Nicola Healy More poems by First Class published. See below First Class went on an autumnal walk through Knocksink Woods on Friday 16th October 2015. We enjoyed exploring the woods in autumn with all of our senses. We wrote some autumn poems inspired by our walk in the woods. A Nature Trail by Annalisa Walsh An Autumn Walk … Read more
We worked hard in preparing our play for the Christmas Concert and we really enjoyed every minute of it too.
On Thursday 19th November, to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising and to celebrate 100 years since the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, members of the Defence Forces delivered the National Flag to our school. The team, led by Lieutenant Peter Dunne and including Lieutenant Evelyn Fahy, Sergeant Heneghan and Private Radford, formally presented … Read more
We planted bluebell bulbs under the big tree at the top of the hill, as bluebells like a woodland environment. Ben helped us to make holes for the bulbs. We’re looking forward to seeing them grow in spring. We also planted an assortment of bulbs in-between the vegetable beds outside of the infant classrooms. We … Read more
Do you like our Hallowe’en puppets made from wooden spoons, cups, fabric, paper and other bits and bobs?
We have all sowed an acorn and are looking forward to seeing our little oak trees growing by next spring. First we did a float test to sort the viable acorns from those that would be unlikely to sprout. Did you know that an oak tree doesn’t start producing acorns until it is about 50 … Read more
Guzzler visited First Class on Friday 6th November. We taught him a lot about saving energy and not wasting energy. We hope he’s not guzzling up energy any more.
We have been exploring magnets and magnetism. We investigated which materials were attracted to the magnet and which were not. We also explored through which materials the magnet could attract the relevant metals (paper clips, copper coins, nails, etc.). We’re now busy designing and making magnetic games and mazes.
First Class are really looking forward to our upcoming autumnal walk. We will use all our senses to explore the woods in autumn.