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Ms. Lavelle's Class
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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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Our Class Family
1st and 2nd class were busy drawing portraits last week. We love how they brighten our noticeboard.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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April Art
We have been busy adding colour to our new classroom walls.
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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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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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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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Green Day
We had great fun dressing up in all things green for our Green Day 2024.
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Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother's Day from 1st and 2nd class.
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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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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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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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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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Spring Art
1st and 2nd classes used cotton buds to paint our hyacinth pictures. We had to work slowly to use the three purple colours. We hope you...
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Lá Fhéile BrÃde
1st and 2nd classes made St Brigid's crosses from pipe cleaners.
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Energy and Forces
We had fun today investigating slopes and friction. We used our maths books to prop up a ramp made from a kitchen roll. We timed how...
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The Common Dolphin
We started learning about the common dolphin from the Seakeepers project. We wrote a report on the dolphin and displayed this with our...
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Static Electricity
Last month we investigated static electricity in Science class. We cut up paper into small pieces. We inflated balloons and rubbed the...
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Picker Pals
We registered for the Picker Pals programme and received our pack a few weeks. This programme is aimed at 6-9 year olds focussing on...
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STEM with Lego
We have been learning about homes in our SESE this month. We worked in pairs to build a variety of buildings from Lego. Wonderful...
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Printing
In art classes this month, we have been focussing on printing from the visual art curriculum. We used straws for our winter trees and...
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Maths Games
We have been playing gumball in pairs this week. It has been fun while working on our mental maths skills.
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Marine Mammal Skeleton
Thank you to Jacob for bringing in the marine mammal skeletons which he found on the seashore with his family. Our investigations lead us...
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Transparent or Opaque?
Materials: Properties and characteristics of materials In groups we tested a variety of materials to find out if they are transparent or...
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STEM-Can you make a paper bat fly?
Living things: plants and animals Energy and forces: Forces Maths:measuring We have been learning about bats in English this week. We...
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Halloween Ghost
Materials:Materials and Change You will need: 1/2 cup of vinegar, 1 tablespoon of bread soda, funnel, white balloon, bottle and black...
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Halloween Art
Halloween is in full swing in 1st and 2nd class. We have been busy making Halloween art over the past few weeks.
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Scary Woods Walk in Kilglass
We have all our Hallowe'en Creations ready to be delivered to Kilglass for the Scary Woods Walk on Friday, 27th October.
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Shape Hunt
We finished up Maths week with a shape hunt in the school yard. We worked in pairs and recorded what shapes we could see in our environment.
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STEM with Marshmallows
As part of Maths week we have been busy constructing 2D and 3D shapes using marshmallows and cocktail sticks. We worked on our counting...
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Owl Art
We have been listening to the teacher read aloud the novel "the owl who was afraid of the dark" We have been enjoying Plop's journey in...
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Hyacinth bulb
Experiment: to examine how the roots of a bulb grow. We filled a bulb jar with water. We placed a hyacinth bulb in the jar. Over the...
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Maths Fun
1st and 2nd class had fun working in pairs during maths class. They were working on counting items within a set and completing the number...
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Germ Busters
We demonstrated a handwashing science experiment that reminded us the importance of using soap when washing our hands. Soap makes "germs"...
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Friendship Tree
1st and 2nd class have been busy learning the primary colours and the colour wheel in art class. We had fun creating the friendship tree...
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Hedgerow Week
For hedgerow week, we had a visit from Micheál Coughlan from The Heritage Council. We talked about all the different things we can find...
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Seashore Field Trip & Leave No Trace
Today 2nd to 6 th class walked to the seashore . We found anemones, crabs, limpets, mussels and winkles. We gathered rubbish that was on...
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Board Game Hour
We had great fun sharing and learning new tips, tricks and challenges during our Board Game Hour.
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Our School Tour
We had a wonderful day on our school tour. Firstly we visited the National Museum of Country life in Turlough, Castlebar and afterwards...
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Green Flag
We are delighted to have received our ninth green flag last week for the Global Citizenship - Travel theme. It is a great achievement for...
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Gaelic Football Skills
We have been practicing Gaelic football skills such as soloing, fist passing and catching in our PE Lessons.
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