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!
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!
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!
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
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.
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!
Carol Singing at St. Ann’s Church
The children from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class went carol singing outside St. Ann’s Church on Dawson St yesterday for the Black Santa Appeal. Everyone sang charmingly!
Thank you to Ms Fitzharris for all the choir rehearsals in the lead up to it and for conducting so beautifully.
Everyone looked super festive in their Santa hats and festive jumpers.
What an excellent way to close out the Winter term!
Last week 2nd class were preparing for their show and learning about how to care for the environment.
They have drawn truffula trees and created real life ones at home!
“UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better”- The Lorax
1st class and the Green School Committee took to the streets with their litter pickers and did a fantastic job in cleaning up the local area. They were super vigilant and as a result they compiled six bags of rubbish!
They had lots of fun also in completing the Picker Pals Activity booklets and are looking forward to their next Picker Pal day out!