This is where you will find all the latest news for the whole school. If you wish to find out about the latest news from any one class please click on the class links above the first blog post below.

Our School Blog

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Sep 41 min read

Mé Féin

Bhíomar ag scríobh fúinn féin. Nach bhfuil na bileoga go hiontach?

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Sep 41 min read

Autumn Trees 🍂 🥮

Our first art display of the year has autumn trees. We drew trees using pencil and charcoal. We used warm colours for an autumn leaf in...

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Jun 211 min read

Environment Game

Our final activity in Earthlink was to play the environment game. When you land on certain squares you have to answer a question based on...

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Jun 191 min read

Summer Scavenger Hunt

This afternoon we had a scavenger hunt in the playground. We had to find objects starting with various letters, some to do with numbers...

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Jun 111 min read

Forces: Making things move

We spent the morning experimenting with rollers and wheels. The rollers were used to move a dictionary. The reels were used for wheels...

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Jun 61 min read

📚 Reading with friends

In English we are reading with our friends in groups. Each group has a 'connector' bookof facts. They have interesting titles and facts!...

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May 271 min read

Bunny Art 🎨 🐇 🐰

On Friday we made funny bunnies. Some people made twins! They make our classroom brighter!

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May 211 min read

Koru Art

We were learning about the Maori people of New Zealand. They use the unfurling fern as part of their Koru art. It symbolises new life,...

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May 151 min read

Fire Safety Visit 🔥

Today Stephen and Brendan came to speak to us. They reminded us that it is important to know the number to ring in emergencies and also...

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May 101 min read

Assembly

Today we presented assembly. We said two poems. We sang our German song about spring. Everyone gave us lovely compliments.

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May 91 min read

A New School Crest

Today in SPHE we talked about being part of a community. Then we designed new school crests. Do you think they represent our school? Look...

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May 31 min read

Dramatic Friday

In groups we dramatised scenes from James and the Giant Peach. It was fun to look at all the groups performing.

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May 21 min read

Thank You

A big thank you to Oisín who did PE activities with us over the past few weeks. Some of the rhythm games and dances took a lot of...

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Apr 291 min read

Indoor Games

At the end of the day we played some card games. Thank you to the PA for funding classroom resources. As you can see there are other...

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Apr 291 min read

James and the Giant Peach display

We did silhouette pictures for the display. The creatures were very difficult to cut out! ✂️ The cloud people have also appeared. Some...

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Apr 181 min read

Nettles

Today in science we learned about nettles- neantóg in Irish. They have an unusual square stem. Long ago they were eaten for their...

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Apr 161 min read

Yes to Languages

Martina started our Yes to Languages today. We played a game with a little globe. We can all introduce ourselves in German and tell what...

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Apr 121 min read

James and the Giant Peach

Our class novel is James and the Giant Peach. We are really enjoying it! In art we drew the scene inside the peach 🍑 🕷 🪱

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Apr 111 min read

Science Experiment

Today we tested various solids by mixing them with cold and warm water. We had to keep our tests fair- the same amount of water, same...

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Mar 211 min read

Sligo Jersey

We had a surprise visitor to our classroom on Wednesday. Liam Óg arrived to present a Sligo jersey - the prize won at halftime in a Sligo...