In November, we had a great week for STEAM week as we completed a different fun activity everyday. On Science day, we carried out a Science experiment called, “Walking Water”. It was very exciting seeing how the coloured water moved from one glass to the next. On Technology day, we created and designed our own …
We had a number of footballers “Player of the week” in 2nd Class this term. A class full of talented football players! We’re so lucky the trophy has lived in our class for a few weeks thanks to Seb, Jake, Tony and Jessica.
This December, our class were really busy putting together a fantastic Christmas play, “Born in a Barn”. We all really enjoyed practising and performing this play. We first started to learn our songs in class and then once we got our roles we were able to learn our lines at home. We then began to …
It has been a busy and fun-filled first term in 2nd Class! This year we celebrated ‘International Dot Day’ on 15th September 2022. International Dot Day is celebrated every year on the 15th of September. This holiday was created by a teacher named Terry Shay back in 2009 as a way of celebrating creativity, courage, and collaboration. The …
School Trip in 2nd Class 1st and 2ndClass were very excited to go on their first school trip since the Pandemic. We headed off on a bus (which the children were very excited about) to Go Kids Go. The children were full of excitement, singing and laughing on the bus the whole way here. When …
Active Week – A Visit from Leo Cullen Leo Cullen came to visit St. Matthew’s. 2nd Class along with the whole school had the opportunity to listen to Leo talk about sports, motivation and what helped him to get to where he is today! All of the children were able to ask questions. After the talk, …
Seachatin na Gaeilge 2nd Class worked really hard during Seachtain na Gaeilge, learning lots of new phrases, dressing in green and making a big effort to speak more Gaeilge throughout the day. They enjoyed all of the activities that were planned for them during this week, table quizzes, treasure hunts, learning poems and in particular …
Marine Environment 2nd Class really enjoyed learning about Marine Environment and how we can protect our seas and sea creatures from pollution. 2nd Class made turtles out of recycled plastic water bottles, and learned about the turtle’s life cycle. They also created turtle poems and great posters to help promote recycling and keeping our oceans …
Art Gallery 2nd class created beautiful paintings for the art exhibitions. Check some of them out below! Read more of our blog posts 2nd Class (Class of 25-26) Art Gallery May 3, 2022 Art Gallery 2nd class created beautiful paintings for the art … Read More → 1st Class (Class of 26-27) Easter Treat May …
