There will be a soccer tournament for 3rd and 4th class boys and girls in Loughlynn Hall on Friday, the of 2nd December! The tournament will start at 10:30 and finish at approximately 1:30. Children can come to school in their gear. Dress for the weather 🙂
To complete this activity, the children cut out the spiral and decorated it to look like a snake. The children then cut along the spiral and attached a piece of thread to the snake’s head. They hung the snakes over a hot radiator. The snake spun as the warm air rose.
The children learned that warm air is lighter than cold air. Warm air rises and cold air comes in to take its place. This causes air currents – both indoor and outdoor. These are called convection currents.
Making rainbow spinners!
Objectives: Investigate the Splitting and Mixing of Light
Skills: Experimenting, Observing
Through investigation the child were enabled to investigate the splitting and mixing of light. The children learned that not only can white light be broken up into the rainbow colours, but also that the rainbow colours can be brought together to produce white light. They also learn about persistence of vision (i.e. that if things move fast enough the eye cannot distinguish between them and they merge).
The circus came to town and boy were we impressed! We were treated to contortionist and balancing acts, a display by the clown-duo, Sausage and Saucepan, juggling and hulahoop performances and a visit from the strongest and tallest man in the world. Everyone had a joyous time!Mc Cormack’s Family Circus will visit the school on the 15th of November at 1pm. The hour-long show is sure to impress and we look forward to the spectacular display!
A big thank you to all of you who participated in this year’s Team Hope Shoebox Appeal.
You can – by taking part in the Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal.
Science week will run from the 13th to the 20th of November. We will be undertaking a number of experiments with the children and over the course of Science week and beyond, RTÉ will be putting science centre stage. ‘Phil the Science Guy’ will make an appearance in the new RTÉjr series, POP Goes The Weekend, beginning Saturday 19th November, while Swipe TV and the Swipe TV app will feature a range of science-themed content throughout the week.
Mc Cormack’s Family Circus will visit the school on the 15th of November at 1pm. The hour-long show is sure to impress and we look forward to the spectacular display!
The order for the Science Apprentice Book Collection has been placed. For those who have ordered the collection, one book, plus a copy of that day’s Irish Independent, will arrive at the school on the 14th, 18th, 21st, 25th and 28th of November.
Making a Water Fountain
Objectives: Explore the effects of heating liquids
Skills: Experimenting, Observing
In this experiment, the children learned that air expands as it is heated. When the half-filled bottle of cold water (with added red dye) was put into hot water, the air inside the bottle expanded and pushed the coloured water into the straw and out the top like a fountain!
It’s that time of year again! This year’s quiz will take place on the 15th of November in Castlerea library at 3:30pm.