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Third and Fourth Class News
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4 days ago1 min read
Christmas in other countries
Today we used the chrome books to research Christmas traditions in other countries. We looked at Greece 🇬🇷, Australia 🇦🇺, Italy 🇮🇹...
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5 days ago1 min read
Rehearsals!
We are busy rehearsing for the shows on Wednesday. We can't wait to perform 😍
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Dec 21 min read
Rock and Minerals
We have been learning about rocks and how they were formed 🪨 We also learned about Moh's scale- how hard or soft a rock is. We used the...
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Nov 281 min read
Experiment
Today Zoë, Ciaran and Máire brought in containers and we made 'telephones' in science. We could hear sounds along the strings but they...
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Nov 231 min read
New Display
Last week we painted paper plates 🎨 They will be the background to our woven Christmas trees 🎄 As you can see, everyone was...
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Nov 151 min read
One Dog and his Boy
We are reading the novel One dog and his boy by Eva Ibbotson. There are many breeds of dog in the book. We researched a dog and then...
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Oct 241 min read
Playground Games
Tomás showed us a new way to warm up. Then we played some games: Switch. Bean bag throw (and then 2 bags!) Map cones- following a map to...
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Oct 171 min read
Maths Week 4
Today we used the chrome books to play a maths week game called Pirates. It started off easy on each level but then the questions were...
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cloonacoolnational
Oct 161 min read
Maths Week Zoom
Today we enjoyed learning different facts about shapes! https://www.canva.com/design/DAGTumSUkoA/m83v0-abk5Ko6Vom3sODQg/watch?utm_content...
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cloonacoolnational
Oct 151 min read
Maths Week 2
Today we tried to solve a challenge that involved sheep. It was difficult to figure it out 🤔
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Oct 151 min read
Maths Week 1
We watched and listened to a book about the great mathematician Paul Erdös who grew up in Budapest being read. He had a very interesting...
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cloonacoolnational
Oct 111 min read
History Trail
Today we walked to the old school and drew the plaque. It has an unusual s and the fadas are made using a dot above the letter. We...
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Oct 101 min read
Catching Skills
It's all activity in our class this week! We had a morning session with Pat today. We were concentrating on catching the ball above the...
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Oct 91 min read
New Skills
We had a lovely morning learning skills from Raf and then using them in a game. We were using the step over and the chop.
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Oct 41 min read
Halloween Pottery 🎃
Today we worked with clay. First we spent some time manipulating the clay- rolling, pulling and smoothing. Then we shaped pumpkins by...
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Sep 301 min read
Autumn Painting
We painted autumn pictures. We created warm autumn colours by mixing the primary colours. We were careful to paint the background first....
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Sep 201 min read
A Boy Called Book
We listened to an author read his book called A Boy Called Book ! The author is Vincent Ralph. The boy's life was a set of stories- some...
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Sep 201 min read
Student council
Congratulations to Darragh and Hazel who will represent our room on the student council. Well done to the nine children who spoke so well...
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Sep 141 min read
Our Posters
We started our posters on farm safety for the Cloonacool Sheep Festival 2024. We got good ideas from agrikids....
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Sep 131 min read
Conscience Alley
In drama we heard a story about a wise king. A man had been sentenced to death for a terrible crime. The king always kept his promises...
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cloonacoolnational
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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cloonacoolnational
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...
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cloonacoolnational
Mar 141 min read
Ceolchoirm 2024
Bhì ceolchoirm sa halla againn inniú. Chanamar Is Mise Fear an Cheoil agus dúirt muid an dán Crann.
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Mar 141 min read
Problem Solving
Today was our final RSE lesson. It was on problem solving. We worked in groups or pairs chatting about different situations and how they...
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Mar 131 min read
Tráth na gceist 2024
Bhí craic againn inniú le Kahoot! Bhí a lán ceisteanna le freagairt. Bhí orainn a bheith cúramach🙈 Comhgairdeachas do gach éinne!
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cloonacoolnational
Mar 121 min read
Book Fair
This afternoon we got to look at the books in the four book fair displays. There are some old favourites and some lovely new novels!
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Mar 121 min read
Céilí 2024
Bhíomar ag cleachtadh sa seomra ranga don céilí. Bhí sport agus spraoi againn leis na ranganna eile!
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cloonacoolnational
Mar 81 min read
Book Week Activity
Today we listened to Alex Scheffler reading Puss in Boots and then Zog. He showed us how to draw Puss.
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cloonacoolnational
Mar 71 min read
An t-earrach
Bhíomar ag scríobh faoin earrach. Féach ar an gcaighdeán - an scríbhneoireacht néata agus na habairtí dea-chumtha. 👏👏
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cloonacoolnational
Mar 61 min read
Edible Trees
Today we joined a zoom lesson about edible trees. The speakers are very involved with green schools. We learned about the various trees...
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Mar 51 min read
Our Woven Trees 🧶🪢🧵
We finished weaving our trees. Then we completed a reflection on our work. It also included writing instructions for this piece of work....
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cloonacoolnational
Feb 271 min read
Drumming Treat
For treat time we had a drumming workshop with Barra. His drums were from West Africa and were djembe drums. He brought them in from Mali...
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