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1st & 2nd Class
Some of Our Christmas Art
Coding
We have been enjoying learning about coding this year. We have completed several weeks of unplugged activities, such as patterns, sequencing and writing codes. Then we got to use the iPads and the programme ScratchJr to get our character to dance, drive and even go to Space!!
Science Week
So much fun!!! We opened our Science box and thoroughly enjoyed the science exploration inside. We inflated gloves, made bubbling volcanoes and more. Have a look!
Hallowe'en Fun
We had our usual dress up for Hallowe'en, Hallowe'en themed PE, art and even completed our skipping challenge wearing our costumes - a bit of an extra challenge for some!!
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A New Year brings More Fun!
Happy New School Year! We have a climbing wall which has proven very popular! We have been gardening and tasting what has grown with Ruth. We have done yoga for kids to relax. We have completed a skipping challenge with the whole school - have a look at our Active Flag page for more on that! We have learned Maths through discovery and play. Most of all, we have enjoyed getting to know our new classes and learning about each other.
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Our School Tour
We headed off early on Monday 23rd June to Westport House to see what was on offer there. Wow!! What a day!! We were lucky with dry weather and travelled on a small train, one on the road and another on a track. We slid down slides, climbed and explored in a net park and climbed walls! We even still had energy for the playground. We enjoyed a lovely lunch too, to refuel!!
Let's go Sailing...
Each child had a project to complete. They were asked to plan and build a sailing boat that would stay afloat. Fun was had when we tested them out.....I think we have some very promising engineers in our midst!
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Sports, Sports & More Sports!
We have been so lucky to have received the help from GAA coaching, Soccer coaching, Sean nÓs Dancing, Orienteering and of course our regular PE lessons. We also completed lots of skipping for our Skip Around Europe challenge for our Active Flag. Have a look over on the Active Flag page to see more. Here is just a snapshot of some of what we did....
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Different Ways of Painting!
We experimented with a few different ways of painting, using some simple ingredients from home. For Easter, we created the marbling effect on our Easter eggs by using shaving foam and food colouring. We used shaving foam, glue and food colouring to give a spongy effect in our fancy ice-creams! We used table salt, glue and water colours to create colourful jellyfish. It was great to see the different effects created so simply!!
Gardening with Ruth
One of our wonderful parents, Ruth, came in and shared her expertise in the garden. She taught us about wormeries, helped us plant seeds and reminded us of the care our growing plants would need. We look forward to reaping the rewards of our efforts in September. Thank you Ruth.
Mothers' Day
We all know how precious our mums are, so we spent time creating a little canvas for our mums as a gift for Mothers' Day. I think all the Mums loved them!!
Maths Stations - Coding
With the help from our SET team, we spent a few weeks learning how to write codes to program our fantastic Beebots to move forward, back, turn left or turn right. It helped focus us to learn our directions and to work in teams. We had a great time, with a few errors which we had to debug and test again.
Happy Valentine's Day
We did some fabulous cupcakes on canvas using acrylic paints...LOVE these....almost want to eat them.
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Fly me to the Moon...
We got creative as we learned a little about our Solar System. We brought in lots of items from home and designed and made rockets. Test flights were taking place at home.
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Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Art
We took part in Christmas Jumper Day for charity and did lots of great art.
Coding with Beebots
The children in 1st and 2nd Classes were working on their coding skills. They worked in small groups to plan the correct code to move the Beebots to their destination. The Beebots provided the whole range of emotions ranging from puzzled faces to those of consternation to those of sheer joy and relief when the coding worked! Lots of laughter, groans and cheers! We then took the opportunity to showcase our coding skills to the children in the Infant classes. They were very impressed and we were very proud.
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Movement Breaks and Relaxation
Every day we try to fit in some movement breaks to music or just some exercise or we lie on the floor and relax our bodies and minds to calming music. Our own cushions help keep us extra comfortable for this. No snoring so far...!!
Art Work
We have enjoyed exploring colour and using our primary colours to create secondary colours. Have a look at our colour wheels.
We have celebrated the harvest time with our very own ripe apples!
We learned about the skeleton and are able to name some of the bones in our body, such as the ribs, skull, femur, humerus, spine etc. Did you know that an adult has 206 bones?
Mrs. McNulty has been reading the BFG by Roald Dahl to us. We created our own jars of dreams.
Maths Fun
We had great fun working in pairs practicing our Addition tables on the iPads. The New Primary Maths Curriculum is giving us lots of opportunities to work in pairs or groups to explore Maths and investigate strategies.
Summer Term
The summer term is shaping up to be a busy one. We are sorry to see the end of Music Generation in our room. We have enjoyed learning from Anna and having fun through music. We are enjoying GAA coaching each Friday with Darragh and learning lots of new skills with him. We are continuing to enjoy doing lots of art each week, watercolour painting, bees and even racing cars! We planted our own sunflowers. We used the iPads to create a book during Book Week and dressed up as our favourite characters. The weather is improving and we got to enjoy learning table tennis with our fabulous new tables. Not sure we'll be ready for the Olympics, but we'll do our best!
What a busy time we have doing Art!!
March was incredibly busy with Mothers' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Seachtain na Gaeilge and Easter all rolling in together. Have a look at some of the art we completed during that time.
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Pancake Tuesday - YUM!!
The Theme of Wind... As part of our Green Flag work for Global Citizenship - Energy, we looked at wind energy. We considered all the ways in which we use wind energy to our advantage and made our own wind socks. Not sure how they'd survive some of the stormy weather we've been having though!!
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Music & Dance
We have been having a wonderful time with Anna from Music Generation, singing and doing action songs as well as learning about various composers and instruments. Anna played for us as we watched our very own star show off her fabulous dancing skills. Ms. Ní Bhroin helped with the music too.
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The Snow Fell and We Got Creative...
On a very cold and snowy day in January, we decided to reflect the weather in our artwork. Have a look at the snow globes we made. Stunning!!
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Who loves Hot Chocolate with cream and marshmallows?
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Check out some of the amazing artwork for Christmas...
Our Very Own Toy Show!
We decided that we didn't need Ryan Tubridy or Patrick Kielty in our school to have fun at our very own Toy Show to mark the start of the Christmas build up. Have a look at the toys the children presented to the class. There was time to play too!
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Our Active Walkway
We are so lucky to have such space around our school to enjoy. On our Active Walkway we skipped, hopped and crawled! Most importantly, we had fun!!
MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOM
Music always brings light and energy into the classroom. We danced to music, practiced making the treble clef and enjoyed playing tunes with the Boomwhackers as part of our Music Generation programme.
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Plenty more art...
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Our Easter Bonnet Parade
A Very Busy March!
We started the month looking at all the new life around us, especially farm animals. We created our own farm with lots of animals to look after.
We were feeling a bit chilly, so we reminded ourselves of the lovely hot chocolates to keep us warm.
We came up with ideas and advice as to how we could stay healthy for the months ahead..great advice for us all.
Some children dressed up for World Book Day and we had great fun reading in groups and with our friends. Some of the 4th Class read their books they had written. Well done to all our authors!
For Seachtain na Gaeilge we learned some Irish dancing, Irish songs and poems and of course, some art to celebrate!
We also took time to think about our mums and how hard they work to take such amazing care of us. Thank you to all the Mums, Grannies and Aunties who love us so much.
Phew! A busy month for sure!!
Feeling the Love!!
The children in the middle room all got involved in our procedural writing activity and then went on to make delicious buns for the whole school. Even the teachers got to enjoy some of the treats! Lots of budding chefs in the room! Watch out Neven Maguire!!
We also created heartfelt greetings for a loved one for Valentine's Day.
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Environmental Workshop
The children in the middle room took part in an online workshop called "Environment, the Musical" with a lovely lady from Donegal called Annette McNelis. She got us up on our feet singing and dancing to songs she wrote herself, teaching us how to care for the environment around us. We learned that we all have an active role in helping to protect our environment. The favourite song seemed to be the "Dog Poo Song"!
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Hallowe'en
There was Hallowe'en art, a disco and dressing up on the agenda. See if you can work out who all the characters are in our room...
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The Bronze Age
The children in the Middle Room learned about the Bronze Age. They discovered what a Fulacht Fia was and how the meat was cooked. They learned about crannogs and how the thatched homes were built using wattle and daub. The children were split into two groups, each group building their own house on a crannog. Have a look at their work.
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Welcome to a New School Year!
As we settled back into the school routines for a new school year, we got busy with art, music and PE. The children designed their own name using creative lines and colour. Beautiful work!
In music, the children used symbols to compose. They then performed their own composition. Watch out Mozart!
In PE, the children worked hard on the skill of catching. Great fun was had and the weather allowed us outside each week.
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Chalk Art
We finally got the good weather and took advantage!
Chocolate Treats!
The children in the middle room made Rice Krispy buns for all the children in the school. It was great to work as teams and all get involved! Not even one was left uneaten!
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Let's Go Sailing!
In Science/Art, we had to design our own boat and make sure it wasn't going to sink or capsize. The children worked in groups and planned carefully together. They considered the materials needed and sketched what they hoped their boat would look like. Next was making the boat. It was tricky but in the end, there were boats ready for the water. Well done to all the groups as we had none sinking or capsizing!
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Planting Our Runner Beans!
We planted runner beans in jam jars and watched their progress. Within 10 days we had roots and shoots appearing. Everyone brought theirs home when the shoots got higher - ready for planting in a bigger pot or in the garden. Lots of delicious runner beans to look forward to in our dinner before too long! We planted cress seeds also, some in soil and some on kitchen roll in trays. Yum!
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Happy Easter!
We made our own nests from newspaper and moss. We added our little chicks and a few treats! We grew hair using grass seed for our little bunnies.
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Creating a Bubble Bomb!
2nd Class had great fun creating bubble bombs. This was an activity in their English workbooks and they discovered what happened when they mixed vinegar, bread soda and warm water. We had a few small explosions!!
A Busy March!
Have a look at some of our art for St. Patrick's Day and Mothers' Day. We dressed in green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day as well as the fantastic news that we have been awarded our next Green Flag for Global Citizenship - Litter and Waste. We took our classroom outside and drew our big tree as we studied the bark, the various holes and characteristics of it.
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