Last month, Gerry paid us a visit to conduct a writing workshop. From the very beginning, Gerry had us engaged in exploring our creative side. First of all, we were asked to suggest items which might be found in a mythical forest and, of course, we came up with lots of interesting ideas, including a…

Last week, we enjoyed 2 science workshops with Benny. In the ‘MAST (Marine Science and Technology) – Nuts ‘n Bolts’ workshop, we made a Secchi disk, which is a black and white circular disk mounted on a pole or line before being lowered into the water, to measure water transparency and water quality. The disk…

Last week, we welcomed AgriAware’s Mobile Farm to our school. We loved meeting the pigs, sheep, cattle, hens, ducks and geese and the visiting farmer told us lots of information about each and about farming, in general. Later in class, we plan to explore farming even more and, no doubt, this visit has increased our…

We love exploring the natural world in the senior room and, recently, we welcomed Michael to our classroom to introduce us to the ‘LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature‘ programme, a 9-year project which aims to preserve and restore Ireland’s blanket bogs. Peatlands are one of our most important and unique habitats as they provide clean…

Recently, we were thrilled when our teacher told us that we were going for a walk. It was a lovely September afternoon and as we walked, we really enjoyed using all our senses to explore the beauty in the natural world around us. As we approached the end of our walk, we were pleasantly surprised…

In late August, we were delighted to return to school after the long summer holidays. It was so good to catch-up with our friends and relay all our news. We were also happy to welcome the new third class children, and, together, we look forward to lots of fun days and, of course, learning and…

This week, we got very, very busy working on our sewing. Using different-coloured strands of wool, a needle and hessian, we worked on our sewing task for several hours over a 2-day period. Yes, it took a while but we were meticulous about our stitching and we wanted our latest craft project to be just…

We love our dance in the senior room and with the end of term approaching, we got dancing to celebrate. We danced energetically and enthusiastically to a variety of songs and we learned and reinforced so many new dance moves as well as getting in a lot of exercise.

During the final week of school, we were treated to an out-of-school trip. First of all, we visited Parke’s Castle where we learned lots about Captain Robert Parke who built the castle after being granted land owned by the O’Rourke’s during the time of the Plantations. We visited rooms within the castle and we viewed…