourite Christmas movie? It’s a Wonderful Life What’s your favourite Christmas tradition? The advent calendars. What’s your favourite Christmas dish? Vegetable nut roast with lemon sauce. Would you rather watch a Christmas movie with Tom Cruise or Nicholas Cage as the main character? Tom Cruise. Do you think you could outsmart Kevin McCallister? I wouldn’t even try with him.

Are you on team Taylor Swift or team Jake Gyllenhaal? I plead the fifth.

Ms Hennigan Do you have a favourite Christmas movie? I love Arthur Christmas. Home Alone would be and old favourite, I love Klaus on Netflix too. Do you think you could outsmart Kevin McCallister? Probably not, definitely not. I think he had way too much time in that big old house of his, to think about how he was going to hurt those intruders. So I definitely don’t think I stand a chance against him. Do you have a most memorable Christmas gift that you’ve received? I remember one year I asked for a laptop from Santa and whatever way it worked out I was really bad that year, supposedly. So Santa left coal for me just outside the fire place and he wrote a little note for me and everything. Then I had to go and search for it. He left like a little hunt to go and find the actual laptop and I was absolutely devastated. I will always remember that Christmas. I think i’m a little scarred for life after it. But I got my laptop in the end.

Do you have a favourite Christmas tradition? We always go to my mams house for Christmas Eve and we stay over there and have Christmas morning in my Mam’s house. Do you have a favourite Christmas

dish? I love jelly, ice cream and meringue after my Christmas dinner. I love ham, I don’t like the turkey side of things. Turkey is a little but too dry. Would you rather have your Christmas dinner be made by Gordon Ramsay or Guy Fieri? I think Gordon Ramsay, or Jamie Oliver. I love Jamie Oliver, I think he makes really nice homey dinners. Do you have a favourite Bluth (Arrested Development)? That’s a hard question. Gob maybe, I quite enjoy Gob. I quite enjoy George Sr. I love George Sr. and I love Lucille. Would you rather watch a Christmas movie with Tom Cruise or Nicholas Cage as the main character? Nicholas Cage, I can’t stand Tom Cruise.

Team Taylor Swift or Team Jake Gyllenhaal? I don’t really like Taylor Swift. I quite like Jake Gyllenhaal, but I know there’s something off there. So I’d probably be Team Taylor.

Mr Nolan What’s your favourite Christmas song? 8 days of Christmas by Destiny’s Child. Team Taylor Swift or Team Jake Gyllenhaal? Taylor Swift Would you rather have your Christmas dinner be made by Gordon Ramsay or Guy Fieri? Gordon Ramsay. Who's your favourite Tom? I’ll go with Tom Hardy. Would you rather watch a Christmas movie with Tom Cruise or Nicholas Cage as the main character? Tom Cruise Do you have a favourite Christmas tradition? Getting new pyjamas for Christmas Do you think you could outsmart Kevin McCallister? Probably not. He’s very smart.

Who’s your favourite Alvin and The Chipmunks character? I’ll go with the Chipettes.

Mr Walsh What’s your favourite Christmas movie? Die hard. Do you have a favourite sitcom? Curb Your Enthusiasm Do you have a most memorable Christmas gift you’ve gotten? A mini snooker table I got when I was seven Do you have a favourite Christmas dish? I like Brussels sprouts Would you rather have Guy Fieri or Gordon Ramsay make Christmas Dinner? I don’t even know who the first one is so I’ll have to go with Gordon Ramsay. Are you on Team Taylor Swift or Team Jake Gyllenhaal? I’ll be on Taylor Swift’s side Who is your favourite Tom and/or Chris? My favourite Tom is Tom Petty and favourite Chris is Chris de Burgh Do you think you could outsmart Kevin McCallister? I don’t know who Kevin McCallister is. The one from Home Alone, the little kid. Macaulay Culkin. Could I outsmart him? Not in a million years.

Ms Dolan What’s your favourite Christmas movie? I love The Santa Clause with Tim Allen Do you have a favourite Christmas

Tradition? I have a few. So, since my kids were really small, we go to a friend’s house on Christmas Eve and we all do a Kris Kindle there. And on Christmas Day we all have our own little Kris Kindle with my family. Do you have a favourite Christmas dish? See I’m not very traditional with my Christmas dishes. I don’t like Christmas cake and I don’t like Christmas pudding, for me it’s all about the chocolate Kimberly.

Would you rather have Gordon Ramsay or Guy Fieri make your Christmas dinner? Gordon Ramsay is a bit annoying, isn’t he? I’ll go with the other guy. Do you think you could outsmart Kevin McCallister? Who’s Kevin McCallister? From Home Alone, the little boy in Home Alone. I don’t think I’m ruthless enough. I don’t think i’m mean enough, so I’d have to get a few mean lessons. Would you rather watch a Christmas movie with Tom Cruise or Nicholas Cage as the main character? I wouldn’t like to watch a movie with either of them. You’d have to put Matt Damon on that list for me, I love Matt Damon.

Do you have a most memorable Christmas gift that you’ve gotten? I got one of the first iPads when they first came out, materially that was the best Christmas present. But, my oldest child was born on St. Stephen’s day, so I always say that he was my best Christmas present. Closely following is the iPad. Are you team Taylor Swift or Team Jake Gyllenhaal? I don’t know there, you never really know the full story. But to be honest with you, I’d probably side with the female, you know. And he didn’t come out very well in that. But you can never really trust everything you read online, but yeah, Team Taylor.

A huge thank you to all the teachers who were interviewed, we appreciate your time and answers. However some audio files were lost so if we interviewed you and you’re not on here, apologies and thank you for your interview all the same.� Merry Christmas!!!�� P.S. Stream Red (Taylor’s Version) ��