2nd class have started the Junior Room’s spring display – the children will add to this display as they learn new topics about spring, plants and animals!
Children in the Junior Room have been exploring fabric and fibre, materials and design in art and science. Their STEM challenge was to design and make an outfit – future fashion designers in the making!
The senior room created these beautiful wildflower hearts using recycled paper and wildflower seeds
In SESE this month, the children in the senior room have been learning all about force and as part of this, built their own rockets. They investigated how various factors such as launch angle, force applied and environmental factors like wind could effect the distance travelled by their rockets….and had lots of fun in the process
2nd class are investigating what will happened to a pipe cleaner in a solution of warm water and Epsom salts.
Children in Junior Room have been learning all about staying healthy. They investigated the difference between the amount of germs and mould on bread after handling it before and after washing your hands.
The school has taken part in the Féile na hInse art competition for the first time this year. The creations were themed for each class group with categories such as “Mo Chairde” and “Mo Chaitheamh Aimsire”
The senior room have been learning all about the nutrients in food and how they help our bodies work. They created their own food pyramid and based on this, a “Biachlár an Lae” to meet their daily targets for the different nutrients.
Here are some activities the infant group got up to as part of Genius Hour!
What ‘eye’ catching art the children in the Junior Room have created!
First the children learned about the eye in science and about the colour wheel in art. They then investigated mixing colours to create their own colour wheel eye!
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