This is where you will find all the latest news for the whole school. If you wish to find out about the latest news from any one class please click on the class links above the first blog post below.

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Salt water 💧

We observed the difference between placing an egg in fresh water and salt water. It proved that objects float better in salt water 💧

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Oct 9, 20251 min read

Snails 🐌

We learned a lot of facts about the seilide garraí and other snails this week. They are part of the mollusc family. They are herbivores....

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Oct 9, 20251 min read

Fr Vincent

Fr Vincent visited our classroom. He said there were hopes that a million children would say thr rosary today, on 7 October, the Feast of...

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Oct 8, 20251 min read

Hurling Games

Today we played mini games with Gavin. It was great to put the skills to use!

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Oct 7, 20251 min read

Hurling

Before we played games we were practicing the skill of hand passing the sliotar.

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Oct 2, 20251 min read

SESE Projects

We have been working in groups doing projects. They make a lovely display in our classroom.

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Oct 2, 20251 min read

Sheep Festival winner

Siobhan came into our room today to present the prize for our room. Congratulations- what a lovely picture. She also had sweets for...

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Sep 29, 20251 min read

Wellbeing Activities

A big thank you to Oisín, Eimear and Aoife who organised fun activities for our class. We really enjoyed being out in the sunshine...

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Sep 26, 20251 min read

Celebrating European School Sports Day 2025

Our Sixth Class pupils set up PE lessons for us today to celebrate European School Sports Day. We had lots of fun outside together. Thank...

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Sep 26, 20251 min read

Mi Soh Lah

We were learning about mi, soh and lah and how they are positioned on the lines in relation to each other. Then we composed pieces using...

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Sep 25, 20251 min read

Muscles and static balance

We are learning about the skeleton and muscles. We watched an interesting programme about how muscles work. Then we did experiments. How...

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Sep 24, 20251 min read

Pulse and Rhythm

We are learning in music about the difference between pulse and rhythm. We composed our own rhythm pieces using a combination of ta,...

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Sep 22, 20251 min read

Not so superheroes!

Today we watched a crowdcast about a funny graphic novel- Terrible Trio: The (Not So) Superheros with author Swapna Haddow and...

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Sep 19, 20251 min read

Student Council elections

Today we had presentations from six 4th class students. They told us about their ideas and plans if they were elected to the student...

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Sep 12, 20251 min read

Our Tree Diary 🌳

Today in science we looked at an oak tree at the front of our school. It is large with lots of leaves. There were orange mushrooms...

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Sep 10, 20251 min read

Hurling Coach

Today we welcomed Gavin to our school. He will be coaching 3rd to 6th classes for the next few weeks. We learned how to hold the hurley,...

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Sep 9, 20251 min read

Farm Safety with Jessy

We joined a Teagasc zoom today. Jessy went through three areas of safety: Signs and what the colours mean Animals and being aware of...

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Jun 19, 20251 min read

Final Nature Walk

On our final nature walk of the year we found lots of tall colourful flowers. These included foxgloves and meadow sweet. When we returned...

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Jun 18, 20251 min read

Watercolour Painting 🖼

On Friday we used watercolour paints for the first time. We used special paper that is more absorbent. After finishing, the first group...

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Jun 16, 20251 min read

Merchandising

Siún and Jordan had a panda Plick. Merchandise includes hoodies and teddies. Ruben, Ciara and Ruth had a teddy Plick. Merchandise...

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Jun 6, 20251 min read