Tara Wetherald

We looked at how to draw owls – their shape, proportions, body parts and patterns. We then drew and coloured our own owls adding background and detail. We hope you enjoy looking at them.            

Artefacts During history we looked at a variety of artefacts. We worked together in groups and tried to work out what the artefacts were used for. We also discussed their appearance – colour, shape, texture and pattern. Look at the photographs can you see a carpet beater, a spurtle (used to stir porridge), a sock darner, irons, a rope maker, and a butter mould.

During Maths Week Second Class did a maths trail.             Read some of our comments below. “My maths trail was outside in the playground and front of the school.” – Aaron “We had six groups with five people in them.” – Áine “We had to stick together like a team and help people on our team.” – Orna “I liked the target circle. “ –
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We enjoyed reading Flat Stanley as our first novel. Thank you to all the parents who sent in photographs of Stanley with members of second class. We worked in small groups to write about the story or the different activities we participated in. Stanley Lambchop got flattened by a bulletin board that fell on him while he was sleeping. He caught sneak thieves pretending to
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