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St Brigid's Day

We made St Brigid's crosses to celebrate St Brigid's Day on the 1st February

Music - We Didn't Start the Fire

As part of our music lessons this year we rewrote the classic Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire". The song included all the major historical moments that happened from the year the children were born in 2006 to the present day in 2017. Each child researched a particular year and we combined all the significant moments together to create our song. The children thoroughly enjoyed creating the song and learned a lot about modern history in the process. We hope you enjoy. The lyrics to the song are posted below the video.
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​We Didn’t Start the Fire – 2006-2017

 
Charitable Wristbands, World Cup in Italian hands,
Zinedine Zidane’s demise, Mumbai bombings terrorise.  
Saddam Hussein sent to die, Lordi, “Hips Don’t Lie”
Dwarf Planet, Steve Irwin, twitter on the rise.
 
Harry Potter, Gordon Brown, Britney Spears Breakdown.
Missing girl, I Phone new, and the earthquake in Peru.
Pavarotti, Writers strike, “Umbrella” sales spike,
Croke Park, England play, but we beat them anyway.
 
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning.
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it.
 
Brian Cowan, Ronnie Drew, Lisbon Treaty one and two,
Celtic Tiger end in sight, Joker in the Dark Knight.
Barack Obama, Phelps and Bolt, and the Kosovo Revolt,
Swine Flu, Avatar, Lady Gaga is a star.
Michael Jackson, Susan Boyle, Tiger Woods in Turmoil.
Handball Henry, Grand Slam, Haiti.
Wikileaks, Oil Spill, Ash Cloud stand still,
Justin Bieber on the rise, Hudson plane crash no one dies.
 
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning.
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it.
 
Vuvuzela awful sound, Chilean Miners underground,
Apple I Pad, Greek Debt, Burj Khalifa record set.
Amy Winehouse, Michael D, Kim Jong Il, Gaddafi,
Steve Jobs, Mubarak and the Christchurch earthquake.
 
Bin Laden, Sandy Hook, Movies from a comic book,
Whitney Houston, Gangnam Style, Queen visits Emerald Isle.
Baumgartner jumps from space, Lance Armstrong a disgrace,
Mandela, Thatcher, XBOX One, Edward Snowden on the run.
 
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning.
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it.
 
Boston Bombings, New Prince born, Robin Williams fans mourn,
Islamic state, Ebola, conflict in Gaza
Ice Buckets, Water rates, Protests in United States,
Malaysian Airline falls from sky, whistle blowers testify.
 
Rosetta Mission, Crimea, kidnap in Nigeria,
Gareth Brooks stayed away, what else do I have to say?
 
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning.
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it.
 
Charlie Hebdo, Refugee, McGregor stars in UFC
Russian Doping, Fifa row, Mayweather beat Pacquiao.
Obamacare, Harper Lee and Marriage Equality
Zika Virus, Theresa May, Hilary, Harambe
 
 
Pat Hickey, Bottle Flip, Britain’s EU membership,
Dab, Bowie, French Attacks, Ireland beat the All Blacks.
Celeb deaths RIP, Rising Centenary
Donald Trump lots in store, I can’t take it anymore.
 
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning.
We didn’t start the fire
But when we are gone
It will still burn on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on….
 
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning.
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it.
 
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning.
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it.
 
 
 
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