This year we had a garden party. We made scarecrows for the school garden. Can you recognise them?
… Reading to Setanta!
On Tuesday 21st both Reading Unit classes went to Tallaght Library. We were invited to read to a dog! This sounded very strange to us until we arrived and met Setanta and Denise. Setanta was a grey deerhound dog and he loves it when children read to him and Denise is his owner. … Read More
Planting Spring Onions
Our class got our very own plot in the garden! We got to plant Spring Onions!
We had to prepare the plot first by weeding, getting rid of stones and then raking the soil.
We found a huge worm and some of us got to hold him before we put him back into the soil again!… Read More
Green Flag Award
Green School
On Friday March 11th Miss Rohan and two members of the Green School Committee, travelled to Croke Park Conference Centre for the Green Flag Award Ceremony. We were awarded our Energy Flag which is our second flag.… Read More
Catholic Schools Week
In Catholic Schools week we reflected on what it is to be rooted in Jesus Christ. In his letter to Irish Catholic’s Pope Benedict asks children and young people to root their lives in Christ -‘Seek a personal relationship with him within the communion of his Church, for he will never betray your trust!’.… Read More
5th Class Bí Gnóthach Project
Mr. Murphy’s and Ms. Hayes’ classes raised a whopping €637.30 through the Bí Gnóthach project for Haiti. We had loads of fun during our project. For our business we made hot chocolate and sold it for one euro to each person in each class.… Read More
Planting Seed Potatoes
On the 21st of March, Room 10 planted potatoes in our school garden. We are planting the Duke of York variety of potatoes. First, we put the little seed potatoes in egg cartons and left them on the windowsill in our classroom to ‘chit’.… Read More
5th Class Rua Red Collage Workshop
Some of the fifth class children got to go on a trip to Rua Red on Tuesday 12th April 2011. First we went into the art gallery and looked at the exhibition. There was a lot of abstract structures and art work.… Read More
Birdwatch Ireland
Faith from Birdwatch Ireland visited Ms. Beirne’s class to teach us about Irish Birds. We learned about all the different breeds of birds and we also made seed cakes for the birds to eat. We are taking it in turns to spot the birds that visit our school garden and the bird houses that have been put up.… Read More
The R-Factor
On Thursday the 7th of April our class attended a play created by the Down To Earth drama company. This play was called the “R-Factor”.
The play was about conserving the Earth. We met characters such as Misses Muck-it-up and Professor Know-it-all who actually knew nothing at all about energy. … Read More