Science is taught as part of SESE (Social, Environmental and Scientific Education) and is integrated with geography and history. We enjoy doing experiments with the children and sometimes we participate in science workshops such as the “Discover Science” programme in the Discovery Park in Castlecomer.
Hallowe’en is just around the corner and the pupils in 5th and 6th class have been doing lots of fun and creative work around this topic. In English we wrote Spooky Stories with a Hallowe’en theme. Art has been all about spiders and fireworks, here are our finished pictures. In Geography, Science and English…
September has been busy for us all settling back into school after our Summer Holidays! We welcomed 4 new pupils into Junior Infants: Anya Morris, Alish Cooney, Theo Neale & Clinton Griffith. We also welcomed back Senior Infants and First Class into the Junior Classroom 🙂 To start off the month, the children made their own…
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…
Another year has come and gone in the Senior Room. We have completed lots of work in different areas in the past few weeks. Take a look and see what we have been up to! In Art we created these colourful hand print parrots and painted in a jungle background. We also drew fruit and…
The Junior Classroom have been busy exploring many topics over the past couple of weeks in preparation for their Summer Holidays! In Art, the children did a simple weaving activity using lollipop sticks and magic wool to create some colourful butterflies! We have been learning about garden birds in SESE and the children made their…
