Term 3 2018
Working hard in 5th class
Science week: National Concert Hall and Library visit
Halloween fun!
5th Class 2017/2018 - Ms Carla - Ms Pamela & Ms Maurette
Welcome to 4th Class 2016/2017
(Miss Aideen & Miss Alice)
School Tour 2017
This year 4th Class went on the Viking Splash Tour and visited the Natural History Museum. Everyone had great fun!!! Have a super summer guys!
This year 4th Class went on the Viking Splash Tour and visited the Natural History Museum. Everyone had great fun!!! Have a super summer guys!
Let's Get Gardening!!! (May 2017)
This week 4th class planted pumpkins, spinach and beetroot. Lots of work went in to getting the beds ready for planting. Fingers crossed we will have lots of lovely vegetables for soup day next September!
This week 4th class planted pumpkins, spinach and beetroot. Lots of work went in to getting the beds ready for planting. Fingers crossed we will have lots of lovely vegetables for soup day next September!
Soccer (April 2017)
We are very lucky to have coaches in teaching soccer for 6 weeks. Thanks to Múinteoir David for organising it!
We are very lucky to have coaches in teaching soccer for 6 weeks. Thanks to Múinteoir David for organising it!
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Bhí an am againn i rith SnaG. Bhí ceilí mór sa chlós agus tháinig seanchaí isteach chun scéalta a insint dúinn.
Bhí an am againn i rith SnaG. Bhí ceilí mór sa chlós agus tháinig seanchaí isteach chun scéalta a insint dúinn.
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Friendship Week Thank you to the Friendly Faces and the Student Council for coming in to give us a workshop about refugees. They were very informative and well prepared. They showed us lots of pictures and read the story 'Passage to Freedom'. |
Tables - 13/02/17
This week the trophy is for our tables. Here are some songs from youtube to help us practice!
This week the trophy is for our tables. Here are some songs from youtube to help us practice!
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Literacy Week - 30/01/2017
A big thank you to the parents who came in to do shared reading with 4th Class on Thursday.
4th Class just had a very busy week. They spent time in Junior Infants reading fairy tales to all the boys and girls. They created books with Senior Infants, writing and illustrating their own stories.A story teller also visited on Monday. There was daily DEAR time, a bookmark competition and a quiz. Lots of fun was had by all!
Fourth Class made funky corner bookmarks in Art!
Winter Show - 4th Class all set to perform!
Assembly - Thanksgiving
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Science Week
Over the past week we had a lot of fun learning new and interesting facts. Fourth Class learned all about Henry Ford and his inventions. We had a visit from a Scientist who showed us lots of different experiments and even let some of the boys and girls from 4th Class help her make elephants toothpaste!! Below are some pictures from our visit with the Coast Guard. They gave us a lot of useful information about how to stay safe and the steps to take if we get into difficulty.
Over the past week we had a lot of fun learning new and interesting facts. Fourth Class learned all about Henry Ford and his inventions. We had a visit from a Scientist who showed us lots of different experiments and even let some of the boys and girls from 4th Class help her make elephants toothpaste!! Below are some pictures from our visit with the Coast Guard. They gave us a lot of useful information about how to stay safe and the steps to take if we get into difficulty.
Seasonal Art
The boys and girls in 4th Class have been investigating mixing and blending colours. Check out their lovely art.
The boys and girls in 4th Class have been investigating mixing and blending colours. Check out their lovely art.
Picasso inspired portraits!
Eid al-Adha
Mental Health Week
Well done to all the boys and girls who were on Ireland AM on TV3 Monday morning.Here are some links to some of the video clips. Have a look!!
http://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/809/115520/0/Time-to-Talk-Mental-Health-Week
http://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/809/115519/0/World-Record-Attempt-Largest-mindfulness-class
Well done to all the boys and girls who were on Ireland AM on TV3 Monday morning.Here are some links to some of the video clips. Have a look!!
http://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/809/115520/0/Time-to-Talk-Mental-Health-Week
http://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/809/115519/0/World-Record-Attempt-Largest-mindfulness-class
Miss Alice's 4th Class Motto
Welcome to Miss Aoife and Miss Maurette's 3rd class 2015/2016
Miss Maurette's Class 2015/2016
Miss Aoife Farrell's Class 2015
Class Display
Vicious Viking pencil portraits!
We integrated history and art in term 3 by creating amazing portraits of "Vicious Vikings". We learned all about vikings in history, and then had a go at drawing them using a technique called "facial mapping". Facial mapping helps us put the features of the face, such as the eyes, mouth and nose, in the correct place. We also learned all about the different shades and textures that can be created using just one ordinary HB pencil!. I think you'll agree when you look at our art, that you don't need loads of fancy markers to make a picture look interesting!
3D Structures
In Miss Maurette's class, we explored the properties of 3D structures through making our own with matchsticks, lollipop sticks and Plasticine. We all loved the fact that we were building things as part of a Maths lesson. It's not all about numbers in copies you know!
easter 1916 Rising studies in history
As this year is the 100th anniversary of the Easter 1916 Rising, we did a whole term of history lessons on this topic. We learned tons of interesting facts about the leaders of the rebellion and the proclamation they wrote. We then had a go at writing our own proclamation, in which we included our hopes and wishes for the Ireland of the future.
Miss Maurette's Class learned all about the history of the Irish tricolour, to make a lovely display as part of their 1916 Rising History Studies. Never before have flag facts been so fascinating!
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2016
Tura Arutura Visit
We had so much fun dancing with superstar sean nós dancer Tura Aratura, who travelled all the way from Belfast to visit us as part of our Seachtain Na Gaeilge celebrations. Fluent Irish speaker Tura is a dancer from Zimbabwe. He moved to Belfast in 1993 when he was 19 years old. He teaches dance and has become a familiar face in Irish language circles. He is proof that you don't have to be from Ireland to speak Irish well and also that it never too late to learn the "cúpla focail"! We had so much fun speaking Irish and dancing with him.
Irish Breakfast
Thanks to David Donegan HSCL and the Parents' Committee, we were all able to enjoy a free yummy Irish breakfast as part of our Irish Flag Raising Celebration Day. For some of us, it was our first time ever having an Irish breakfast, so it helped us learn about Irish culture in a really delicious way!
Dancing at the Flag Raising Ceremony
With the help of the School Céilí Club, Miss Teresa and Múinteoir Paddy, the whole school were able to learn a lovely group dance, which we did outside together as part of the Flag Raising Ceremony.
Mother's day creativity in miss maurette's class
In Miss Maurette's class, we put a lot of time, effort and love into making gifts for our Mums for Mother's Day. We made "pinch pots" out of clay and then painted them and varnished them as gifts for our Mums. We also had fun writing news reports on how wonderful our Mums are. We hope all our Mums had a great Mother's Day and that you liked the things we made for you!
Road Safety Authority Visit to 3rd Class- March 2016
Both Miss Aoife and Miss Maurette's class were very lucky to get a visit from the Road Safety Authority, who told us all about staying safe as pedestrians, cyclists and car passengers. We did a quiz and had great fun!
November 2015 in Miss Maurette's Class
We made calaveras-style masks in Art to tie in with our Learn Together lessons about the Mexican festival, Day of the Dead. This festival is called "El Dia de Los Muertos" in Mexico, and is celebrated by wearing colourful skeleton masks and having get-togethers by the graves of loved ones.
We also learned about Diwali. Diwali, or Dipawali, is India's biggest and most important holiday of the year. The festival gets its name from the row (avali) of clay lamps (or deepa) that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the inner light that protects us from spiritual darkness. This festival is as important to Hindus as the Christmas holiday is to Christians. It was so nice to learn about this festival from our classmate, Simarpreet, who is originally from India.
At Diwali, Hindus draw bright Rangoli patterns to encourage the goddess Lakshmi to enter their homes. A rangoli is a colourful design made on the floor near the entrance to a house to welcome guests. We made our own chalk rangoli to celebrate the festival.
At Diwali, Hindus draw bright Rangoli patterns to encourage the goddess Lakshmi to enter their homes. A rangoli is a colourful design made on the floor near the entrance to a house to welcome guests. We made our own chalk rangoli to celebrate the festival.
SCIENCE WEEK 2015
We were very lucky to have lots of nice activities organised for us by the Science team in Thornleigh. These included a really interesting workshop on energy and climate change, a visit from a mobile planetarium and a birdwatching walk led by our good friend, Mouse from OWLS. There are definitely more than a few budding scientists in our class after this week of fun activities. Check out our photos in the slideshow below!
World SmIle Day
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Both 3rd classes created these lovely posters to celebrate World Smile Day in October
Soup Day 2015
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A big thank you to all the parents who helped out, the soup was yummy!
Visual Arts
Miss Maurette's Class created these "I am Unique" head silhouettes to show how wonderfully different everyone is. Can you spot anyone you know??!
Maths for Fun
This term, Miss Aoife Farrell's class really enjoyed taking part in Math's for fun. It involved playing various mathematical games in the classroom together in groups. It was great fun!!
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