Killian made his own mask using recyclable materials. Lots of imagination at play here!
Cian’s spent hours piecing together his model of Old Trafford!
In this experiment, the children became aware of how moving air can make things move. Children were encouraged to Design and Make their own rocket when given materials such as A4 sheet of paper, straw, scissors, pencil (of approximately the same diameter as the straw), sellotape and measuring tape.The children launched their rockets a number of times, firstly estimating the distances traveled and then measuring them and taking the average distance in a controlled test. They drew a graph afterwards to represent their results.
Did you know? Rockets were invented in China over 800 years ago. The first ones were very simple – a cardboard tube packed with gunpowder and attached to a guide stick – a bit like the fireworks we use today!!
Winter is here and many of our birds need our help to stay alive. At this time of the year, birds find it hard to find insects, worms, seeds, and berries. We can help by feeding the birds.
To make our bird feeder: We prodded the bottle with a scissors to make several holes all around the bottle. Consequently, we made two holes opposite each other about a third of the way up the bottle. We then pushed the pencil through both of these holes. This acted as a perch for the birds. After, we made two holes opposite each other near the top of the bottle. We then threaded the twine through the two holes and made a loop to hang off a branch of a tree. We filled the bottle with the sunflower seeds and put the lid on the bottle. So far, we’ve seen birds like Chaffinches, Bluetits and Sparrows feed from our hanging feeders!
In our school, it’s important to remember those in need so we decided to host a Cheerios Breakfast Morning. This is a fun charity breakfast which is hosted across the country to help support the ISPCC Childline services which answers calls from children in need across Ireland 24 hours a day. All funds raised on the day went to this worthy cause! Thanks for your support!
Threen NS certainly has talent! We were entertained by singers, storytellers, poets, artists, comedians, musicians, dancers and sports stars! Congratulations to all involved!
In this experiment, performed by the Junior room, the children learned that the raisins were heavier than the drink and therefore sank to the bottom. They discovered that at the bottom of the fizzy drink, the raisins collected bubbles of carbon dioxide, resulting in the ‘raisins + bubbles’ becoming lighter than the drink. Consequently, they rose to the surface. When the raisins reached the surface, the gas bubbles burst and the raisins sank to the bottom, only to collect gas bubbles once again.
Our school was awarded the title of Tidiest School in the County!! Representatives from our school were invited to the presentation on the 7th of December in The Council Headquarters in Roscommon. It is a great privilege to be awarded with such a prestigious title and we would like to thank all our parents, pupils and staff for the important role they played in achieving this accolade.
Children in the senior room developed an increasing awareness of living things in the wider environment by selecting evergreen plants for use in the making of our Christmas wreaths and logs. The also recycled and reused old Christmas decorations. The 6th class then sold them to the local community.