Mr Fegan’s class are very fortunate to be participating in the TAP+ Artist-in-the-Classroom programme this January, welcoming professional dance artist Yasmin for an intensive series of movement-based dance workshops. Over the course of the month, Yasmin will spend 14 hours working with the class, guiding pupils through creative, physical, and collaborative dance experiences that place movement, [...]
In 1st Class B we have been learning about recount writing. We started our writing process by reading examples of recount writing and coming up with criteria for this genre. We then went to the yard to blow bubbles, which gave us a focus for our writing. Back in the classroom, we planned [...]
This week in Ms. Kelly's 2nd class we learned about lots of games that would have been played in the past in the school yard which included marbles, skipping, red robin and much more. In P.E. we tried out some of them games and even mastered skipping! We had great fun trying to learn how to [...]
Mr Fegan's class have been developing their coding skills through hands-on, creative projects using Micro:bits, Move:Motor robots, and the Python Turtle block library. With the Micro:bits, students learned how to write simple programs to control lights, display messages, and use sensors. They then moved on to programming Move:Motor robots, learning how to control movement, speed, and [...]
In the lead-up to Halloween, Junior Infants B enjoyed lots of fun activities to celebrate the festival! Some of these included potion making, small world play in the haunted house, pumpkin painting and designing, singing and playing Halloween songs, reading stories, and much more. Just before the Mid-Term Break, we had a fantastic Halloween [...]
History The children in 5th B have been developing their knowledge of history, geography and science through colourful expression! Term 2 and 3 have been exciting journeys of discovery for us. We have learned about the development of modern trade after the discoveries of South American civilisiations, like the Inca of Peru. We have learned [...]
4th Class B had great fun enjoying all things Maths and Science during STEM week in January. The children took parts in lots of activities, for example, 'Design a boat that floats using recyclable materials' experiment, coding hour on the iPads and a maths trail! The children particularly enjoyed using the trundle wheels to measure the [...]
Ms Hutchinson's First Class have been taking part in a series of camogie sessions with a coach from Commercials. They have really got stuck in and enjoyed learning a new skill. Hopefully some of the children will want to continue in the future.
Mr Davis' class has been very busy studying print in Art. During the Autumn we looked at wallpaper designs created by the artist William Morris, which feature different print designs of flowers and plants. We attempted to create our own print, inspired by Morris, using the Autumn leaves that had fallen from the trees. We experimented [...]
Well done to the boys and girls in Lighthouse Room 4 for settling in so well into their new class! They have had lots of new areas and activities to explore - the outdoor playground, activity hall and ball-pool - not to mention playing with the classroom toys, playdough, sand, colouring and painting! We were reading [...]
