On Tuesday January 18th we made small masks out of clay. A man came in with a bag of clay and strips of plastic for the tables. The clay felt cold, damp and mushy. We used special tools for making details on the masks. First, we rolled it into a ball. Next, we squished it down and used a pencil to make a cross.
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We did Jolly Phonics on the laptops today. We played games on Jolly Phonics. We have lots of exciting things on Jolly Phonics. We had lots of fun on Jolly Phonics. We like the laptops! We love Jolly Phonics! Here are some pictures of us hard at work. Everybody likes the laptops. We were very good!
We read the story of the lion and the mouse. It is one of Aesop’s Fables. We looked at a clip on YouTube and we looked at lots of photographs of lions. We drew a picture of a lion using charcoal. We took a photograph of our lions. It was fun. What is the moral of this story? Little friends may prove to be
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First & Second Class 2011 – PDF Happy New Year from all of us in First and Second Class! We have made our own calendar by using Microsoft Publisher! We hope you like it!
Picture by Ellen (Rang III) Picture by Fiona (Rang III) Picture by Ciara Mc (Rang II) Picture by (Rang II)
Last year we started tinwhistle. First we learned the notes. Then we learned the crotchet (1 beat), the minim (2 beats) and the semibreve (4 beats). We got a scale for the tinwhistle. Then we started learing tunes. These are some tunes we have learned. Mary had a Little Lamb, London Bridge, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Wheels on the Bus, This old Man
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We made colured spider-web pictures using paint and lollipop sticks. First we put a a blob of paint in the middle of a sheet. Then we did rings of paint around the blob and used a lollipop stick to spread the paint out starting from the blob in the middle and out. Then we let them dry. We had great fun making them. by Lola and
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We looked at the story of Peter and the Wolf. It was written by Sergei Prokofiev. Each character in the story is represented by an instrument. Peter is the string instruments; the bird is the flute; Grandpa is the bassoon; the duck is the oboe; the cat is the clarinet; the wolf is the French horn; the hunters shots are the kettle drums. We
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Yesterday we started Brainstorming with Mrs. Timoney and Mr. Quinn. Brainstorming is coming up with lots of ideas for any topic. We started off by writing the name of the theme in the middle of the page. Then you write things that remind you of the topic or how you feel about the topic. The most important thing is the ideas – spelling and
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Imelda Ryan and Bluebird her puppet came to the school today to talk to us about Travel and Transport for the Green School. She talked to the school at assembly in the Halla about Safe Cross Code, Walking more, cycling more, holding your parents hand when you are walking, using the bus more, sharing lifts, wearing bright clothes when walking, not disturbing the
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