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Balloon Trick!

Please see below for some photos and Instructions!! We did a cool science experiment with a balloon today! Instructions 1. Inflate your balloon until it is 3/4 way full of air. 2. Tie a knot in your balloon so the air doesn’t escape. 3. Look at both ends of your balloon.  At the very tip and at the knot the balloon is darker in
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The Model Gallery

Blog post written by Sarah  We went to the Model Art Gallery on the 10th of November 2016 and it was amazing! The building used to be a school but then a family bought it. Later they gave it to Sligo County Council and they made it into an art gallery. We went on a tour there. Our tour guide’s name was Chelsea Canavan.
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Hallowe’en in Third Class

We had great fun this year dressing up for Hallowe’en and making Hallowe’en art. We created pictures based on Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival in Mexico. We also made Frankenstein pictures using a variety of coloured card.


Flat Stanley

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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Hallowe’en Art

  First Class created very scary haunted houses in art last week. Here are some spooky pictures…….


2nd Class Maths Trail

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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First Class Maths Trail

Last week First Class did a maths trail using Ipods and QR codes! We had great fun!


4th Class Science Project

Marble run Our teacher asked us to make a marble run project because we were learning about force and slowing things down .When teacher asked us to make a marble run we all screamed ‘yes’ !! We had a competition for most decorative and the slowest marble run. Teacher thought they were all so good, so we all got a prize aswell as a
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Nature Walk and Autumn Art

The children have been learning all about the signs we see of Autumn and Hedgehogs. We went on a nature walk around the school the other day and the children saw leaves changing colour, berries and beechnut seeds that had fallen from the trees. Their Autumn art has created a beautiful display over our nature table in the classroom.


Fourth Class go to Parkes Castle

Post written and typed by Joe, Lucy and Emily B. We visited Parke’s Castle on Monday the 19th of September. We had lots of fun on the bus to the castle. When we got there we were amazed at how old it was.We went into a separate room and saw a small clip of all the monuments around Ireland for example our local Carramore
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