After reading a factual piece on spiders in our literacy work, we decided to explore the topic of spiders further by completing a group project on the subject of these interesting arachnids. We used textbooks and the internet to gather lots of content and then we presented all our material on poster paper. After spending…
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We enjoy exploring all sorts of mathematical topics in the senior room and over the last few weeks, throughout the various classes, we have worked on 3D shape, multiplication, area, volume, division, and fractions, decimals and percentages. We used lots of manipulatives and practical work to grasp the content and then to reinforce our learning….
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We enjoy all sorts of literacy work in the senior classroom. Recently, after reading about various events, and people in aviation history, including Wilbur and Orville Wright, Amelia Earhart and John F. Kennedy Junior, we were tasked with writing a persuasive piece on why we should not fear flying. Working individually or in pairs, we…
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Last weekend, some of our 5th and 6th class pupils celebrated their Confirmation. They had prepared very well for this big occasion and performed excellently with their assigned role, e.g. reading, singing or offering gifts. They all looked amazing too. Later in the week, to celebrate the importance of this occasion, and to acknowledge how…
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This week, we participated in the GAAmigos skills competition. We worked very hard on all the various skills and, though we didn’t feature among the prizewinners, we had a really wonderful evening playing and socialising with our friends.
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In the senior room, we are working on our history skills and, so were tasked with completing a project on an ancient civilisation. This was a group project with each class forming one group. Each group’s first task was to choose the ancient civilisation they wished to explore and after some discussion, Ancient Greeks (6th…
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This year, we again dressed in our favourite book character to celebrate ‘World Book Day’. It was a lot of fun greeting our friends in the morning and admiring all the wonderful costumes. In the afternoon, we participated in a live story writing lesson. First of all, we used mood boards to document all about…
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We decided to get into celebratory mode for ‘World Book Day’ and we dressed in our favourite book characters. There was lots of colour and variety in all the various costumes and some of us also had props to add further credibility to our character.
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On Pancake Tuesday, we were delighted to be treated to lots and lots of pancakes. We loved trying out all the different toppings and we are so grateful to the teachers for all their work in making this day another special day in our school year.
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Last year, we participated in ‘The Power to Change project’ (run by the Atlantic Technological University in partnership with Sligo Public Participation Network PPN) which aimed to develop a nature-based learning workbook on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The workbook was geared towards 10–12-year-olds and 4 different schools participated in the co-creation of the workbook….