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Island Hopping Game
Today in school we played the island hopping game. If you landed on a bonus point and answered the question correctly then you got an...
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Mar 14, 20231 min read
Tráth na gCeist ⌨️❓️❓️
Bhí tráth na gceist againn inniú. Usáideamar chrome books agus Kahoot! Bhí ceisteanna simplí agus ceisteanna deacair ann. Fuair na...
cloonacoolnational
Mar 13, 20231 min read
Dance with Mairéad 🕺💃
Today we had a very enjoyable and energetic dance lesson with Mairéad. We had to concentrate and listen carefully to her instructions for...
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Mar 10, 20231 min read
Lá Fhéile Pádraig ☘️
Táimid ag tnúth le Lá Fhéile Pádraig. Rinneamar seamróga don seomra ranga. We looked at the work of Romero Britto, who combined pop art...
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Mar 7, 20231 min read
World Book Week 📖 ✨️
To mark World Book week, we joined a chrome cast with an author. Her name is Lisa Thompson. She told us about a ride she had on a...
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Mar 1, 20231 min read
An t-earrach
An t-earrach atá ann. 🌦 Bhíomar ag léamh agus ag caint faoi na bláthanna agus ainmhithe. 🪺🌷 Ansin bhíomar ag scríobh. Cuirfimid na...
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Feb 26, 20231 min read
Tinga Tinga Art 🎨
We are learning about Tanzania in geography. 🇹🇿 We listened to African music from various regions, including Eastern Africa, where...
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Feb 26, 20231 min read
The Accidental Wizard 🪄
We have started a new novel. It is the story of a wizard's apprentice who accidentally becomes a powerful wizard because a spell went...
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Feb 22, 20231 min read
Our Finished Pharaoh Masks
Mr Moylan helped us finish our clay masks on Tuesday. We painted them and then we brought them home.
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Feb 17, 20231 min read
Spring Impressionist Painting
We looked at a painting of irises by Vincent Van Gogh. He was an impressionist. He viewed the irises from the ground. We painted spring...
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Feb 10, 20231 min read
Debate: Zoos or not? 🐒🦁🐻
Having completed the novel Noah’s Brother, we debated whether animals should be kept in a zoo or not. Some arguments for having zoos...
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Feb 3, 20231 min read
St Brigid's Day
Today, for St. Brigid's Day, we made crosses from rushes. We made one which was a simple woven cross. Sometimes it was hard to weave over...
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Feb 1, 20231 min read
Egyptian Clay Art
In art, we were using clay. We spent a lot of time practising different techniques. These were rolling, balling, pinching, squeezing, and...
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Jan 27, 20231 min read
Music 🎶 🎵
Today in music, we were using body percussion. Mr Moylan taught us a sequence of sounds. It was great fun but it also meant we had to...
cloonacoolnational
Jan 26, 20231 min read
Length
Today we measured lengths using different equipment. The groups had measuring tapes, metre sticks, a trundle wheel and rulers.
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Jan 25, 20231 min read
Hieroglyphics
We wrote our names using hieroglyphs. First, we prepared paper to look like papyrus by painting it using a coffee solution. Next, we...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read
Children of Lir Drama
We listened to the story of the children of Lir. It is a sad story where the four children are changed into swans by their stepmother who...
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Jan 10, 20231 min read
Ancient Egypt
Our theme in the classroom at the moment is Ancient Egypt. We learned about BC and AD and put events on a timeline. Then we had to...
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Jan 10, 20231 min read
January Art 🎨
Today our art had two parts. First, we used masking tape to outline tree shapes on sheets of card. Next we painted over the sheet with...
cloonacoolnational
Jan 6, 20231 min read
Holidays
Happy Christmas 🎄 See you all on January 5th 2023!
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Dec 21, 20221 min read
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