 Lee Gouches because Lee is in schools today for us and he's gone back to school. It was only a matter of time really because his addiction has been awful lately but I didn't have the heart to tell him. He's back at school, he's back at St Danecus' National School in Bridgend and hopefully we'll be able to connect with him and we're connecting on Zoom as well. Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, can you hear me? Oh John how are you? I'm proving my addiction and my spellings. I'm hoping John, you can hear me okay Keke? Yeah but speak very slowly and clearly. I'm doing my very best, I'm hoping now because I'm going to be talking to the Moonshire now in the second right and I'm looking for a homework pass and do you know it's the time of forgiving and I'm going to look for a homework pass for you too. You in about 30 or 40 behind you there. Come here boys and girls, how are we? Oh yeah well I think that was a cheer, yeah. I underestimated there's far more than 30 or 40 there. You have half the school behind you. Well we have Moonshire beside us is going to tell us but there's over 200 here and you know I had to take a trailer and make dodgy wide vans to get all these. Let me just ask this very important question here to ask boys and girls, do you like chocolate? Again I take it that was a cheer. I tell you. I know how long I can do louder than that. Do you really really really like chocolate? Oh I've had a lot of things on the screen that wasn't even louder cheer. I'm going to have to do the sound effects here. I can do louder than that but I don't have the impression of your speakers but John but I'm delighted here to be talking to the principal Sheamus McGowan. I'm going to have a wee chat Tim. So I'll have a wee chat. Principal lovely to have you down here today and to share this Christmas vibe that we have going down to school. Oh listen welcome to sending a Sasha school possibly the best school in the whole of Ireland isn't that right boys and girls? And there was me thinking I was the only boy that could work the crowd and Moonshire at five school. How many is here all together? We've about 205, 206 depending on your day. You know some come in some leave whatever but yeah about over 200 children here in the school. And it's a big school because we we we walk through door door door 50 doors to get here. Yeah we have eight classrooms here. We have a brilliant staff. We've a staff over 32 here at the moment and we just finished our junior infant play as well this morning. And it was amazing. Wow give yourselves a nice round of applause. Amazing play. See boys and girls. Well again we're going to have to guess what the sound of applause sounds like. It's something on those and I'll just I'll just fill in the blanks here. Okay here you loud and clear but kids in the background not so much so but anyhow keep the enthusiasm up. That's the important thing. Well John we're going to be doing a little bit of singing it in the moment but I just want to have a few more words with the principal Seamus here. So tell us tomorrow is it the cake sale is it? Tomorrow we have a very important cake sale. Our fourth class we're doing a cake sale in aid of Bunkrannis Children's Charity. So fourth class have taken upon themselves. We are one of our darling children. Caitlyn passed away last year. So in Bunkrannis Children's Charity we're very good to the class in fourth class. So we've decided to run a cake sale and all proceeds they've decided themselves they come up with their own idea. We are going to Bunkrannis Children's Charity. How good is that boys and girls. Amazing. And last night I was on your Facebook page right and because I read the lovely letter that you wrote to the school and I checked out Caitlyn's garden. It was just an absolutely joy to watch. It melted my heart and so many things in there and I had questions for yourself when I'm saying if you haven't checked out the video go along and check it. Tell us about the video first of all and then about the garden. Yeah so Caitlyn was one of those people she was she she was a larger than life type of character and we wanted something to really remember her by and one of the things she loved was she loved the color purple. Now once I bought her a pink Santa and she was not too happy with me and she told me it was purple. So all the children here all our great children here they painted nice purple rocks. We've been planting daffodils and crocuses for the spring time and we've had Miss Darty and Danny our caretaker they've been busy putting up butterflies all around the place. Tell us because I twigged the butterflies there's a lot of butterflies up in the wall and that and it's just so what was the meaning of the butterflies? Well she loved butterflies she loved bees and we are little motto on the way and it took us a while to figure out what it was so we have all the flowers, bees and butterflies will remind us of our curls and smiles. She had the most beautiful blonde curly hair and we're so proud and we're so happy that because we know she's here today and she's down in the garden and every time we go down there we feel Caitlyn's spirit down there. How magical is that and look I'm just looking at me when you mentioned purple because I was wondering when you were painting all them stones boys and girls when you were painting all them stones I did watch the video last night and I was thinking is there a reason by but it was Caitlyn's favorite color was it look look at my microphone it's purple isn't that's that's nice to be here with purple um he's going to sing for us I think he's all right yes now Maureen we have Maureen we get to chat to Maureen and Maureen maybe you can talk into that microphone no it's Maureen pop over here we second come on over here give Maureen a nice round of applause there please because John I know the boys and girls have put a lot of work a lot a lot of work and Maureen I'm delighted to be down here this morning and he's done a lot of work it's an absolute pleasure and we're so happy that the rest of the country our god knows worldwide is going to hear because we are just outstanding I don't like to blow our own trumpet but we are really we're just brilliant aren't you just brilliant horses are just brilliant and now we have a performance what are we going to be singing first yeah so the first one will be um uh silent night so we have uh we else is going to do a wee tin whistle verse and then we have our choir the whole school is going to sing the second and the third one then will be Clara McLaughlin or one of her sixth class students so and then a fifth time we'll do more sure we'll laugh John Bresden give us a little time but you can over there get yourself there and John so is it okay now for a wee song John do you have time you throw right into it yes all right so Maureen when you're in the ready now it's over to you you're the conductor is that the right words that's not the judicator the conductor so over to you okay and the the pupils are performing live at St Angus's and we're going to take a a short break we're having a few technical difficulties we're going to take a 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off look look at the hat i have chose your hat i like your hat your hat's better than mine here's what parts here put on that one there now upgrade you that's like a hybrid model every there now so tell me oh does that oh look at that look at that for us do you like that one uh i like my hat i like my hat better not yet near that she likes her own come here what class you in third third class so who where's all your friends uh oh back there are and see they're all friends we're all one big family here we're all one big start my name and friends you get into trouble you say come here so big day tomorrow cake sale yeah did you keep booking did you bake anything yourself i need to bake some tonight oh what are you gonna what are you gonna bake cookies oh but you nobody in here likes cookies not a one that you look see look see does anybody want homework tonight put up your hand see hands are down just like that cookies anybody want a cookie put up their hand homework come here all excited about christmas then yeah we're a bit confused down here because it's the 18th they're all seem to be it's the 19th of december it's the 18th of december so many sleeps now that christmas seven seven i think that's about right so it will do seven's good that sounds good come here did you write your letter i'm sure i know you did you write letter yeah or what was what did you put in the letter them uh stuff on smigal and claire's accessories claire's accessories is that to do with makeup and stuff is this no it's just accessories i just access what can i accessories are you talking about tools and stuff uh i don't really know i don't really know myself come here do you want to swap hats now before i shift you on you see you don't like my hat you should say right right grace give grace a nice round applause there please thank you you go over there now shuffle over there come on you head over here now who we got next and what's your name yabriela yabriela and what's your sure name it's a tricky one that i i forget my own surname sometimes i call myself i just remember lee sometimes come here who's listening at home do you think now to you and that was you on the red seat that camera there that they're watching you up there to wave now everybody hello can we work actually in third is it uh second second how's it going for you good would you like a homework pass tonight yeah is that the man we've got asked for homework pass this is see the boss man is yeah he's nice man he's nice man can we all say for christmas then yeah what about any elfs any any naughty else in your household uh so today my elf well my elf that was wearing pajamas today he was drinking fanta and then my brother and sister's elf was drinking beer your jokun and your house is very busy many elfs do you have that house three three and when did they start to be very very naughty i don't know probably a few days ago did they yeah because we have an elf at our home and he is super well behaved but do you think he's going to be behaved for the next few days yeah i don't think so lovely talk and he will get chatting to this man and come on you over then come on ahead oh come on over what's your what's your name then then how's it going you want to have a christmas yes any elves in your house yes how many three of course you have a lot of elves three elves down this part of the world one's enough i can be your full of naughtyness yes right okay would you like homework what would you like homework no no that's the right answer i thought i was going to get another yes there come here do you like so i brought well the girls and the whole team brought selection boxes down here do you think everybody in audience this is like the late letio patrick healthy how are you yes would you like a selection box yes that's a good answer that can be your happy christmas to you is there what do you want to come back a few words come on hit come on hit there now last one we're gonna have we performance then john can you be thinking that a good boy can chat forever come on over for the crack did i think i was leaving me i watched these and everything had them all came what's your name hey v how are you what are you yeah what class are you in let me guess now you're 10 you're probably doing your infant fourth oh i'm already joking i'm already joking can be your house things going for you good excited about christmas yep now any else in your house yeah oh my god what have they been doing sunbathing and fishing yours so did you hear that sunbathing what how would this where what would it be doing with the sun does it put sun cream on and stuff well if i tore it um paper across the back did not and what did you do did you roll it all up again to keep it to use in case you might need it now they dumped it now and what i see did the sunbathing what else did he do fishing did he catch anything no what what did he have a big fishing rod uh yeah the tank tank do you have a fish real fish do you no no thank god for that but that's it now no more noriness is every night he does something does he yeah oh my god that's me and tell me this letter wrote to santa claus yeah when did you post it black a week ago you're so organized i have two boys right liana i only posted mine late on saturday night and i had to go to the post office what do you call the post office has the headquarters the sorting office muncher come on hands with the pockets keep me keep me tuned in i had to go to the sorting i thought i was going to miss it for the boys but i got a letter away anyway two stamps as well i'm tight with my money two stamps it took what did you ask santa for i don't know jersey all right then who's the best team in the world then don't go all right good kind of thought that and tell me this have you any favorite players washington what are you looking over there for does he play for donnie gall is he yep does he play for donnie gall that no wonder he's a look he's just about fits under that door look at the big toll him he was doing funny dance move shapes and stuff uh dancing moves and that so is he a teacher here is he yeah is he a big famous teacher muncher jealous look he's hoffing and puffing and uh so happy christmas right and hope santa comes to you and no doubt you will and if i finally we chat with you now come on over if what is the crack with you i'm good i love your is that what's well is this your own top is it school top since that classy uh leaver city you do not do you that's super cool would that fit me would it what size big that would fit me swap like i was trying to swap a hat swap be a hat for it i don't like that you don't want hat swap be the hat for the top no no d no d can we what about a homework pass you like that yeah very good can we are enjoying school yeah so your sixth class is this then yeah oh god it's your last year everybody goes uh but you might come back as a teacher or something hopefully you never know what we'd like to do when you leave school um go to secondary school yeah that's a good start you have time enough to think and could be you're all excited about christmas yeah what would you like from santa converse what is it or what are the trainers are they what size feet god they've nearly fit me come put your foot up there now for the crack what we're about the same size good we are but then look i'm only a teeny weenie bit bigger than you what size eight six yeah i was thinking ask me thanks very much give them all a nice round of applause absolutely brilliant now a few more here now i'm like ah come on couldn't leave these out come on over the crack is this it now what's your name holly holly oh how could i forget about holly at christmas time holly it's nice h-o-l-l why is that right no see i got that wrong muncher says i need to improve my spells and and john bresner's saying about my diction need to slow it down a bit so how do you spell holly then h-o-l-l-i or you'd have to beat effort that's nice that's nice what's your surname mulhern mulhern holly mulhern lovely i can see that on the x-factor please welcome molly can sing no no it's okay i can't in there that's okay and tell me what class you third third class all going good yeah yeah cake sale tomorrow yeah can we eat stuff at the cake sale ourselves yeah did you bake anything yourself no no you'll have more fun now eating everybody what's the uh chocolate person or uh what kind of person are you chocolate does anybody else let me silly question anybody like chocolate put up their hands anybody want homework put up their hands no no homework no and tell me all except for christmas yeah what did you ask auntie for an apple watch my goodness me so tell me this now so my mommy would say to me years ago we'd be lucky to get an orange so you're looking for an apple and it tells the time no what what is it an apple watch an apple watch how is it the walk around with an apple and it tells you the time no what is it what is it what do you do then that's a watch that you put on your rest and it tells you the time you're joking the apple tells you the time no make phone calls and stuff on as well yeah oh my goodness me that's a fancy that's a fancy apple that isn't it what color red or green pink pink yeah pink apples now isn't this great well come here lovely talking give them all a nice round of applause right so we're going to go to john john back to you now john and we're having a good chat forever here because we have loads of boys and girls you're still with me there absolutely hanging on your every word what's wrong i'd like to think your diction has improved since you started ah thanks for it do you think i know how to spell holly properly first name h-o-l-l-i-e yeah a good yeah that's perfect yeah give me another spelling test for the grant give me a word to spell their moonshirt Santa it's Christmas that's easy x-m-a-s there you go spot on what do you mean no how do you spell it go on ahead here there's a man first hand huh is good yes that's a huh huh are you making a tough for me h er or i s t m a s to get it right fantastic yeah yeah john we better go for this abray before i spell is you won't get me spelling jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way john i'm lying on the floor here you probably see me it's a tough day in the office here i think i can i come back next week it's a great day at the office by the looks of things can i come back on christmas day would you be all here for me no this is a tough day in the office john i think you have an abray sure we'll come back and we'll have the crack sure at that suits right we need to care well we do we do have other uh uh guests ali so so oh that's all right maybe you want to wave to the camera and say cheerio and and there's and we'll catch up with you tomorrow morning oh that sounds good can we do this thing because i want the boys we've got a couple other performances but what we're going to do we're going to pre-record them and we're going to put them out in social and then i'm going to flag it up talk it on the naughty alarm clock tomorrow is that all right yes absolutely good on you john you've been very good alone and so you give john a nice round of applause there bye guys thanks john hi guys uh nice catching up with you uh thanks everybody thanks to man all right so uh that was that that was lee there lee live lee kutch live from sunday angus is