Term 2 in 3rd and 4th Class

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The girls and boys in 3rd and 4th class have been super busy from Halloween to Christmas.  In Gaeilge, we have been looking at the theme of An Scoil and learning lots of vocabulary around this theme.  We have been singing songs and practicing poems in this subject too. In the last week, we have been looking at An Nolliag, learning lots of Christmas vocabulary, alongside making Irish Christmas cards.

In English we focused on persausive and narrative writing. We discussed the impact of advertising slogans and jingles on our purchases and completed our own persausive ads, trying to convince people to buy ROBOTS. We also composed our own Christmas stories through narrative writing.

In maths, we have been focusing on multiplication and I am proud of how the boys and girls have mastered this. We have engaged in lots of maths games and hands-on activities to come to grips with this topic. We used our ‘maths bags’ to figure out some Christmas themed problems.

For Science Week in November, we looked at Light and Sound and we experimented with reflections in mirrors and identified sounds solely by listening.  We learned about the science of how we hear sounds with our ears.

We learned lots of interesting facts about our county and country in Geography. In History , we looked at Games and Pastimes in the past compared to nowadays, completing interviews with our parents and grandparents to explore this. We learned about the history of Christmas and traditions around the world.

In S.P.H.E.,  we have focused on the negative effects of smoking and also the importance of personal hygiene for our wellbeing.

In religion, we have been focusing on the theme of Advent and Christmas.

In Art, we completed drawings of local buildings, made clay decorations and elf door hangers and entered the Monaghan Shopping Centre Christmas colouring competion.

We have been busy practising for and taking part in our Christmas play ‘No One Wraps Like an Elf’. We have fantastic actors, singers and dancers in our class! They put on a fabulous performance in Lisdoonan Hall!

We took part in Friendship Day, the M.S. Readathon, Crazy Hair Day and also had a visit from Santa.

Well Done Boys and Girls on a fantastic term!  Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year to everyone!!

autumn in 3rd and 4th Class

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Everyone settled back to school well and teacher is extremely proud of all of the work and participation that has taken place in her classroom since our return.

In English, we have spent lots of time working on our comprehension skills, looking at recount and instructional writing and focusing on the use of full-stops, commas and apostrophes.  We wrote our own adventure stories, wrote instructions for our favourite sandwiches and composed instructions for a board game of our choice.

In Gaeilge, we focused on the themes of Mé Fein and Sa Bhaile and have learned lots of vocabulary around these themes.  We loved taking part in the rap song ‘Is Mise Seán’. We have some future rappers in our midst.

Maths involved lots of practical challenges around the topics of addition and subtractions and we used lots of different strategies to work out math’s problems.  We got plenty of use out of our Six Bricks in our challenges.  We partipated in math’s week and completed lots of practical challenges, including a school math’s trail, math’s eyes activities and we also loved playing games on the Toolkit4maths and Topmarks websites.

In S.E.S.E, we learned about various homes and houses and changes in houses over time.  We completed an interview with a family member to discover changes in their home over time.  We learned about people who help us locally and in school.  We also learned about our county and its natural features and compared our drumlin county to County Clare and the Burren.  We spent the last week of autumn learning about Halloween Traditions, listened to Halloween riddles and jokes and we played some Halloween games.

In S.P.H.E. we learned about ways to deal with feelings that we don’t like to experience.  We also learned about balanced diets and how to achieve this with the use of the food pyramid.

In Music we learned several autumn themed songs and started to learn the first notes on the tin whistle.  We have also commenced practising for our Christmas play.

In Art we experimenting with printing using autumn colours, drew our ideal homes and completed several pieces of Halloween themed art.

In P.E., we practised ball handling skills and also participated in the Move to Improve Programme.

We also had a visit from a famous author, a magician and engaged in our monthly assemblies.  All round a busy and productive term.  We are ready to engage in the M.S. Readathon on our return in November. Well Done Everyone!!

Community Games Final 2024

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Congratulations to Katie and Lauren in Fourth Class who both got medals for their

fantastic dance performances in Carlow.

MS Readathon Launch

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We were very lucky today to have the opportunity to dress up for the MS Ireland Readathon Launch. We had a visit from Derek Kielty who gave us a taste of his writing from his collection of books.  He even did some magic tricks for us. Liepa and Luke were chosen from our classroom to be interviewed about their love for reading and they did a fantastic job.  Well done boys and girls on your efforts!!

Talent Show 2024

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On Thursday 13th June we enjoyed a whole-school talent show. Another fantastic suggestion by our student council. There was a wonderful array of talent on show – from comedians to break dancers, inventors to singers, there is no doubt that this is one talented bunch!

Sports Day 2024

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On Wednesday 5th June we travelled to Donaghmoyne Fontenoys GAA club for our annual Sports Day. The children had great fun taking part in various races and stations. A huge thank you to our past pupils who helped organise the day. Well done everyone!

School Disco 2024

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On Thursday 6th June the children were delighted to attend our annual school disco arranged by our student council. The student council organised disco lighting, the playlist and of course some disco accessories for each student. The photobooth was a particular hit with the students – have a look at the photos below!!

Lego Workshop

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The boys and girls had great fun on Friday 15th March during our Lego workshop!

Super Stars 2024-2025!!

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Each week, a child is chosen in either Third Class or Fourth Class to be our SUPER STAR!! They can be chosen for lots of reasons, such as, being kind to someone, showing good manners, showing good listening skills or improving at something they have found to be difficult.  The SUPER STAR of the week is chosen each Friday, gets to bring home our class trophy for the week and returns it the following Thursday.  The Trophy will be sanitized before it is sent home with each child.  Have a look at our SUPER STARS below!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halloween 2023

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A huge well done to all of the boys and girls who took part in ‘Trick or Treat for Sick Children 2023’. We raised an amazing €267.30 for this very worthy cause and had great fun in the process!