World Book Day takes place this year on March 7th. The main aim of the day is to encourage children to explore the pleasure of books and reading by providing them with an opportunity to have a book of their own. Pupils will soon be receiving a World Book Day Voucher. This will enable them to buy one of the World Book Day books or
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Sligo’s first ever Children’s Book Festival takes place from March 1st to 5th to co-incide with World Book Day on March 7th. This exciting new festival is brought to you by the Hawk’s Well Theatre, The Model and Kid’s Own Publishing. There are events taking place in both the Hawk’s Well Theatre and The Model over the course of the few days which should
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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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These are six word stories about us. We had to describe our lives, or express our personality, or express our outlook on life in six words. It was quite hard to come up with exactly six words. It’s easier to think of lots of words to describe what you are trying to say, but not so easy using only six words. We put illustrations
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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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On Friday, when the girls in the class had gone to visit the Mercy secondary school, we made smoothies in the school kitchen. We used pineapple, banana, kiwi, pear, apple, oranges, melon, blueberries, blackberries, yogurt and honey. We peeled the fruit, cut it up into small pieces, put it into a bowl and blended it using a hand blender until it was smooth. We
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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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We’ve started learning these new songs in choir this week. Use the words of the songs in your choir folder to sing along to the video to help you to learn the songs. Food, Glorious Food (from the musical “Oliver!” Consider Yourself (from the musical “Oliver!” Any Dream Will Do (from the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat”
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has today announced free home access to the online edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica for all school-going children. Britannica Online School Edition is a unique and comprehensive resource designed for all levels of learning. It has four age-specific learning areas (“Primary Britannica” for primary schools) which contain various engaging teaching and learning materials, all designed to
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This video captures the atmosphere of the Sligo Christmas Fayre which took place in the Stephen Street Car Park on December 8/9th, 2012. It features pupils from our school choir carol-singing at the event.