We are learning lots about Africa in Room 17. We are focusing on a town in Uganda called Luwero – it’s about an hour north of the capital city of Kampala. We are learning about daily life there – their food and water, market stalls, how they keep the mosquito’s at bay and even their wedding traditions!… Read More
Room 17 Win the Attendance Trophy
Room 17 were delighted to win the Attendance Trophy at assembly this month!
Under The Sea – Room 3A
This month the Junior Reading Unit have been learning all about animals. We read poems about under the sea and made a display about what we had read.
First, we painted the background blue using sponges.… Read More
Origami in Room 18
Last week as part of Maths we experimented with lines and angles through the use of
Origami. It was great fun and the class produced some fantastic work. If any class is
interested in giving it a go, you know where to come.… Read More
Digestive Systems
Room 10 learned all about the Digestive System. Here are some facts they learned:
(1) Saliva is the juice that helps to break up the food in your mouth.
(2) The oesophagus is the tube the joins the mouth to the stomach.… Read More
Aaron’s picture chosen for Dublin Bus calendar
Congratulations to Aaron Keane whose picture was chosen from over 2,000 children from 25 schools to feature in the Dublin Bus 2013 calendar. Aaron’s picture is displayed in April.
The Dublin Bus competition promotes the value of public transport in local communities to younger passengers and creates awareness of the negative impact of anti-social behaviour on buses for the local community itself. … Read More
Luke wins LEGO competition
Congratulations to Luke Whelan from 6th class who along with 6 others from the City Wise Education Youth Centre won 1st place in the FIRST LEGO league competition in Galway last weekend. The group won first place out of 24 teams from all over Ireland.… Read More
Christmas in Rm 23
This Christmas as part of our random act of kindness we decided to raise money
for the Gorta Charity.
In total we raised 80 euro! We were very happy! With this money we bought
3 gifts – self sufficient vegetable garden, a mosquito net and a flock of chickens.… Read More
Christmas Cooking!
On Thursday our class and Ms Farrell’s class went to the Breakfast Club to do some Christmas cookery. We made gingerbread cookies, Christmas buns and chocolate brownies. After we baked, we decorated our cookies and buns. … Read More
Christmas Art
We have been very busy in the Senior Reading Unit with our Christmas art. We made our own Nativity scenes using shoe boxes and other things. We also made Christmas tea lights with old glass jars. … Read More