Caitheamh Aimsire In 5th Class!
5th class have been having great fun using their Caitheamh Aimsire vocabulary to create their own playing cards and playing Cluiche Kim! An mhaith 5th Class!
Cé a bhuaigh?
Math’s In Action In JI!
Last week, Junior Infants practiced a new math’s skill called partitioning.
They had lots of fun making sets, splitting them and making number sentences. Partitioning is a way of splitting numbers into smaller parts to make them easier to work with.
Lovely work Junior Infants!
Big Travel Challenge!
We’re in the middle of our Big Travel Challenge week!
The Green-Schools Committee is encouraging the children to use sustainable transport as much as they can where possible this week. The committee will be collecting data to see if there has been an increase throughout the week. We do appreciate that leaving the car at home is not always possible but are grateful for any effort you can make for the challenge!
For tips and resources, go here .
We’ll keep everyone updated on progress when the challenge has come to an end. ‘Love our health, Love our planet’
St. Brigid’s Day Custom In 6th Class!
In honour of St. Brigid’s Day, 6th Class had fun making colourful Saint Brigid’s Crosses last week. Traditionally made from woven rushes, the Saint Brigid’s cross is thought to keep evil, fire and hunger from the homes in which it is displayed.
Fighting Words in 4th & 6th Class!
Last week, 4th and 6th classes participated in a writing workshop called Fighting Words, a workshop set up by Roddy Doyle.
The first hour was spent with the facilitators, discussing the main elements of a story and the group composed a story together. The second hour was devoted to free writing. It was a very enjoyable and creative experience in a lovely room with cushioned seats.
You can read the groups story here!
Lunar New Year in 2nd Class!
With the Lunar New Year yesterday, 2nd class created their own symmetrical dragons in maths and researched fact files on China.
They explored the animals of the Chinese Zodiac and calculated what animal they have based on their birth year.
2nd class is full of roosters and monkeys!
JEP Kicks Off In 5th Class!
Last week was super exciting for 5th class as they kicked off the Junior Entrepreneur Program (JEP) by welcoming the owner of Platinum Pilates for her top tips!
As part of the JEP, children discover their strengths as individuals and as part of a team. Together, they choose, invest in and produce their own product or service from scratch, all the way to making it available for sale at school!
We’re looking forward to seeing what business ideas you come up with 5th Class!
Multilingual In 3rd Class!
Third class is undertaking a project to see how many different languages they know. They have been writing phrases like, “hello” and “how are you?”
It has been amazing to see the amount of languages represented by this one class!
How many languages can you count?
#diversity #languages #nationalschool #primaryschool #dublin4 #ballsbridge
Sign Language As Gaelige in 6th Class!
6th Class has just completed a 10 week course on Irish Sign Language! It was a very interesting and enjoyable experience. One student said, “It was fun to learn something new. It is very important to teach people Irish Sign Language so that we can communicate with those who use it.”
We couldn’t agree more!
Many thanks to their teacher, Cathal, who was very patient and humorous with the class.
Hibernation In 1st Class!
1st class has been learning about how animals adapt to winter weather in Science. They did their own research using the book on the EPIC app, where they collected information about Polar bears and used a range of other resources to make a cosy habitat for an animal that hibernates during Winter.
Lovely work 1st Class!