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Field Trip to Carrowmore

Our visit to Carrowmore In  September 5th and 6th classes visited Carrowmore megalithic cemetery. An archaeologist named Padraic gave us a tour of the site. We learned lots of historic facts about this area. The tombs were created from 3500bc to 4000bc by men to honour their dead. The bodies were cremated in an oak and hazel fire until they were nothing but bones,
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A better future for all the world’s children

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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Michael Morpurgo’s novels

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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Debating

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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Maths Week 2013

 It’s maths week! We have a maths board in the entrance hall. There are 12 different puzzles that we have to try to solve. Groups from each class visit the board to try to figure out solutions each day. In fifth class we made tangrams. We made lighthouses,candles.a girl,ladies,houses,shoes and bunnies. We cut out hexagons,octagons and pentagons and we put them together to see
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The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark

We enjoyed reading “The owl who was afraid of the dark” by Jill Tomlinson. The story is about an owl called Plop and Plop has a problem. He is afraid of the dark and owls are night birds so he has a real problem. Plop wants to learn about the dark so he sets on a journey to learn more. First he meets a
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Ancient Egypt by second and third class.

  Ancient Egypt We were learning about ancient Egypt. Jaime brought into school papyrus and a miniature sarcophagus. Cillian brought in some photographs of the pyramids. Sam brought a small death mask. Calvin brought in a clay scarab, a beetle thought to be sacred by thee Ancient Egyptians. We looked up where Egypt is on the map. It is on the North East of
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Interesting History

We had a fun history class in the hall on Wednesday and we learned a lot about the past. Declan brought a mini museum to our hall. We learned about the ice age and how the first animals came to Ireland. Wild boar, deer, wolves and elk were the first animals to roam about the country. We learned about the Megalithic, Neolithic and the
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