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Third and Fourth Class News


Santa Visit
Santa visited our classroom today. We had great fun with our Christmas annual. We also got some sweets ๐
cloonacoolnational
2 days ago1 min read
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Winter card art
We watched Raahat, an author and illustrator, create a winter scene. She made it seem quite easy. Our cards turned out well too.
cloonacoolnational
5 days ago1 min read
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Winter Maths Puzzles ๐งฉ
Today we worked in groups of three. There were Christmas themed problems. Each group had a mix of 3rd & 4th. We worked hard together and enjoyed solving them.
cloonacoolnational
7 days ago1 min read
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Winter Art ๐จ
Look at our beautiful winter display. We used pastels to create a background.
cloonacoolnational
7 days ago1 min read
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Farm Safety Ambassadors
We received our pennant today for all of the wonderful farm safety work that our school has engaged with this term. We have received the first one for Animal Safety and Wellbeing from AgriKids. We hope to earn more pennants in the future towards eventually earning an overall Farm Safety Flag for our school. Well done to everyone for all of their dedication to farm safety in our school community! Keep up the great work! ๐ ๐ ๐
pcloonacool
Dec 21 min read
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Meet the Scientist
Today we met a scientist who speaks to people about health. He reminded us about keeping ourselves healthy. Hygiene is very important. We also protect our classmates and the community when we are careful.
cloonacoolnational
Nov 261 min read
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YSW fun
On a very chilly day we were kept warm with plenty of running! We had to listen very carefully to coach's instructions .
cloonacoolnational
Nov 191 min read
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Energy
Today 3rd & 4th classes were learning about the different ways energy is produced. More renewable resources are used now - solar panels, wind energy and hydro-electricity. We will be trying to remember to always turn lights off when we leave our classroom.
cloonacoolnational
Nov 191 min read
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Final maths fun
On Thursday we wrote and drew pictures about our favourite numbers. On Friday we completed a puzzle!
cloonacoolnational
Nov 141 min read
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Origami Jerseys
The origami jerseys were less challenging Look at the variety of designs ๐
cloonacoolnational
Nov 121 min read
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Meet the Scientist
Michel is a lecturer in Galway.ย There are three groups of venomous snakes. Vipers have very long fangs that can move! Elopids have shorter fangs that don't move but they are very sharp with very strong poison.ย The colubrids have fangs farther back in their mouth so they have to chew their prey. Luckily we don't have venomous snakes in Ireland! ๐ ๐
cloonacoolnational
Nov 121 min read
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Wednesday maths
This morning we worked in pairs on two puzzles. The pairs worked very well to solve them. Daithi had a shape challenge for us too!
cloonacoolnational
Nov 121 min read
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Tuesday Fun
Today 3rd and Sixth had fun in the GP room. We played a loop game. Next we played Silent Sequence again. Finally we played Magic Circle- it took two goes to work it out!
cloonacoolnational
Nov 111 min read
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Ar Scoil
Tรก an tรฉama seo crรญochnaithe againn. Fรฉach ar an obair nรฉata atรก dรฉanta ag gach รฉinne. Tรก an taispeรกntas go hรกlainn ag bun an tseomra.
cloonacoolnational
Nov 111 min read
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Silent Sequence
Today we played Silent Sequence in the GP room. It was difficult to make the row silently! We also played Pairs- trying to take the last pair from the square. We also had a puzzle- change 4 3 2 1 to 1 2 3 4 by moving one counter ๐
cloonacoolnational
Nov 101 min read
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Origami Fox
Today we folded paper to make a fox. We were thinking about learning new things. Some people found it easy to follow the instructions but lots of us found it difficult! https://vimeo.com/230617775?fl=pl&fe=sh
cloonacoolnational
Nov 61 min read
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Junior A champions visit us!
Congratulations to the Cloonacool team who won the Junior A final on Saturday night. A huge number of our past pupils came back to visit us with the cup ๐ A great weekend for our local club ๐
cloonacoolnational
Oct 201 min read
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Safety Poetry
We continued working on safety today. We read a set of rules for a pool. Then we completed short safety poems and illustrated them underneath in our sketch pads.
cloonacoolnational
Oct 161 min read
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Halloween Display
The completed Halloween pictures are now on display in the GP room. They look very colourful ๐ ๐ป ๐งโโ๏ธ
cloonacoolnational
Oct 131 min read
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Halloween painting ๐จ ๐
We have started our Halloween art. We painted the background today using autumn colours. When they are dry we will paint silhouettes on...
cloonacoolnational
Oct 91 min read
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Salt water ๐ง
We observed the difference between placing an egg in fresh water and salt water. It proved that objects float better in salt water ๐ง
cloonacoolnational
Oct 91 min read
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Snails ๐
We learned a lot of facts about the seilide garraรญ and other snails this week. They are part of the mollusc family. They are herbivores....
cloonacoolnational
Oct 91 min read
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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...
cloonacoolnational
Oct 81 min read
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Hurling Games
Today we played mini games with Gavin. It was great to put the skills to use!
cloonacoolnational
Oct 71 min read
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Hurling
Before we played games we were practicing the skill of hand passing the sliotar.
cloonacoolnational
Oct 21 min read
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SESE Projects
We have been working in groups doing projects. They make a lovely display in our classroom.
cloonacoolnational
Oct 21 min read
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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...
cloonacoolnational
Sep 291 min read
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Wellbeing Activities
A big thank you to Oisรญn, Eimear and Aoife who organised fun activities for our class. We really enjoyed being out in the sunshine...
cloonacoolnational
Sep 261 min read
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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...
pcloonacool
Sep 261 min read
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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...
cloonacoolnational
Sep 251 min read
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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...
cloonacoolnational
Sep 241 min read
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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,...
cloonacoolnational
Sep 221 min read
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Not so superheroes!
Today we watched a crowdcast about a funny graphic novel- Terrible Trio: The (Not So) Superheros with author Swapna Haddow and...
cloonacoolnational
Sep 191 min read
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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...
cloonacoolnational
Sep 121 min read
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Our Tree Diary ๐ณ
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...
cloonacoolnational
Sep 101 min read
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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,...
cloonacoolnational
Sep 91 min read
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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...
cloonacoolnational
Jun 191 min read
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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...
cloonacoolnational
Jun 181 min read
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Watercolour Painting ๐ผ
On Friday we used watercolour paints for the first time. We used special paper that is more absorbent. After finishing, the first group...
cloonacoolnational
Jun 161 min read
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Merchandising
Siรบn and Jordan had a panda Plick. Merchandise includes hoodies and teddies. Ruben, Ciara and Ruth had a teddy Plick. Merchandise...
cloonacoolnational
Jun 61 min read
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Student Council
Our amazing Student Council attended our Board of Management meeting on Tuesday. They explained all about the Student Council to the...
cloonacoolnational
Jun 41 min read
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Advertising
In SPHE we were learning about advertising. There are Many tricks used to make products and food look better so we will be persuaded to...
cloonacoolnational
May 221 min read
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Wildflowers
Today we learned about vetch. It is called peasair capaill in Irish. It had tendrils on the end of the leaves to help it cling and grow...
cloonacoolnational
May 211 min read
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Our assembly
Today we presented assembly. We were so good we had a session with the bee-bots in the GP room. It was fun!
cloonacoolnational
May 161 min read
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Flowers ๐ ๐น ๐ธ ๐ต
Today in science we were learning about flowers. They have many different parts. Insects, especially bees, do a vital job- transferring...
cloonacoolnational
May 141 min read
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Cycling fun ๐ฒ ๐ดโโ๏ธ ๐ตโโ๏ธ
Today we had great fun sharpening our bicycle skills.
cloonacoolnational
May 121 min read
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GAA skills
Today we practised two skills with Rebecca. The first was accurate kicking and the second was protecting the ball in our possession.
cloonacoolnational
May 91 min read
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Magnetic Forces
Today in science we were learning about magnetism. We did experiments using magnets and recorded our findings ๐งฒ
cloonacoolnational
Apr 301 min read
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Stations of the Cross
We have been learning about the Stations of the Cross in our Grow in Love. An artist created new ones when they rebuilt the cathedral in...
cloonacoolnational
Apr 101 min read
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Our Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt
The weather is so lovely we went on a nature scavenger hunt today. When we looked very closely we found all sorts of leaves, flowers,...
cloonacoolnational
Apr 31 min read
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