St Mary's Saggart School

All the boys and girls in Ms. Walsh’s class did some incredible Winter art work in December. We experimented with different materials such as paint, pencils, oil pastels and markers to create different textures. The children also used cool blue tones to capture a frosty winter night scene and warm tones to make a cosy […]

We had lots of fun exploring the theme of ‘The Polar Regions’ in December. The students enjoyed learning about all of the different animals that live in either the Arctic or Antarctic. Also, we learned all about Tom Crean. He was an Irish explorer and was a member of 3 expeditions to the Antarctic in […]

 Our snowmen were a big favourite.  The boys in Room 1 have been working very hard at home the past few weeks. They are really looking forward to getting back to class very soon. We can’t wait to get back doing some art lessons together in the Lighthouse as it is one of our favourite […]

All the Boys and Girls in Mr Doogue’s 5th Class B are all working very hard from home. Last week the boys and girls learned how to draw portraits using coffee beans and water in Art. The mixture between the coffee beans and water made a brown like colour. The boys and girls learned that […]

In term one we were lucky enough to get to use iPads. We had been studying all about Pompeii and how it was covered by lava from the volcano Mt.Vesuvius. The class were divided into different groups and researched the different aspects of live in Pompeii including ‘The Romans’ , what they eat, how they […]

As part of our SPHE lessons in 6th class we looked at ideas of beauty and did a study of Vogue magazine covers over the decades. We noticed how style and fashion has changed over the years but we also noticed that a lot of things have stayed the same and we wanted to change […]

During the 1st term, the boys and girls in Ms Kelly’s class got very creative making shapes. They worked in their pods to form a square, rectangle, diamond, circle and a star. They really enjoyed making shapes using their bodies.

All of the amazing boys and girls in Ms. Cahill’s First Class have been working so hard at home. We blasted off to a great start in the New Year- We learned about Space. The children boarded their rockets and began their virtual learning adventure in Space by exploring the 8 planets in our solar […]

Here are some of the activities the boys and girls in Ms. Ryan’s 4th class got up to in Term 1. One of our SESE topics in Term 1 was ‘Light’. We learned about transparent, translucent and opaque objects. When an opaque object blocks out the light, a shadow is formed. We experimented using tin […]

The boys in Lighthouse Room 3 are cool as cucumbers in their new treehouse.