As part of our Active Flag Campaign we had a dance instructor visit our school and teach dance to our pupils, every Wednesday for ten weeks. All the children got active in completing various dance moves. Please have a browse at our photos to see our pupils in action. Rosita also got involved in some dancing as part of our Active Flag Campaign. Thank you Rosita for teaching us some fantastic moves!
As part of our Active Flag Campaign we had a very special sports person visit our school on Wednesday the 7th March ‘18. Brian Gregan, Olympic Athlete visited, as part of the Sports for Schools Initiative. All of the children got active in completing various circuits and they also learned lots about what’s involved in becoming a famous athlete. Our school also received money towards PE equipment, which we were delighted about. We have ordered some new supplies and we will definitely be putting them to good use outdoors! Please have a browse at our photos to see some of the fun activities the pupils got involved in.
World Mental Health day is celebrated every year and this year in school, we focused in particular on mental health among our pupils. We incorporated mental health lessons into our teaching on each day of this week!
We used child appropriate lessons to teach children about the importance of looking after their mind, just the same as they would look after any other part of themselves if it was unwell. The children enjoyed learning about their feelings and emotions and finding out some techniques for dealing with ‘negative’ feelings they encounter as part of their everyday lives!
We also listened to and learned about how real people (both adults and children) deal with difficult feelings. The website https://walkinourshoes.org. was used to explore these feelings. The children were interested to find out that everyone experiences ‘negative’ feelings sometimes and that this is perfectly normal. We also talked about different ways we may find useful to help us deal with our emotions
First, Second and Third Class were ‘Busy Bunnies’ today Thursday 11th April 2019. We completed lots of lovely activities around the theme of Easter. In Religion, we looked at the history of Easter Symbols and how they are connected to the Easter Story. In Gaeilge, we learned lots of Easter vocabulary and made a lovely Easter card. For our maths lesson, we completed maths challenge cards and worked in groups to solve the Mystery of the Explosive Easter Egg. In English, we listened to some Easter poems and created our own EASTER acrostic poem and wordsearch. Our music lesson consisted of singing some Easter themed songs and adding in our own actions. For art we made an Easter Bunny and held an Easter colouring competition. We looked at the effect of heat on solids in science and made some chocolate Easter nests.
See some of our activities below!!
Have a Look at our Easter Colouring Competition Winners !
Happy Mother’s Day to all of our special Mother’s!
We love you all so much!
Congratulations to Eva, Isobel and Grace who took part in the All-Ireland Variety Show in Traboolgan, County Cork on Sunday 24th March 2019. The girls took home numerous trophies and came first place overall as part of the ‘Born to Perform’ stage school.
We are super proud of the three girls!
We had a visit today (Tuesday 19th March 2019) to our classroom from two local firemen who work in the fire station in Carrickmacross. They talked to the class about what their job entails. They gave the children lots of advice on how to help prevent fire in their homes. The pupils also learned lots of fire safety tips to remember in the case of an emergency. Everyone in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class found the talk enjoyable and very informative. The children also got the chance to ask some questions in relation to fire safety. A massive thanks to Gavin Duffy and Jim Gartlan for their visit today.
1st Class
This year we celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day by having a Saint Patrick’s themed day in our classroom on Wednesday 13th of March 2019. We learned about the life and legend of Saint Patrick in our religion and history lessons today. We also learned about how Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated here and around the world. In ‘Gaeilge’,we learned lots of vocabulary linked to Saint Patrick’s Day, played some games to practice our vocabulary and made some lovely Saint Patricks’s Day cards. For maths, we completed Saint Patrick’s themed maths challenges and Saint Patrick’s Day symmetry. We sung ‘Hail Glorious Saint Patrick’ and made Saint Patrick’s Men.
Browse our gallery to see some of the activities we participated in!
During the month of February, we have been learning about symmetry in class. After learning about what symmetry is, the children experimented with the concept by making some symmetry pictures. Have a look at some of their efforts below!
Next we focused on various 2-D shapes and their properties. During maths time we completed various worksheets on 2-D shape, played 2-D shape dice games, sang 2-D shape songs and for art we made some very interesting shape people using 2-D shapes. See some of our finished pictures below!
We also learned about 3-D shapes and their properties. During Maths time we completed various worksheets on 3-D shape and explored their properties, experimented with 3-D shapes that roll and stack and took part in a 3-D shape search around our school.
Eight special pupils celebrated the Sacrament of Penance on Tuesday 5th March 2019 in St. Lastra’s Church, Donaghmoyne. Well done to the eight girls in second class for their respectful and prayerful participation on the night. Every one of them should feel very proud of their efforts, both in preparation for and during the ceremony. The school choir sang beautifully and made the occasion a memorable one for the First Confession Class.
We hope that the children enjoyed this special ceremony and that they will look back with fond memories of this special night.
