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Chicks

Chicks

In May, we learned all about the Lifecycle of a Hen. Ms. Cartwright got eggs from farmers who had a rooster on their farm and we incubated 20 eggs, in the hope that we might get some chicks to hatch. We knew all of the eggs would not hatch, as not all of them would be...

Living Faith Living History

Living Faith Living History

Dear all thank you again for your involvement with the Living Faith Living History project.  It was such a genuine pleasure to work with you all and with the children who were involved.  As promised, I am sending the link to the online flip-book version of the book...

World Book Day, Pancake Tuesday and Friendship Week

World Book Day, Pancake Tuesday and Friendship Week

Here are some photos of us celebrating Pancake Tuesday, World Book Day and Friendship Week. For Friendship Week we were all given a secret friend for the week. We had to be extra kind to our secret friend. We made cards for them and then had our lunch outside with...

Spring

Spring

This month Junior and Senior Infants have been learning all about spring. We went on a spring walk to look for signs of spring. We found lots of signs of spring and brought them back to school. We made some spring flowers and have been learning all about what plants...

Springtime

Springtime

We have been learning a lot about Spring in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class. We have looked at an tEarrach in Gaeilge and have learned about different spring plants and animals. We went on a Siúlóid Nadúr to Griffith Park during Seachtain na Gaeilge to try and see could we...

Sports

Sports

We have been very lucky to have so many sports coaches come in to teach us new sports and skills. We have spent several weeks doing GAA, Boxing, and Athletics. We also spent a couple of weeks with Dance, Sing Act before Christmas, who helped us with our Christmas...

Seachtain na Gaeilge

Seachtain na Gaeilge

We celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge from Monday 7th of March until Wednesday 16th of March. During this time, we made a big effort to speak more Irish throughout the day, and also learned more about the cultures in Ireland such as Irish traditional music and...

Pancake Tuesday!!

Pancake Tuesday!!

We did lots of fun activities for Pancake Tuesday this year. We learned how to make pancakes, designed pancake toppings, and decorated our own pancakes with lots of delicious toppings. Thank you to Mrs. Wilson who had a very busy morning making all of the pancakes,...

Science Week 1st-3rd

Science Week 1st-3rd

Have a look at some of the experiments that 1st-3rd class got up to during Science Week. We really enjoyed completing the experiments in school and some people even did some experiments at home. Experiments completed: Bouncy Egg Experiment: We placed a raw egg in some...

Litter and Waste Flag

Litter and Waste Flag

On Friday 8th October, we had an awards ceremony to celebrate achieving our first Green Schools flag for the theme of Litter and Waste. We had a virtual awards ceremony on zoom with all of the other schools participating in the theme of Litter and Wate. It was great...