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.
The children in 2nd and 3rd class read a book called “Brush – A Tale of 2 Foxes” over the past few weeks. It was written by Pierce Feiritear and illustrated by a 14 year-old boy called Conor O’ Brien. It’s a story about 2 young foxes, Misty and Ash, who try to help feed…
4th, 5th and 6th Class have been looking at heat and light in science. We discovered that white light can be split into seven colours, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. We shone a torch through a glass prism and saw this happening. We also looked at heat and discovered that heat travels…
We have been very busy in 2nd and 3rd class completing lots of exciting things, some revolving around the theme of Autumn. Have a look at our photos… We made Autumn Frames using cardboard and tiny woodchips. The children then decorated the frames with Autumn Leaves. We learned a poem called “Duilleoga Deasa” in Irish…
Junior & Senior Infants have been busy learning about Minibeasts in SESE. The story of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” was a big hit with the children so they made their own booklet of the story as well as their own “very hungry caterpillars” out of egg cartons!! As the children were learning about caterpillars, they were also taught about the lifecycle of…
On Wednesday, 25th May, Junior & Senior Infants worked very hard as traffic surveyors in Castlecomer to support work covered in class on the topic of Transport. The children were given either a form of transport or a colour which they had to keep watch for in the traffic that passed by the school gates from 9:40-10am…
