Dear Parents/Guardians I would like to give you some background information about the CD that 5th class will be launching in the coming weeks. For the past four years KCEB (Kildare County Enterprise Board) has provided funding for primary schools for a business and media education course. On behalf of Kildare County Enterprise Board, Vita Studios offered our school the funding for this media project. All additional staff and learning materials were provided under the funding and profits … [Read more...]
Cartwheels Summer Camp
May 18, 2012 By
There is something for everyone at Cartwheels... Cartwheels Summer Camp offers a fun filled summer camp with a variety of activities including art, music, dance, gymnastics and sports. Where: Newbridge Educate Together NS When: Week 1. July 2nd - 6th Week 2. July 9th - 13th Week 3. July 16th - 20th Age: 5 - 12 years Time: 10am - 3pm Contact details: Karen Mullen 087 9225097 Booking forms will be available in the school next Monday … [Read more...]
Amazing Lego Sculptures
May 18, 2012 By
Sean Kenney is a full-time LEGO artist. He uses LEGO toys to build anything and everything you can imagine! He has made Polar bears and football stadiums out of Lego! Fun facts • Sean has over 1.5 million LEGO pieces. • The biggest LEGO sculpture Sean ever made was a polar bear, using 95,000 pieces! • He once built a 12-foot bridge on live TV in 2 hours. • His favorite piece is the "1x1 headlight brick". (You can use it three ways!) • Sean tells people he is really … [Read more...]
Making Computer Games!
May 17, 2012 By
Everyone has been really busy in our after school club looking at Scratch Programming. In groups of 2/3, children made versions of the classic game 'Pong'. I've been amazed at how everyone has used teamwork and computer skills to help make their games. You can play them below! Use the mouse (or keyboard on Shane and Eomann's) to move the bat and stop the ball hitting the floor! If you would like to see all of our games, please click here. Kieva and Niamh Learn more about this … [Read more...]
Very interesting nature website for children…
May 17, 2012 By
Many thanks to one of our parents who let us know about this very interesting website: www.naturesweb.ie Nature's Web Newsletter – Summer 2012 The Summer 2012 Issue of the Nature's Web Newsletter, an exciting newsletter for children, has been posted on the web. In this issue you'll find... The Joy of Fishing! Editor's Page: For the Love of Birds Bird Life: The Swift Aquatic Life: Sticking Around - The Wonderful World of Barnacles Animal Life: Pygmy Shrew Plant Life: Choking … [Read more...]
King William’s gauntlets, circa 1690
May 16, 2012 By
A history of Ireland in 100 objects : On the morning of July 14th, 1690, King William III presented these fine doeskin gloves to John Dillon, in whose home in Lismullin, Co Meath, he had stayed the previous night. The king had reason to be in a buoyant mood: he had won a major victory over his rival King James II at the nearby River Boyne two days previously. Gloves were often given as presents, but there is reason to think that William may actually have worn these at the battle, in … [Read more...]
The mystery of the Antarctic octopus
May 16, 2012 By
CLAIRE O'CONNELL SMALL PRINT: WHAT’S in an octopus? Not just brains to burn, but also significant new clues that could justify concerns about climate change. Recent research in the Southern Ocean, involving scientific input from NUI Galway’s Ryan Institute (NUIG), has found that populations of the Turquet’s octopus (pictured) living on either side of the Western Antarctic ice sheet share almost identical genes. On balance, this shouldn’t make any sense, given that the adult … [Read more...]
The Three R’s!
May 11, 2012 By
This week we have been learning about how to care for our envirnoment. We have been talking all about the three R's! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — Three great ways YOU can get rid of litter and care for your environment! Waste, and how we choose to handle it, affects our world's environment—that's YOUR environment....think about your school, your home and your local town! The environment is everything around you including the air, water, land, plants, and man-made things. We know that … [Read more...]
Pyjama Day- Friday 18th May!
May 11, 2012 By
Following the great success of last year’s Pyjama Day, we, the Student Council have decided to hold another one on Friday, 18th May, as a fundraiser for our school. We are encouraging all students to wear their pyjamas and bring in a donation of €2 to school on this day. We are hoping to donate some of the money raised from this event to the 4Kids2live charity. A few weeks ago, Georgia and Conor from the 4Kids2live charity paid a visit to our school. They told us all about the charity … [Read more...]
Dracula the Dentist
May 11, 2012 By
Look at the wonderful comic that Marc, Mia and Orla created James from Senior Infants has also been busy this week. Check out the short story he made about a fish called Ray and a friendly shark called Casha: … [Read more...]
