During the month of October 2nd class created dioramas in groups. They based the setting of their dioramas on different animal habitats, for example the jungle, the desert, North Pole etc. We had loads of fun collecting items and making these dioramas. The dioramas, made from simple shoe boxes, turned out really well and each…
Last Monday we had a visit from the Sam McGuire Cup. Dublin were the winners of this cup for a 4th year in a row!
The Colours Cup Day was really fun. First we went on the bouncy castle. Everyone was having fun on it. We went to do races. There was the egg and spoon races, sprinting and balancing a bean bag on our heads. We played some team games. One person was blind-folded and…
For our school tour we went to the National Sports Campus. We got into teams for football. When the other team scored, we switched teams. We did a nerf run. We had to try to hit a cone or a skittle down by shooting. It was lots of fun! On our school tour…
We made catapults out of lego. We followed the instructions to build the catapult. When we were ready, we brought our catapult to the hall and tried them out. We got rubber bands and a box. We tried to shoot the rubber band into the box. Sometimes it went into the box but sometimes we…
Second Class were very excited for ice-cream day this year! We were all given a bowl of ice-cream and got to choose lots of sauces, wafers and toppings. It was yummy and we really enjoyed eating it! Thank you to the parents who organised the day for us.
2nd Class really enjoyed Pancake Tuesday. We loved eating our pancakes with our friends and having so many yummy toppings to choose from! We would like to say a big thank you to the parents who made this day possible.
2nd Class had lots of fun designing and making paper airplanes this week. First, we folded our paper into the type of airplane we wanted to make. Next, we added a design to the airplane. Finally, we brought our planes to the hall to test how far they could fly. We took it in turns…
2nd Class learned about an engineer’s job during Engineering Week. We all had a turn at being engineers and tested our skills. Our task was to make a structure out of spaghetti and marshmallows; it had to stay standing throughout an ‘earthquake’! Each team designed and built a structure. We tested our structures. All of…