Drawing in 4th Class
Drawing in 4th Class We had a brilliant draw along and quiz Zoom with Alan Nolan (the illustrator of Animal Crackers the Citywide Read 2021) organised by Ringsend Library. Read more of our blog posts 4th Class (Class of 23-24) Drawing in 4th Class February 15, 2022 A Fun Term in 2nd Class Halloween – …
Our 5 Senses
Our 5 Senses Junior Infants had great fun learning all about our senses. In particular they enjoyed the taste test. We tried 4 different foods and tried to decide which was sweet, sour, salty and bitter. We tasted a lemon, dark chocolate, jellies and popcorn! Read more of our blog posts Junior Infants (Class of …
A Fun-filled First Term in Senior Infants!
A Fun-filled First Term in Senior Infants! What a busy and fun-filled First Term it’s been in Senior Infants! We learned about the seasons and did lots of art work. We learned a lot about 2D and 3D shapes and formed different colour patterns. We really enjoyed being engineers and mathematicians during STEM week. We …
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas The last few weeks have felt very festive in Senior Infants. We chatted about winter did some winter activities. In Aistear we looked at ‘Christmas at the Post Office’ and ‘Santa’s Workshop’. We were postmen and postwomen sorting and delivering Christmas cards and parcels one week, while …
A Fun First Term in 1st Class
A Fun First Term in 1st Class! First Class have had a great first term in school! They have learned a lot of new and exciting things. We have been busy creating lots of artwork during this term. We really enjoyed learning about the artists Vincent Van Gogh and Marc Chagall. We created our own …
Christmas Baking
Christmas Baking Last week, Third Class participated in a special Christmas baking zoom. During the workshop, we made Christmas puddings, Reindeer, Snowmen and Christmas wreaths. It was lots of fun but challenging at the same time! Read more of our blog posts 3rd Class (Class of 24-25) Christmas Baking February 15, 2022 3rd class received …
Heritage in Schools Visitor
Heritage in Schools Visitor 3rd class received a visit from a heritage in schools expert. Francesca is an expert in Irish archaeology and gave us a wonderful presentation focusing on the Vikings. She brought in some incredible artefacts too which we all got to look at and handle. Francesca also told us how a lot …
Perspective Drawing
Perspective Drawing This term in art we did perspective drawing. Perspective is a task in art which you can use in many situations in our drawing skills. For an example, say you wanted to join an apple drawing competition you would have to draw the apple realistically and would probably draw highlights and shadows. In …
JEP 2021-22
JEP 2021-22 This term, one of the most interesting things we did was JEP. JEP stands for Junior Entrepreneur Program. It was really enjoyable, we also learnt a lot about business. First, we came up with our ideas and had a vote, the top five stayed in and we split into groups. We spent a …