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Drama
Today we worked in pairs finding the differences between two pictures. The kitchen was in an awful mess! We had to decide what happened...
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Jan 301 min read
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SESE: Materials
Today we did an exercise in science- exploring materials. We talked about materials being flexible or inflexible. We had to feel an...
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Jan 221 min read
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An Chéad Nollaig
Tá na leabhair scríofa againn. Nach bhfuil siad go hálainn?
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Dec 18, 20241 min read
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Christmas trees 🌲
Yesterday we made Christmas trees using paper doilies. We had to cut them so they would fold into a cone shape. We used pipe cleaners as...
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Dec 18, 20241 min read
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Winter Display ❄️
We have all finished weaving and the trees look fantastic on display!
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Dec 18, 20241 min read
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Santa
Today we entertained Santa by singing a song 🎵 Then he gave us presents 🎁
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Dec 16, 20241 min read
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Christmas in other countries
Today we used the chrome books to research Christmas traditions in other countries. We looked at Greece 🇬🇷, Australia 🇦🇺, Italy 🇮🇹...
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Dec 10, 20241 min read
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Rehearsals!
We are busy rehearsing for the shows on Wednesday. We can't wait to perform 😍
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Dec 9, 20241 min read
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Rock and Minerals
We have been learning about rocks and how they were formed 🪨 We also learned about Moh's scale- how hard or soft a rock is. We used the...
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Dec 2, 20241 min read
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Experiment
Today Zoë, Ciaran and Máire brought in containers and we made 'telephones' in science. We could hear sounds along the strings but they...
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Nov 28, 20241 min read
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New Display
Last week we painted paper plates 🎨 They will be the background to our woven Christmas trees 🎄 As you can see, everyone was...
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Nov 23, 20241 min read
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One Dog and his Boy
We are reading the novel One dog and his boy by Eva Ibbotson. There are many breeds of dog in the book. We researched a dog and then...
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Nov 15, 20241 min read
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Playground Games
Tomás showed us a new way to warm up. Then we played some games: Switch. Bean bag throw (and then 2 bags!) Map cones- following a map to...
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Oct 24, 20241 min read
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Maths Week 4
Today we used the chrome books to play a maths week game called Pirates. It started off easy on each level but then the questions were...
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Oct 17, 20241 min read
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Maths Week Zoom
Today we enjoyed learning different facts about shapes! https://www.canva.com/design/DAGTumSUkoA/m83v0-abk5Ko6Vom3sODQg/watch?utm_content...
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Oct 16, 20241 min read
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Maths Week 2
Today we tried to solve a challenge that involved sheep. It was difficult to figure it out 🤔
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Oct 15, 20241 min read
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Maths Week 1
We watched and listened to a book about the great mathematician Paul Erdös who grew up in Budapest being read. He had a very interesting...
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Oct 15, 20241 min read
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History Trail
Today we walked to the old school and drew the plaque. It has an unusual s and the fadas are made using a dot above the letter. We...
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Oct 11, 20241 min read
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Catching Skills
It's all activity in our class this week! We had a morning session with Pat today. We were concentrating on catching the ball above the...
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Oct 10, 20241 min read
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New Skills
We had a lovely morning learning skills from Raf and then using them in a game. We were using the step over and the chop.
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Oct 9, 20241 min read
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