On Wednesday, 21st June we went on a seashore safari to Inniscrone beach. David was our guide and he was just great. He showed us different types of seaweed, ie. serrated wrack (saw wrack), bladderwrack and channel wrack. We saw lots of gutweed, ie. a slippery green growth on the rocks. We found lots of…
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Recently we explored light in Science. We discussed natural and artificial forms of light. Using a torch in a dark room, we investigated transparent, translucent and opaque objects. We used our hands and cardboard templates to explore shadows. By placing a straw or a spoon in water, we saw the refraction or bending of light….
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In the senior classroom, we recently explored clay. First we worked on our ball of clay to make it soft and pliable and then we created lots of different objects, eg. pots, animals, plaques, cars and other everyday objects. After several days, when our clay objects were dry, we painted and decorated them. We were…
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Recently, we explored “Print” in the senior classroom. We created very interesting patterns and designs using various printing tools and objects, eg. sponges, rollers, stamps, clay tools, etc. We experimented with mono-printing and lino printing and we also created collagraph pictures by first sticking on bits of cardboard onto a sheet to create a design…
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On Tuesday, 13th June as our boys had won the regional competition in the GAA Amigos, we travelled to the Centre of Excellence in Ballyhaunis to participate in a GAA Activity Day. There were a lot of GAA coaches there, including Ross and Tommie, both of whom have coached us in our school. The coaches…
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This week, as part of the Primary Colours Arts Education Programme, we completed the teacher-led art workshop. This workshop was inspired by “The Whisper of the Bees” exhibition by Sligo-based artist Heidi Wickham. For some time prior to this activity, we had been collecting various objects, e.g. bottle tops, aluminium can tabs, fabric pieces, buttons,…
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In the senior room, we have been busy exploring animals. This work has been particularly enjoyable as we have been very “hands-on” having brought living specimens into our classroom. Daily we observed the life cycle of our ladybird larvae. After eating and moving lots, the larvae went into the “pupa” stage and a few days…
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On Thursday, 18th May our girls supported by the boys headed off to the GAA Centre of Excellence, Sligo to play the first round matches in the Cumann the mBunscol 5 a-side competition. We played 5 matches in all against schools from Stokane, Ballinlig, Mullaghroe, Kilmactranny and Coolbock. Though, we played really well and won…
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In Science, we have been exploring “Forces”. We created a hot-air balloon using tissue paper and after filling it with hot air we could see that as heated air expands, it gets lighter so that our hot-air balloon rises. Our table tennis ball floated because airflow from a hairdryer pushed the ball upwards until its…
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We have been busy investigating plants. We investigated the ideal conditions for growth and germination and discovered that plants need water, light, air and the correct temperature to grow while seeds need water, air and the correct heat and light conditions in which to germinate. We watered plants with different liquids, ie. fizzy drink, cranberry…