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Growing a hyacinth in a jar
We filled a hyacinth glass with water just below where the bulb's base sits. We placed it in a cool place and covered it with black...
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Oct 13, 20221 min read
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STEM Fun
As part of a fun maths class we constructed 2D and 3D shapes using marshmallows and Spaghetti.
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Oct 3, 20221 min read
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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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Jun 22, 20221 min read
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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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Jun 20, 20221 min read
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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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Jun 10, 20221 min read
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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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May 31, 20221 min read
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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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May 31, 20221 min read
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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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May 27, 20221 min read
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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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May 6, 20221 min read
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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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May 3, 20221 min read
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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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May 3, 20221 min read
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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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Apr 3, 20221 min read
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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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Apr 3, 20221 min read
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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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Mar 31, 20221 min read
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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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Mar 14, 20221 min read
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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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Mar 11, 20221 min read
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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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Mar 10, 20221 min read
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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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Mar 8, 20221 min read
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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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Mar 8, 20221 min read
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Máirt na h-Inide/ Shrove Tuesday
Rinneamar pancóga inniu. Bhà siad an bhlasta.
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Mar 1, 20221 min read
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Frogspawn to Frogs
https://vimeo.com/679326035 Watch the video and see this amazing sign of spring.
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Feb 18, 20221 min read
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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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Feb 10, 20221 min read
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Bláthanna an earraigh.
Signs of spring can be seen in our classroom and in the tubs outside.
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Feb 8, 20221 min read
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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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Dec 21, 20211 min read
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