Congratulations to all the children who represented the school at the Cumann na mBunscol Sports Day in Charlesland on Wedneday 13 June! Competition was stiff among the 20 participating schools, with three heats in most races. All of our athletes performed admirably in both field and track events and we were delighted to come home … Read more
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!
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!
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
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!
What a great day we had at the RDS Primary Science Fair