Yesterday was Safer Internet Day. We talked about all the safe things about the internet. We talked about the things that could help us not get into trouble on the internet. We did a quick quiz on the internet to learn more about safety on the internet. We wrote sentences for homework about safe rules when we’re on the internet. Here are some of
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3rd Class attended the National Conference of CESI (Computer Education Society of Ireland) which had as its theme this year “ICT in Education: Changing Landscapes”. Because of our pioneering work with iPods the pupils gave a workshop to a group of teachers on “Using the iPod in the Primary School“. They gave demonstrations on how they have used the iPods to create Lunes poetry,
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Mr. Quinn’s class started swimming on the 16 th of Decemeber. We do it every Thursday. Mr. Quinn brings some of our work with him to corect while we are swimming. We do front crawl, breast stoke and back crawl. After the lesson we we get five minutes of play time in the pool. Then we get back into our clothes and get on
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Zippy This is Zippy! Zippy and his friends are helping us to learn a lot about ourselves, how we feel, how we can communicate well and how to deal with different situations. We are learning a lot about the different types of feelings we have, like happy, sad, angry, jealous and nervous.  We know that different situations can make us feel different.  It is
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We started a Twitter Project called #2011Hope. We each wrote our hopes and dreams with classes in Ireland as well as two classes in Indiana in USA. Someone’s comment of our project was for everyone to have a nice year. Everyone wrote one at home for homework. Then we typed what we did for homework onto the computer at school. It was great fun
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In geography we were learning about our county – Sligo. We had to answer twelve questions about our county. Our county is particularly good at Gaelic and soccer. Our county is in Connacht. Two counties that border our county are Mayo and Roscommon. Two rivers in our county are Owenmore and the Garavogue. Two mountains are Ben Bulben and Ox Mountains. Famous attractions in
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St. Brigid’s Day   Today is St. Brigid’s Day.  When Brigid was nursing an old pagan chieftain she picked up rushes from the floor and began to plait them into a cross. Brigid used the cross to explain the story of Jesus and his crucifixion to the chieftain. She told him about the love and forgiveness of God. The man repented of his lifestyle
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Every Tuesday and Wednesday we do English with Mrs. Timoney and Mr. Quinn. Last week we did Mind Maps. A mind Map is a story that you draw and write Who? What Happened? Where? How it Ends? What’s the problem? and How to solve the Problem? You also have to awrite a theme in the middle. It really helps you to think more. The
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Every Wednesday 3rd Class go to Volleyball after school. Our coach’s name is Ray. We started it on January 19th, so Aaron did badminton with us instead. You can read about that here. We enjoyed doing badminton. It was great fun. In volleyball, there are four moves that we are learning. They are called the spike, serve, set and the dig. Our first lesson
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We do brainstorming every Tuesday and Wednesday with Mrs. Timoney and Mr. Quinn. This week we did the brainstorming in groups and pairs. Then we did mind maps. The title of the mind map was “The Lost Treasure”. For homework we did a mind map for a story called “The Hungry Fox”. Mind maps are some pictures that make up a story. You use
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