Ciarán from 4th class is almost finish the first in a serious of comic stories. Keep you eye out for the first edition which will be displayed in the corridor next week. Gary's castle is slowing but surely filling up with all the spellings he has learned so far this year. Loads of children have taken a guess at how many spellings or blocks it will take to finish the whole castle. Some people have estimated 2008! Only time will tell. So far, there are almost 100 words on it! I've really … [Read more...]
Realt na Seactaine
January 28, 2011 By
Congratulations to all the winners this week. Unfortunately the colour printer was broken but your photo will be displayed in Monday. Comhghairdeas! … [Read more...]
Realt na Seactaine is back!
January 22, 2011 By
A big thank you to Ciarán and Lucy from 4th class who got Realt na Seactaine underway again in NETNS this week. The photograph's of this year's first ten Irish stars are on display in the reception area of the school. Well done to everybody who won this week. I know the teachers had difficulty deciding and we even had two from 1st class which is fantastic . Good luck to everyone for next week and remember bígí ag caint i Gaeilge! … [Read more...]
Teeth
January 21, 2011 By
Teeth was the topic in our weekly Science lesson; we learned that there are different types of teeth for different tasks, for example molars for chewing and mashing food! We discovered that baby teeth are merely 'deciduous' and that they eventually make way for adult teeth. Josh and Patrick explained that Elephants get a new set of teeth every decade, whilst Ciaran and Gary explained how Sharks teeth move forward once the originals decay. A 'scary' looking model of a human dental system, helped … [Read more...]
Welcome back!
January 14, 2011 By
Welcome back to everyone after the Christmas break. This week I noticed a few sleepy heads but we still got some work done. Realt na Seactaine has started thanks to Ciarán in 4th class. So keep an ear out for Irish speakers and children trying their best. I have been in 4th class during Maths and it's great to see such great concentration, you should be very proud of yourselves. … [Read more...]
Electric Science
December 17, 2010 By
In Fourth Class we had our final Science lesson for 2010 this morning. This involved learning about electrical energy and specifically how circuits work. Aaron, Rionna and Sadhbh from Sixth Class came into our class and demonstrated how they explored and made their circuits earlier this week, this proved most helpful and we all appreciated their input. The main part of the lesson involved paired work where wires, batteries, motors, bulbs, and buzzers were distributed. The task was to make a … [Read more...]
Twink is visiting…
December 17, 2010 By
It has been a very exciting week for some of 2nd class. We kept finding trails of glitter in the room and then one day there was a little letter in a golden envelope. It turned out Twink, one of Santa's fairies, was visiting our school to count the children but she has gotten stuck! Some of the children in second class are now writing her letters to find out all about her and offer her help. They made a little bed that Twink just loved. They are learning all about how to lay out a letter … [Read more...]
People who made a difference
December 11, 2010 By
As part of International Human Rights Day 2010, Fourth Class were introduced to two famous people who made a huge difference for Human Rights. The attached short video clip from National Geographic allowed us to understand the difference the actions of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks made to African American people living in America. http://video.kids.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/history-kids/mlk-day-vin-kids.html … [Read more...]
4th Class Obair Bhaile
November 30, 2010 By
Homework for Tuesday 30th November. 1. SPHE : ( research and write up about your Role Model) 2. Maths :practice your times tables on this website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/timestables/quiz.shtml 3. Gaeilge: Watch todays episode of Garfield on TG4 at 3.55pm today, write down five words you recognise. This is also available later on the TG4 website. … [Read more...]
River Deep Mountain High
November 25, 2010 By
In Fourth Class this week we have been learning to identify the different stages of a river; from its source (usually on a mountain) to its mouth (near the sea or lake), we drew fantastic 2-D pictures to help us understand the Upper, Middle and Lower course of a river. These are on display in our class. For homework, we then researched the five longest rivers in Ireland and Europe. We discovered that four of the five longest in Europe were in Russia whilst the River Shannon is the longest in … [Read more...]
