Picasso Portraits
The children in 5th class enjoyed responding to the work of Picasso and learning about Cubism. In their portraits the children showed faces from two angles at once.
Halloween, Halloween!
Creepy, Crawly, Halloween! The boys and girls in Junior Infants really enjoyed their 'dress up' day and Halloween Party. A great day was had by all. Enjoy little snippets of the fun we had together :)
Junior Infants ‘Drummin and a Dancin! ;)
Junior Infants: Drum Beats Watch Them Dance! The last two weeks the children have been taking part in Dance Lessons in the PE Hall on Friday's. The children are really enjoying these lessons. They are really working hard on their dance moves and 'shining' like little stars already. Well done to the boys and girls [...]
Junior Infants At The Doctors!
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away! The boys and girls are enjoying their first experience of Aistear in Big School. The children are role-playing the Dr. Surgery in their different stations. The children will spend time playing at the five different stations over a two week cycle i.e. Small World, Home Corner (Drama), [...]
Forest School
As Forest School draws to a close in our school this year, we reminisce on what was a most wonderful experience for first class pupils. Veronica and Gráinne nurtured a great love and respect for nature and wildlife in the children through projects, art and craft activities and games. Every session was full of smiles, [...]
The Big Travel Challenge 2022
The Green Schools Committee is inviting you all to take part in the Big Travel Challenge 2022. Walking, cycling, or scooting to school is an opportunity to increase physical activity. The aim of the challenge is to promote a sustainable mode of transport for 10 days during the month of February. In order to promote [...]
Piet Mondrian Artwork
5th class have been taking a look at some of the most famous pieces of artwork by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. Taking his signature use of line and primary colours the children created some animal themed artwork inspired by Mondrian's style. Have a look at just some of the finished pieces!
It’s the season to be jolly! 🎅☃️❄️
We had a great day today drawing snowflakes on the yard with chalk. We also made some elves this week and I have to say they were full of mischief in our classroom as our class elf ‘Cookie’ sprinkled them with some magic dust which gave them the power to move around our room - [...]
Science Week Scribble Bots
After some experimentation with simple circuits, series circuits and parallel circuits the children had fun assembling their very own Scribble Bots. By making a circuit involving a motor which spun a weight, vibrations were transferred to the body (and coloured markers) of the Scribble Bot. Many different patterns and designs were created by the Scribble [...]
A moment of ‘Science’ please!
What a great science Week. We had so much fun. We had a magnetic science trail around the school, we tested and investigated magnets and even got to see the magnetic field of a magnet using iron filings. We made a maths game called ‘Go Fish’ using magnets - one for all the family. Thanks [...]