5K Fundraiser

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On Sunday 10th March 2019, all roads led to Donaghmoyne as our annual 5K Walk/Run took place. We would like to say a huge thank you to our Parent’s Association for their efforts in organising the race – it was a huge success and raised some very much needed funds for our school!

Congratulations to all of the winners listed below!

 

Men’s Winners

1st PlaceHenry Campbell20 minutes 11 seconds
2nd PlaceRyan Duffy20 minutes 45 seconds
3rd PlaceDeclan Martin20 minutes 54 seconds

 

Women’s Winners

1st PlaceOrla Hamill23 minutes 18 seconds
2nd PlaceErin Smyth26 minutes 20 seconds
3rd PlaceDeirdre McMahon27 minutes 07 seconds

 

Children’s Winners
Boys – 1st PlaceOran Smyth
Girls – 1st PlaceÁine Smyth25 minutes 10 seconds

Maths in Mrs Mc Guirk’s Room

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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. 

First Confession 2019

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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.


Pancake Tuesday in Ms. Atkinson’s Room

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We would like to say a huge thank you to Amanda, Pauline and Joan, our parent volunteers, who gave up their time on Tuesday 5th March to come in and cook some beautiful pancakes for the children for Pancake Tuesday.

The children had a fantastic morning and we very much appreciate it!

Incredible Edibles

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Incredible Edibles is a healthy eating initiative for Primary School pupils. It encourages schools across the country to get busy growing carrots, lettuce, potatoes, strawberries, turnips and herbs. Schools are supplied with grow packs containing everything they need to grow a veritable feast of healthy foods!

Ms Atkinson’s class are very lucky to be taking part in this initiative this year. We planted our seeds in early March, so it is now just a matter of waiting for nature to do its job!

Pancake Tuesday in Infants

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There was huge excitement in the Infant classroom today at the thought of getting pancakes at school. As you can see they went down a treat. Thanks to our parent volunteers who were busy cooking all morning!

 

Pancake Tuesday in Mrs McGuirk’s Class

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Today (Tuesday 5th March 2019), we had a Pancake themed day in our classroom.

1st, 2nd and 3rd class learned about the origins of Pancake Tuesday / Shrove Tuesday. We also learned how to sequence steps in making pancakes in our Irish lesson, and we completed maths challenge cards linked to the theme of pancakes. We also played a maths dice game with the theme of pancakes. We got active and sang ‘The Pancake Song’ and added in some cool actions. We composed our own acrostic PANCAKE poems. We learned about the way Pancake Tuesday is celebrated in other countries.

The children also got the chance to sample some delicious pancakes, courtesy of some of our parents who volunteered their time to come in and cook for them.

Learning about Sound in 1st, 2nd & 3rd Class

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We have been learning about our senses in school this week. We learned about the different types of sounds (loud and quiet) around us. We also learned about the parts of our ear and how our ears work to hear sounds. We did an experiment to show how sound waves are made when objects vibrate. We made rice move by using instruments to make vibrations! The children could SEE SOUND at work! The rice moved when instruments were played and they made vibrations. The vibrations then made the rice move. This is the same thing that happens when vibrations make our ear drum move, sending a message to our brain telling us to hear.

Isobel and Grace for Ireland’s Got Talent

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Best of luck to students Isobel and Grace who will take part in auditions for Ireland’s Got Talent as part of the dance group Hiphopical this weekend. The show will air on Saturday 23rd of February at 7.30pm on Virgin Media One.

We are all very proud and we can’t wait to see you both perform on tv!