We have been looking at procedure writing. As part of this we read about making fruit kabobs in Literacy Leap. On Friday we made fruit kabobs of our own, as it was the last day before Halloween we are all dressed up. Thank you to the parents who kindly sent in fruit and to Majella Golden who came in to help us. We all
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Flat Stanley We have enjoyed reading Flat Stanley as our first novel. We have done lots of work on Flat Stanley including wanted posters, comprehension activities, designing medals, Stanley kites and a review We also made our own Flat Stanley which we took home to spend time with. Thank you to all the parents who sent in photographs of Stanley with members of second
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Congratulations to all the children who participated in the try-a-tri event on Friday 21 October. The event was run by Triathlon Ireland in conjunction with Youth Sport West and Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership. It was extremely well organised and a great experience for all involved. The children got a real sense of achievement from completing the event and receiving their medals.
Last week second class went outside to do a maths trail as part of maths week. During computers they worked in pairs to write a couple of sentences about the trail. We did a maths trail. The easiest bit was the table tops. We thought the front yard was the most fun. By Conor + Oisín D We did strides around the track we
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Well done to everyone who represented the school at the Sligo Primary Schools Cross Country on Saturday 8th October at Sligo I.T. We entered a team in each of the 4 categories – Junior Girls, Junior Boys (3rd and 4th classes) and Senior Girls and Senior Boys (5th and 6th classes). Three children qualified for the Connacht Cross Country – Cathal Gilligan (junior), Anna McDaniel
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On Sunday 11th September a number of children from 1st and 2nd classes entered Sligo’s leg of Ireland’s Fastest Feet at the Regional Sports Complex. The children had the opportunity to run 20m through speed gates. The children all ran very well and received certificates for their efforts. We need to wait to see if any of the children make it through to the finals
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Second Class have made a great start to the year. In Gaeilge we’ve been asking and answering questions based on Mé Féin, in art we used a ruler to make starburst pictures and did Graffiti style names, we’ve played maths games, looked at family trees, started our new religion books, worked on our running style in P.E. and enjoyed Golden Time. This week we
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Children from 1st class and 2nd class are involved in the Be Active ASAP program which is designed to encourage children to participate in fun physical activity with an emphasis on enjoyment, learning and a variety of activity. As part of the program parents act as leaders and each week work on activities with groups of children. We had our first session on 26th
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Mickey Downs put all the classes through their paces, junior infants to 2nd enjoyed a variety of activities and 3rd to 6th tried circuit training.
Parents, pupils and staff enjoyed walking a k after school on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Taking a well earned break!