A walk around Castlerea.

On Monday last, March 13th 2017 we took a walking Trail around the Suck Valley Way in Castlerea.

We had an organised visit to Super Valu. As it was a super day we made the most of the good weather and got some exercise in before that.

Mrs. Callaghan showed the class the map before we started and explained the route we were to take.

We passed the Elephants grave, St. Kevin’s G.A.A pitch, the island, the Fairy Garden, Bank of Ireland, Mace, the Courthouse, the Garda Station, Castlerea Community School, the Hub, Harmac, the at Super mart and at our destination-Cahills Super Valu.

      

  

  

Dance with Kate

Kate came in to teach us dance. The Senior Room performed a hip hop dance to Cheryl Cole “Say My Name”. They also done some free style dances.

The Junior Room performed the dance “The Macarena” and “Saturday Night”. Each class were put into groups and had to create four short movements and had keep in time with the music.

A big thanks to Kate for all her help.

     

   

  

Term 1 Award

Well done to Maebh in 6th class. She won an award in Term 1 for her participation in the active flag activities. She completed her Super Trooper activities each evening and took part in all activities in school.

 

U.20 St.Kevin’s Win.

We were very lucky to have two of our past pupils David and Ronan join us with the cup. They won the U.20 County Final for St. Kevin’s Castlerea. Thank you to Tommy and Noel for bringing the cup out to us. Of course there is always time for ‘the dab’!!

 

 

 

 

Debating in the Senior Classroom

3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class participated in a class debate. The motions up for debate were ‘People are too dependent on handheld devices’ and ‘Famous actors and athletes earn too much’. Both the proposition and opposition put up very convincing arguments! Well done to all involved!

Discovery Science – Step 3 – Engineering Week 2017

One of the children’s engineering challenges for the week was to make slime! To do this, they mixed half a cup of water with half a cup of PVA glue and stirred. Next they mixed a teaspoon of Borax powder with a cup of water. This and a few drops of green food colouring were stirred into the mixture! See the gooey results for yourself 🙂

Discovery Science – Step 1 – Make a Lava Lamp

To complete this experiment the children had to figure out what the capacity of the bottle was using a measuring jug. They then had to quarter fill the bottle with water and figure out what two-thirds of the bottle’s total capacity was. They added this amount of vegetable oil to the water with 12 drops of food colouring. They broke the Alka-Seltzer into 4 parts and added them one by one, observing the effects. The children learned that the chemical energy from the Alka-Seltzer reacted with the water and produced carbon dioxide gas; which in turn tried to escape from the top.