Our Visit to Johnstown for National Tree Day

An account of this trip will be posted shortly but enjoy the film below while you're waiting.

Maths Trail

On Tuesday, October 16th, all the First Class pupils engaged in a very energetic and exciting Maths lesson with a difference. Much to the thanks of Ms. Duggan and a group of parents the children went outside to the school yard to explore and engage in various activities based on a variety of Maths Strands. 8 different Maths Stations were organised throughout the school yard.



A parent or teacher accompanied the children through the various stations, offering instruction and direction. The children then actively counted different objects and measured perimetres and areas using steps, hands, jumps, trundle wheels. They gained experience in estimating, discovering and comparing the actual answers.It was a great exercise in active learning and teaching using everyday objects to bring "maths to life" in a fun and active way.

Visit to the Boat Shed with SEFRC

On 16th October 2012, 5th Class went on an interesting trip to the Boatyard in Maudlintown. Beforehand we were shown a DVD about the craft of local building in our classroom. It was fascinating to learn about this ancient craft in such detail from Murt and Pat from the South End Family Resource Centre (SEFRC). Visiting the boatyard made the experience much more exciting, especially when we saw the boat ‘An Crúidín’ built in ‘Viking style’ as shown in the earlier DVD.
The outing continued down to the ‘pontoon’ and the bay where the class saw three boats….The Goose, Nobody’s Child and The Gulbar. It was exciting to sit in these boats and imagine being at sea!!!

Parents Pumking Carving

Today, Tuesday (16th October), a group of very enthusiastic parents joined Mrs. Duggan in the Sr. Marie Room armed with knives of varying sharpness. However no-one was in danger as the ladies first drew designs and then carved the pumkins beautifully. Each classroom then had two pumpkins delivered to be used as a resource between now and Hallow'een. The children are thrilled with them and want to thank all concerned. After all their hard work the ladies were joined by the Parent and Toddler Group and the Zumba girls for a very well deserved cup of coffee.

Planting in 2012...for 2013!!

Last Wednesday, the 10^th October, Colm and Nicola from the South End Family Resource Centre visited our classroom. We were shown how to plant cuttings from a variety of plants. What fun we had using compost and rooting powder and finally planting our cuttings in pots.

Later we put them in our School garden. We are hoping they will develop into beautiful mature plants.