It's the run-up to Christmas and everyone in our school has begun the "12 Days of Fitmas" which we do each morning at 10 a.m. This is a series of exercises that is added to each day, so on the first day we did one exercise, on day two we did that one and added a new one etc so by day 12, we will be doing 12 exercises consecutively!
Update 13/12/19
We were very excited when a large package from Spain arrived in the post on Thursday, 12th December. It was our Christmas cards from Alicante. Coincidentally our cards arrived in Spain on the same day!
3rd class have been busy tell their eTwinning partners about Christmas traditions in Ireland and created this presentation...
Christmas Traditions in Ireland (Click on link to view)
They have also been telling their eTwinning partners about some traditional foods in Ireland - here are some of the articles they wrote:
Our Christmas cards are winging their way to Alicante! All Christmas cards, completed by pupils in 3rd - 6th class were boxed up today and posted. We're looking forward to receiving our cards from Alicante! Here are the children showing off their cards before they were sent:
Pupils in 3rd-6th class are delighted to be involved in an eTwinning project with a school in Alicante, Spain. This project will last until the end of the school year and pupils have already exchanged letters and are busy preparing Christmas cards to send to their eTwinning partners. There are also plans to send each other some Carol singing and music before Christmas. Here are 3rd class showing off letters they received in the last few weeks.
As part of their Creative Dance Block in PE, 3rd class have been moving around at different levels - low, medium and high.
Here they are doing their best to run at a low level!
They have been making shapes using these levels too and encorporating these into dance moves
As part of their Science Week investigations, 3rd class investigated what would happen if they put baking soda into a bottle containing vinegar and then put a balloon on top of the bottle. Here's what happened...
3rd class were lucky enough to be invited to Mary Immaculate College on November 20th as part of Science Week celebrations. The class were split into groups of 5/6 and spent over an hour in a science workshop with 3rd year teaching students. They learned about magnets, static electricity and some even made pencil rockets. This was a great opportunity for the pupils and they really enjoyed their visit to the college.
One group got to race their magnetic cars by using the repelling force of one magnet to 'drive' the car that had another magnet inside.
6th Class were practising developing the over-arm throw from a standing position, using a tennis ball.
The children peer assessed each other to see if they could do the fundamental movement skill a the teaching points of throwing or if they needed practice in areas.
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2nd Class enjoying running relays in atheltics in PE. They children participated in group relays using saucer cones to develop simple technique.
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We are participating in the Team Shoebox appeal again this year. Last year we had 169 boxes brought in by children in the school and we are hoping to do even better this year! Here are Sam & Chloe showing off two boxes already completed and ready to be sent.
Please return boxes to the school as soon as possible afer the mid-term break.
Pupils in 3rd class spent the first six weeks investigating Living Things - Plants & Animals. This involved finding living and non-living plants and animals in the school garden. They also investigated once-living and products of living things. Pupils used the school iPads to photograph some of their observations, they categorised plants and leaves according to various criteria. They also collected leaves that they used as inspiration for art and used their photos and observations, as well as some videos they watched on YouTube to inspire a diorama based on plant and animal life.
