Stepping Back in Time

Children took their great grandaunt’s 100 year old copybook to school today! In it, she did her arithmetic and wrote about topics such as honesty, patriotism, the blessedness of toil, war and  the seasons. In a piece titled “Gratitude”, she wrote… “Gratitude is a virtue giving us an inward sense and an outward expression of thankfulness for benefits obtained”.  What a joy it was to read about Ireland in the early 1900s! 

Discovery Science – Step 4 – Amazing Triangles

Today the children constructed cubes, tetrahedrons and their own imaginative 3D shapes using marshmallows and cocktail sticks! They learned that squares distort easily, when put under pressure. When they compared the strength of the square to the triangle, the triangle won hands down! The triangle is the only shape that cannot be deformed without changing the length of one of its sides.

A Visit from RTE!

On Friday last, February 3rd 2017, we were delighted to have Jen and Dara from the RTE series, Operation Transformation join us in our school for the 10 @ 10. There was great excitement on the day among the children and staff.

We were very lucky to have been chosen from the thousands of schools in Ireland to be involved in the filming of the show.

Both classes were busy in January learning different dances with Kate. A big thank you to Kate for all her hard work!!

The whole school danced to ‘Saturday Night’ and the senior room had learned a dance to Cheryl Cole ‘Say My Name Remix’.  By the end of the day the children had no problem behind the camera.

Stay tuned to Operation Transformation this week to see the children in action.

Discovery Science – Step 1 – Growing Tomatoes

Today we planted tomato seeds. Growing tomatoes shows the children how a common edible fruit can be produced, from seed germination to flowering and fruit formation. While tending to their tomato plants, children will learn about the plant life cycle and the factors affecting growth.

We have watered our pots already today and they are now on a well-lit, warm windowsill. Now all we have to do is wait!

We have lift off!!!

Replanting our tomatoes on the 26th of April! My how they’ve grown!