Today in class we decided to draw some small leprechauns. We had lots of fun following the instructions and trying to come up with some imaginative names for our cartoon leprechauns. During art we were able to discuss the different types of lines that were required and had lots of fun comparing how our leprechauns [...]
Fourth class enjoyed a little bit of art over the last few weeks. They have been busy painting windows, posters and snow owls. Within their bubbles they have been able to participate fully in the art projects. With the help of some Christmas songs, carols and instrumental music there has been a festive atmosphere created. [...]
During the first few weeks of October the pupils have been working very hard on their history projects. The theme was THE STONE AGE. The pupils worked very hard on their projects and were able to present them to the class via the interactive white board. All the pupils participated and did their best.
Art inspired from our history lesson. The children enjoyed painting in orange, red, brown and black paint.
We are very grateful once more to all the parents that have supported this initiative this year. It allows the school to gain rewards from Scholastic. These rewards are then used to purchase accelerated reader books for the school library. I would also like to thank the parents' association who help with the three days [...]
As it was Maths Week this week we had a game of Battle Ship on Friday. It was very engaging and there was lots of excitement and fun had. The pupils had to input their three ships on a grid. There were 16 places available on the grid. The horizontal axis was ABCD while the [...]
Since October 2019 the pupils in fourth class have been set STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Mathematics) challenges ranging from crossing an imaginary river with paper boats, to building the highest book tower to support a weight, investigating sound, building their own tin phones and becoming shoe makers for a few days to list [...]
Five pupils from Mr. Frawley's Rang IV organised a most successful Cake Sale and Raffle Fundraiser today to help injured koalas and Australian wild animals affected by the recent Australian wildfires, The five girls are Faye Mannion, Holly Sheerin, Clíodhna O'Loughlin, Rachel Kerins and Leah O'Connor, The morning began with parents enjoying a cup of [...]
Today, we welcomed Patrick Naughton to our school. He introduced us all to African drumming on 33 African drums that he brought with him. The rhythm was outstanding and he encouraged everyone from Junior Infants up to Rang VI to play some fantastic African rhythms. Pat told us that he has helped many pupils in [...]
