Market day in Senior Infants
The Senior Infants have been learning about money. We learned that coins come in different sizes, shapes and colours and that different coins have different values.This was confusing at first but we soon got the hang of it. After a few days of learning about money it was time to set up our market stalls […]
Cycling in Michael’s Class
Report 1: Today Jason from Southeast Cycling Safety came to our school. He taught us things about cycling. He taught us how to read how much psi to put in the bike tyres. He also taught us about the M check. That is a special type of bike check to make sure your bike is […]
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We were pretending to be shopping to practise our Gaeilge!
Planting out our germinated seeds.
Today we transferred our germinated seeds from the propagator into small individual pots. The nasturtiums are doing very well. When we are sure that there will be no more frost we hope to plant them in a bigger pot outside. The exotic blue plant and the decorative grass have also shown promise. We are happy […]
Students of the Week
To infinity and beyond …tweeting goes stellar!
Today we sent tweets to the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting the Earth! Chris Hadfield is currently on the ISS and is tweeting as he orbits our world at 5 miles per second! He is sending beautiful pictures of our world as seen from space. He even tweets as Gaeilge! Follow him on Twitter @Cmdr_Hadfield […]
Visit from Fire Fighters
We had some special visitors in the school this morning. Fire fighters from Carlow Fire Station dropped by to talk to the children about fire safety at home and in school. They spoke to the children about the importance of being safe with matches and plugging out electric appliances when they are not in use. […]
Germination in action!
Emer B”s class were delighted to come back after our mid-term break to discover that our seeds had germinated. We could also observe how plants grow towards the light. This led to a discussion about why this happens. Hopefully we will be able to plant our seedlings into bigger pots soon and continue to watch […]
Happy midterm break!
l created this masterpiece in Golden Time with jenga blocks. Hope you all have a great midterm break! By Daniel
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Rain didn’t stop the fun in second class today we had a picnic!