Archive for November, 2013
Fourth Class Take Part in Team Hope Shoe Box Appeal
We are very proud of our 4th class – they collected 45 shoe boxes for the Team Hope Christmas shoe box appeal. It means that 45 very poor children around the world will receive a Christmas gift to brighten up their lives. Well done girls, it’s a great achievement.
Music in Second Class
The girls have started learning the tin whistle. They are practicing at home and in school and are enjoying it very much.
Halloween in Second Class
Second Class enjoyed learning about the history of Halloween in SESE. They compared how their parents / grandparents celebrated Halloween when they were young to how children celebrate it now. The children then found out about El Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican Halloween celebration. In English Class the children wrote […]
Tree Day
2nd Class visited Mill Island Park for Tree Day. They looked at lots of deciduous trees and noticed how the leaves, seeds and fruits differed from tree to tree. The girls collected many leaves and seeds for our class Autumn table. They took lovely colourful leaf rubbings and these were placed on our class Autumn Tree. […]
Tornado in a bottle!
Just before the Halloween break the girls in 5th / 6th learned how tornados occur! We made our very own tornado with a fun Science experiment called ‘tornado in a bottle’! We used a plastic bottle, washing up liquid, water, food colouring and leaves to make our very own tornados. Take a look at our pictures below! […]
Clara Bog
On October 2nd Second Class participated in a workshop on Clara Bog. They learned lots of new and fascinating facts about the bog and the creatures and plants to be found there.
2nd Class have ‘Gotta Lotta Colour’
Second Class entered The Credit Union Art Competition entitled ‘Gotta Lotta Colour’. They created beautiful colourful pictures.
Maths For Fun in 2nd Class
Second Class took part in Maths for Fun during September and October. They played lots of different games – board games, card games and they also created lovely pictures using 2d shapes. The girls really enjoyed it. So too did all the Mams and Dads!!
Procedural Writing in 5th / 6th
The girls in 5th / 6th are learning all about procedural writing in English lessons at the moment. We decided to write a procedure while having a tasty treat at the same time – rice crispy buns! It was so much fun and they tasted yummy! We cannot wait to see what our next procedure will […]
Halloween in 5th / 6th
Before the midterm break the girls in 5th / 6th were very busy learning all about Halloween. We learned a song in Irish called ‘ Oiche Samhna’, we learned a poem called ‘Song of Witches’ by William Shakespeare, and in Art class we painted Halloween silhouettes which we displayed on the windows of our classroom! We learned […]