Patricia Burke
Bricks for Kidz
We have an amazing time at Bricks for Kidz on our school tour. Every child had a chance to take part in making cars to go down a ramp, working with Lego and a motor and some free time to create something. It was a fantastic day and everyone had great fun!
STEM Award
We are delighted to announce that we have received the SFI Award for excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. This is a whole school initiative that has taken place over the year with each class level looking at different aspects of STEM. We celebrated Science Week, Space Week, Engineer’s Week and Maths Week in … Read moreSTEM Award
Buddies With Fifth Class
Ger’s Fifth Class organsied a Tóraíocht Taisce for our class. It was great fun being outside and all over the school. We had to try solve some tricky clues to find out information. It was great to spend some time with our buddies and we even managed to teach them cúpla focal ourselves.
Engineer’s Week
Engineer’s Week ran from Monday 4th March until Friday 8th. Senior Infants were very busy looking at the different types of bridges that can be built and trying to make a structure stable enough for a toy car to safely pass over it. We looked at long beam bridges, arch bridges and truss bridges. It … Read moreEngineer’s Week
Aistear
Senior Infants having been working hard at Aistear since September. To date we have explored the themes of; School, The Woodlands and The Vet. Aistear is play based learning where all children work together to develop their team building and communication skills. Here are some of Patricia’s class hard at work. Under this theme every … Read moreAistear
Space Week
In a school far far away, Space Week began. Space Week will run for the next week and all classes are very busy exploring the planets and galaxies. Sixth Class are eagerly awaiting their call from NASA which is taking place on Tuesday 9th October. We also have a planetarium coming in a fortnight which … Read moreSpace Week