The CraftEd project has begun in 3rd class. It is a collaborative project between an artist, the class teacher and the students. This year the theme is Yeats. We are focusing on three poems : The lake Isle of Innisfree, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven and The song of Wandering Aengus. In week one we analysed the three poems and the children
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On the 26th of February I went to the Spelling Bee competition in Rathcormac National School. It was the spelling final and 23 schools were there. One child represented each school. We were all dressed in bright yellow t-shirts. The winner was from St Patrick’s School Calry. I came in the top eight. At the end everybody got a dictionary, a pen, a bookmark
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Bhí rang a dó ag foghlaim faoi bhia. Scríobh na páistí abairtí ar na ríomhairí agus ansin tharraing siad pictiúir.
In art we drew snails and decorated their shells. We stuck them up and added shiny trails.
During history we have been looking at various artefacts used in homes in the past. We looked at the artefacts in small groups and had a list of questions to answer. They were based on the appearance, texture and use of the artefact. Many of us brought in artefacts from home and it has been very interesting finding out about them. We also
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Over the last month Third Class have been busy working both at home and in school doing biodiversity projects. They worked in pairs and were asked to focus their projects on animals/plants/trees native to Ireland. All the children presented their projects to the class and answered questions based on their chosen topics. They put a lot of effort into the projects and they are
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We are really enjoying our latest novel The Legend of Spud Murphy. Spud is described as a ninja librarian. She is very strict and it is believed she has a spud gun under her desk that she uses on bold children. We are discussing the story as we read it, finding new words, making predictions and practising our reading aloud skills. We drew pictures
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Third class have really enjoyed reading Roddy Doyle’s novel The Giggler Treatment. It is a very amusing book about little creatures who punish adults that are unfair to children by getting them to walk in dog poo. The children designed alternative book covers for the novel, wrote a book report and summarised the book also. As one of the main topics of the book
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On Wednesday 22nd January the boys in fourth class participated in a futsal competition in Sligo IT. They played very well and were unlucky to be knocked out on penalties in the semi-final. “The futsal was great fun. It helped us work together as a team. It is a game that moves fast and needs skill and speed. This game is played with five
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