We are delighted to support Clare Crusaders in their Christmas Cards Sale. Clare Crusaders provide invaluable assistance to our pupils through Speech, Language and Occupational Therapy advice and support. Please see poster hereunder for the beautiful Christmas Card samples that they have on sale. Orders can be placed by emailing James directly at: receptionclarecrusaders@gmail.com We [...]
The boys and girls in second class came up with some fantastic inventions and creations for our Science Week project where they had to create and make a musical instrument. The pupils really excelled and used their creative and ingenious skills to make fantastic and interesting instruments. Well done to all!!!
Barefield NS is fortunate to be hosting a Zoom call with the author Ronan Moore this week. The senior classes will be getting the opportunity to hear Ronan Moore over Zoom in their classes. We'd like to thank the Ennis Bookshop in helping to coordinate this wonderful opportunity for the pupils in the school. Barefield [...]
6th class investigated materials for Science Week 2020. We made a non-newtonian fluid using cornflour & water - apply pressure & it's a solid, let it relax and it's a liquid. We also investigated what happens when you combine an acid and a base and used it to make Carbon Dioxide.
Junior Infants really enjoyed their first Science week . We were looking at Light this month. In class we did lots of fun activities identifying colours and sorting colours. During the week each child got to be a scientist and discover what new colours they made when they mixed the primary colours . They loved [...]
Our Junior Infants planted Spring flowers last week. We planted daffodils, snowdrops, bluebells and a hyacinth bulb. We are very excited to see how they will change and grow from a bulb into a beautiful flower. We learned the names of the different parts of a flower and what they need to grow. We also [...]
6th class were exploring Materials and Change for Science Week 2020. We explored different powders, and even made our own butter and ice-cream!
This week is Science Week and we have been learning all about sound, vibrations and sound waves. We completed the paper cup/phone experiment and the rice/drum experiment. Each pod also picked a scene and created their own sound effects to suit the scene using cubes, paper, plastic, pasta, rice and various other materials.
Dear Parents, The HSE has published a very informative video about what to do if your child is a close contact of a person with COVID-19. Listen to expert advice from Dr Abigail Collins on what to do if your child has been in close contact with someone else who has COVID-19 [...]
Rang 1 had great fun today learning all about sound. We made paper cup string telephones […]
