We have started to use our halla glas this week and it's been great fun! Every class in the school has had a chance to use it and play some games. We're really excited about being able to do PE in all weathers!! Here are some photos of Senior Infants playing football! … [Read more...]
Bounceathon
November 3, 2009 By
Hi Folks, Don't forget to get your sponsorship cards back before Friday. This way we can get all the basketballs we need to keep on bouncing! This is a great fund raiser so join in and lets have some fun. … [Read more...]
Junior Infants exploring…
October 22, 2009 By
Junior Infants explore school building This week the class went on a school exploration. We were very excited to find out where all the other classes were based. We made some stops along the way to say hello to Sacra and Ernie. We also spoke with Karina at reception and Eimear showed us her office. Everyone is hoping they will get their turn soon to go on a nice visit with Eimear. Junior Infants successfully take part in Fire Drill Over the past two months we have practised making our fire … [Read more...]
Cushion Drive!!
October 22, 2009 By
Cushion Drive: We need cushions!!! To make our beautiful new library more comfortable and cosy for all the children when they are reading, we need your cushions! We are asking anybody who has clean cushions that you may not need at home to donate cushions to our new school library. Thanks in advance for helping us make our new library fantastic! … [Read more...]
Sixth Class news
October 22, 2009 By
Greetings from Sixth Class! Here are some of the highlights of the past couple of weeks in our class. Last Thursday Beth Murphy and Paul Finch came to visit our school and demonstrated some simple weaving skills for us. We then weaved some fish with willows which will be displayed on a willow arch at Féile Na Samhna in Kildare Town. During the week the Principal of the Cross and Passion Secondary School as well as a teacher from St. Conleth’s Vocational School in Newbridge came to … [Read more...]
Seasonal Art
October 21, 2009 By
Seasonal Art We have been working very hard in 1st Class on different pieces of artwork based on Autumn and Hallowe’en. Fruit is a big part of Autumn, so inspired by this, we decided to sketch a fruit plate. We focused on line, light and shade and came up with fantastic results. We worked on Autumn Leaf Prints inspired by the work of Andy Warhol. How did we do this?? Well, we first divided our A4 page into six equal squares. Each of us then decided on a particular leaf that we were … [Read more...]
2nd Class News…
October 21, 2009 By
Hello everyone! We have had a very busy month here in second class and can’t believe the mid term has arrived so quickly! Everyone has been working very hard and we have also had lots of fun while learning lots of new things over the last few weeks. In Geography we have been learning lots of new things about the environment. We now know some very interesting facts about mountains. Did you know that nearly a quarter of all the land in the world is covered in mountains? We discovered that … [Read more...]
Dress up Friday!
October 19, 2009 By
This Friday (23rd of October) we are having a dress up day where the chidren can dress up for the day. Nothing too scary though!! We are asking for €2 from everyone which will go toward the student council funds. It should prove to be a great day! … [Read more...]
Senior Infants showing off!
October 14, 2009 By
We have been working really hard for the past few weeks to learn our sounds. We have been writing out words, spelling and learning songs about the sounds too. Here are a few picture of us showing Gerry on our own whiteboards exactly how good we are! … [Read more...]
