Christmas Crackers ..........................................4 Spot the Difference..........................................5 Pet Corner........................................................6 The Evil Monster Santa.....................................8 Christmas Cheer...............................................9 Poetry Competition........................................10 SMS ...............................................................11 Niall Horan.....................................................12 On The First Day of Christmas – As Gaeilge!...14 Draw & Colour................................................15 Make It! Reindeer Mask..................................16 Christmas Music Quiz.....................................17 Christmas Facts..............................................18 Find Them......................................................19 Minecraft.......................................................20 The Christmas Numbers Quiz.........................22 The Kings From The East.................................23 Nativity Scene................................................24 Only Joking! ..................................................25 Pixies.............................................................26 Make It! Paper Plate Snowman......................27 Christmas Mayhem........................................28 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Quiz..............................30 Funny Facts ...................................................31 Memory Game...............................................32 Let’s Play Cards!..............................................33
The Original Avengers....................................34 Pixies.............................................................36 Memory Game Questions...............................37 Faigh Na Focail...............................................38 The Sports Quiz..............................................39 Christmas is Here!..........................................40 Maze..............................................................42 Tracker...........................................................43 Readers’ Recipes.............................................44 Draw & Colour................................................45 Triangular.......................................................46 Book Quiz.......................................................47 A Present For Mum.........................................48 Find Them......................................................52 Ponc go Ponc..................................................54 Wander Words................................................55 World’s Great Goal Scorers..............................56 Dinosaurs.......................................................58 Fact or Fiction.................................................62 Pet Corner......................................................63 Favourite Christmas Photos............................64 Christmas Play Gone Wrong...........................66 Aimsir na Difríochtaí......................................67 Maze..............................................................68 Winning Bonus Essay.....................................69 Find Them......................................................70 Tracker...........................................................72 SMS................................................................73 Ponc go Ponc..................................................74 Bake It!...........................................................75 Colour-In Shapes............................................76 Competition Time! .........................................77 Solutions........................................................78
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A huge thank you to all the Siamsa readers who sent in these fantastic photographs of their pets. We would like to publish more in Siamsa 2015 – please see details on the following page. For more photos go to page 63!
Pet’s name: Charlie Sent in by: Maeve Magee (age 10) School: Carysfort National School, Knockenrahan, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
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Pet’s name: Ruby Sent in by: Hannah O’Grady (ag School: Scoil Bhríge agus Bhreandá Corrandulla, Co. Ga lway
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Niall Horan was born on 13 September 1993 in Mullingar, County Westmeath. He has one older brother, Greg, and he went to Coláiste Mhuire in Mullingar. He began his singing career in the school choir and played Oliver in the school play when he was ten. Although Niall is left-handed he plays the guitar right-handed. He also plays golf and eats right-handed! In 2010 he auditioned for ‘The X Factor’ as a solo act. Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson also auditioned as solo candidates for the talent show. They did not progress to the ‘Boys’ category but Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger suggested they were put together to form a five-piece boy band. tock.com
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What a good idea that turned out to be and they qualified for the ‘Groups’ category under the name ‘One Direction’. They finished in third place in the final but shortly after leaving the show Simon Cowell signed One Direction to his record label and the rest as they say is history! They have become the biggest thing to hit the music world in decades. Their first single ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ debuted at number one on the UK singles chart. They have sold out worldwide tours, have over 45 million followers on Twitter, have won countless awards and even played at the 2012 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony! It is very hard to believe that the boys did not even know each other at the beginning of 2010. Read on to find out some interesting facts about Niall and you can ask your friends these questions to see how big a fan of Niall they really are!
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A Present f Strings of fairy lights twinkled overhead and on the huge Christmas tree at the end of the street. Market stalls filled the centre of the street, covered in decorations and gifts of every kind, as the traders shouted their wares. People hurried here and there, carrying big bags of shopping, stopping to look in shop windows and then moving on again. Cian clutched his wallet tightly in his hand. He was excited to be out shopping all alone. Usually he was with Mum or Dad or his brother Oscar, but this time he’d been allowed to go off on his own. Just for half an hour of course – then he had to meet Mum in front of the cafe, where they would go for hot chocolate and a bun. Cian had a special reason for wanting to be on his own. He was going to buy a Christmas present for Mum. It would be the first time he would choose something for her all by himself, and out of his own money too. He had been saving up his pocket money and had a whole €10 to spend. Anxiously he peeped into his wallet. Yes, the money was still safely tucked inside, waiting to be spent. But what was he going to buy? What would Mum really like more than anything else?
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