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Our PE Lesson

The 1st of June 2010 was a Monday and that is when we do PE. We did relay races using batons and egg and spoon races using wooden eggs and wooden spoons. Mr. Quinn split us into teams. Then we put cones in lines for the relay races. Mr. Quinn said “On your marks, get set, go!” Then we started the races. We had three
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Electricity

A few weeks ago we focussed on electricity. We worked in groups. We started by getting some wires, batteries, a bulb and crocodile clips. Then we made a circuit, starting with the battery and attaching the crocodile clips to the battery and the wires to see if we could bet the bulb to light. All groups were able to get a bulb working once.
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History Timelines

We did work in class on history timelines. Mr Quinn brought in old and new cameras. We worked out which one was the oldest and which one was the newest. He also brought in old records and CD’s. We had to work out which was the oldest and which was the newest. It was fun doing this type of history. By Sarah and Caoimhe
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Our First Holy Communion

On the 22nd May Rang II made their First Holy Communion. We had to be at the church at 10.40am. When the mass started we all had to walk up to our places. We were all excited. When we were all finished our prayers we went up for communion with our families. After mass we went to the school to have a party. We
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1st and 2nd Spelling Tests June 4th

Spellings Rang I http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dDZPRlZiR3NEUndLTnZfTlJhc2pOakE6MQ   Spellings Rang II  http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dGZLVnZoUU1GVDFQWEEyUGtQcHp4aUE6MQ Tables Rang I  http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dFFmRzF3aml4NGdWYVc1Zk9mZEpDN3c6MQ Tables Rang II http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dG5vSDhWMkVRWXA0bmp3T09ycHNrZlE6MQ


Hans Christian Andersen

In January we started reading Hans Christian Andersen stories like “The Ugly Duckling”, “The Emeror’s New Clothes”, “The Little Match Girl”, “The Princess and the Pea” and “The Little Nightingale”. We really enjoyed them and we would like to read some more. We would like to tell you about “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. The Emperor’s New Clothes is about an Emperor who loves new
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Road Safety

We learned a lot about road safety during the past week. We visited this website to learn some more: HERE>>>>>


My Favourite Things Books

In January we made “My Favourite Things” books. We wrote about our favourite things. We wrote about our favourite food, our favourite holiday, our favourite sport, our favourite dinner, a pet we would like to have and what job we would like to have when we grow up. We drew pictures and coloured them in. We designed the front cover and wrote the title
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Colourful Cardboard Pictures

We made pictures out of cardboard. The cardboard was circular. We were re-using the cardboard for our art work. We had to use our imagination to make the picture we wanted. Some people cut the cardboard and made other shapes from them. We glued the shapes onto an art page. We left them to dry for a few days. Then we painted them. It
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Food Pictures

Last week we made food pictures. We were doing Bia in our Gaeilge work. We made them out of lots of different types of food – marshmallows, kidney beans, pasta, rice, lentils, peas, Coco Pops, wafers, Frosties, Rice Krispies, Cornflakes, spaghetti and raisins.It was fun making the pictures. By CaoimheB , Lynne and Ellen P