A group of parents have been busy organising a fundraising Boston Tea Party for September 19th in the Radisson Hotel. Funds raised from the Boston Tea Party will be used to update the IT equipment which will be used throughout our school in all classrooms. It promises to be a great night out and all for a good cause – so all the children of Ransboro School
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Children in 5th class Ransboro did a project on the theme “A better future for all the worlds’ children.” We worked in groups of two, each group selecting a country that Irish Aid assists. We thought about, talked through and researched the particular country of our choice. We examined the eight millennium development goals in detail. We paid particular attention to goals which combat
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In 5th class we formed three groups and we read and analysed three novels simultaneously by Michael Morpurgo; The Butterfly Lion, Why the Whales Came and Kensuke’s Kingdom. We selected our favourite images, metaphors, phrases and interesting words. We explored common themes in Morpurgo’s novels, such as friendship with animals, relationship between young and old, care of the natural environment, war, overcoming obstacles, maritime
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In Fifth class we have been involved in debating for the past few months and have enjoyed it very much .It was a fun way to read and research topics like the benefits of homework, climate change, use of iPads in the class and charity begins at home. There were six on our debating team; three speakers, a chairperson and two time keepers, though
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On the 30th of May our class (6th), Skyped with a 5th grade class in New York. The class had organised a conference with schools all around the world, to share their ideas on Community, and they planned to talk to over 20 schools. The conference was named ‘9 to 9 Skype Conference’, because the class planned on Skyping all these schools from 9am
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Pupils in 6th Class having been using individual blogs as part of their work this year. They have completed lots of exercises for homework on the blog across a range of curricular areas. Recently, they were asked their opinions on this way of working in preparation for the 9th ICT in Education Conference to be held in May in LIT Thurles. This class was
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The front cover of this book, Enhancing the Learning and Teaching of Irish with ICTs, which will soon be sent to every primary school in the country, displays a beautiful photograph of two of our pupils, Leah (5th class) and Emer (4th class). The book was recently launched in Dublin West Education Centre. The photograph was taken by James Connolly while taking photographs to illustrate the
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We recently received the great news that the school has been awarded “Digital Schools” status. The Digital Schools Award is an initiative which recognises excellence in a school’s approach to the integration of ICT in learning and teaching. This award aims to build on the excellent progress already made by schools in ICT integration and to encourage them to strive for further progression and improvement.
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We have been making papier mache over the past few weeks. We had to bring in a bowl or vase covered in cling film to use as a mould. We used cling film to prevent the papier mache from sticking to the bowl. We used a mixture of PVA glue and water to stick strips of newspaper onto the bowl. We had to put
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This is a movie trailer that we made on an iPad app called “In a World .. Drama”. It is about the book “Rosie’s Quest” that we are reading in class at the moment. The book is about a girl called Rosie who goes back in time to save the relationship between her mum and aunt. The pictures in the trailer were sketched by 6th
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