Gaeilge in Junior Infants
Cuir éadaí ar an líne. Our topic in Irish at the moment is Éadaí. We took it in turns to tell our partners what to put on their washing line.
Narnia
4th Class studied ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ by C.S.Lewis over the last number of weeks. They really enjoyed entering the magical universe and did a lot of lovely activities to go with it. Here are some pictures of the work they did.
Science in Junior Infants
During science we talked about how the air is all around us and how we can sometimes feel it and hear it moving. We read The Wind Blew a story about the wind blowing lots of different items into the air. We tried to move different items by blowing down straws to move the air. Some of the items moved easily others were much
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Junior Infants at the Opticians
We enjoyed our recent Aistear topic – the opticians. During role play we made appointments, tested our eyes using charts, tried on and selected glasses and paid for them. We also watched a video about going to the opticians, looked at how our eyes react to light, made glasses and discussed looking after our eyes.
Champions League of Novels in 6th Class
This week Mr. Quinn announced that we would be voting for our favourite novel we have read this year in sixth class. We have read four books this year. The first book we read was Wonder by RJ Palacio. The theme of this book bullying. The main character was Auggie and he was a special boy who was overcoming the struggles of middle school.
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An Nollaig 2018
The children in 4th Class have been learning the Irish language version of the Nativity ‘An Nollaig’ the last two weeks. They performed the drama for 2nd Class and 3rd Class. They also wrote the story ‘as gaeilge’ and drew and painted a beautiful crib scene. Hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a well deserved break!
Sewing in 4th Class 2018
The children started sewing in 4th Class. First they learned how to ‘backstitch’. Once they had all mastered that skill, they could start on their art piece. They traced a hand print from either their grandparents or parents. They then drew that hand print onto hessian material. They threaded their needles and started to back-stitch the outline of the hand onto the material. Afterwards they
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QR Codes and Primary Planet
A few days ago we did a quiz using QR Codes on the Primary Planet magazine. We got an iPod each and opened the iNigma app which is a free QR Code Reader. We were handed a page with the QR Codes on it. Beside each QR Code was a blank space to write the answers. We had to answer ten questions in all.
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‘Africa’ as Gaeilge- 4th Class Audio
As part of our study of Africa, 4th Class have been learning the Africa-Toto Irish language version of the song. They did really well learning some of the difficult lines and sounded brilliant. Here is a recording of them singing it in class. They loved performing it at assembly! Well done 4th Class!! They also did projects in groups based on -South Africa, -Kenya
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STEM Workshop
5th class travelled to the Model Gallery for a workshop on constructing Hydrogen powered cars.