Halloween Artwork
5th class have enjoyed creating some Halloween themed artwork in recent weeks. Take a look at some of the finished products!
Climate Action Week 2021
This week is Ireland's fifth Climate Action Week (October 11th to 17th). As part of Climate Action Week, the Green Schools Committee constructed a bug hotel so that we can play our part in increasing biodiversity in the area. The Green Schools Committee is calling on all pupils to become more aware of air pollution [...]
Learning through Irish is fun! 🍃 🍁 🍂
Today, in Irish, we read a story in our ‘Léigh sa Bhaile’ reader called ‘Cuimilt Duilleoige’. We read and translated the story about leaf rubbings & produced lovely pictures using Autumn colours. It so easy to do. Nil uait ach duilleog tirim, páipéar bán agus crián. (All you need is a dry leaf, white paper [...]
Lessons with Ms. Buckley
Ms. Buckley is currently on placement in our school. She visited our classroom today and taught two lovely lessons. The children listened to a beautiful story called "Cloudette" by Tom Lichtenheld. They read some of the story, discussed it and answered questions based on the story. Afterwards, pupils were treated to a fabulous autumn collage [...]
Music with Elvie Miller
This morning, as part of the Creative Schools programme, the two first classes were lucky enough to have a music lesson with Elvie Miller. Elvie brought her piano accordian into the classrooms and taught the children some fun and catchy songs including 'Hello', 'What are you Wearing? and 'Hop Little Bunny.' Afterwards, down in the [...]
Cherry Blossom Junior Infants
Junior Infants went for a walk around the school grounds in search of Cherry Blossom Trees. We found two beautiful trees in the school's Garden of Friendship. While we were admiring their beauty the children sat on the friendship bench for a photo opportunity! When they returned to the classroom the children created their own [...]
2nd Class Construction Projects
The boys and girls in second class had great fun making different constructions using various 3d shapes that they brought in from home. We were learning about 3d shapes earlier in the week so on Friday we decided to have some fun in our different groups. The children came up with some great ideas and [...]
STEAM Projects
Rang a Trí have been very busy engaging in their latest STEAM projects. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) requires the children to work as a team to solve a problem or complete a challenge, often using everyday materials. Last week, the class tried out a number of STEAM challenges set by Clare Education [...]
Marine Week 2021
We are celebrating Marine Week this week. Today we learned all about sharks and we even learned how to draw one!
Marine Week 19th-23rd April 2021
This week, Green-Schools Ireland is launching the first ever Marine Week. It will be the Green- Schools first ever week long celebration of the sea. Each day, new activities will be uploaded to the Green-Schools Marine Week web page. There will be interactive talks, art, well being activities, educational videos and science experiments on a [...]