This talk may be of interest to some parents.

We have been very busy over the past couple of weeks.

Mrs. Kearns has begun teaching us Sign Language again.

In Maths we have been working on Time.  We have made Loop Games based on the 24 hour clock.

In English we have continued reading our novel The Guns of Easter.

We have acted out some of the scenes.

We also read about The 6 Nations Rugby Championship and carried out some work in pairs.  We wrote a conversation we’d like to have with Johnny Sexton.

In Art we looked at a painting called “Coming from the Mill”, by English artist L.S. Lowry.  We learned that he painted scenes depicting industrial cities in northern England.  We have been studying the Industrial Revolution in History and the painting gave us a better idea of what these cities looked like.  We are going to draw our versions of this painting in the coming days.

Finally, two of the boys in 6th Class helped Ms. Mooney put together a wooden house for her Cairdeas class.  They are available for any odd jobs that need to be done!

The school will remain closed tomorrow and Friday following a directive from the Dept. of Education.

Statement from the Dept. of Education

Our latest meeting was held on Monday 26th Feb.

Read a report from that meeting here.

We enjoyed eating apples and mangetout today!

1st and 2nd Class had a little treat today to celebrate Pancake Tuesday. Is breá linn pancóga! 

Junior Infants had a visit from “Bella” the kitten and “Terrance” the hamster this week. They really enjoyed seeing both pets.

It’s great fun doing exercise every day with RTE Junior and 10 at 10! Why not try it at home too!

We were using tablets to learn about place value.

Our Aistear theme this month is all about animals. We were very excited to have a visit from “Bradley” a ten week old Labrador puppy. The children really enjoyed this visit and learned a lot about caring for animals.