After reading about Francis Brown, and an extract from ‘Survivor of the Titanic‘ by Stephen Davies, we were tasked with completing a group project on the Titanic. Using documents and books, relevant to the Titanic, which some of us kindly brought to school, we commenced our project by creating our own little Titanic museum. After…

Last week, two firemen, from Enniscrone Fire Station, visited our classroom to talk to us about fire safety. We watched a very interesting presentation which told us all about preventing fires and what to do in the event of a fire. In particular, we learned about the importance of families working together to plan an…

Last week, as a follow-up activity to a reading and comprehension lesson, we tried out some debating. After being divided into groups, we were given suggested topics, e.g. Every child should own a pet/Single-sex schools should be abolished/School holidays are too long/Summer is better than winter/Professional footballers are paid too much, etc. Then, we prepared…

Another term, another project! This time, it was a European country project and, after being divided into groups, we put our heads together to collectively agree on a country. Italy, France, Greece, Latvia and the Czech Republic came out on top. We did lots of research both online and in our textbooks before gathering all…

This term, we’ve been very busy working through our Maths programme and, already, we have explored 2D shapes, fractions and number operations. While working on 2D shapes, we explored tessellations, flips, slides and rotations. We did lots and lots of work to improve our understanding of symmetry including cutting folded paper to make symmetrical shapes…

As part of Science Week, we were bussed to Skreen Community Centre to participate in a ‘Spinbots Workshop‘. After being told all about spinbots, we were given paper cups, straws, lollipop sticks and other craft materials, and tasked with constructing our own spinbots. Of course, our spinbots, when completed, were very creative. Next, we attached…

Earlier this week, Dara visited our school to present a workshop on rivers. Dara told us lots about the living things which inhabit rivers, river food chains, and the dangers posed to our rivers by pollution. We also explored the water cycle. Dara brought in lots of living samples from rivers and, in groups, we…

Last term, we participated in the BLAST programme and it was just amazing as we explored so many different areas of art. We also explored the work of so many artists, including Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Gustav Klimt, Gerhard Richter, David Hockney and Alice Neel. Our first activity was…

Last term, we got very busy with mapping in geography. We worked on the counties, and physical features of Ireland including mountains, rivers, lakes, islands, bays, headlands, etc. and we completed individual maps and large scale collaborative maps showing all these features. We also explored rivers, including the journey of a river, and we completed…

Recently, we completed a project on space. We worked together in groups to complete lots of research (space is a broad topic!) and then we compiled all our research on presentation slides. After rehearsing our oral presentation, we presented our project to the class. We enjoyed this project. It is important to have some knowledge…