Active School Flag

On Monday 15th February we raised our Active School Flag.

The whole school were there to see the flag being raised.

We were very lucky that Donal O'Mahony, a gold medallist from the Special Olympics was there to help us raise the flag. Donal attends Lakers Sports and Recreational Club in Bray.

We had children speak about all the activities we did to earn our flag last year.

Lots of children wore special clothes from their local sports teams.

Ruth from the Sports Promotion Unit spoke to us about being active.

It was a super day!

The Egg Experiment in 3rd Class

The Egg Experiment

We were learning all about the Digestive System. We discussed all the different parts and their functions. We focused a lot on the mouth and the teeth. The egg shell acts very similarly to the tooth so we undertook some fair testing. We compared eggs in water, in coca cola and in vingear. The egg in water acted as a control to compare the other eggs to. We left the eggs for 24 hours. The egg in water did not change. The egg in the vinegar dissolves the shell, similar to having lots of acidic in our diet. The egg shell in coca cola changed colour to a very dark brown. This shows the effect of drinking fizzy drinks, teas and coffees. We also cleaned this egg with a toothbrush; highlighting the importance of cleaning our teeth everyday.

4th Class News

Things have been very busy in 4th class. Well done to the boys from both classes who went to the GAA  blitz in Loughlinstown. They won 2 out of 3 of their matches and did our school proud! Best of luck to the girls who are participating next week. 

This month we are learning all about Australia and The Aborigines. Both classes are working on some beautiful dot paintings inspired by The Aborigines. We have made replicas of the Sydney Opera House too. We are also learning how to do Report Writing and we are enjoying researching all about Australian culture as part of this. 

In science, Ms. Connolly's class have been busy planting and are looking forward to seeing their plants bloom in February. Ms Clarke's class are learning about the digestive system and healthy eating with the help of some experiments.

Finally both classes have been learning the song Do Re Mi from The Sound of Music - click the link to watch a clip from the movie. 

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Ms. Grace's 5th Class

We enjoy our Art Lessons and at Christmas we spent a day making Sock Snowmen. Although we all used rice and white socks, we all ended up with totally unique Sock Snowmen as we used different materials and buttons to decorate them.

Earlier in the school year we decided to decorate the wall area outside our classroom with a large display. We each drew a flower and coloured it in with Oil Pastels. Brigid cut each of the flowers out and put them all together to create our very own class vase. Our inspiration came from Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh. Personally, we think ours is even better than the original!

Ms. Grace's 5th Class

Hi and welcome to Ms Grace’s 5th class. 

We work very hard in English, Gaeilge and Maths each day, we also like to carry out experiments in Science. We usually work in small groups to carry out our experiments. At the start of the school year we looked at the topic of Living Things. We planted daffodils in different shape containers, so daffodil planting also involved a small bit of Maths as we looked closely at the shapes of the containers that we used. Our daffodil bulbs have recently begun to grow outside our classroom window which is super news.

We enjoyed making Lava Lamps when we looked at the topic of Materials in Science. It was great to see the Lava Lamps erupting each time we popped an effervescent tablet into the water, oil and food colouring solution. Next time, we must ALL remember to wear our gloves during any experiment that involves food colouring!!!