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Designing Pulleys

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Sixth Class are currently looking at and exploring the uses of ‘Pulleys’ in everyday life. As a first experiment, they had to design a ‘Simple Pulley’ using objects/materials in the room. They quickly discovered that using gravity, by pulling down, helped pull the object upwards!

Making Books with our NEW iPads!!

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On Friday sixth class worked in groups of three to produce entertaining digital books using our new iPads. They used the app ‘Book Creator’ to add text, images, drawings and sound. Great fun was had by all. We look forward to using the iPads over the next few weeks!

Monster Raffle Prize Winners

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Monster Raffle Prize Winners   1st Prize          €500 cash                         Jamie Fisher   2nd Prize         4 Ball Round of Golf at Powerscourt Golf Club                         Olive Fogarty   3rd Prize         €150 Dundrum Voucher                         Annette Gleeson   4th Prize         Family Days Out Package – Annual Family Membership for Imaginosity; Entry to        … Read more

Our Own Creations

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Over the past few weeks, many of the children in sixth class have been designing their very own ‘Games’ following our work on Procedural Writing in English. It is wonderful to see how creative and innovative these children are, when they presented their projects last week. After their presentations, the class got a chance to … Read more

Designing Helicopters

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For the past few weeks sixth class have been investigating Gravity and Air Resistance and how it effects the way objects fall to earth. This week the children worked in small groups to design a helicopter  which would be the slowest to fall to the ground!

A Very Special Visitor

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  Recently, our school had a very special 4 legged visitor! His name is Quandro and he is a Service Dog. He and his owner have been together for over 11 years and are the best of friends! Together, they visited all the classrooms and we all got to pet Quandro, who behaved like a … Read more