Ms Ryan's 5th class 2021/22
4th Class
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Irish Aid Our World awards 2021.
Irish Aid Our World awards 2021.
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Irish Aid Our World awards.
ESB Science Blast 2021.
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Recording results.
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Countries of South America.
Please help your child learn where the countries are by going around the coast and naming them and then naming those inland.
Or write them out in alphabetical order.
Or write them out in terms of size from biggest to smallest or smallest to biggest.
P.E
We do a combination of yoga, meditation, balance exercises , stretching and dancing in the hall and go out to the field to have races, run, sprint and walk. Our yoga poses are really getting better.!!! We know the warrior, the cobra, the lion, the bow and the tree.
Oops some are a bit ....wobbly!!
Geography.
We are learning about the 50 states of America and about central and South America. We are using atlas and maps to find out about political and physical geography. Please ask your child questions about what they are doing. In that way, they will consolidate their learning and they might teach you some things you don`t know too!!
Our beautiful Inca masks.
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The 1960s.
We did some op art from the 60s, we created some 60s hairstyles and we learned about fashion in the 1960s.
Thank you to the Dad who kindly sent in the albums.
Penny Lane.
In Penny Lane, there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say, "Hello"
On the corner is a banker with a motorcar
And little children laugh at him behind his back
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain, very strange
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back
In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen
He likes to keep his fire engine clean
It's a clean machine
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
A four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back
Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway
In Penny Lane, the barber shaves another customer
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim
And then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain, very strange
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
Penny Lane!
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul McCartney
Penny Lane (Take 6 / Instrumental) lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Frásai na seachtaine.
Tús maith leath na hoibre.
Is maith an tanlann an tocras.
Níl aon tinteáin ná do thinteáin féin!
Dyeing with natural ingredients.
We used blackberries, kale and spinach to extract natural dyes.
Investigating the stamens of the lily.
Can you get colour from the stamens of the lily?
Is it stronger than the dye from spinach or kale?
A game on the E.U.
This is a good game to match the countries of the E.U to their maps.
Here is the link
https://europa.eu/learning-corner/eu-puzzle_en
and here is another game. It is good fun too!!!
https://europa.eu/learning-corner/lets-explore-europe_en
Geography.
For the next two/three weeks we will be learning about the countries of the European Union and the children will be doing individual projects on a country of their choice. We will be researching the geography of the country, its history, culture, music, food and drink as well as its important cities, landmarks etc. Any postcards, photographs, books, recipes, money from E.U countries would be great and they will be returned when the topic is complete.
Thank you
History.
Our theme for the next two/three weeks will be "The Sixties". We will be learning about important events, historical figures, music and songs from this time. If you have any photographs, books, artefacts from this time, I would be grateful for them and I will return them when we have completed the topic.
Grow in Love.
We will be doing a lesson from "Grow in Love " every Monday. The children will then take these books home and return them on Friday. Please help your child to learn the prayers and chat with them about the lessons. We will be reading from the Old Testament and the new Testament so if you have a Bible at home, perhaps you could read the stories mentioned in "Grow in Love"
Thank you
Fourth Class.
Welcome back everyone after our very extended "holiday". It is lovely to be back and even though things are somewhat strange...sitting in our pods, doing a lot of sanitising, having separate playtimes and lunchbreaks,(and me wearing a facemask!) I think we are all doing our best to keep our spirits up!!
All the tables are covered in oilcloth to make them easier to clean.
Two of the pupils in our class have a new baby so congratulations to them!!!
We have been learning lots of fascinating facts about the brain, doing lots of experiments on plants and today we had our first P.E lesson. The children really participated well and then they took turns to teach their own groups. They were great!!
Monday June 15th
Good morning all.
I hope you are all keeping well, staying strong and helping out at home. I have emailed you some suggestions for the next few weeks and will post pictures up here that you send me.
Practise your yoga and meditiations. You can do it in the garden if you like or in the park now that we can go as far as 20 kms!!
I will be in touch with you soon.
Best regards
Mrs Galvin
June 15th - 30th: click here for a message and activity ideas.
Biodiversity. 26th May -9th June.
Good morning boys and girls and Mums and Dads, grannies and grandads and whoever else is helping you with homework. I hope you are all keeping well, staying healthy and getting out for walks or cycles. I really miss you all and the great discussions we had.
For the next two weeks our focus is on Biodiversity. You will be learning what it means, why it is so important for our planet and how you can inspire other people to have a better appreciation
for our planet.
First of all, I would like you to watch this video
https://ed.ted.com/on/XHnhiMwi?theme_id=earth-school
and answer this question
Why do we need biodiversity?
Give as many reasons as you can.
Outdoor work.
Look in your garden, at a tree, in the air, on the grass ,in the soil and draw or photograph an example of diversity.
Then, watch this video and answer the questions following it.
https://ed.ted.com/on/ZdH5qlho#watch
Rainforest Maths.
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Creative Clonburris - click here for detailsData handling.
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Poetry.
This poem is by William Blake. Read it and answer the questions after it.
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp,
Dare its deadly terrors clasp!
When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
Questions.
What two animals are mentioned in the poem?
How is the symmetry of the tiger fearful?
What does "thee" mean?
What tools are mentioned in the poem?
Who uses these?
What do you like/dislike about this poem?
Art.
This famous painting is by Henri Rousseau. Draw/paint or use recycled materials to make your own version of it. Send your pictures to me and we can put them up on the website.
Hi boys and girls, Mams and Dads, grannies and grandads.
One thing I have noticed about being in lockdown is how I can hear the birds singing. It is lovely to listen to and makes me appreciate the beauty around us.
Perhaps this week, in addition to continuing the work on lighthouses, you could write a prayer or a poem or a story about something positive that has happened to you while you have not been at school.Thank you for sending me in work; I particularly like the lighthouses you have created.
Creative writing competition.
Fighting Words and Lighthouses of Ireland want you to create a lighthouse-inspired story.
Closing date is 19th May
For more information go to
www.greatlighthouses.com/storykeeper
www.fightingwords.ie/storykeeper
Best of luck
If you would like to send your stories to me first, I would love to have a look at them.
All the best
Mrs Galvin
Mrs Galvin's 3rd class
paulafrancesgalvin@gmail.com
Lighthouses 11th-25th May.
For the next fortnight, our theme is Lighthouses. We will be learning about lighthouses around the world and lighthouses in Ireland. We will be learning about the design and construction of lighthouses and we will make our own lighthouses from recycled materials.
Here are the links
Exploring the most beautiful lighthouses in the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aPKRafFIOY
Lighthouses from around the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYoX6Za12bM&list=PLMZoau56ZtCggLioUO7y-Jce8dVhsSkto&index=4
Great lighthouses of Ireland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAIjrumkfTc
How to make a lighthouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKe9lT2emGA
The Lighthouse Keeper`s Lunch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46wCRq50Wwg
English.
There are lots of interesting words in the story (e.g. brazen, ingenious, consolingly). Can you find any words that you don't know and write a definition of them?
Mr Grinling is an 'industrious' lighthouse keeper. What does this mean? Can you think of any words that mean the same thing? Write a recipe for something that might go into Mr Grinling's lunch. Write a set of instructions that teach someone how to make a delicious sandwich for Mr Grinling's lunch. The lighthouse keeper's lunch is 'delicious'. Can you think of any synonyms? Can you think of any antonyms?
Retell the story from the point of view of one of the seagulls.
The seagulls are 'scavenging'. What does this mean?
The lunch was 'devoured' by by the seagulls. Can you make a list of words which show different ways that people can eat their food?
Write a new story about Fred, Tom and Bert (the seagulls) and an adventure that they might have.
Role play the different characters in the story (Mr and Mrs Grinling, Hamish the cat, the seagulls). How were they feeling at different points in the story?
Write a diary from the point of view of Mr Grinling.
Science.
Plan a healthy lunch for the lighthouse keeper.
Plan and carry out an investigation to find out the strength of different materials.
Which would be best to protect the lighthouse keeper's lunch? Explore the forces in action when Mr Grinling rows his boat out to the lighthouse.
What forces are in action when his lunch is being carried along the wire?
The bulb in the lighthouse is a source of light. Can you think of any more?
Use electrical circuits to power a light. Could you add this to a lighthouse model?
Maths.
These 20 lighthouses are in Ireland. The number following each is the height of the tower.
Tory 27m, Buncrana 6m, Crookhaven 14m, Mizen Head 4m, Roancarrigmore 7m, Castletownbere 5 m, Ardnakinna 20m, Sheep`s Head 7m, Bull Rock 15m, Skelligs 12m, Valentia 6m, Cromwell Point 15m, Inistearaght 17m, Loophead 23m, Inisheer 34m, Eeragh 23m, Slyne Head 24m, Achillbeg 9m, Blacksod 12m, Eagle Island 11m.
Questions.
1.Arrange the lighthouses in ascending order from shortest to tallest.
2. Arrange the lighthouses in descending order from tallest to shortest.
3.What is the difference in height between the shortest and the tallest?
4. Which lighthouses measure 6m?
5. Which 2 lighthouses have a total of 32m?
6. Which 2 lighthouses measure 46m in total?
7. Which 3 lighthouses have a combined height of 50m?
8.Which 4 lighthouses have a total height of 44m?
9. Which 5 lighthouses have a combined height of 85m?
10. Which of the lighthouses is the closest to Dublin?
Happy Friday everyone. You have once again done wonderful work on tunnels. The tunnels you designed and made are wonderful . Have a look at the photos! Have a lovely weekend and enjoy the sunshine.
Tuesday 5th May
Good morning boys and girls and Mams and Dads. I hope you all had a good weekend and enjoyed the sunshine.Thank you for the emails and the lovely work you have sent me.This week our theme will be "Tunnels" so we will be doing Maths/History/Geography/Science and Art through this theme. So firstly, I would like you to watch two videos on
ed.ted.com/earth-school
The first one is
"How the world`s longest underwater tunnel was built ?"
and the second one is about "How the London underground was built?"
Then use the contact form to answer these questions.
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Science/Make and design/Construction/Art
Investigate what animals make tunnels.
Design and make a tunnel to cover 100cms. You can use kitchen roll tubes/straws or whatever you have at home.
Investigate how to waterproof your tunnel.
Some tunnels in the world have beautiful Art in them. Design a mural for an underground station anywhere in the world.
You can photograph your work and send it to me; paulafrancesgalvin@gmail.com
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Maths.
Undersea tunnels.
Seikan Tunnel 53.8 kms, Sydney Harbour 2.8 kms, Ryfylke Tunnel 14.3 kms, Severn Tunnel 7.01 kms.
1.Arrange the tunnels in ascending order.
2.Arrange the tunnels in descending order
3.Calculate the difference between the largest and smallest tunnel.
4.Calculate the total difference covered by all the tunnels.
5.What is the average length of the tunnels? (hint; you have the total for answer 4...so divide it by the number of tunnels)
6.Draw a graph of the tunnels. You will have to use a scale.
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Poetry Day Ireland 2020.
Today , Thursday the 30th of April is the day dedicated to poetry in Ireland. The theme for this event is "There will be time" If you would like to write a poem about this, please do. It could be about the things there will be time to do after Covid 19. There are lots of great activities on childrenspoetryarchive.org. There you can listen to poets recite their poetry and listen to interviews.You can learn a poem and recite it with the poet.Spike Milligan has a great poem called "On the Ning Nang Nong" which is very funny. John Agard recites "What`s in a name?" and there are interviews with Judith Nicholls.
If you would like to send me a poem, fill out the contact form.
Stay well and healthy. Help around the house. Try not to fight with siblings!!!! ( I know it is hard)
If any of you would like to email me a letter, that would be lovely too.
Missing you all
Mrs Galvin
Good morning boys and girls and Mums and Dads.
This week we are going to concentrate on being active so get out walking, cycling, scooting or skating.Continue with your yoga and tai-chi too. Please send photographs to me and I will upload some.
English
Read for at least 15 minutes every day. Keep a diary of what you are doing every day.
Gaeilge
Scriobh sios na rudai atá le déanamh agat gach la mar shampla
Inniu Dé Lúain. Chuaigh mé go dtí an pháirc. Chonaic mé éan sa speir.
Tarraing pictiúir freisin.
Maths: Factors and multiples. Go to BBC Bitisize to do the following https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfq7hyc
Science
Look at the videos on Forces and Motion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfeVlNL7d9U
and write or draw examples of how you use forces in the kitchen, in the garden or in the bathroom. Draw or take photographs of your findings.
Geography/SPHE/ICT
Go to the Trocaire website to play the game, Project Honduras
https://www.trocaire.org/education/project-honduras
History
The Ancient Olympic games.
You will find lots of information and activities here
https://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-greek-olympics.html
And finally a lovely competition you might be interested in
Keep well, stay healthy.
All good wishes
Mrs Galvin
Happy Friday, boys and girls. I hope you are all well and keeping healthy and happy. I miss being in school with you all but it is best to stay safe and do as we are told. Thank you to those who have sent me work and thank you to all parents for your support.For today`s work I would like you to write about "How has life changed for me since the 12th March" Draw a picture too. There will be a prize for the best entry. Send them to me at paulafrancesgalvin@gmail.com
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Good evening boys and girls and parents. There is a Science quiz on the Science page and a really good challenge on the Global Citizenship page. Go on and have a go!!!
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Shakespeares`s sonnets.
Shakespeare wrote more than 100 sonnets. Listen to this one and then answer these questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKyuzXwSolA
What is the theme of the poem?
Describe three words to describe love from this poem?
Dictionary work: Look up these words and write a definition
;impediment, alter, alteration.
Do you like/dislike this poem? Give reasons for your answer.
April 23rd April is Shakespeare`s birthday. There is a lot of work on Twinkl to support this so you might like to do some of the work here.
https://www.twinkl.ie/event/shakespeares-birthday-2020-ireland-2020
Good morning boys and girls. I hope you all had a lovely Easter and got lots of yummy Easter eggs. I got to see some of you last Wednesday and gave you some plants to mind. Water them regularly and put them out in the sunshine. Thank you to those boys and girls who have sent in their work. It is great to see how hard you are working. Well done.
For those of you who have not been on this site before, scroll down and do some of the work we have been doing.
Ms Morley's Maths group here
GOAL challenge
This week the organisation GOAL are running a series on good health and well-being. There are lots of fun activities here for you to try.
Go to goalglobal.org/globalsparks
and enjoy the activities
Gaeilge : An teilifis.
Go to https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/third-fourth-class-gaeilge-oral-language-an-teilifis-roi-gge-77
for vocabulary and activities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB7-5_FiZeU
This is the song "Africa" as Gaeilge. Have a go at learning it.
Should we eat bugs?
TED in conjunction with UN/BBC/NationalGeographic are hosting a series of lessons from now until June 5th with a video, a quiz, a discussion every day. Do have a look, it is brilliant
ed.ted.com/earth-school
ed.ted.com/themes/earth-school/lessons/W9DQqiPI
and answer the questions below.
Happy Earth Day everyone.
If you are out for a walk, if you see a butterfly, if you can hear birdsong or if you are doing some growing , you can send photographs to me and I will share them. Send them to paulafrancesgalvin@gmail.com
This is what I am growing.
Art : Van Gogh.
Over the next few days, have a look at the following powerpoint. Maybe you would like to have a go at drawing, painting or making a model of one of the paintings here.
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Gardening for wildlife.
We are being encouraged to let the grass grow longer than normal, to leave dandelions alone to encourage wildlife. Watch this video on youtube to see how you can do this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x74aKhzAdhc
Some work for this week.
BBC Bitesize is a great site and I have put these as suggestions. Parents, if you think the work is too easy for your child you can go to the Year 5 work and if it is too difficult go to the Year 3 work.
Go to bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons
Go to Year 4 and then do the following lessons
21/4: Maths finding 1,000 more or less
Geography: Introduction to maps
22/4: Science : Introduction to light and dark
Maths: Rounding numbers to nearest 10,100 and 1,000
English: Adding descriptions
23/4: Music; start singing
24/4: English: giving your opinion
Maths: Weekly Maths challenge
Wellbeing
Instead of sitting down writing in MYM or Spellbound, why not get outdoors and do this Science/Maths trail.( No, this is not an April Fools` Joke)
Geography for 31/3/2020India.
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History/SPHE/Creative writingHarriet Tubman was a brave and courageous woman.
Tuesday 31/3/2020
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Good evening everyone. I hope you are all keeping happy and healthy and doing a bit of work. Well done to those who have sent me the answers to the Maths quizzes and the Science quiz and to those who are still working on their projects and speeches.
For those who might only be looking at this today, scroll down through the pages to see what you have to do.
Parents, please do not put yourself or your children under pressure to get everything done.
Mind yourselves and each other.
All the best
Mrs Galvin.
Learning at Home page here
Dé Lúain: Gaeilge.
Science Investigation quiz on Science page if you would like to have a look ( and do it too!!)
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Sunday message from Mrs Galvin
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A maths trail from Castletown Park.
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Happy Thursday from me to you.
Gaeilge
Dia dhaoibh a pháistí.
An bhfuil sibh go maith?
An bhfuil tú ag nigh do lámha?
An bhfuil tú ag léamh gach lá?
An bhfuil tú ag scríobh gach lá?
An bhfuil tú ag dul amach san aer gach lá?
Tarraing pictiúr " Mise sa bhaile"
SESE: Geography
I hope you are working hard on your project on India. If you need more information you can use this wonderful website where there is lots of information on any subject you want. Go to
https://www.scoilnet.ie/scoilnet-services/world-book
Once you get to the site, select your age group 7-11 and then you can search for what you want.
You can also read about Indian myths and legends here.
Science for today.
It is a shame we left our plants behind in school. I wonder how they are doing? Do you think some are still growing. For the next two days , I would like you to investigate osmosis. Look up the word in a dictionary and write your own explanation. Then go to the website above. Go to "Science Power" it is one of the icons on the first page.Go to
Plant and animal cells and do some of the lessons here . Then go over to the right hand side of the page to Experiments and "Simulate the process of osmosis that occurs in the cells of living things"
https://www.worldbookonline.com/sciencepower/lesson?lessonid=sci1-plantandan-840023
Send the photographs of your experiments to me : paulafrancesgalvin@gmail.com
Maths
If you would like to challenge yourself, these are sixth class Maths..have a go!!!
https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-6/multi-step-word-problems
Here are some more.
1.Joe and Jesse buy eggs for 6.00, pancakes for 7.50 and orange juice.Their total bill is 20.00. How much is each orange juice?
2.My coffee pot holds 1litre of coffee. My coffee mug holds 250mls of coffee.How many mugs of coffee does the pot contain?
3.Toilet rolls come in packs of 4 or 9.I want to buy 36 rolls. How many packs of 4 will I buy? How many packs of 9 will I buy?
4.My recipe for spaghetti bolognese for 2 uses 200gms of pasta, 250 gms of mince and 100mls of tomato sauce. I need to feed 4 people. How much of each ingredient do I need?
5.My new book has 457 pages. I read 50 pages a day and I began it on the 25th March. What day/date will I finish it on? (You will need a calendar!!)
I shall put up more work tomorrow.
Bígí slán
Bígí cúramach
Bígí sláintiúil
Bean Uí Ghealbháin
Science and gardening.
Since it is such a lovely day, you might like to plant some seeds or do some Science/Maths in the garden.
Estimate and measure the tallest plant
What is the width/length of your garden?
What plants are growing in your garden?
When is the best time to plant potatoes/tomatoes/rhubarb/lettuce/onions
Which plants are leafy/root/stem?
Which plants are the best to encourage bees?
What plant is this I am growing in my garden?
Some science experiments to watch
Go to pdst.ie/node/2504
Do not try these experiments at home as they require chemicals and equipment you do not have. Just have a look!!
Maths problems.
Division If you have 4 pieces of candy split evenly into 2 bags, how many pieces of candy are in each bag?
If you have 80 tickets for the fair and each ride costs 5 tickets, how many rides can you go on?
The school has $20,000 to buy new computer equipment. If each piece of equipment costs $50, how many pieces can the school buy in total?
Melissa buys 2 packs of tennis balls for $12 in total. All together, there are 6 tennis balls. How much does 1 pack of tennis balls cost? How much does 1 tennis ball cost ?
An Italian restaurant receives a shipment of 86 veal cutlets. If it takes 3 cutlets to make a dish, how many cutlets will the restaurant have left over after making as many dishes as possible?
A box of Walkers Salt & Vinegar crisps contains 32 packs and weighs a total of 1,600 gms. What does each pack weigh?
My protein pack contains 1,000 gms of whey protein. If I use 25 gms a day how long will it last me?
Geography for the next two weeks.
We were going to learn about India in school so I would like you all to do a project on India.In the project you are to deal with the following topics
the physical geography of India (the rivers and mountains)
the cities and states of India
the climate of India
the religions of India
feasts and festivals in India
famous Indian people
food and farming in India
You will find lots of information on India on twinkl. Log into irltwinklhelps
You will also find information on www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/india
Best of luck with the project. You can put it in a word document or send it to me as a powerpoint .
Gaeilge
Dia dhaoibh a phaistí
While you are off school,keep practising your Gaeilge..
You can watch cartoons on TG4
You can write your nuacht
Inniú Dé Máirt. Tá an ghrian ag taitneamh. Tá mé ag scriobh. Chuaigh mé go dtí an pháirc.
Sing your Irish songs; Beidh aonach amarach, Tá mé láidir, Ní maith liom an bhaisteach.
Bígí go maith
Nígh do lámha go cúramach agus go minic!!!
Tóg go bog é
Bean Uí Ghealbháin
History.
Since Monday is our History day, I thought you might like to have a look at the following film strips; they are about the lives of the following important people in History
Alexander Graham Bell
Florence Nightingale
Harriet Tubman
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Edward Jenner
Mary Anning
Thomas Barnardo
Elizabeth Fry
Grace Darling
Rosa Parks
They can be viewed here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks1--ks2-true-stories/z72wpg8
Look at
them and take notes and we will have a quiz on Friday
Good afternoon, third class. I hope you are all keeping well. If any of you would like to send your speeches, short stories and photographs of your work to me please do. Do it on a word document or send it to me as an email to paulafrancesgalvin@gmail.comParents if you would like advice, assignments please email to above address.
Stay well, keep active and keep washing your hands
All the best
Mrs Galvin
Ms. Morley's Maths group here
mothers_day.docx
Here is some information about the history of Mother`s Day and some questions to answer. You can do them orally if you like!
Happy Mother`s Day to all the wonderful mothers out there.
I hope you boys and girls are giving Mammy a good rest and helping them around the house, washing up, sweeping floors, hoovering, reading to younger brothers or sisters or just being quiet and letting your Mams have a bit of p and q.
A message from Mrs Galvin
Hi boys and girls
I hope you are all keeping well and that you are not missing school too much. While you are off you could
begin the day with yoga
Practise your postures( the lion, the cobra, the cat and the warrior)
Take a 30 minute walk outside/or cycle or scoot
Continue with your speeches for the World Vision competition.
https://www.worldvision.ie/essay-competition
prefixes_and_suffixes.pptx
Powerpoint on base words, prefixes and suffixes
Exciting competition for all you brilliant writers in my class
John Boyne, the author of "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" has offered boys and girls aged 6-18 the chance to win book tokens to the value of 7,200 euro. The short story must have no more than 300 words and when you have written your story, email it to johnboynestory@gmail.com.
Best of luck!!!!
Please vote here for us
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Mrs. Galvin's 3rd Class
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Grandparents' DayThe boys and girls were delighted to have their grandparents visit the classroom on January 31st.
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Congratulations!Two of our boys recently won football medals after playing in Cabra.
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GOAL changemakers winners!
We are delighted to announce that we are the Leinster winners of the GOAL changemakers awards. I am so proud of my class and the hard work they do. Many congratulations to all. Our prize is a trip to the W5 in Belfast. To see our wonderful work go to
www.goalglobal.org and see our raps and our art work.
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We are #changemakers.
We entered the GOAL changemakers awards before Christmas and we are awaiting the results. We learned about people who were changemakers including Wangarai Mathai and Malala Yousafzai. We focused on informing people about trying to use less plastic and to make other changes to stop climate change. We did lots of Art and we made up a rap and a song .
Christmas preparations in third class.
We made orange pomanders, studded with cloves. They smelled delicious! We also made chocolates using #Fairtrade chocolate and a range of toppings. The best part was licking the bowls afterwards.
We read " A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. We wish everyone a great Christmas.
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Junior Achievement certificates received from Karolina Kajak, senior structural engineer with P.M. Well done everyone!
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Showtime at Clonburris.
We put in a superb performance at the Christmas concert. We were just brilliant.
#Mathsweek at Clondalkin Library
We had a great time being maths detectives solving crimes, working out who was the robber, what was the value of the jewellery he stole and where he was caught. We had great fun too!! Thank you to Roberta from the Rediscovery Centre who provided the workshop.
Space week ; Blast Off Clonburris.
Go to www.spaceweek.ie for news of our event
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What foods contain carbohydrate?
We used iodine to test foods. It stained the foods black. We discovered that pancakes contain carbohydrate.
Science in third class.
We asked the question: Is salt a preservative?
We sliced an apple and placed salt on it. The apple lost moisture and did not go brown so we concluded that it is a preservative.
On Friday we made geodes. We made a super saturated solution with sugar and hot water. Then we placed it in eggshells and waited to see what would happen.
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Dissolving salt and sugar in hot and cold water.
Which will dissolve more quickly? Does the temperature of the water matter? What can you change? |
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2nd Class
School Tour to the Zoo!
First Holy Communion
Clondalkin Library Events Schedule
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Seachtaine na Gaeilge
Yummy Pancakes!
Learning about Rockclimbing
One of our girls brought us in some of the equipment she uses for rock climbing. She demonstrated how to wear the harness, how to tie some of the knots and her special rock climbing shoes. |
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Valentine's Day PE
World Book Day!
Santa Dash
Elf Sleighs
The boys and girls were challenged to create a sleigh for an elf out of straws, blue-tack, sellotape and paper. The sleigh had to slide and it had to fit an elf on it. They came up with some brilliant creations.
Buddy Reading
Fitmas!
This year the class are taking part in the 12 days of Fitmas! Each day we have a different physical activity to do.
This year the class are taking part in the 12 days of Fitmas! Each day we have a different physical activity to do.
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Magic of Music
Christmas Shoebox
Halloween
GAA
This term the boys and girls have been taking part in GAA lessons with Shane from Round Tower GAA club in the village. They have really enjoyed learning a new sport and new skills.
Space Art
Welcome back to 2nd Class !
Welcome back to school to all the boys and girls! We've had a busy September, we have started off the year learning about Europe and we even did projects on Italy! We discussed different types of homes around the world, read 'Fantastic Mr. Fox', and we even were 'Ag canadh sa bháisteach'!
First Class 2018/19
Music Workshop
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We had two musicians in today who talked about traditional Irish music. They told us about their instruments and we sang songs such as 'I'll Tell Me Ma' and 'Molly Malone'.
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School Tour
We went to Lullymore farm on our school tour. We drove on a bus and it took us 45 or 50 minutes. We saw chickens, horses, llamas, pigs, deer and goats. We went on a train through the forest. We went to a thatched roof cottage and a dirt house. We went for a fairy walk and we saw a fairy village. We had lunch and then we went to funky forest and a playground outside. I played golf and I had a ride on the zip line!
Oliwia Bauman
Oliwia Bauman
Competition Winners
Alexa, Alisia, Daniel & Abigail were all shortlisted for prizes after entering the South Dublin County Council Social Inclusion Unit's European Week against Racism. They were invited to a prize-giving ceremony in South Dublin County Council.
Creating Electrical Circuits
We created electrical circuits by connecting up the wires, a battery and a light bulb. We were able to tell if it had worked if our light bulb lit up, it was very tricky!
Planting Bulbs
Spring Clean Up
We had a busy afternoon cleaning up all the rubbish from the garden and the senior infant yard!
Easter Bonnets!
World Book Day 2018
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We had a great time dressing up as our favorite characters from our books. We even wrote our own stories and shared them with the class.
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Grandparents Day 2018
We had a fantastic day with all our visitors. We loved showing off all our hard work to our grandparents.
Siopa Bréagán
Can it balance??
Fun with Magnets
We had fun with magnets, testing out materials that are magnetic and what materials magnets can work through. We even managed to create our own magnets by magnetising a scissors with our magnets!
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Hope everyone has a fun and an enjoyable Christmas break, looking forward to seeing everyone back in the New Year!
Christmas Week 2017
Oh My- What a week!! Firstly a big well done to all the boys and girls in 1st Class who performed during the Christmas Nativity, everyone was brilliant!
We have had a busy week of work from creating some Christmas art, practising singing 'Rudolf an Fia Rua' and even writing stories about Santa's Lost Sleigh!
We even managed to squeeze in a visit from the Sam Maguire and Jim Gavin, we gave them a big welcome back to Clonburris.
On Friday we had a little party to celebrate Christmas and some of the children's elves very kindly decided to drop off some Christmas Crackers, we had great fun!
We have had a busy week of work from creating some Christmas art, practising singing 'Rudolf an Fia Rua' and even writing stories about Santa's Lost Sleigh!
We even managed to squeeze in a visit from the Sam Maguire and Jim Gavin, we gave them a big welcome back to Clonburris.
On Friday we had a little party to celebrate Christmas and some of the children's elves very kindly decided to drop off some Christmas Crackers, we had great fun!
Check out some of our 'Elfie Selfies' !!
Sinbad the Sailor
A huge congratulations to all the boys and girls who performed absolutely fantastically during our Christmas Concert!! A big thankyou to all the parents for helping to find such great costumes and for coming to the show, can't wait to see it all again on the DVD!
Happy Halloween !!
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Everyone dressed up for Halloween on Thursday, we had lots of fun! We even tried playing snap apple !
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Space Week
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A big welcome back to school to all the boys and girls. We have had a busy week settling back into school!
We have been looking at some of the signs of autumn and discussing what happens during autumn. We even learnt how to draw our own hedgehogs! |
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Ms. Donlon's Senior Infants 2016/17
One Book Project - Handa's Surprise!
Wake up Shake up!
Active Schools Week
Reading fun!
We have new magic glasses in our class! When we put on the glasses we can read books for our friends. We're all very excited to have a turn!
World Book Day 2017
We had great fun on World Book Day. We dressed up as our favourite book characters and walked in the parade. We can't wait for next year already!
Having fun with Maths!
We did really well working on our throwing and catching in P.E!
Happy New Year everyone!
PE is on every Wednesday this year!!!
A SUPER day :)
Slán libh!!
Lots of love, Ms. Dempsey
I just wanted to say to say a HUGE thank you to the boys and girls for being so good and SUPER workers since the start of the year :) I have very much enjoyed getting to know each and every one of your little personalities!! I will definitely miss you all, buuuuuut I will still see you all of the time in school and out on the yard!! We had a great last day together having a party in the classroom and all of the children won awards to take home :)
Remember to always be kind and friendly to each other :)
I know you will be doing great work and I can't wait to hear all about it :)
Also thanks so much to all of the parents, you should be so proud of them, they are a great bunch :)
Slán leat agus go raibh míle maith agaibh :)
Ms. Dempsey
Remember to always be kind and friendly to each other :)
I know you will be doing great work and I can't wait to hear all about it :)
Also thanks so much to all of the parents, you should be so proud of them, they are a great bunch :)
Slán leat agus go raibh míle maith agaibh :)
Ms. Dempsey
We were absolutely thrilled to welcome Sam Maguire and Jim Gavin into the school on Thursday :) The children were in awe of the cup as you can see from the photographs!! As a past pupil of Clonburris, Mrs. Ryan welcomed Jim to the stage!! Jim told the children that they should always dream BIG!! A great message for the youngsters who adored him!!
We were so lucky to get our photograph taken with the cup and Jim :) We had a great day celebrating!!
We were so lucky to get our photograph taken with the cup and Jim :) We had a great day celebrating!!
Christmas Concert
The boys and girls were absolutely FANTASTIC in their Christmas Concert this year!! The audience loved their scene and when we got off the stage, we wanted to get back up and do it again!!
Big thanks to all the parents for the amazing costumes and for all of your help during Supervision :)
We had a great time, and we can't wait to see the DVD :)
Well done everyone!!!!
Big thanks to all the parents for the amazing costumes and for all of your help during Supervision :)
We had a great time, and we can't wait to see the DVD :)
Well done everyone!!!!
Santa's journey
from the North Pole
We were thinking about Santa's long trip around the world on Christmas Eve and it got us thinking, he must see lots of great things on his way to our houses! The children got busy making a map of Santa's journey and the things that he might see :)
We also made Reindeer in our Art lesson this week!!
Come and see our amazing work in Room 5 :)
We also made Reindeer in our Art lesson this week!!
Come and see our amazing work in Room 5 :)
Student of the Week,
Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine and Friendship Award
Group of the Week winners this week - EVERYBODY :)
Well done on a super week!!
The winners this week...
Say cheese :)
Magnets magnets magnets!!
We had great fun playing around with magnets this week. This children got to move different materials from under the table using magnetic force. Everyone got the chance to explore with different types of magnets :)
Winter Walk
The children went on their Winter walk on an icy morning this week :)
We had a great time looking for different Winter things!!
We found lots of things to draw and we even crunched our feet in the icy grass :)
We had a great time looking for different Winter things!!
We found lots of things to draw and we even crunched our feet in the icy grass :)
Student of the Week,
Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine and Friendship Award
Group of the Week winners Bord Buí :)
Well done everybody on a super week!!
The winners this week...
Yippee O!!!
Is maith linn Gaeilge agus an amhráin is fearr linn ná 'Téim ar scoil'. We love Gaeilge and our favourite song is 'Téim ar scoil' So today we decided to pretend we were walking to
school while singing the song :) We had great fun :)
school while singing the song :) We had great fun :)
Getting into Zumba :)
Aistear - Winter theme
In Aistear this week, we are imagining that our classroom is outdoors in the Winter. One area, the children get the chance to imagine what a real igloo might be like (except maybe warmer) in our igloo tent. The children can pretend to be eskimos and practice new words on the chalk board. Another area is the Puppet Show, where the children are having lots of fun putting on shows for their classmates. There are puppets of snowmen, Robin Red Breast and children having snow ball fights and more. Another area is Lego where the children are building a Winter Wonderland full of snow (cotton wool). We are having great fun with Aistear this week :)
Student of the Week,
Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine and Friendship Award
Group of the Week winners Bord Dearg agus Bord Glas :)
Well done everybody on a really great week!!
The winners this week...
Aistear - Houses and homes
In Aistear this week, we had great fun :) There were four different play areas, all set around the theme of houses and homes. The children participated role-play, cooking the dinner, washing up, feeding the baby, changing the baby, making the bed, watching the television. They also had a water area where they washed the dishes for teacher and dried them, there was great fun with the soap and bubbles in this area. Another station was Lego so the children were building different homes in their community. The last station was the Post office, where the children had the opportunity to write a letter to someone who doesn't live in their home with them and send it off in an envelope into our very own postbox :)
What we did this week...
We had a very busy week this week coming back after the midterm break!! It was great to see all of the happy faces come through the door each day!! This week we were learning all about different homes. We read the story The Three Little Pigs and then the children had to place pictures from the story in the correct order! This is great for oral language development and also Maths, as the children are focusing on ordinal numbers, using words like first, second, last.
We also did some great work on the 5 senses. The children walked around the room to each sense station testing their senses of touch, sight, hearing, smelling and tasting. It was a no-brainer that all of the children enjoyed the tasting station which included some chocolate tasting.
The children painted their own homes in Art this week. We have some budding artists in this class, take a look at our work next time you're in Room 5 :)
We also did some great work on the 5 senses. The children walked around the room to each sense station testing their senses of touch, sight, hearing, smelling and tasting. It was a no-brainer that all of the children enjoyed the tasting station which included some chocolate tasting.
The children painted their own homes in Art this week. We have some budding artists in this class, take a look at our work next time you're in Room 5 :)
Happy Halloween everybody!!
See you after the midterm break!!
Student of the Week,
Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine and Friendship Award
Well done everybody on another great week!!
The winners this week...
Happy Halloween!!!
Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh!!! We had a great week this week looking forward to the Halloween celebrations. The children took part in a Halloween parade in the P.E hall where we walked around the hall so that everybody could see our lovely costumes!! Well done to everybody, it was a great day!!
We made Halloween skeletons this week in Art too, they look amaxing and are hanging up outside Room 5 :) Even the teachers got in on the action, dressing up as a deck of cards :)
We made Halloween skeletons this week in Art too, they look amaxing and are hanging up outside Room 5 :) Even the teachers got in on the action, dressing up as a deck of cards :)
What we did this week...
We got up to lots of fun activities this week!! We were learning all about the dangers of Halloween night in SPHE and the children were able to walk around the room looking at pictures and discussing how we could stay safe on Halloween night. We also learned lots of new things about trees and the different parts of trees. The children made their own trees out of cardboard, wool and cotton wool in groups. The children also got to experience some old clothes in History, where we sorted clothes into two piles long ago and now. We had great fun this week :)
Student of the Week,
Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine and Friendship Award
Well done everybody on another great week!!
The winners this week...
We painted our Clay :)
Our Science experiment
In Science this week, we investigated what kinds of materials are waterproof. We were trying to build a roof for our teddy Lucy's house and the children decided that the cling film and tinfoil were the best options as the water did not change these materials :)
Aistear this week
Halloween
In Aistear this week, we set up a Halloween Fancy Dress Shop in our classroom. The children can go over here and play in the shop, promoting oral language development. The children were also building a scary Halloween town with Lego and spiders, as well as our Play Doh Pumpkin Patch where the children made as many pumpkins as they could.
We had great fun :)
We had great fun :)
Student of the Week,
Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine, Friendship Award and
Group of the Week
Well done everybody on another great week!!
The winners this week...
Our scary Halloween Bats!!
Hallowe'en Clay Art
This week, the children had the chance to use clay to make sculptures of different Halloween characters. They made pumpkins and ghosts and some even made their clay into the shape of a witch's hat. We had great fun and the children got messy with the clay, pinching and rolling it and carving out faces for pumpkins. We gave Michaelangelo a run for his money :)
We are going to wait for the clay to dry before we paint them next week.
Watch this space for the finished product :)
We are going to wait for the clay to dry before we paint them next week.
Watch this space for the finished product :)
The Gruffalo's Child
We read the story of The Gruffalo's Child and this week the children had to sequence the story in order from start to finish. We really loved this book and so the children had to work together to decide what came first and then last. We had great fun with this activity :)
b and d hunt
The children took part in a letter hunt around the room this week! We were looking only for b's and d's as these are two letters that look very similar!! We did really well and it was great fun looking for the hidden letters around the room. We are getting better at our b's and d's :)
W.O.W
We had our first Walk to school on Wednesday this week. Well done to all of the children and parents from my class that came to Lidl in the wind and rain to walk to school. It was a very wet day but we had lots of fun together! We can't wait for the next one :)
Bualadh bos mór :)
Bualadh bos mór :)
We can tell the time
The children are learning to tell the time, and this week we learned that if the tall hand is pointing to twelve it means o' clock! We did great work all week at finding out what time we have our different lessons at, what time our lunch is at and so on. We even managed to figure out a tricky worksheet from teacher, everybody got all of the times correct, we are brilliant Mathematicians!!
Autumn is here!!
All of the Senior Infants went on an Autumn walk around the school looking for things that we can see in Autumn. We found some great things and the children drew terrific pictures with their partners. The children also made leaf rubbings using leaves that we all collected for our Sacred Space.
They look amazing :)
They look amazing :)
Student of the Week, Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine and Group of the Week
Well done everybody on another great week!!
The winners this week...
Take a sip...
The children were learning new words ending in -an, and this week we wrote them out onto our can shapes. They turned out really well! Well done everybody :)
Aistear
We started doing Aistear in our classroom this week!! Each morning, 4 mornings a week we will be participating in Aistear. Aistear is the early childhood curriculum for all children from birth to 6 years old. The children absolutely love it and it's a great way to give them a chance to freely move about the room and participate in learning experiences without even realising it. Each fortnight we will explore a different theme!! Be sure to talk to your children about what they did in Aistear each day :)
Stay tuned :)
Stay tuned :)
Aon dó trí...
The children are doing great with their Irish! They are getting better and better at naming the colours, numbers and animals. This is their great work from this week, where everybody got all of their work correct!! We are brilliant :)
Material Hunt!!
The children were hunting around the classroom this week for different materials. We found lots of great things and the children worked in groups to draw objects made from the different materials!!
Student of the Week, Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine and Group of the Week
Well done everybody on another great week!!
The winners this week...
Come on you Boys in Blue!!!!
Once again we were cheering for the boys in blue for this weekend's replay match!
This week we became famous as the film crew came in to our school for Nuacht RTE and Nuacht TG4!! We spotted some children from our class on the television!
We had a great day and the film crew even came in to film us singing our song Sam is Coming Home!! Well done everybody on a great day!!!
I will link below the address to watch the news clip and I will also link the song "Sam is Coming Home"
This week we became famous as the film crew came in to our school for Nuacht RTE and Nuacht TG4!! We spotted some children from our class on the television!
We had a great day and the film crew even came in to film us singing our song Sam is Coming Home!! Well done everybody on a great day!!!
I will link below the address to watch the news clip and I will also link the song "Sam is Coming Home"
http://www.tg4.ie/en/player/home/?pid=5147114592001
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Our great work this week
We had a very busy week in school this week, what with the upcoming Dublin match and all of the events planned for the school. We managed to get our work done, one of the students even became mini múinteoir during our Maths lesson :)
We made fabulous artwork using our handprints and a secret tool to make prints. See if you can guess what our SECRET tool was, our artwork is displayed on our front door!!
We also made our Autumn trees by tracing the outline of our hands and using cotton buds to create the leaves!! They turned out great!!
And of course who can forget our Dublin Jersey that we made from cutting up the Argos catalogue and gluing down all of the blue pieces that we found!!!
We are GREAT artists here in Room 5!!!
We made fabulous artwork using our handprints and a secret tool to make prints. See if you can guess what our SECRET tool was, our artwork is displayed on our front door!!
We also made our Autumn trees by tracing the outline of our hands and using cotton buds to create the leaves!! They turned out great!!
And of course who can forget our Dublin Jersey that we made from cutting up the Argos catalogue and gluing down all of the blue pieces that we found!!!
We are GREAT artists here in Room 5!!!
Student of the Week and Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine
Well done everybody on such a great week!!!
Well done to Bord Dearg on winning Group of the Week!!
The winners this week...
Our Excellent work
this week!!!
Here are some of the things that we worked on this week. The children love seeing their work on the walls!! Our 2D shape monsters were particularly scary!!
Come and see our great work in Room 5!!!
Come and see our great work in Room 5!!!
Practising our ABC's
Our mini múinteoirs were hard at work this week revising the names of the letters of the alphabet. We used this mini chalkboard to create a classroom to practice writing the letters. It is important that we know the sounds that the letters make as well as the names of the letters.
Here is a song below that we can practice at home
Here is a song below that we can practice at home
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Construction workers
Every morning we like to practice using different materials to make different shapes and buildings. This week we made the tallest tower and the longest bridge!! Working with Lego and other construction materials is great for motor development.
Student of the Week, Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine and Group of the Week
Well done everybody on such a great week!!!
The winners this week...
Up the Dubs!!!!!
We had great fun wearing blue into school on Friday! We learned the song "Sam is Coming Home" because we hope that Dublin will win the match on Sunday. There was great excitement in the school as we took a whole school photograph! We really enjoyed our day and fingers crossed that Sam is coming home on Sunday!! Clonburris abú :)
Noah's Ark
We learned all about Noah's Ark this week. The children made up their own dramas in groups, role-playing different animals that were on the Ark in the story. They did a great job and the audience had a great time guessing the different animals.
The children also learned the song "The Animals went in Two by Two" to go with the story. We had great fun counting all of the animals at the end.
Here is a link to the song to sing along at home!
The children also learned the song "The Animals went in Two by Two" to go with the story. We had great fun counting all of the animals at the end.
Here is a link to the song to sing along at home!
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We are family!!!
We are learning all about different families this week. We all drew lovely pictures of the people we live with. We realise that not all families look the same but that we all love each other the same.
We had great fun listening to stories and looking at each others pictures. Come and see our lovely drawings in Room 5 :)
We had great fun listening to stories and looking at each others pictures. Come and see our lovely drawings in Room 5 :)
