st. ailbe's NS
5th & 6th ClassMs. Hartigan is working her magic with 5th and 6th class again this year, with a busy group of 26 pupils plus some of the boys from Íontas class joining in. Ms. Hurley is also on hand to support and ensure that each child is reaching their full potential in their final stretch of Primary School.
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Tidy Towns’ Visit
Denis and Jonas visited our classroom to show us how to save seeds, that are in abundance in our village at the moment. We spoke about the Sustainable Development goals, the tidy towns report and how to play our part as global citizens
Local History
In September we studied the topic of St Ailbe and the church. We read lots of interesting articles, looked at work from children decades ago, watched videos and embarked on the heritage trail. We learned loads about the monastic site, the lake that once was and the...
Halloween Dress Up
A great day of fun , treats and dress up in our classroom.. We also indulged in Ms Hartigan’s favourite sandwiches today .. TAYTO CHEESE AND ONION! Who agrees that it’s the best ? we relaxed in the evening after a morning of madness with assembly. And of course the...
Maths Week
2D shapes were explored all week using stations. We explored shapes that tessellated, looked at tan grams, challenge cards, lines and angles, catergorising, properties and coordinates. We. Used iPads to connect to tan gram websites. We played barrier games, using all...
Halloween Art
The children created beautiful drawings using Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night as inspiration. Spooky Halloween scenes were also created using oil pastels!!
Polar Bears
Class projects
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Christmas Art in 6th Class
So much enjoyment from sewing, drawing, painting, constructing and sticking. The children in 6th class embraced the Christmas theme with gusto and the results are beautiful hand sewn Christmas socks, paintings and drawings. Well done everyone. Christmas stockings...
Science Week
We constructed kites today in a work shop delivered by zoom through Mary I. We had great fun learning about the science of flying and the developments made throughout the year. Our kites are individual to us and we look forward to flying them. We designed them and...
The Celts
6th class drew and designed Celtic shields using iPads to research Celtic knots. They used oil pastels and we are really happy with the results. The Celts has also been the last of the three time periods we’re looking at for Timeline Ireland. We completed our group...