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.
Over the past few days, because the weather has been nice, we decided to plant our potatoes for the Summer! The children in 2nd and 3rd Class took to the garden, tools at the ready, to plant the seed potatoes! The onions were planted a few weeks ago and are getting bigger! Let’s hope we…
In science the senior classes have been looking at the human heart. We learned the names of different parts of the heart and then labelled a diagram of the heart. We also did experiments to see how many times our heart beats in one minute at rest and after doing exercise. We counted our pulse…
April has been a short month however the Junior Classroom have covered a lot of new and exciting topics! To begin with they have been busy learning about “Frogs”. In Assembly with Mr. Boland, the children sang a song with percussion to the whole school about “Twenty Froggies”. They all did a great job so well done…
It was a busy few weeks leading up to Easter. The senior room have learned all about the sinking of the Titanic in history and English. In science we’ve learned about some of the different birds of prey in Ireland and written up our findings. For Mother’s Day we made heart shaped baskets and put a little…
The Junior Room have been working very hard this March with their student teacher, Ms Dunphy. Take a look at all their lovely work below! Springtime on the Farm! St Patrick’s Day Art with rainbows and shamrocks! The Story of St. Patrick Colourful Clocks! In SESE, the children have been learning about “Animals and their Young”. Their…
