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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


Spring & The Farm
We had a busy week with Mr. Moylan learning all about Spring and life on the farm. We got to play with different toys during Aistear and...
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Mar 3, 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


Teddy goes to school.
We got to bring our favourite teddies to school. We played with our teddies, read them stories and had lunch with them. We also enjoyed...
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Feb 24, 20231 min read


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Feb 24, 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


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Oral language theme for January 2023 - The Solar System
Did you know that one million Earths could fit inside the Sun - and the Sun is considered an average - size star. Did you know that...
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Feb 13, 20231 min read


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Feb 13, 20230 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


Writing Boxes
Shauna was very busy ordering lots of nice pens, colouring pencils and coloured paper for our writing boxes. The organisers of the...
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Jan 30, 20231 min read


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Jan 27, 20230 min read
Ana Credit Union Awards
On Wednesday the 25th of January I went to the Credit Union award show, it was at 7:30pm sharp. My parents and I left at around 7:00 to...
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Jan 27, 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


Robotics 5/6 class
Our school had been challenged to create a robot to use to battle against other schools. Ms O'grady was overseeing our project. Five...
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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...
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Jan 26, 20231 min read
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