There was a great buzz around the school for World Book Day! The children and staff all dressed up as their favourite book characters. We had lots of activities on the day- colouring/ book review competition, kahoot quizzes, Buddy Reading and lots more!
4th class have been focusing on explanation writing. They have used the life cycle of the Sea turtle to complete a piece of writing. Did you know that turtles lived in the dinosaur age 120 million years ago?! Also they can lay 150 eggs at a time!
We have had great fun in 4th class for Lá Glas. The children dressed up in green, painted shamrocks, sang as gaeilge in our school concert!
Ms Hackett’s 4th class recently participated in Junior Achievement Ireland’s, programme, sponsered by AIB, It’s My Business’. Students experienced the initial steps necessary to start a business as they identify their own entrepreneurial characteristics, developed a business start up from it’s ideation, innovation and market research through to pitching their new ideas to potential funders. […]
Huge thanks to you the library team for making the school library so fabulous! It’s a fantastic addition to our school, with a large range of reading materials available to the children. They are loving visiting the library and taking out their weekly books. Check out our photos below! .
The Big Marshmallow Tower Challenge is a favourite Math and Engineering STEM activity for teachers and students around the world. The objective of this challenge is for students to apply their knowledge of geometry to design and build structurally sound towers using nothing but marshmallows and spaghetti. It was great fun and very messy! .
2nd Class have started to learn the violin with their wonderful teacher Sínead! They are really enjoying the experience!
The three 2nd Classes are learning about Autumn and trees native to Ireland. As part of this, we went on a nature walk to investigate the different trees and how they are changing with the season. We collected a lot of conkers, acorns and leaves. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had a […]
The children in Ms Hackett’s class have been busy working on procedural writing. Lovely to see them working together as part of a team and then presenting their work to the class!
We made heat sensitive colour changing slime. The slime is made using thermochromic pigment allowing it to change colour based on the temperature of the slime. Thermochromic pigments are available in a wide variety of colours and temperature ranges, so you can change the colour of the slime using cold or hot temperatures. Ingredients: 5oz […]