For the past two weeks in school we have been learning about Pompeii and the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79A.D. The town of Pompeii is located on the Italian island of Sicily. There are many facts about this eruption that people do not know… The eruption lasted 19hours It was an ash eruption and very little actual lava came out Mt. Vesuvius has erupted another 50times since 79A.D. The ash from the volcano spread as far as the African coastline It is 1281m … [Read more...]
Report Writing
January 13, 2012 By
This week in 5th class we have been finishing off the final drafts of our reports, we all chose one mode of transport, gathered information on it and wrote detailed and informative report about it. Below is the report that Niamh wrote: Dog Sled A dog sled is a sled that dogs get tied to and the dogs pull the musher. The sled is made of wood and uses a small bit of metal. The parts of the sled are called the driving bar, top rail, brush bow, runner, bed slats, stanchions and the … [Read more...]
Greek Mythology
January 13, 2012 By
The topic Greek Mythology is very wide ranging. There are so many gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, monsters and demons that it is hard to keep track of them all! Over the past few weeks some of Fourth Class completed an in depth study of one Greek hero or God that interests them. They presented the projects to their classes before the Christmas holidays and today they had the opportunity to create a sculpture using clay to go along with their project. Seánie & Inez sculpted Poseidon, … [Read more...]
Puppets in First Class
December 16, 2011 By
This week in Art we made puppets out of old socks. We used pieces of fabric and wool to make faces and clothes for our puppets. Here are the pictures of some of our finished puppets. … [Read more...]
Hey now!!!
December 16, 2011 By
HEY NOW!!! This week in fourth class we learned the song “All Star” from the movie Shrek. It’s a really catchy song and we loved singing it. We learned the words first and then Bobby and some of the students in the class brought in their guitars and played along while everyone was singing. It sounded really cool. Then we decided to go one step further. We decided that each of the five groups in our class would make up one verse of our new song. We put it all together and it sounded … [Read more...]
Our News
December 9, 2011 By
Senior Infants have been working so hard this week, reading and writing their news. The writing is so good that we have started a Writing Wall in our room where we can display all of the lovely writing and illustrations. We have also been focusing on group work, and the children worked really well together making super Farmyard jigsaws and Scrabble jigsaws... We have been learning a lot about recycling and reusing things. The children have some great ideas and we read a story about … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK IN FIFTH CLASS!
December 9, 2011 By
THIS WEEK WE STARTED LOOKING AT WORLD WAR 1. WE LEARNED THE TWO SIDES IN THE WAR WERE: THE ALLIES WHICH WERE BRITAIN, FRANCE, RUSSIA, AMERICA, BELGIUM, ITALY, GREECE, CYPRUS, ROMANIA, PORTUGAL, SERBIA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. THE CENTRAL POWERS: HUNGARY, AUSTRIA, TURKEY AND GERMANY. WE DID INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS ON EUROPE AND WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT CAPITAL CITIES IN EUROPE AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE TIME ZONES IN EACH COUNTRY. THE DRAMA GROUP ‘BARE SOLED FOOLS’ CAME TO WORK WITH US AND … [Read more...]
Egyptian Culture
December 9, 2011 By
ANCIENT EGYPT This week in 4th class, each table did a project on a different Egyptian thing. Here are the topics : 1.Tutankhamun 2.Pyramids 3.Sphinx 4.River Nile … [Read more...]
Super Senior Infant Scientists!
December 2, 2011 By
Senior Infants have been working really hard at being super scientists this week. We were learning about heat, and how it travels from warmer to cooler. We made ice cubes and decided we would wrap them in different materials to see which material worked best at keeping the ice frozen for the longest time. We made our predictions and recorded them using a bar chart. After we carried out our experiment, we recorded the results and compared them to our predictions. It was great fun. … [Read more...]
FAI Schools Futsal
December 2, 2011 By
A big WELL DONE to all the boys and girls who competed in the FAI Futsal Tournament this week. The competition was held in Newbridge Sports Centre over two days with the boys competing Thursday and the girls team out in action today. The boys played three matches with some wonderful performances. After coming second in their group they were unfortunate that only the first team went on to the qualifiers. Meanwhile the girls played six matches with great effort and … [Read more...]
