December saw 2nd class testing, in Science, which material was the best insulator. We found that fleece, sponge and cotton pads were the most successful insulators and created our own Santa suits with this information in mind to keep him warm on Christmas Eve.
This month we worked extremely hard, learning how to French knit. We created amazing knitted Christmas wreaths. We’re so proud of what we can do!
This week 2nd class learned about 3-D shapes, which shapes have curves, straight edges and how many faces.
We created our favourite Winter scenes using only 3 colours!
On Sunday 14th January 12 swimmers represented our school at the Leinster Schools Swimming Championships held in the National Aquatic Centre. We were really proud of the efforts of all the boys and girls. All 12 of our swimmers put in great performances, some swimming in their very first gala. Alannah Healy finished in 3rd … Read more
September saw us exploring the outdoors, creating a senses tree using items we found on our sense walk. We created Artwork using recycled paper. We also created portraits of ourselves.
Things got very competitive and we had great fun playing Maths games and building Lego during Maths week.
October saw us investigating the theme Space. We created rockets in Science/Art, painted the solar system, researched different planets, created our own imaginary planets and persuaded each other that our imaginary planet was the best one to visit. We also presented an assembly about space to the whole school and taught them the mnemonic My … Read more