A huge congratulations to Colm O' Brien, Áine Budds and Hugo Clarke in 5th class, who all had excerts from thier stories/poems featured in this years publication of 'Dear Grace'. It is a fantastic achievement as this is the first year that NETNS was involved in this competition. I would just like to thank all the children in fifth class for the hard work they put into creating their wonderful pieces. I'm already looking forward to next years stories. … [Read more...]
Gymnastics in 5th class
December 20, 2010 By
Here are some photographs to show you the fun we have been having in 5th class with all the wonderful gymnastics equipment. … [Read more...]
€1000 Raised for MS Ireland
December 17, 2010 By
A huge THANK YOU and WELL DONE to all those who took part in the MS Readathon this year. Together you raised €1000 which goes to helping people living with MS. Not only did we have a great time reading lots of books and raising money for a great cause, we now get to spend €100 (10% of what we raised) on books for our school library as a thank you gift from MS Ireland! … [Read more...]
Winter Celebrations
December 14, 2010 By
The children in 3rd, 5th and 6th class were reading and writing about the various winter celebrations which are celebrated around the world. We talked about Hanukkah, the Winter Solstice and Christmas. We also talked and wrote about the different traditions we practice with our friends and family during the months of December and January. This week we hope to go a step further and write some winter stories! So keep an eye out for them! … [Read more...]
International Human Rights Day
December 10, 2010 By
Human Rights Today is International Human Rights Day and today in fifth class we found out all about the history of human rights. We also found out that 90% of people are unable to name more than three of their 30 rights. We believe that if more people understood all of them, more respect would be shown for human rights around the world. Who then will tell them? WE WILL. Here are your rights; 1. We Are All Born Free & Equal. We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas. We … [Read more...]
5th class homework 30/11/10
November 30, 2010 By
Gaeilge: Feach ar Garfield ar TG4 ar a 15:55 inniu. Scríobh 5 line faoin clár./ Watch today's episode of Garfield on TG4 at 15.55 today, write 5 sentences about what happens. This is also available later on the TG4 website. Ceatlitriú: Seachtain 12 (A +B) English:Have some fun with words http://www.poetry4kids.com/modules.php?name=Games&op=display_game&game=Tangle Spellbound: Week 12 (1,2,3) Maths: Some long division on this website; … [Read more...]
Discover Egypt
November 26, 2010 By
In fifth class this week we have been working hard on our projects about Egypt. We are very excited about the open night, next Thursday night and we can’t wait to show you all our work. We’ve put together some questions about Egypt, try and answer them, and don’t worry if you can’t we’ll help you find the answers on Thursday night. Group Questions; Geography of Egypt Q. What is the length of The Nile? Tutankhamun Q. What age was Tutankhamun when he was crowned … [Read more...]
Discover Newbridge
November 22, 2010 By
In fifth class last week we had great fun promoting Newbridge as an excellent tourist attraction and making our own wonderful Radio advertisements. Discover Newbridge... Why I hear you ask? Well Droichead Nua is home to Kildare's only greyhound racing track. There are first class golf courses in the area, water sports, fishing and the Curragh Racecourse is within easy access. Newbridge Silverware: Silverware has been crafted in Newbridge since 1934. The passage of half a century has … [Read more...]
Fifth Class
November 5, 2010 By
Hello everyone So since we returned from the mid-term we have been busy bees. On the 3rd of November we had a basketball blitz with Griffen Valley ET. It was great fun, they are a lovely school and hopefully 5th and 6th class will be going up to visit their school soon. We have a new teacher in our class and her name is Bairbre. She is lovely and we were learning all about the history of Egypt and we had fun doing Drama with her too. Today we did ‘dictations’ and well done … [Read more...]
5th Class
October 22, 2010 By
This week in fifth class we have been working extremely hard to write exciting, interesting and informative letters to our pen pal Grace. We have also been keeping up with current affairs on ‘Newsround’. We are all so happy that they got all 33 Chilean miners got out of the collapsed mine safely , especially the poor young 19 year old that suffered from claustrophobia . When the Chilean miners were rescued they had to wear sunglasses for around 3 days or else they would damage their eyes … [Read more...]
