History Corner
History Corner
Posted in on 04/12/2024
A Walk Through Time
Have you been to visit our history corner? Eglantine is the first Irish school to acquire a timeline created by Brian Howell of Creativo Designs. We worked with the creator to add important Irish historical events to the timeline. It will be a source of reference for our pupils for many years to come!
The history corner also displays stories and photos of Scoil Bhríde from its early days as Eglantine House to the modern school it is today. Look how much we’ve changed!
Exploring Our Heritage
Well done to our 5th Class pupils who received awards for their Cork Heritage Projects from Councillor Kieran McCarthy at a special ceremony in City Hall. The Heritage projects are a highlight every year for us here in Eglantine and we’re always so impressed by the effort that goes into them.
Travel Through Time
3rd Class have been learning about the history of transport in Ireland and around the world. We started with ancient legends about Icarus and Daedalus trying to fly and worked our way right up to the super-size jets and high-speed trains we have today!
We shared our learning with the school in our History corner with our beautiful hot air balloons, timelines, photos, and information about famous female engineers who have changed the way we travel. We also gave a presentation at assembly.
Stubby the Soldier
2nd Class have been learning about a very special four-legged friend in their History lessons!
He was a stray dog, that became friends with an American soldier named Robert Conroy.
He called the dog Stubby , because of his short tail.
He hid him and brought the dog to France and Stubby comforted soldiers that were injured and saved the lives of many people , by smelling out danger.
French women made him a little coat and he became known as “Sergeant Stubby”. He was a hero when he came back . He met 3 American presidents and he received The Purple Heart award for bravery .
When he died , the New York Times wrote half a page to honour him.
His official name is Sergeant Stubby.
Take a look below to see some of the beautiful writing 2nd Class have done all about Sergeant Stubby. They read a great story about him, written by Michael Foreman. There is an animated film about Stubby that was developed right here in Cork.
