We are all delighted to be back together again!
Everyone was very excited to come back to school on the 1st of March after the January and February school closure. We all brought our favourite books to school this week on March the 4th, World Book Day, and we enjoyed telling the class all about them. We had a lot of J.K Rowling, David Walliams and Jeff Kinney fans to name but a few!
National Engineers Week 2021
It was National Engineers Week this week. We watched an engineering show hosted by celebrity scientist Mark the Science Guy and co-host Ali Knight. They took us on a bridge building adventure at Explorium and investigated the fascinating shapes that engineers use to build amazing structures. It was very entertaining.
We also took on an engineering challenge ourselves. We had to work in groups and see who was able to build the tallest freestanding structure using 20 marshmallows and 25 toothpicks. Katie and Tomás succeeded in building a 22.5cm tall structure!!
We also took on an engineering challenge ourselves. We had to work in groups and see who was able to build the tallest freestanding structure using 20 marshmallows and 25 toothpicks. Katie and Tomás succeeded in building a 22.5cm tall structure!!
First Communicants 2020 - the big day finally arrived!!
Science Week 2020!
This week we loved designing and making our anemometers (wind gauges) in school and at home. We also learned so much and thoroughly enjoyed our virtual visit from the reptile zoo. Lastly we carried out experiments such as the skittles one below.
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Spooky fun!!
Autumn
This term we are enjoying learning about different deciduous trees in Ireland. We have studied in particular the sycamore tree growing in our own school grounds and have learned lots of interesting facts about our second most common hedgerow tree!
We loved gathering different leaves and printing with them as you can see below!
We loved gathering different leaves and printing with them as you can see below!
Our Winter Shape poetry
Christmas baubles!
An Geimhreadh atá ann anois!
The season of Winter is here! We enjoyed creating our 'Geimhreadh' pictures using oil pastels and white paint. We also constructed some snowflakes!!
Our Summer Bucket Lists
We enjoyed designing and making our land yachts!
Congratulations to our First Holy Communicants!
Project work on Spain
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!
We have been very busy doing some Christmas art this month! We loved creating our 3D Christmas trees and Santa's sleighs!
An Geimhreadh atá ann!
Easter egg hunt
Making our Easter chicks and bunnies!
Project work!
We completed a project on Sierra Leone over the last few weeks. It was very interesting learning about the lives of people, especially the children, living in Sierra Leone! We enjoyed carrying out research on the languages spoken in Sierra Leone, the food they eat, their population, the mining industry in Sierra Leone, their home and school life, the capital Freetown and lots more!!
Looking forward to making our First Confession this evening!
Sound
We have enjoyed learning about Sound over the last few weeks. We investigated how sound waves travel. We also learned how echolocation works. We studied the ear parts and how they recognise sound. Here are a few pictures of us designing and making a new musical instrument - panpipes!!
Christmas Cribs!
'If I'm tense I can relax!'
We were learning how to relax in our SPHE class today. Learning to relax is an important life skill which helps us feel more in control. We felt very happy and comfortable visiting our special place and really enjoyed illustrating it afterwards.
Our project on Spain!
World Book Day
We brought in our favourite book to school and had great fun dressing up as a character from our book!
St.Brigid's Day
The Giant's Causeway
Inspired by our English reading material, this week we have completed some research on 'The Giant's Causeway' in Co. Antrim. We had fun learning interesting facts about this natural rock formation!
Science Fair
We are delighted to have completed and presented our Science investigations. We enjoyed ourselves and learned so much in our groups while investigating our hypotheses. Have a look at our Science Fair page to read more!
My name is special!
Our first week back at school we, 2nd, 3rd & 4th class, did Art. We all designed colourful pictures using our names. It was so much fun, we really enjoyed designing them. Our favourite was the emoji one. Which is your favourite?
By Eimear & Grace
By Eimear & Grace
3D shapes
Cylinders, cuboids, square based pyramids, triangular prisms, hexagonal prisms, cones, triangular based pyramids, cubes, pentagonal prisms, cones.... you name it, we've constructed it!!
Norway
We have enjoyed learning lots about Norway through some project work.
Our project on the ISPCA!
We have been busy researching and finding out lots of information about the ISPCA centre in Longford over the last number of weeks. We learned how to take care of our pets, one group investigated what the needs and rights of animals are, our geography group drew a map from our school to the centre, we gathered information on the history of the ISPCA, we did profiles of different animals and lots, lots more!! We especially enjoyed our trip to the centre and we loved meeting all the animals!
Our scary creations!!
Our Fact Files
We created our own fact files and a fact file for a 'famous' person we admire. Pay a visit to 2nd, 3rd & 4th class if you would like to know a few facts about Sir Alex Ferguson, Harry Styles, Roald Dahl, Wayne Rooney and many more celebrities!!
We created our own fact files and a fact file for a 'famous' person we admire. Pay a visit to 2nd, 3rd & 4th class if you would like to know a few facts about Sir Alex Ferguson, Harry Styles, Roald Dahl, Wayne Rooney and many more celebrities!!
Autumn
We enjoyed painting our Autumn pictures. We used our fingerprints to paint the leaves! Some of us even used our hands and arms to make the trunk and branches of the trees!
We enjoyed painting our Autumn pictures. We used our fingerprints to paint the leaves! Some of us even used our hands and arms to make the trunk and branches of the trees!
World Book Day
To celebrate World Book Day, the Pupils dressed up as their favourite characters from books they like. Each Pupil sat on the 'Author's Chair' and told us about the character, author and the book. The Pupils had lots of fun guessing who everyone was and learning about 20 different books!
Guests in Our Bug Hotel
The Pupils in the Middle Classes investigated the inhabitants of Cloontuskert's Seven Star Bug Hotel this week. Its proving to be a very popular hotel and has many different species. The Pupils worked in Pairs to research the different bugs in our hotel and presented their findings to the class.
Our Wormery
As part of our work around Biodiversity, we have a wormery in our school! We have to feed the worms every day. We made a wormery in our class, and are watching how the worms tunnel through the soil.
Birds in Our School Grounds
We are busy on 'Bird Watch' in the Middle Classes. We have identified a number of birds that we see on a daily basis in our School. We are keeping an eye on the following birds - Thrush, Robin, Blue Tit, Jackdaw and the Sparrow. There are lots of these birds flying around our school. We are busy filling our bird feeders, so the birds don't get hungry in the cold weather.
Our Class Novel - James and The Giant Peach
This term we are reading the famous Children's book, James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. The children are really enjoying the book. We are doing lots of different activities based on the book including character descriptions, chapter summaries, questions and Art.
Healthy Eating 2015
With the arrival of 2015, we have all made New Years Resolutions. Our class are committed to eating healthier this year and having a balanced diet. We created a selection of menus in our different Restaurant. Have a look and see which Restaurant you would visit.
Class Project on World War 1
We recently completed a whole class project on World War 1. We learned about how the war started, the countries involved, the weapons used and how it ended. We remembered Christmas Day 1914, where there was an unofficial truce and the soldiers from both sides of the trenches celebrated Christmas together, over 100 years ago.
4th Class Visit to Discovery Science Day at Lanesboro Secondary School - Presenting the 'Wind Vane' to show the direction of the wind!
The pupils in Rang 2, Rang a 3 & 4 have been working in Groups to learn more about the trees in our local area. We focused on the following trees - Silver Birch, Horse Chestnut, Sycamore and Oak Tree.
Our Classroom Display on Trees
Group work in action!
Group work in action!
Our Silhouettes!
This is Sophie. We drew around Daniel for the body. We stuck on half of a t-shirt for the skirt. We cut up a tea towel for the top. We used a bit of old net for the neckpiece.
We cut out some love hearts from a t-shirt for the belt and hairclip. We stuck on a piece of tea towel for a bracelet. We coloured the feet and legs. We also coloured the face. We coloured the shoes red. We coloured her nails also.
By Bláithín McElgunn, Daniel
Carberry & Jack McGloin
We cut out some love hearts from a t-shirt for the belt and hairclip. We stuck on a piece of tea towel for a bracelet. We coloured the feet and legs. We also coloured the face. We coloured the shoes red. We coloured her nails also.
By Bláithín McElgunn, Daniel
Carberry & Jack McGloin
This is Sinéad
Eoin, Cian and Dylan created her. First we traced around Eoin. Then we stuck a
piece of denim material on for her skirt. We got pieces of white material for
her top. Eoin and Dylan painted flowers to decorate her top.
Then we painted her legs, arms and her face a peach colour.(we mixed a little orange with some white paint to get this colour) Eoin made a hair piece and a bracelet. He cut pieces of white material, he painted them and stuck a button on top. Lastly we cut her out.
By Dylan, Cian & Eoin
Eoin, Cian and Dylan created her. First we traced around Eoin. Then we stuck a
piece of denim material on for her skirt. We got pieces of white material for
her top. Eoin and Dylan painted flowers to decorate her top.
Then we painted her legs, arms and her face a peach colour.(we mixed a little orange with some white paint to get this colour) Eoin made a hair piece and a bracelet. He cut pieces of white material, he painted them and stuck a button on top. Lastly we cut her out.
By Dylan, Cian & Eoin
This is Paulin Robino. Firstly we traced around Lee. We were going to do Mr. Bean but then Lee’s head turned out to look like an alien! So we did an alien instead. (Lee’s head was a bit too big to do Mr. Bean!)
We drew a picture of Paulin with a suit on. We then drew shorts and socks on him.
After that we drew Michael D. Higgins hair and we drew Ronaldo’s shorts and
socks. He also has sunglasses, an earring and a piercing on his mouth. We
coloured everything in with twistables. We decided to cut out holes in his shirt
as buttons.
By Lee, Conor and Kevin
We drew a picture of Paulin with a suit on. We then drew shorts and socks on him.
After that we drew Michael D. Higgins hair and we drew Ronaldo’s shorts and
socks. He also has sunglasses, an earring and a piercing on his mouth. We
coloured everything in with twistables. We decided to cut out holes in his shirt
as buttons.
By Lee, Conor and Kevin
This is Jamelia. She is a bride. Firstly we traced around Megan while she lay on our sheet. Then we painted the dress. We mixed a little brown paint with some white to get the colour we wanted. We painted her lips red. We stuck on material for the belt. We decorated her shoes with diamonds. We used maroon wool for the hair.
Then we painted the nails with sparkly pink nail varnish. After that we decided to use black string for the eyelashes. Lastly we stuck diamonds on the straps of her wedding dress. We glued one diamond on her finger as a ring.
This Bride Was Made By Melanie, Megan and Katie
Then we painted the nails with sparkly pink nail varnish. After that we decided to use black string for the eyelashes. Lastly we stuck diamonds on the straps of her wedding dress. We glued one diamond on her finger as a ring.
This Bride Was Made By Melanie, Megan and Katie
Emily Horan
This is Emily Horan. She is Niall Horans sister. Keisha Carty and Orla Cox created her.
First Keisha lay down on the ground and Orla traced around her. Then we drew on her clothes and her eyes, shoes, mouth and nose.
We cut up clothes and stuck them on as a dress. Orla made a belt that said ‘Love’
on it. We used black paint for the shoes. We used Orla’s mam’s pearl earrings
for the ears. We used cream paint for the skin. Finally we used pink nail varnish and
nail stickers for the nails.
The End By Orla Cox and Keisha Carty
This is Emily Horan. She is Niall Horans sister. Keisha Carty and Orla Cox created her.
First Keisha lay down on the ground and Orla traced around her. Then we drew on her clothes and her eyes, shoes, mouth and nose.
We cut up clothes and stuck them on as a dress. Orla made a belt that said ‘Love’
on it. We used black paint for the shoes. We used Orla’s mam’s pearl earrings
for the ears. We used cream paint for the skin. Finally we used pink nail varnish and
nail stickers for the nails.
The End By Orla Cox and Keisha Carty
This is Creeper the alien. We traced around Jack to get Creeper’s shape. Then we traced Creeper with black marker. Next we coloured and painted him colourful colours. We added some fairy wings with a tattoo of a bat.
Creeper has shoes that can stick to mountains. He has a magic wand and a deadly
gun. He has scouts badges that form Creepers.
By Jack Brehon, Eoin Cox and Eabha
Kenny
Creeper has shoes that can stick to mountains. He has a magic wand and a deadly
gun. He has scouts badges that form Creepers.
By Jack Brehon, Eoin Cox and Eabha
Kenny
This is Rooney. Rooney was made by Conor, Ryan and Eimhin. We traced around Conor’s body while he lay on the sheet. We coloured Rooney’s jumper using crayons. We painted his trousers and his shoes. We painted his hair brown. He has blood coming from his mouth. Finally we cut Rooney out with scissors.
By Ryan, Conor and Eimhin
By Ryan, Conor and Eimhin
Lá Fhéile Bríde.
