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6th Class enjoy baking brownies in Room 10!

30/1/2015

Today we enjoyed baking our very own brownies from scratch. We all took part in making these scrumptious treats! We learned how to weigh and sift. We also learned the important skill of 'folding' in order to make our brownies light and spongey!!! We copied down the recipe and procedure afterwards and hope to make these treats again sometime!!!

Learning about The Great Irish Famine in Fifth Class - Room 13

29/1/2015

We have been learning about the Great Irish Famine. We are reading the novel "Wildflower Girl" by Marita Conlon-McKenna have read about "An Gorta Mór" in our Gaeilge lessons and have listened to the Dubliner's version of the song "Skibbereen". We have looked at the topic from an Historical point of view and we have drawn images of the Famine in Charcoal inspired by our learning. We will continue to work on the Famine, doing some Drama on the topic, and learning about the causes of Famine around the world in our Geography and Science lessons. We are enjoying learning about such an important event in our Irish History and appreciate how different our own lives are now in comparison to that of our fore-fathers.

6th Class enjoyed researching and learning about Rainforest's and Rainforest animals. We later created Rainforest animals using Pointillism Art.

29/1/2015

Congratulations to Natalija Savic in 6th class who won an art competition with Supermac's. The class were very lucky to be invited to make pizza for the morning. Have a look at us all making our Pizza.

29/1/2015

5th Class - Room 9: Have a look at our fantastic projects on Australia!!

28/1/2015

We have been learning a lot about Australia this month. We have learned many new things about the country; its history, animals, native people, sport and major attractions. We put a lot of work into our projects and are very proud of how they turned out.

Aboriginal Art from Ms. Lane's 5th class

28/1/2015

Baking scones in Room 6

27/1/2015

1. We sieved 225g of self raising flour into a bowl.
2. We rubbed in 40g of butter.
3. We stirred in 1 and a half tablespoons of caster sugar and a pinch of salt.
4. We mixed in 150mls of milk to make a soft dough.
5. We cut out scones and baked in the oven for 12 minutes at 220oC.
6. We ate and enjoyed!!

Super 'Food Dudes' getting their certificates in Room 6!

27/1/2015

Penguins

26/1/2015

Room 7 have been learning a lot about penguins and especially the Emperor Penguin.
Did you know?
The Emperor Penguin is the tallest of all penguin species, reaching as tall as 120 cm in height.
Emperor Penguins can stay underwater for around 20 minutes at a time.
Emperor Penguins often huddle together to keep warm in the cold temperatures of Antarctica- this group is called a turtle!They take turns being in the warm centre and on the cold outside of the group. How kind!
Here is some of the penguin art we have done..we hope you like what you see:)

Buddy Reading today with some of Mr. Cunningham's Senior Infants and Ms. Lillis' 4th Class. We tried Making Connections with the story. It was fun.

23/1/2015

Teddy Bears' Hospital

23/1/2015

The infant classes visited the teddy bears' hospital in N.U.I.G. today. The trip was very exciting - even the bus journey there. We were met by student doctors who checked our teddies, wrote "prescriptions," and took "x rays." Then it was time for us to play and have our faces painted. A great day!!!!

Junior and Senior Infants Visit The Teddy Bear Hospital

23/1/2015

Today the Junior and Senior Infants brought their sick teddies to The Teddy Bear Hospital in N.U.I.G. The doctors took a look at our sick teddies and gave us a prescription to help them feel better. We then brought our teddies for M.R.I's and x - rays. We had great fun on the bouncing castle and getting our face painted. Here are some photograph's of our fun day out.

Activities on the 'Titanic' in 6th Class

22/1/2015

The children in 6th class have been studying the Titanic in history. They each took a specific date and time and drew an illustration to accompany their caption to make a class timeline. Our timeline dates from 1908 to 1912. They researched questions on the topic during IT and carried out a class quiz. The children also constructed their very own Titanic replicas from cardboard and masking tape. They then painted it to their own personal taste!

We were busy this week in First Class working on our project 'The Desert'

21/1/2015

Making Brownies

21/1/2015

Today Ms Regan's class made chocolate brownies. We used brown and white chocolate. We learned a lot about baking. Then we ate them! Yummy!

Christmas Cookies

21/1/2015

Just before the Christmas Holidays, Senior Infants iced some Christmas Cookies. We iced snowmen and christmas trees. We had great fun, and they tasted delicious!!

Senior Infants Christmas Play

21/1/2015

Senior Infants put on a great play - the bossy king - just before the holidays. We had great form practicing and performing it. Thanks to everyone for the help with costumes. Don't we look great?

6th Class Debating!

20/1/2015

Well done to our 6th class debating team who came extremely close to qualifying for the final of the competition. We are extremely proud of our captain Aenghus McDonell and fellow speakers Jack O' Rourke and Sahil Gupta. Cathal Keane, Hannah O' Connell and Mikey Maguire were also chosen as substitutes. It was truly a whole class effort however, and the team really appreciated the advice and helpful hints from their classmates. It was a narrow defeat to Scoil Chroí Naofa, Athenry of 1 point!!!!!! Our school was proposing the motion "Every child should have a mobile phone". Well done to all involved!

Advertising Activities in 6th!

20/1/2015

The children in 6th class have been learning about advertising techniques recently. They each selected an advert that they found particularly appealing and brought it in and presented it to the class. They pointed out the various techniques used which caught their attention. After looking at everybody's example they then drew up their very own unique advert in Art and presented it to the class!

Sixth Class enjoying Zumba Dance Class!

20/1/2015

We made banana buns in Room 8!

19/1/2015

Fun Investigations with Lines and Angles in 5th Class - Room 13

15/1/2015

We have been enjoying exploring what angles we can make with clocks, CD's, Books, Scissors and most fun of all..... our bodies! We have learned about a new tpe of angle, the reflex angle: it is greater than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees.

The children in 6th class spent time preparing and presenting projects on the history of the Titanic before constructing their own versions of the Titanic using materials gathered. Have a look at the children at work.

15/1/2015

We had great fun preparing and performing our Christmas play in Mr McDonagh's 4th class.

14/1/2015

Sixth Class Carol Service 2014

13/1/2015

The two sixth classes performed a Carol Service this Christmas. They picked a few of their all-time favourite Christmas hits and got into the festive spirit! Some children sang solo and harmonies. Other children played their instruments along with the choir. It was a really lovely performance - well done to all the children involved for putting on a great show!