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Polar Animals
Polar Animals In English we are learning all about writing reports and what the features of report writing are. We decided to write reports on polar animals and we loved researching them for homework. We wrote a draft of our report and then published our final piece. Do you think we did a good job? […]
Read More...6th Class Super Heroes – Power for Good
Donegal Anti Bullying week took part this year between the 14th and 18th of November and the theme was Power for Good. The aim is to support children and young people to use their Power for Good – to help them understand the ways in which they are powerful and how as individuals or together […]
Read More...Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals During November we were learning all about nocturnal animals in Ireland. We learned about their habits, their homes and what they eat. For homework we each designed a shoe box and made a diorama of a nocturnal scene, including in it as many animals as we could that we had learned about. We […]
Read More...November 2016- Junior Infants
Our Bird Feeders We are so proud of our bird feeders. Have a look at what we’ve been up to. Family Friday/Science Week Self-Portraits We really enjoyed drawing our own self-portrait. We studied our faces very closely first using mirrors. We think we did a great job! […]
Read More...Mandalas & Meditation
We have been having a great time in 5th class during our Jiu Jitsu lessons with Shane over the last few weeks. Everybody is really enjoying the lessons and we are getting fitter and fitter!! Shane has taught us some self defence and has told us that it’s important to be respectful and that Jiu […]
Read More...Money – Senior Infants
Money This week we have been learning all about money. We looked at coins up to 20c. We worked in a shop, thinking about the different coins we needed to pay for each item. We also used coins to create rubbings!
Read More...Pumpkin Carving in First Class
We had a fantastic time carving pumpkins. Some of us loved getting our hands in and pulling out all the mushy flesh and seeds from the pumpkins. We really enjoyed adding final touches to our pumpkins with some of the autumn leaves we had previously collected. We worked together really well and achieved fabulous results! […]
Read More...Halloween Fun
The boys and girls in 2nd class had great fun this week tasting some bairín brack and helping create a classroom pumpkin
Read More...Problem Solvers
This week has been lots of fun and it’s hard to believe that we only have one more week to go until the midterm break! We kicked off the week with an exciting visit from Nigel McKelvey for Code Week EU. Nigel is a lecturer at Letterkenny Institute of Technology and is a CoderDojo expert! […]
Read More...Angles and 2d Shapes
We have been working on angles and 2d shapes in 2nd class. We used our bodies to show different types of angles. When we knew them well we created them using lollipop sticks. We also were learning about 2d shapes. We can create lots of different 2d shapes from pentagons, rectangles to octagons and triangles.
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