Putting the final touches to our India project.
Children with Special Needs – An information booklet for parents
http://www.education.ie/servlet/blobservlet/sped_info_parents_ncse.pdf?language=EN … [Read more...]
Spikeball

On the 31st of January 2012 we attended a tournament to play an excellent game called Spikeball. We have been training and learning about the sport for weeks in preparation for the tournament. It took place in Athy College. The rules of the … [Read more...]
After School Activities
After School Activity Dates Term Two 2012 Basketball with Eibhlín Monday 2.10 – 3.10 February 6, February 20, February 27, March 5, March 12, March 26 Sport with Síobhan Monday 2.10 – 3.10 February 6, February 20, … [Read more...]
Orthoscopics talk
Free Talk on ORTHOSCOPICS In Newbridge Library Tuesday 7th February 2012 If your child is under achieving it may be due to perceptual problems which are caused by malfunctions in the eye/brain communication chain. Orthoscopics is an optical … [Read more...]
5th Class Assembly- Anti bullying Week
This is the video of our fifth class assembly. Enjoy watching. NETNS 5th Class Assembly from David Froggatt on Vimeo. … [Read more...]
Poets in First Class
First Class reading groups worked together to write poems this week. We really enjoyed being poets and we loved coming up with rhymes. Here are our poems: Once upon a time I caught a little rhyme I set it free but it went for tea I … [Read more...]
Fabric from India

Third class had so much fun looking at the fabrics I brought back from India. I showed them the 5 metres of beautiful silk worn as a Sari by Indian women. The children made out a list of things they would like to research next week; Religions in … [Read more...]
Wind, rain….we can explain!
Senior Infants have used so many scientific skills this week! We knew all about wind direction from our work last week, so this week we used an instrument called an anemometer to measure the wind speed. We measured the wind speed on Wednesday and … [Read more...]
Lego man goes into Space!

On duty today it was fantastic to see so many children playing with Lego. I mentioned to some of the children that two Canadian boys had recently sent a Lego man all the way into space by strapping him to a weather balloon. They didn't really look … [Read more...]
