On Wednesday 10th February, Pat and Emma from Sea-Life in Bray arrived at the school with our fish tank. They explained how the air pump, chiller, filter and vacuum worked before they released our four sea creatures into the tank. We received two prawns, a flounder and a starfish. We spent Wednesday and Thursday getting … Read more
Over the last four weeks, the children in 5th Class have participated in the Explorers Marine Project 2016 which was sponsored and supported by the Marine Institute of Ireland, Sea-Life National Aquarium, Bray and the Blackrock Education Centre. This project was built around a 4 week visit to the classroom of a fully equipped 60 … Read more
To commemorate the 1916 Rising, 5th and 6th class travelled to the Mermaid Theatre on Friday, 12 February to see a play entitled Me, Mollser. The play is part of the Abbey Theatre’s Priming the Canon series which introduces classic Irish plays to young audiences. The performance retold The Plough and the Stars by Seán O … Read more
After studying magnetism in school, the children were asked to design a game based on magnets. We had great fun playing with our inventions! Have a look at some of the ideas that we came up with in 5th Class.
The children in 5th Class love playing board games, especially when they can’t get out to the yard on wet days. Over the last week, they designed their own board games (using recycled materials) and had great fun playing them today. In years to come, some of their games may feature on the Late Late … Read more
A few photos of our budding actors before they took to the stage for their Dress Rehearsal.
As part of its study of World War 1, Fifth Class enjoyed reading the novel ‘War Game’ by Michael Foreman. They also examined the poem ‘In Flanders Field’ by John Mc Crae and painted pictures inspired by its images.
5th Class children are studying World War 1 at present and are presenting projects that they have created. While most of the children chose to use Powerpoint, a few of them used their artistic skills to replicate life in the trenches.
On Thursday, 12 November, two members of An Garda Síochána from Bray, Sergeant John Fitzpatrick and Garda Adam Nolan, spoke to the children in 5th and 6th Class about respectful online communication and cyberbullying. They reminded the children to post only messages or photos that “Granny” might like to receive. They urged the children never … Read more
On Thursday 5th November, 5th Class attended an Energy or “Guzzler” Workshop facilitated by Emlyn Cullen from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. We discussed renewable and non-renewable sources of energy, the role of CO2 in climate change and the things we can do to save energy. Emlyn then led a number of science experiments on the … Read more