Donabate Portrane Educate Together National School
We celebrated Maths Week with our buddies on Friday! Junior Infants and Sixth Class had a blast exploring the school together and helping each other answer some interesting Maths problems. Working together in groups of four, they identified lots of shapes and colours, counted cars and windows and even did some estimating. Sixth Class were … Read moreMaths Trail with our Buddies
Yesterday the 6th class walked to the beach and Donabate Tennis Club. When we got there we all had are lunch around the rocks and we went exploring. Jenny’s class went to play tennis first while Aimée’s class had fun on the beach. Even the teachers and SNAs had a go at the tennis! At … Read moreTennis and Beach Day
On February 13th we decided to strike outside the Dail against Climate Action. We decided to strike against Climate Action because we feel the Government aren’t doing enough about it, and a young teenage activist, Greta Thunberg , inspired us to start doing something about Climate Action. As we are the next generation and we … Read more6th Class Climate Action Strike
This year our January tour took us all the way up to Belfast. We left school early to spend the day ‘up North’. The bus was very cool and we got to watch a movie. When we reached Belfast we visited The Titanic Museum, where we had a tour and workshop, W5 and, of course, … Read moreBelfast Tour
On our school trip for December we went to various different locations. The first exciting place we went to was the National Art Gallery. There we met our lovely tour guide Jennifer. First, we went into a big room with a huge painting that had a dog (Rodney stone) and a portrait of the … Read moreMuseum Visits!
On Monday the 26th of November, we were given the task to design and make a boat. This boat had to float (obviously) and hold “passengers” (coins).These boats had to be in on Monday the following week. All the boats brought in on Monday were one of a kind. Some were made of LEGO, others … Read moreBeing Buoyant!!!
Dublin Bus Tour On Wednesday the 24th of October we went on the train at 9.02 from Donabate into Dublin City Centre. We met Phil our bus driver, he was really nice and funny ( Lily O’Dea). The bus was parked on O’Connell Street and we talked about the 12om high Spire. Some true Dubs … Read moreDublin Bus Tour
A massive congratulations to all our 6th Class children (and staff) who completed the final mile of the Marathon Kids programme on Wednesday. The classes began their training 8 weeks ago, increasing their running distances as the weeks went on. They had great fun running in the local community in preparation for the final … Read moreMarathon Kids!
September has been a very busy time for 6th Class, however we have taken time to stop and DREAM. As a class, we discussed what dreams are and how to achieve them. We then watched a TedTalk from Abbie McGregor who talked about her dreams and how she achieved them. She also explained how people … Read moreDreams For Our Future