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Maths Week 2024
1st and 2nd had fun exploring the school grounds today. We completed a shape trail in pairs.
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Oct 14, 20241 min read
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The Leaf Thief
We enjoyed listening to the autumn story The Leaf Thief. Our art class was inspired by the squirrel character and the autumn leaves as...
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Oct 8, 20241 min read
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Sep 25, 20240 min read
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Sunflower Update
Look how much our sunflowers have grown. We planted sunflower seeds in spring and our teacher took care of the plant over the summer...
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Sep 17, 20241 min read
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Our Class Family
1st and 2nd class were busy drawing portraits last week. We love how they brighten our noticeboard.
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Sep 17, 20241 min read
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Seashore Walk
1st to 6th class had a wonderful walk to the seashore today. We enjoyed looking at the wildflowers on our adventure and had great fun...
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Jun 24, 20241 min read
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School Tour
Junior Infants-2nd class had a wonderful school tour last Thursday. We visited Atlantic Sheepdogs where we saw a sheepdog demonstration. ...
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Jun 18, 20241 min read
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Bees
1st and 2nd classes have been learning about Bees. Rathlee N.S. are working towards our 10th green flag under the theme Food and...
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Jun 10, 20241 min read
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Puppet Show
Junior Infants, Senior Infants , First and Second class had a wonderful morning attending a puppet show in Castleconnor Community Centre....
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May 27, 20241 min read
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Caterpillar update
There is great excitement in our classroom this week as a butterfly has emerged from its chrysalis. We were lucky to see this happening...
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May 22, 20241 min read
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Holy Communion
On 11th May 2024 2nd class received the Sacrament of Holy Communion from Fr. Hogan. Thank you to everyone who helped out in this...
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May 12, 20241 min read
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Green-Schools Food and Biodiversity
All classes have been busy this week planting spring onion and spinach seeds. We will be busy weeding our vegetable garden in...
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Apr 28, 20241 min read
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Caterpillars
We have welcomed 5 caterpillars to our classroom. We are excited to see the transformation they will take over the next couple of weeks....
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Apr 24, 20241 min read
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Mouldy bread- how clean are our hands?
We used bread to demonstrate the importance of washing our hands. The class touched one slice with unwashed hands and one slice with...
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Apr 20, 20241 min read
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April Art
We have been busy adding colour to our new classroom walls.
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Apr 17, 20241 min read
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Happy Retirement Ms.Hughes
Ms Hughes, On behalf of all the students and staff past and present of Rathlee National School, we want to thank you. We would like to...
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Apr 14, 20241 min read
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Planting Potatoes
Today we planted our seed potatoes in potato bags. Firstly, We had prepared the potatoes indoors to help them get a good start - this is...
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Apr 9, 20241 min read
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Measuring
Our class had fun using cubes, lollipop sticks, hand span and metre strings to measure items in the classroom. We have been learning...
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Mar 26, 20241 min read
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Green Day
We had great fun dressing up in all things green for our Green Day 2024.
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Mar 15, 20241 min read
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Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother's Day from 1st and 2nd class.
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Mar 10, 20241 min read
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Sacrament of Reconciliation
Thank you to Fr.Joseph who celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation in Rathlee church today March 6th. Congratulations to our 2nd class.
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Mar 6, 20241 min read
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Sound - investigating high and low sounds
We used four glasses to investigate high and low sounds. We filled one glass with water and left one glass empty. When we tapped each...
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Feb 29, 20241 min read
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Chinese New Year
Each Chinese year is associated with an animal sign which features 12 animal signs in the order Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake,...
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Feb 13, 20241 min read
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How to make a cup of tea?
Last month we focussed on the writing genre procedural writing. We learned about using our bossy or command words.
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Feb 12, 20241 min read
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