Our School Tour
We went to Parkes Castle, The Holy Well, Dooney Rock and Lough Gill on our school tour. We went on a boat ride on Lough Gill.
Minibeast Hunt
Last week we went on a minibeast hunt. We followed the Conservation Code: Search care f u l l y Handle animals with care Replace stones and logs Observe, draw and re c o rd if possible, rather than handling Return animals to habitats as soon as possible
Our visit to Breeogue Pottery
Last Thursday we went on a bus to visit Breeogue Pottery. It is very close to our school. Grainne showed us around her studio. We saw the two kilns that Grainne used for our sculptures and pots. Grainne made a bowl and a vase while we were there. It was fascinating to watch Grainne make these items from clay! Grainne then showed us how to glaze
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Our Coil Pots
Check out our coil pots! Grainne put our pots into the kiln after we glazed them. We think they are lovely! Grainne said that they were so good that she could sell them in her shop!
Clay Workshops
We have been very busy! We used megalithic tombs and megalithic art as inspiration for our project. We enjoyed our visit to Carrowmore Tombs and we also researched Newgrange and the Turoe Stone in Galway. We then came up with a plan for our project. We decided to make eight stone like structures out of clay. We thought we could arrange them in a
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We glazed our Coil Pots!
We have a new artist working with us on our Crafted Project, her name is Grainne Callery. Grainne and her husband Tom have their own pottery studio called Breeogue Pottery Callery Ceramics, see their website:http://www.calleryceramics.com. Grainne showed us how to glaze our coil pots and we used different coloured glazes to decorate our pot! We really enjoyed our workshop. Grainne is going to put
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Easter Treasure Hunt
On Thursday, before we got our Easter holidays, we had a Treasure Hunt. We had seven teams. Each team had a code and clues. We had to find the answers to the clues and break the secret code. The code led us all to the hall. The treasure was in the hall!
In the halla, we had some Easter treasures, hot chocolate and marshmallows. The hot chocolate and marshmallows were our treat because we reached our target of 120 points for lining up quietly after our break times!
By Amber & Nicole 1st & 2nd Class
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Reading Pals
We started a Reading Buddies programme in our class. We decided to call it Reading Pals because we liked that name better! We have our Reading Pals Time at 11am every day. Mrs. Timoney comes in to help us. In our Reading Pals sessions we read nice books, we share our books and we praise each other. We have fun reading with our partners
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First and Second Class Coil Clay Pots!
We started our CraftEd project with Kim Sharkey! We visited Carrowmore and we looked at the tombs. We decided to make coil clay pots using different types of clay. The people who lived 6,000 years ago used clay pots for lots of things. Kim showed us lots of different types of clay and some of her own pieces that she had made. We thought they were
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