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Gardening!
rathleenationalsch
  • Jun 22
  • 1 min

Gardening!

Some of the Senior Room pupils were busy tidying up our raised beds prior to the end of term. For some of our children, it will be the...
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Seaside Safari
rathleenationalsch
  • Jun 20
  • 1 min

Seaside Safari

Today the Middle and Senior Rooms got to experience our incredible coastline as we embarked on a walk to the shore. We found lots of...
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Growing Season
rathleenationalsch
  • Jun 10
  • 1 min

Growing Season

Our strawberry plants and potatoes are flourishing at the moment despite the changeable weather! We are looking forward to tasting the...
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Farm Safe Schools
rathleenationalsch
  • May 31
  • 1 min

Farm Safe Schools

We are an accredited Farm Safe School! The Farm Safe Schools Programme engages, educates and empowers children to be responsible farm...
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Fire Safety Talk
rathleenationalsch
  • May 31
  • 1 min

Fire Safety Talk

Stephen and Donall from Enniscrone Fire Station visited our classroom today. Thank you. The information we received is so important. We...
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Making Hats
rathleenationalsch
  • May 27
  • 1 min

Making Hats

https://youtu.be/XXcSjHbM22o We made lots of different styles of hats today - top hats, fancy hats, baseball caps.. See our creations on...
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Heritage in Schools Virtual Visit
rathleenationalsch
  • May 6
  • 1 min

Heritage in Schools Virtual Visit

Today, May 6th we had a virtual visit with Marina Levitina, a nature educator, herbalist, artist and director of the Lough Grainey Nature...
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Water
rathleenationalsch
  • May 3
  • 1 min

Water

In geography and science we are learning about water. We are exploring the uses of water, the importance of water and conservation of...
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Making Pizza.
rathleenationalsch
  • May 3
  • 1 min

Making Pizza.

We are learning about the writing genre procedures in literacy. In our book there was a procedure on how to make pizza. We decided to...
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Science/ Living Things
rathleenationalsch
  • Apr 3
  • 1 min

Science/ Living Things

In these pictures you can see the pots with all the seeds we planted on 1st April. You can also see the strawberry plants and the King...
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Science/Living Things
rathleenationalsch
  • Apr 3
  • 1 min

Science/Living Things

We planted carrow, spinach, turnip, chives, lettuce and pumpkin seeds on Friday, April 1st. The weather is too cold to plant them outside...
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Lumper Potato Project
rathleenationalsch
  • Mar 31
  • 1 min

Lumper Potato Project

The Committee for the Commemoration for Irish Famine Victims (CCIFV) have teamed up with Glens Of Antrim Potatoes and Dunnes Stores to...
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Sunflowers
rathleenationalsch
  • Mar 14
  • 1 min

Sunflowers

We learned about the life cycle of the sunflower today. We planted sunflower seeds and placed them on the window sill so that they will...
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The Life Cycle of the Butterfly
rathleenationalsch
  • Mar 11
  • 1 min

The Life Cycle of the Butterfly

We were learning about the life cycle of the butterfly this week. We made colourful butterflies for our classroom display.
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Asymmetrical Portraits
rathleenationalsch
  • Mar 10
  • 1 min

Asymmetrical Portraits

We learned about symmetry in maths. A perfectly symmetrical face is quite rare . We integrated maths and art by drawing asymmetrical...
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Magnets
rathleenationalsch
  • Mar 8
  • 1 min

Magnets

We predicted what materials would attract or repel. We investigated the materials and sorted these into 2 groups - will attract and will...
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Magnetism
rathleenationalsch
  • Mar 8
  • 1 min

Magnetism

We investigated the magnetic field of a bar magnet. We placed the bar magnet under a sheet of paper and sprinkled iron filings on top of...
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Máirt na h-Inide/ Shrove Tuesday
rathleenationalsch
  • Mar 1
  • 1 min

Máirt na h-Inide/ Shrove Tuesday

Rinneamar pancóga inniu. Bhí siad an bhlasta.
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rathleenationalsch
  • Feb 18
  • 1 min

Frogspawn to Frogs

https://vimeo.com/679326035 Watch the video and see this amazing sign of spring.
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Newspaper Nests
rathleenationalsch
  • Feb 10
  • 1 min

Newspaper Nests

We worked in groups to make these birds nests. We used newspaper and brown paint and finished the interior with twigs, leaves and moss...
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Bláthanna an earraigh.
rathleenationalsch
  • Feb 8
  • 1 min

Bláthanna an earraigh.

Signs of spring can be seen in our classroom and in the tubs outside.
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Information Technology
rathleenationalsch
  • Dec 21, 2021
  • 1 min

Information Technology

Using our chrome books is a regular part of our school week. We use typing.com, Studyladder, Google Docs & Slides for all areas of the...
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Skittles Experiment
rathleenationalsch
  • Nov 14, 2021
  • 1 min

Skittles Experiment

We arranged the sweets on a plate and then poured warm water in the centre of the plate. what we learned.: Skittles are coated in food...
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STEM
rathleenationalsch
  • Nov 12, 2021
  • 1 min

STEM

We designed frames for our wet weaving pictures. We wanted the frames to be free standing. We used just 2 types of support to keep the...
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