History is taught to all classes. The older children enjoy learning about various eras in history and completing projects on them too.
During March, the Infant Classroom learned about the Greek Myth, King Midas. They drew a picture story of what they had learned from the story. Here are some picture stories!! King Midas was so greedy at the start of the story. He made a wish asking for everything he touched to turn to gold! By…
Charles Stewart Parnell 4th, 5th and 6th Class have been learning about the 1916 Easter Rising. Local historian Michael Moylan came in to show us some clothes, weapons and discuss events which took place during the Easter Rising. We got to look at some of the weapons used during the Rising We also got…
On Tuesday, 28th March, a local historian, Michael Moylan visited Junior & Senior Infants as part of Book Week in the school. The children were told many stories, most notably, the story of Cúchulainn. The opportunity to dress up in costume from various historical eras was a highlight of the day for the children! The boys dressed up…
For the past few weeks we have been learning about the Irish famine. We found out that half of the population of Ireland either emigrated or died. All of the potatoes died from blight and people sometimes had to eat grass and nettles. 1847 was the worst year of the famine, knwn as ‘Black ’47’….
We all designed book covers for the book ‘Under the Hawthorn Tree’ which was about a family that lived in famine times in the mid nineteenth century.
