Christmas Elves
The boys and girls in Second Class have been practicing their drawing recently and produced some fantastic Christmas elves that are now showcased outside our classroom on our noticeboard. Well done everybody and Happy Christmas!!!
Elfie
We had a special visitor in our classroom when we came to school today. An elf was sitting up on top of the whiteboard. The pupils have named him 'Elfie'. Elfie is a kind and well behaved elf. It will be great fun to have him in our room until the Christmas holidays.
Christmas Art
We are delighted at how our Christmas silhouette art turned out!
STEAM Projects
The children in 3rd class have been working on STEAM projects in their pods. The most recent challenge involved constructing the tallest structure possible from 1 metre of tin foil. No other materials could be used. The children planned their designs before setting off to work in their groups. The children measured their designs. Can [...]
We’re Dreaming of a White Christmas!
Here in 3rd class we are already dreaming of a white Christmas and have been reflecting this in just some of our art recently!
Manga Drawings
After reading about Manga drawings in our English book, we tried them out in class. We following an online tutorial and created very unique portraits. We found it a little difficult but still very enjoyable! Manga is a typically Japanese way of drawing comics and graphic novels. We hope you enjoy looking at our drawings.
Poetry in the Making
This week pupils in Fifth and Sixth classes have been working hard on their entries for the Cleaner Air Poetry Competition. This year's theme is 'My Journey to School'. We are looking forward to hearing all of their fabulous poems!
Clean Air Week 2020
This week is Clean Air Week. The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness of air pollution and to take action to reduce it. This can be done by increasing active travel such as walking or cycling to school. To celebrate Clean Air Week, we will be encouraging fifth and sixth class pupils to [...]
Our Beautiful Rainbow
Ms. Whelan and our Senior Infants have been very busy learning how to look after their minds over the past three weeks. They have created their own colour monsters and a mindfulness jar to represent their busy minds. Our busy Senior Infants have worked on meditation, and learned how to use bunny breathing and rainbow [...]
Garden of Gratitude
Over the past three weeks, Ms. O'Sullivan and our Senior Infants have been exploring and engaging with different Mindfulness activities. Each day, the pupils have taken part in a range of activities such as meditation sessions, breathing exercises and mindfulness art. As part of this Programme, each pupil created his/her own individual flower. These flowers [...]