The 1st, 2nd and 3rd class pupils are taught by Mrs. Peavoy. We love to do art and craft, play sports and sing songs. Our favourite activity is baking! Here we are baking oatmeal raisin cookies. Everyone loves to help out mixing, weighing and of course eating them!
The highlight of December activities had to be the Christmas show where the Middle Room performed a mix of modern and classic musical numbers, including some from Frozen and Oliver. All the children’s practice and hard work paid off as the children brought the house down for both shows. Well done all! Art during December was…
We enjoyed a visit from heritage expert Órla Bates on Wednesday. Órla spoke to the classes about different areas of biodiversity (our next Green Flag theme) and did printing workshops based on birds, mammals and fish with the pupils. Everyone enjoyed learning about different species while creating some beautiful artwork at the same time!
November saw the Middle Room becoming more acquainted with their own senses. Our topic in science was ‘Sound’ and as part of that we learned all about our ears. We also looked at how sound is actually made. In SPHE we tried out Mindfulness. As part of our introduction to Mindfulness, we undertook some ‘mindful…
With the Ploughing Championships coming up, minds were on all things agricultural, so in the middle room we had a general farming theme for September. In history we looked at the Sumerians in Mesopotamia and the beginnings of farming. We wove our own pieces of cloth as the Sumerians would have. Everyone really loved the weaving. As…
5th and 6th class put their cooking skills to the test last week as they prepared a healthy lunch for the entire school! First of all they made loaves of brown bread to have. Later on they prepared potatoes, carrots and onions to make vegetable soup and then home made potato wedges which were baked in…
