Pupils in my class completed very interesting projects involving Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. Each group planned, constructed and decorated a marble run at least 1.5m long and the marble had to enter the top of a bottle positioned at the bottom of the run. It was a very creative, enjoyable and fun project [...]
Pupils of Rang a III participated in the Explorers Education Programme and completed projects to raise awareness on the dangers of plastic in the oceans, seas and the rocky shore. Each pupil created plastic fishes using plastic collected from the seas and beaches around Clare. The pupils also created their own sea gardens and learned [...]
There was great excitement in Junior Infants on Wednesday morning when Garda David paid a visit to our class. He drove into the junior yard in the Garda van. Garda David told the children all about his uniform. The children tried on his Garda hat and vest. Garda David put his handcuffs on all the [...]
Junior Infants went on a 'colour walk' last week. They discovered all kinds of different colours around the school. We took a photo under the tree at the front of the school. We will take the photo again in the summer when the tree will be full of leaves!
4th class pupils have been enjoying some extra Maths challenges this week during Maths Week 2018. On Wednesday the children enjoyed participating in 'Multiverse' in the computer room, accessed through their Mathletics accounts. The game, based on multiplication fact fluency and recall, sees the students progress through space, collecting and trading resources, and unlocking new [...]
Take a look at our most recent STEAM project! The children's task involved working in groups to construct a ramp from which a toy car could be launched. The toy car had to jump a gap of at least 10 cm after leaving the ramp. Initial plans were drawn up before the children set to [...]
In Visual Arts we have been busy reflecting the story of the Children of Lir which we covered in Hisory. In the story the children of Lir were turned into swans and had to wait over 900 years for the spell to be broken. We decided to use an image of a swan in a [...]
