Fanore National School - News
Mid-Term Break
February 18th, 2015School will be closed on Thursday 19th & Friday 20th February for mid-term.
Heritage in the School Expert #2
February 17th, 2015Susanna kept the children in the senior room equally as busy!
Heritage in the School Expert
February 17th, 2015Today, we were very fortunate to have Susanna Anker come into our school as part of the Heritage in School Scheme.
Susanna has many years experience delivering textile craft workshops to children.
Her workshops introduce the children to the world of wool – where it comes from and how it is spun, dyed, woven and felted. The children were given the opportunity to spin their own wool and to create their own piece of felt.
Thereafter, the children examined a selection of traditional wool-spinning tools and a range of sheep’s wool skins dyed using locally grown plants.
The children also tried on and examined a selection of hand-crafted garments made from sheep’s wool.
Our very own pieces of felt!!
Remembering the Fanore School Case 100 Years Ago
February 16th, 2015Today, we were privileged to have Sean Mc Mahon President of the INTO visit our school.
Sean was visiting Fanore on the 100th Anniversary of the Fanore School Case.
At 12 0’clock, the children in the senior room along with Mrs Queally went over to the old school.
Valentine’s Day Crafts!
February 13th, 2015In preparation for Valentine’s Day, our children were hard at work creating beautiful works of art!
The Junior Room: finished pieces!
The Senior Room children creating their hearts!
Spring is here!
February 9th, 2015Spring is finally here!
To celebrate this, we studied the life cycles of a frog and a chicken.
Our frog life cycle booklet!
The Life Cycle of a Chicken!
St Brigid’s Day
January 30th, 2015Today, we spent time making our St Brigid’s Day crosses.
Doodle 4 Google
January 26th, 2015Well done to all the children in the senior room on completing their Doodles 4 Google.
The theme this year was ” My Perfect Day”
www.Explorers.ie
January 22nd, 2015Today we had a visit from Noirin from the programme www.Explorers.ie.
Noirin discussed the various sea-life and mammals that live in the sea with the children.
Thereafter, she showed the children a variety of items from the sea.
She showed us:
A Whales Bone, Mermaid purses, Shark skin & Shark teeth.
Science with Michael Browne
December 17th, 2014Today, we were very fortunate to have Michael Browne visit our school to carry out some experiments with our children from 1st-6th class.
The children worked in groups to carry out a number of experiments based on electricity.
The children made basic circuits, made circuits with buzzers & switches, investigated what conducts/insulates electricity, made a homemade switch and finished off with an electrical quiz!
Many thanks to Michael for travelling to our school, the lessons were thoroughly enjoyed and extremely beneficial to all.
