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Autumn Trees 🍂 🥮
Our first art display of the year has autumn trees. We drew trees using pencil and charcoal. We used warm colours for an autumn leaf in...
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Sep 4, 20241 min read
Environment Game
Our final activity in Earthlink was to play the environment game. When you land on certain squares you have to answer a question based on...
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Jun 21, 20241 min read
Summer Scavenger Hunt
This afternoon we had a scavenger hunt in the playground. We had to find objects starting with various letters, some to do with numbers...
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Jun 19, 20241 min read
Forces: Making things move
We spent the morning experimenting with rollers and wheels. The rollers were used to move a dictionary. The reels were used for wheels...
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Jun 11, 20241 min read
📚 Reading with friends
In English we are reading with our friends in groups. Each group has a 'connector' bookof facts. They have interesting titles and facts!...
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Jun 6, 20241 min read
Bunny Art 🎨 🐇 🐰
On Friday we made funny bunnies. Some people made twins! They make our classroom brighter!
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May 27, 20241 min read
Koru Art
We were learning about the Maori people of New Zealand. They use the unfurling fern as part of their Koru art. It symbolises new life,...
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May 21, 20241 min read
Fire Safety Visit 🔥
Today Stephen and Brendan came to speak to us. They reminded us that it is important to know the number to ring in emergencies and also...
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May 15, 20241 min read
Assembly
Today we presented assembly. We said two poems. We sang our German song about spring. Everyone gave us lovely compliments.
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May 10, 20241 min read
A New School Crest
Today in SPHE we talked about being part of a community. Then we designed new school crests. Do you think they represent our school? Look...
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May 9, 20241 min read
Dramatic Friday
In groups we dramatised scenes from James and the Giant Peach. It was fun to look at all the groups performing.
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May 3, 20241 min read
Thank You
A big thank you to Oisín who did PE activities with us over the past few weeks. Some of the rhythm games and dances took a lot of...
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May 2, 20241 min read
Indoor Games
At the end of the day we played some card games. Thank you to the PA for funding classroom resources. As you can see there are other...
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Apr 29, 20241 min read
James and the Giant Peach display
We did silhouette pictures for the display. The creatures were very difficult to cut out! ✂️ The cloud people have also appeared. Some...
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Apr 29, 20241 min read
Nettles
Today in science we learned about nettles- neantóg in Irish. They have an unusual square stem. Long ago they were eaten for their...
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Apr 18, 20241 min read
Yes to Languages
Martina started our Yes to Languages today. We played a game with a little globe. We can all introduce ourselves in German and tell what...
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Apr 16, 20241 min read
James and the Giant Peach
Our class novel is James and the Giant Peach. We are really enjoying it! In art we drew the scene inside the peach 🍑 🕷 🪱
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Apr 12, 20241 min read
Science Experiment
Today we tested various solids by mixing them with cold and warm water. We had to keep our tests fair- the same amount of water, same...
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Apr 11, 20241 min read
Sligo Jersey
We had a surprise visitor to our classroom on Wednesday. Liam Óg arrived to present a Sligo jersey - the prize won at halftime in a Sligo...
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Mar 21, 20241 min read
Ceolchoirm 2024
Bhì ceolchoirm sa halla againn inniú. Chanamar Is Mise Fear an Cheoil agus dúirt muid an dán Crann.
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Mar 14, 20241 min read
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