September in 2nd Class
September saw us exploring the outdoors, creating a senses tree using items we found on our sense walk. We created Artwork using recycled paper. We also created portraits of ourselves.
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Fun in 2nd Class during Maths Week
Things got very competitive and we had great fun playing Maths games and building Lego during Maths week.
October in 2nd Class – Space Month
October saw us investigating the theme Space. We created rockets in Science/Art, painted the solar system, researched different planets, created our own imaginary planets and persuaded each other that our imaginary planet was the best one to visit. We also presented an assembly about space to the whole school and taught them the mnemonic My … Read more
Advent Kindness Calendar – Day 6
3rd Class would like to share today’s Act of Kindness with you. It is to be nice to a staff member. Day6
Advent Kindness Calendar
Day 5 Act of kindness is… use your manners. Day5
Advent Kindness Calendar – Day 4
3rd Class would like to introduce you to today’s act of kindness…. Pay someone a compliment! Day4
STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) in Action in 3rd Class
Our first STEM/Maker Space challenge this year was to design a house that ‘An Mac Tíre Gránna‘ the Big Bad Wolf couldn’t blow down. We were challenged to make a structure out of matchsticks and marshmallows, not your typical building materials! We sketched our initial design, built and tested the structure against the force of … Read more
STEM challenge – Build the tallest freestanding tower
Our 2nd STEM challenge was to build the tallest freestanding tower. It had to stand for at least 10 seconds unaided. The groups got to work with gusto. Some teams, layered their paper, while others rolled and stacked. … Read more
Kindness Advent Calendar – Day 3
Thursday 3rd December 3rd Class would like to introduce today’s act of kindness….. Day3 – Say hello to someone new!