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Merry Christmas from the Middle Room!
Date posted: 20th December 2019
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, Drama, English, Geography, Irish, Middle Classroom, Music, Religious Education, Special Occasions, Visual Arts
November and December have been very busy months in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class! The children have worked hard and have learned a lot. Have a look at what we have been up to!
In Religious Education, we learned all about the life and work of St. Francis.
In Geography, we learned all about aerial views of towns and our school. We then drew our own aerial views of our bedrooms and gardens…
In Art, we learned all about the life and paintings of the famous artist Henri Matisse. The children then recreated their own works of art in the Matisse style…
We also learned about Totem Poles in Art. Did you know that the 5 animals on the Totem pole stand for different powers such as wisdom, healing, strength, bravery and wealth? They are very colourful on the wall!
We discussed warm and cool colours of the colour spectrum and created “Leaping Lizards” using either warm or cool colours…
In English we read a poem called “The Farmyard” and illustrated some of the animals mentioned in the poem…
We wrote letters to Santa Claus and posted them in our local post Office!
We also wrote Christmas Acrostic poems…
We made holly wreaths with berries using hand templates….
We had our Christmas Nativity Play on Tuesday, 17th December. It was called “The Inn Crowd” and the children did a wonderful job on the night! Well done to all!
We made sock snowmen in art. Don’t they look very cosy with their woollen scarves?
We learned lots of new words in Gaeilge based on “An Nollag”
On Thursday, 19th December, Santa Claus came to visit the children with a treat for everyone! Such a lovely surprise, especially when he has so much to do at this time of the year!
Date posted: 20th December 2019
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, Drama, English, Geography, Irish, Middle Classroom, Music, Religious Education, Special Occasions, Visual Arts
Summer Fun in The Middle Room!
Date posted: 22nd June 2019
Category Blog, English, Middle Classroom, Physical Education, Science, Sports, Visual Arts
The month of June has flown by and over the past 3 weeks, we have been focusing on the theme of Summer! We made crazy flavoured ice pops…
In English, we wrote “Summer Bucket Lists”. The boys and girls are going to be very busy over the next few months!
To celebrate the wonderful Dads in our lives, we created “Rock and Roll Vests” for Fathers’ Day and gave our Dads special certificates too…
We created Frog Paper weights using stones from our gardens…
In SESE we have been learning about the lifecycle of the butterfly over the past month…
We purchased our own caterpillars to see them transform into butterflies…
Unfortunately, they hadn’t changed into butterflies before school finished for the holidays, so a lucky boy in 2nd class has kindly taken the chrysalides home and will set them free in due course!
On 17th June, we had our sports’ day and all the children received a medal for their efforts in all the races on the day! Well done boys and girls on all your hard work throughout the year. Have a great Summer!
Date posted: 22nd June 2019
Category Blog, English, Middle Classroom, Physical Education, Science, Sports, Visual Arts
A Busy May in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 6th June 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Irish, Middle Classroom, School Outings, Visual Arts
The month of May has been filled with lots of fun and games in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class! After our Easter break, we wrote about all the fun things that we got up to…
In Irish, we learned all about “An Teilifís” and the children drew their favourite programmes…
In Geography, we looked at Ireland as a country and the many geographical features it has. We discussed the beautiful places to visit throughout the country and the children depicted their favourite places…
In Visual Arts, we looked at the life and works of Claude Monet and the children recreated their own Monet inspired paintings…
We also created “Lighthouse Scenes” in Art…
Can you see who’s looking through the window?!
On Thursday, 23rd May, 1st and 2nd Class went on their school tour to Rathwood and The Chocolate Garden. We had a great time learning about how chocolate is made and got to taste 4 different types of chocolate. We then made our own bears or dinosaurs and decorated them. It was great fun!
We wrote about all the fun things we did back at school…
While we were away, the 3rd Class were having fun and doing lots of Art with Mrs. Kenny….
After their school tour on the 30th May to Dunmore East Adventure Centre, they wrote up reports about all they got up to!
Well done on all your hard work this month boys and girls!
Date posted: 6th June 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Irish, Middle Classroom, School Outings, Visual Arts
A Busy Build Up to Easter in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 22nd April 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, Easter, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Science, SPHE, Visual Arts
We have had a very busy few weeks in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class in our school! To celebrate Mothering Sunday on 31st March, the children created bouquets for a special lady in their lives…
We also created treat boxes with some roses inside! We hope they made it home!
In SPHE we learned all about fire safety in the home. We were delighted to have members of the Kilkenny Fire and Rescue Service with us to talk about how we can all stay extra safe in our homes.
In Maths, the 3rd class were learning all about shapes that tessellate. They coloured in some impressive designs to illustrate this concept.
In SESE, we discussed our 5 senses and wrote poems in English to show that Spring can be experienced in a sensory way!
We also read a story called “The Willow Pattern” by Alan Drummond. It is a story about Koong Shee and Chang, who fell in love but could never be together because of a wicked merchant. Their story is depicted on the Willow Pattern plates in many of our houses. Have a look and see if you can see a pagoda, a boat and two turtle doves on your bowls or plates at home! We then created our own Willow Pattern plates using blue paint…
In SESE, we talked about the many people in our community who help us. We each wrote about one person and drew their picture….
In Religion, we read “The Easter Story” and sequenced the events on the wall, surrounded by palm leaves which were waved along the streets of Jerusalem as Jesus entered on a donkey…
We also wrote Easter Acrostic Poems in English…
We designed very cool Easter Eggs!
And finally, we created Easter Wreaths using lots of colourful paper!
We hope you all are having a restful break and enjoying this lovely time of year!
Date posted: 22nd April 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, Easter, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Science, SPHE, Visual Arts
Spring Fun and Games in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class!
Date posted: 14th March 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Local Visits, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
February has flown in the Middle Room! We have been very busy learning lots of new things and now you can have a look at all our work!
To mark the start of February, we read about St. Brigid and her life as a Christian. We coloured in pictures of her cloak…..
Chinese new Year was on the 5th February and this year is the year of the pig! We read a story about how all the animals were picked to be part of Chinese New Year and made dragons, as these are a huge symbol in Chinese culture.
We read a poem called “Daffodils” by William Wordsworth. We discussed the many verbs, adjectives and nouns in it and then decorated it!
In Maths, the 2nd class are learning all about 3D shapes and had to design hotels using all the shapes that we learned about!
We created colourful peacocks in art using metallic colours…
The children in all classes completed projects based on topics of their choice. They did a wonderful job presenting them to the class. Here are some pictures of their work!
To mark Pancake Tuesday, we enjoyed a few pancakes with our favourite toppings, kindly made by Mrs. Dooley and distributed by the Senior pupils. Thank you all very much! They were delicious!
We also welcomed Eileen Canny to the school to do a River Study Workshop with the children last week. The children explored the river bank and woodland area at the end of the school property and despite the rain, had lots of fun!
Well done on all your hard work boys and girls!
Date posted: 14th March 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Local Visits, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts