Ms. Lavelle's Class   

We are learning about Australia in geography. We completed a koala report and painted the koalas which are displayed in the school hallway. Koalas are marsupials and are native to Australia.

Our spring bulbs are beginning to bloom. We also spotted a bird’s nest in a tree in the school yard. Our St. Brigid’s crosses made from lollipop sticks are displayed in our classroom.

Last month we worked on procedural writing -how to build a snowman. We had fun drawing snowmen and hot chocolate in our art class

We had fun investigating ramps and slopes in class. In groups, we made ramps using a kitchen roll tube and propped it up with our school books. We then timed how long it took for a toy car to roll to the bottom. We loved experimenting and finding out what worked best!

Our annual Christmas performance takes place next week. Hope to see you all there.

We are having great fun being engineers with our new resources during activity time. We are also using the tablets this month to work on our maths skills

We had a busy week investigating light and static electricity. We used a torch to investigate whether items were transparent or opaque and recorded our results. We learned how static electricity can be caused by things rubbing together. We rubbed a balloon on a woolly jumper and touched items such as paper, tissue paper, card and our hair! Finally, we are investigating the importance of washing our hands correctly. We are using bread to demonstrate this. We are continuing

We planted hyacinth and tulip bulbs last week. We look forward to watching these grow over the coming months. We are observing a hyacinth bulb growing in a jar and are surprised at how quickly roots have appeared. Nature is amazing.

Wishing all our school community a happy, safe mid term break. Happy Halloween.

We have had lots of fun drawing skulls, mummies and spiders.

Materials and Change You will need: vinegar, I tablespoon bread soda, funnel, white balloon, bottle and black marker. What to do: pour the vinegar into the bottle. Put the bread soda into the ballon using the funnel. Attach the balloon to the bottle and hold the balloon up and let the bread soda fall in to the vinegar. Results: The balloon inflates. Then the bread soda and vinegar mixed we get a fizzy reaction Carbon dioxide is produced.

1st and 2nd class had lots of fun for Maths week. We completed a maths trail around the school and played some dice games in maths class.

Now that we’re back at school, let’s keep reminding each other how important handwashing is for staying healthy.

1st and 2nd class have been busy settling back into the school routine. We completed self portraits in art class and displayed them in...

1st - 4th classes had a super, fun filled day at the Let’s Go multi activity camp at Sligo ATU today.

Junior to 2nd class had a wonderful trip to the Jackie Clarke museum and the Ballina library last week. Junior and Senior infants took...

Thank you to Fiona who spoke to first and second class about water safety. It was a very important lesson especially when we are spending...

Congratulations to 2nd class who received the sacrament of First Holy Communion today with Fr. Joseph. Thank you to the Parents...

1st and 2nd had fun making these chicks using card, wool and googly eyes. We also made paper bouquets this month also.

What you need :Daffodil, jar, water, blue food colouring What you do: Fill a jar with water and add a little blue food colouring. Place...

We planted our potatoes, strawberries, carrots and lettuce seeds. We look forward to watching these grow over the next couple of months.

We were busy making cards for our loved ones today. Happy Valentine’s Day. ❤️

1st and 2nd class have been learning about the lifecycle of the frog in our SESE class. We wrote a report on the frog also.

1st and 2nd class made St.Brigid’s crosses from coloured card. Thank you to Michelle for demonstrating how to make a cross from rushes...

We had great fun trying out a STEM challenge today in class. In groups we made a boat from tinfoil. The boat floated in water and we...

We explored data this week using smartie sweets. We sorted all the smarties into coloured sets and then counted each of the sets. We...

1st and 2nd class had great fun experimenting with a variety of magnets. First we predicted which items magnets would attract and which...

We are had lots of fun creating wonderful pictures in our art class

Junior to 2nd class had a wonderful trip to the Hawkswell Theatre to see “The Snowman”. Thank you to all involved in the show. We...

We have been covering pattern in maths. We decided to integrate this science experiment with the topic. You will need Skittles White...

We planted daffodil bulbs in pots before the Midterm break. We have a hyacinth bulb on display in our classroom and look forward to...

We had great fun making shapes with mini marshmallows, cocktail sticks and spaghetti.

We demonstrated a handwashing science experiment that reminded us the importance of using soap when washing our hands. Soap makes "germs"...

Wishing all our school community a happy, safe mid term break

We had a spooktacular time on the scary woods walk today.

1st and 2nd had fun exploring the school grounds today. We completed a shape trail in pairs.

We enjoyed listening to the autumn story The Leaf Thief. Our art class was inspired by the squirrel character and the autumn leaves as...

Look how much our sunflowers have grown. We planted sunflower seeds in spring and our teacher took care of the plant over the summer...

1st and 2nd class were busy drawing portraits last week. We love how they brighten our noticeboard.

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...

Junior Infants-2nd class had a wonderful school tour last Thursday. We visited Atlantic Sheepdogs where we saw a sheepdog demonstration. ...

1st and 2nd classes have been learning about Bees. Rathlee N.S. are working towards our 10th green flag under the theme Food and...

Junior Infants, Senior Infants , First and Second class had a wonderful morning attending a puppet show in Castleconnor Community Centre....

There is great excitement in our classroom this week as a butterfly has emerged from its chrysalis. We were lucky to see this happening...

On 11th May 2024 2nd class received the Sacrament of Holy Communion from Fr. Hogan. Thank you to everyone who helped out in this...

All classes have been busy this week planting spring onion and spinach seeds. We will be busy weeding our vegetable garden in...

We have welcomed 5 caterpillars to our classroom. We are excited to see the transformation they will take over the next couple of weeks....

We used bread to demonstrate the importance of washing our hands. The class touched one slice with unwashed hands and one slice with...

We have been busy adding colour to our new classroom walls.