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Catholic Schools Week 2023
This is Catholic Schools Week. The theme of the week is Walking Together in Faith and Love. We attended mass this morning. Fr Vincent...
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Jan 26, 20231 min read
Length
Today we measured lengths using different equipment. The groups had measuring tapes, metre sticks, a trundle wheel and rulers.
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Jan 25, 20231 min read
Hieroglyphics
We wrote our names using hieroglyphs. First, we prepared paper to look like papyrus by painting it using a coffee solution. Next, we...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read
Robotics
A group from 5/6 class are very busy preparing for a robotics competition. They will be travelling to Sligo IT next Friday. Thank you to...
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Jan 13, 20231 min read
New novel
5th/6th class have started reading a new novel Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson. We have met the main characters Maia, Miss...
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Jan 13, 20231 min read
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Jan 13, 20230 min read
The Renaissance
5th/6th class are learning all about The Renaissance. We know many facts about da Vinci. ,Michelangelo and Galileo. We looked at a famous...
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Jan 13, 20231 min read
Children of Lir Drama
We listened to the story of the children of Lir. It is a sad story where the four children are changed into swans by their stepmother who...
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Jan 10, 20231 min read
Ancient Egypt
Our theme in the classroom at the moment is Ancient Egypt. We learned about BC and AD and put events on a timeline. Then we had to...
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Jan 10, 20231 min read
January Art 🎨
Today our art had two parts. First, we used masking tape to outline tree shapes on sheets of card. Next we painted over the sheet with...
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Jan 6, 20231 min read
Holidays
Happy Christmas 🎄 See you all on January 5th 2023!
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Dec 21, 20221 min read
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Dec 20, 20220 min read
Story Books 📚
We finished writing our story books 📚 We read them to the junior and senior infants. Ms Toolan says we will enjoy rereading them when we...
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Dec 20, 20221 min read
Santa School Visit 🎅
Santa visited our school today. He had two elves with him. We sang a song for him. 🎵 🎶 He had a present for everyone. 🎁 A big thank...
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Dec 20, 20221 min read
San Nioclás sa seomra ranga 🎅
We had a visit to our classroom from Santa. We sang San Nioclás for him. 🎶 He had a gift for everyone. 🎁 Thank you to Santa and his...
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Dec 20, 20221 min read
Don’t Tell Mum
We have just finished reading our novel Don't Tell Mum I made a Mammoth. It was a funny novel about a boy called Percy. His Mum has...
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Dec 19, 20221 min read
Ideal Bedrooms
5th and 6th class were busy designing and creating our ideal bedrooms. We all had different ideas and we spent a lot of time finding...
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Dec 19, 20221 min read
A hug for you
Another great book - A hug for you. We enjoyed reading about Adam King and the adventures his virtual hug had. Everybody thought about...
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Dec 17, 20221 min read
The World Cup, Qatar 2022
First & Second class are football crazy! We have been following the World Cup in Qutar. Thirty-two teams are taking part. It only happens...
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Dec 17, 20221 min read
Procedural Writing
This month our writing genre is procedural writing. We learned the steps to doing and making lots of things. We even created the steps to...
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Dec 16, 20221 min read
Santa’s Christmas Problem
We have finished reading Johnny Magory's Oíche Nollag Adventure. It was an exciting read and thankfully Santa still got to deliver all...
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Dec 16, 20221 min read
Maths week 2022 16th-24th October 2022
We went on a Maths trail around our school grounds and in the village. We found Maths all around us -3D shapes, road signs, car...
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Dec 16, 20221 min read
Christmas Concert 2022
A large crowd gathered on a very cold evening for the Christmas concert. The children performed beautifully with lots of poems and songs....
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Dec 16, 20221 min read
Symmetry
Today we started learning about symmetry. We looked at capital letters, cut symmetrical shapes, folded squares and rectangles and...
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Dec 12, 20221 min read
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