We have been busy this week learning about the history of Saint Brigid. We learned about where she was born and where she died and also lots of things about her great work throughout her life. We learned about the reasons we make and use Saint Brigid’s crosses. We sang ‘We Sing a Song to Brigid’ throughout the week also. We made Saint Brigid’s Day cards and some lovely posters were we decorated her famous cloak. Happy Saint Brigid’s Day everyone!
We were very busy on Friday 1st February in Ms. Atkinson’s room making St. Brigid’s Crosses to celebrate St. Brigid’s Day. St. Brigid’s Crosses are made from woven rushes, and are thought to keep evil, fire and hunger from the homes in which they are displayed.
Well done everyone!
In December, teachers completed a ‘Mini Me Yoga’ Foundation course with Natalie Boyle. Today the children in Mrs Mc Guirk’s room got the opportunity to engage with yoga in a fun and active, but meaningful way. This is another step towards helping increase the overall mental health and well-being of both pupils and teachers as part of our Health Promoting Schools Campaign and Active Flag Campaign.
Here are some of the many benefits of teaching yoga to kids:
Yoga helps kids to:
The children enjoyed their session today and I can definitely see the children reaping the many rewards listed above!
Ms Atkinson’s room have been focusing on the history and geography of Ancient Greece this January. Children completed projects on Ancient Greece in groups. They showed great initiative in independently sourcing and selecting the information best suited to their project area.
Check out our wonderful projects below!
In Mrs McGuirk’s room we put our construction skills to great use. We played a game where the children had to take turns to roll a dice, take that number of pieces of lego, and then build a wall for Humpty Dumpty. The player with the highest wall was the winner!
As part of our Health Promoting Campaign and our Irish topic ‘food / bia’, we practiced our food vocabulary with a variety of poems and teacher-designed flipcharts. Then we designed a breakfast menu (biachlár). Then, we enjoyed a Healthy Breakfast as Gaeilge. We enjoyed some food, while practicing our ‘Gaeilge’ at the same time.
See some photographs below!!
Active Breaks for January & February 2019
We as a staff decided to commence the new year with adding an active break to our daily schedule. Each teacher decided which activity they would undertake, from running, dance or an exercise break. We concentrated on this for four weeks. See below for an example of our work.
Well done everyone for your active participation!
60 Minute Physical Activity Challenge
We also dedicated a total of 60 minutes to physical activity both in school and at home as part of our Active School Campaign. We really have kicked 2019 off to a Healthy Start!!
Congratulations to the children from Ms. Atkinson’s room who were chosen to be part of our quiz teams this year. Two teams will take part in the Credit Union Quiz on Friday 1st February, and one team will take part in the Cumann na mBunscol quiz on Tuesday 5th February. We wish them every success on both nights!
Credit Union Quiz Team A
(Shane, Ella, Céola and Pádraic)
Credit Union Quiz Team B
(Ava, Leah, Caoilte and Seán Óg)
Cumann na mBunscol Quiz Team
(Cormac, Tiernan, Céola and Seán Óg)
Ms. Atkinson’s class recently looked at the paintings of Henry Fraser. Fraser is a former rugby player who, after a tragic accident, was left paralysed from the neck down. Fraser decided to take something positive from the experience and is now a very famous artist – what an inspiration!
Ms Atkinson’s class earned 30 minutes golden time as a result of their good behaviour this week. The children chose to use this time to play board games with their classmates after another hard week of work in 4th, 5th and 6th class.
