The food pyramid helps us with our food choices. We should eat lots from the base of the pyramid and less from each section as the pyramid gets narrower. This will helps us stay healthy.

We were learning about volcanoes in Geography. Today we did an experiment to see how volcanoes erupt. It was fun to watch the eruption!

Our final RSE lesson was on problem-solving. It is important to pick a good time to talk about a problem. It's also important to stay calm when talking about a problem. Then we tried a very difficult Missing Piece task!

We enjoyed a PE lesson in the GP room forming a dance to Italian music. We used a variety of shapes and heights. https://www.canva.com/design/DAHC0zFNpE8/wn6CY82uY9eVdDsj741BPQ/watch?utm_content=DAHC0zFNpE8&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h072525a71b

We are working on reports and report writing with Ms Henry. Each group took information on an animal and created a report to present to the class. It was very interesting.

We had a session with Rebecca today. Even though it was damp we kept going! We were practicing ball skills after a warm up.

We chatted and learned about taking care of the various parts of our bodies. We also drew care posters.

Céad míle fáilte to Ms Henry who will be teaching 3rd & 4th for 4 weeks. A special céad míle fáilte to Leo. Leo is the speaking object in our room!

We took our woven pieces home today. They looked lovely 😍

Today we were learning about the heart. We took our pulse before and after exercise. We also used the Smart Heart to detect our pulse rate. It was fun exercising to increase our heart rates!

Today we learned about the development of babies in the womb. Then in groups we did a matching activity.

Today we had a very enjoyable drama class based on our novel The Abominables. https://www.canva.com/design/DAHA6gMEd1k/t2YXrrNjfrBXUyKFaMrbIA/watch?utm_content=DAHA6gMEd1k&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h1fac897518

Today we were making St Brigid's crosses. Thank you to the people from 5th and 6th who helped us. It was a lovely afternoon.

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This week we were chatting about rules, responsibilities and consequences. In groups we had to agree on three rules for various headings.

Our RSE lesson today was very appropriate. We were talking about families on Grandparents Day! In groups we found similarities and differences (this was hard) between families. We also said one thing we liked about our family.

Today we were experimenting with light. We used torches to investigate various materials. Were they transparent, translucent or opaque? We also had glass prisms. We made the spectrum by shining the light through them.

We are working with fibres in visual arts at the moment. Each person has a loom and we are weaving on it. It is very enjoyable. A big thank you to Ms Healy who helped us when we were beginning to weave.

Today in RSE we were chatting about bullying behaviour. It is very important to: Say stop Get away Tell Keep telling It is also very important to tell if we see someone being treated badly. We worked in groups chatting about case studies.

We really enjoyed performing our musical last night. What wonderful performances after all our hard work!