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Love, Laugh and Learn together.
 
Wishing you every happiness on the next part of your journey. 
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Art, Game board design and creative play on the last day. 

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A taster of  Tuesday's and Wednesday's  active outdoor activities in the sunshine with friends, the school community and family. A huge thank you to the Parents Association for organizing such an amazing sports day and all those involved in making the day a great success!  Great fun was had by all. More outdoor and active adventures due for the week ahead. Watch this space..... ( We are blessed!) Níos fearr le Chéile! 
Thank you to the second class pupils who, on Monday,  taught us an amazing dance, outside in the beautiful sunshine. We loved it! You are super dance instructors! Well done to all who took part in our dance lesson, led by our second class dance mentors.  We also, collectively ran 200 laps! We have some stamina now, after a year of running the lap of the map. Maith sibh! 

On Tuesday we celebrated Sport's Day in Syddan C.L.G.
The children participated in rounders, skipping, basket ball, sack races, penalty shoot out, relay races, hurdles and a water balloon game. (afterwards, we left no trace. :) We ate lunch in the sun while having great fun. Everyone received a medal of participation. Maith sibh!  

On Wednesday, we enjoyed sand and water play, and free play with the p.e equipment. The sun was splitting the stones and we had a blast as creative, reflective, kind and playful thinkers, players and friends.

Podcasts to support Comprehension, Language, Imagination and to feed Curiosity. 
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Our Genre for the month of June is Narrative. We will be encouraging the children to listen to podcasts for information, to feed their curiosity, for peer learning and to inspire ideas for literacy while supporting our writing genre - Narrative. 
Listening to podcasts such as Storynory, can help the development of comprehension skills, listening skills, retelling, sequencing, engagement and imagination and can enhance  the children's  literacy skills in grasping comprehension, language and grammar, while developing a broader range of vocabulary. We hope the listening  / audio story stations will inspire the children as well as offering a relaxed environment by listening to interesting stories.  We are excited to hear even more free writing story shares from the children through the month of June. 

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I nGrá Dé, in God's Love. The 21st of May was a very Special Day. 

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                      Sowing the Seed                      
Our children will take wings one day, 
to fly the nest and go. 
Like seeds, to sail the winds of life, 
And scatter to and fro. 
We pray that these, our precious seeds, 
Who scatter from our hand, 
find fertile soil, prepared by God,
To blossom where they land. 


Christy Kenneally

Healthy snacks, fun with fruit and friends.

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Beannachtaí na Cásca oraibh !          Happy Easter! 

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               Lá na Máithreacha Sona Duit! 
                 happy mother's Day. 

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Lá Gorm agus Buí.   Blue and Yellow Fundraising day. Go raibh maith agaibh. Well done on the wonderful fundraising today, dontations in support of the Ukrainian humanitarian appeal. 11 03 22. ​

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LÁ NA BPANCÓG.
​Pancake Tuesday- 
D'itheamar pancóga inniu. Blasta!
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Lá Domhanda na Leabhar Sona daoibh!
Happy World Book Day from First and Second Class.   
Today we designed book covers, wrote book reviews, shared our love of books and danced and rapped with Mc Grammar. Everyone went home with a Book token. 
Craic agus Ealaín i rith Seachtain na Gaeilge. Táimid ag ullmhú fá choinne drama darbh ainm an Ghrian agus an Ghaoth. 
Congratulations to the 2nd class pupils who celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Shrove Tuesday 2022, in Lobinstown church with celebrant Fr. Majida. We are all very proud of you.  Grow in Love, I Grá Dé. 
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February Fun with Fractions, artistic responses to our class novel and celebrating the Chinese New Year. 

Happy Grandparents Day! Thank you for all you do for us. Go raibh maith agat.  
First and Second Class enjoy using the 5 ways of wellbeing ( Connect, Give, Take Notice, Be Active and Keep Learning). We are  participating in Friendship February and taking time to be thankful for acts of kindness and the friendships we have.  Here are some of the strategies we use in our class. 
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 Comhghairdeas!
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We were thrilled to welcome Meath Ladies All Ireland Winner and past pupil Orlaith Duff to Newtown today.
The children listened to lots of advice from Orlaith on training and the importance of playing sport. We are delighted to say we had the Brendan Martin Cup in our school.                    January 2022. 
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Seacláid te, Sult, Spraoi, Lá na nGeansaithe Nollag & Cuairt Daidí na Nollag. 20.12.21

Celebrating the Messangers of God. During AdVent. 

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 Mí na Samhna / November:      Tuar na hAimsire.       
                      Weather Forecasting.                 
     

Ealaín & Stair: Art inspired by the 1st moon landing.   Art & History. NOVEMBER 2021                                     

Fionn agus an Dragún -
​Gaeilge, Ealaín, & Dramaíocht. 

Mata lasmuigh.  Outdoor Mathematics. Maths Week. NOVEMBER 2021                                                                                                    

Young Artist inspired by the work of
​Vincent Van gogh.
                              November 2021

Comhairle na ndaltaí- elections this week.    November 2021 

Mí na Samhna:              In November we remember:     
​                               Ní imithe uainn atá siad, ach imithe romhainn.   
                                          They are not gone from us, but gone before us. 
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Happy Diwali to all celebrating Diwali this week. Diwali marks the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance. Over 1.3 billion people celebrate Diwali in India alone. Diwali is also an official holiday in India, Fiji, Guyana, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname, and many other nations. Diwali is similar to Christmas.
7ú Deireadh Fómhair: Lá Náisiúnta na GCrann,    Celebrating National Tree Day 2021
Comhghairdeas!  Gradam Aimsithe Eolaíochta agus Mata.
  Congratulations!  Science and Maths Award S.F.I.- Whole School Award
October :  Deireadh Fómhair:      Cóisir Oíche Shamhna 2021 
Ealaín Álainn: Credit Union Art Entries 2021

Meán Fómhair / September 2021    Seeds, Science, Maths & Healthy Eating.

Ealaín & Litríocht: Art & Literature:  Gruffalo  Inspired Art  September 2021

Meán fómhair: September 2021: Ag foghlaim lasmuigh:  Investigating Textures and patterns in the local environment

Mata & Cruthanna 2-t.   Investigating the properties of 2-d shapes and patterns and enjoying playing shape and pattern games on the tablets.  October 2021
Eolaíocht & uibheacha. Science and eggs. Investigating the effect different solutions have on  free range eggs. Predicting, Observing and hypothesizing   October 2021
From little acorns grow mighty oaks. Cuireamar síolta i bpotaí inniu. We planted our own seeds. We hope we all can grow an oak tree.  October 2021 
Táimid ag foghlaim faoin gcorp. We have been learning about the human body and the function of some of the  bones in the body.  2021 September & October

Thank you to our PA!

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Our Work

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Science
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Maths
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Monday 29th  June

Hoppy Easter!

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 2020-2021

Welcome back!

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Tuesday 30th june

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March 2021- Well done!

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Magnets!

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Reading Our Stories

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Happy Christmas!

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Construction Work!

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some Memories of our year

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Monday 15th June

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Monday 8th June

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Tuesday 2nd June

Welcome to 1st & 2nd Class 2019 - 2020

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Monday 25th  May

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Monday 18th May

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Monday 11th May

A big thank you from Geraldine and everyone in Suaimhneas for all the lovely pictures. Moorehall will be a brighter place!
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Useful link for 'Over the Moon' series 1st  class
l​www.gillexplore.ie/gill-explore-resources/over-the-moon-first-class-skills-book
Useful link for 'Over the Moon' series 2nd Class
​www.gillexplore.ie/gill-explore-resources/over-the-moon-second-class-skills-book
Hi there 1st & 2nd
Hope you are all doing well. Here are some ideas for you to try out at home with Mammy and Daddy.
Best Wishes from,
Miss Malone
Reading Log
1. Read a book by yourself or with a grown-up.
2. Put your name and the title of the book at the top of a new page.
3. Choose one of the ideas and write one or two sentences about your book. Remember, not all of the questions make sense for every book.
4. Don’t forget to tell why or how you know or both if you can!
Questions
 How did the story end?
 Who is your favourite character?
 Is this book like any other book you have read? Which one?
 How does the main character feel in this book?
 Which words in the book were tricky?
 Where does the story take place (the setting)?
 What is your favourite part of the story?
 What is the big problem in the story?
How is it solved?
 When does the story take place (the setting)?
 What did you learn from reading this book?
 At the end, did any characters change from how they felt at the beginning?
 What friend or family member might like this book?
 What is your favourite picture in the book?
 What did the author want you to learn?
 What surprised you in the book?

 Sight Words: Don't forget to keep working on your sight words : https://sightwords.com/
OT , SLT & Motor Skills useful links here
  • https://ncse.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SLT-OT-Top-Tips-1st-and-2nd-class4.pdf
  • https://ncse.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Sensory-Processing-booklet-for-parents.pdf
  • https://ncse.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Gross-Motor-skills-Parent-Booklet-Primary.pdf
  • https://ncse.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Fine-and-gross-motor-info-sheets-for-the-home.pdf
  • https://ncse.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OT-Parent-Websites.docx.pdf
  • https://ncse.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SLT-Useful-Websites-for-Parents.pdf


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Autumn Term 2019

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A big Thank you to all the pupils of 1st and 2nd class who brought in Aldi stickers

Working hard to Get Nominations for our student council!

​Halloween

Skipping Workshop​

Our Art work

Welcome to 1st & 2nd Class 2018-19!

End of year ice cream party!

We have a jar of pom poms in our classroom that we call our 'Warm Fuzzies'.  We start off with an empty jar, and everytime someone does something kind, the class earn a Fuzzy for their jar.  When the jar is full, we get a special treat!  This term's well-earned treat was an ice-cream party on the last day of the school year.  There was great excitement and it was a lovely way to end the school year and thank the children for all their hard work.  Wishing everyone in 1st and 2nd Class a wonderful, fun, safe and happy Summer Holiday 2019!  :-)

Growing vegetables 2019!

We had great fun and learned a lot planting our own herbs and vegetables this Spring.  We planted so many different things, from basil to potatoes!  We are patiently waiting for our potatoes to be ready for harvesting and we hope to make a tasty vegetable soup from some of our vegetables such as our carrots and turnips once they are ready to eat!  

Our First communion class 2019!

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On Saturday 18th May 2019 the pupils from 2nd Class celebrated their First Holy Communion.  They put so much work into their prayers, readings, jobs, artwork and overall preparation for the day.  Well done to each and every one of you, you all did a fantastic job!

STEAM: Making a marble run!

We had a blast doing this Science project.  We worked in groups to create fun marble runs!  We used recycled materials that we had collected from home.  We used skills such as teamwork, designing, planning, problem-solving, goal-setting, compromise, memory and recall, decision making, creativity and flexibility!  

eASTER EGG HUNT 2019!

World book day fun 2019

World Book Day and Book Week 2019 were a great success.  One of our favourite times of the year, we had so many fun activities to celebrate our love of books!  We dressed up as our favourite book characters, we went on a Bear Hunt, we recreated the story of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' using body percussion and musical instruments, we made character profiles, author profiles, watched book read-alouds, learned about our favourite authors, listened to audiobooks, did our own book reviews, did Drop Everything And Read, to name just a few!!! We really love books!!!

sCIENCE: MAKING BUTTER!

We had great fun making our own home-made butter in class recently.  We found out that we only needed one ingredient to make tasty butter-just double cream!!! We put it in a jar and we took turns shaking the jar until the butter was ready to eat!  We ate our yummy butter on hot cross buns-delicious!!!  We also learned all about dairy farming and all about where our milk and cream comes from.  We looked at how butter was churned in the past and compared modern and traditional farming methods.  

Christmas panto and fire station trip!

On Monday December 3rd, we were delighted to go on a school trip to the Panto in Drogheda, followed by a private tour of Ardee Fire Station!  What a great day we had!  The Panto was called Elfie Saves Christmas, in the Barbican Theatre, Drogheda.  It was great fun to see such a professional production, and we thoroughly enjoyed the songs and interaction with the characters!  
Afterwards, we travelled back to Ardee Fire Station, where firefighters Liam and Neil gave us a tour of the fire station, and taught us all about the job of a firefighter.  Every child was given the opportunity to sit in the driver's seat of the fire engine, and they showed us all the special tools the fire engine had. Mrs. Allen had to dress up as a firefighter and every child also got the chance to hold the fire hose and spray it at Mrs. Allen!!! That was great fun! We thank our Parent Association for covering the cost of the bus for this trip.  We had a great day! 

HALLOWEEN 2018

Wow, what spooky goings-on we had in our class this Halloween!!! We made freaky Frankensteins in art, we had a Halloween party (which we earned through our Warm Fuzzies jar for excellent behaviour!!!) and we dressed up as all sorts of spooky and amazing creatures!!! 

SCIENCE WEEK 2018!

Wow, what an exciting week we had for Science Week 2018!! Our fantastic Parent Association funded a workshop from W5 in Belfast.  The scientists from 25 visited our school and put on a brilliant show with lots of exciting experiments on topics from centrifugal force to gravity to chemical reactions!!   We were also very lucky to have a visit from Bridget Kelly, a talented science lecturer in DKIT, who also did fun experiments with yeast and balloons and taught us all about the importance of protecting bees.  Throughout the week we also did fun experiments in class, including Rainbow skittles, making moon dust, magic milk, and creating our own rocket! We completed Learning Logs about all our fun scientific activities and experiments.  We love science!

Having fun learning about homes in the past!

autumn scavenger hunt!

We had a very successful Autumn Scavenger Hunt around our school grounds.  We learned lots about nature all around us in Autumn, from native Irish birds and trees, to berries and hibernating animals.  We love Autumn!

Maths week 2018 outdoor maths trail

We had great fun outside on our Outdoor Maths Trail. Huge thanks to Ms. Judge for organising it for us. It was a really interesting and fun lesson!

STORYTELLING WORKSHOP

On Friday, October 12th 2018, Tríona from the Droichead Arts Centre visited our class and gave us a Storytelling workshop.  She told us a fantastic story about a fairy named Fionn and a little girl named Fianna, which she had written herself.  She told the story to us both as Gaeilge and in English.  We even got to perform the story afterwards.  We have been learning all about storytelling in our Oral Language lessons recently so we are very grateful to Droichead Arts Centre for the visit!

TÁIN TRAIL 2017
cúchulainn's army!

school tour 2017
GR8 ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, CASTLEBLAYNEY

PJ DAY 2017

SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE 2017

LEGO WORKSHOP 2017

wORLD BOOK DAY 2017

cHRISTMAS PLAY 2016

our class has turned into a bat cave

We made bats last week as a class. I hope you don't get a fright!

Art 

Look at our pictures of Under the Sea. We used different materials such as sand, tinfoil, netting, sugar and wool to make our pictures look more realistic. We used cotton buds to paint our rainbow fish. What do you think?

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​ART

Have a look at some of our lovely art work.  We loved the construction activity from the recycled materials.

world Book Day

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We had great fun on book week.  We had a book fair in the school.  We bought lots of books and got new books for our classroom.  We drew the cover of our favourite book.  We wrote a review of our favourite book too.  On World Book Day we dressed at our favourite character from a book.  Can you guess who we are?

Happy Grandparents day

February was Catholic Schools Week.  As part of this week we invited our grandparents into our school.  It was lovely to see them in school. We had a prayer service for them.  We sang our songs.  We read the prayers.  Then we had a treat and the grandparents had tea and buns.  We loved having them in school and hope they will come again.  We wrote about our grandparents and put it up on display outside our classroom.  Thank you for coming, Granny and Granddad.
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Science

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We are learning about light.  Look how the sun made and changed the shadows with a bottle.  We went outside to record this every hour. The shadow moved and became smaller.

Land yachts

We learned about forces this year. We made  land yachts. The wind moved them.  Some moved with a gentle wind but some were too heavy so we had to wait for a windy day to try our test again. 

​Workshop

We were busy watching the eggs hatch in Spring.  Look at the lovely chicks.  We saw the chick break the shell and come out.  It was very exciting.  We even got to hold the chicks.  They were lovely.  We loved this workshop and thanks to the Parent Association for sponsoring it.  Find the picture of the chick breaking its shell!!

Percussion instruments

We are learning about sound.  We went outside on a sound walk.  We listened for loud sounds and soft , gentle noises.  We made our own percussion instruments and made plenty of sounds in our classroom.

Lego workshop

We had a great time at the Lego workshop. We build lots of things.  We worked together.  This was a great way to welcome us back to school after the Christmas holidays.  Thanks again to the Parent Association for fundraising for this great activity.

coming to school in pyjamas!!!

P.E.

We love to play with the parachute.  We had fun trying to keep the ball on it.  It took lots of skill and teamwork.  We even hid under the parachute.!!

School tour 2016

We love to go on our school tour.  This year we went Causey Farm.  Look at the fun we had.  The Second Class got very dirty doing the bog jump but they enjoyed it.

Táin Trail and History

This year in our history we heard the story of the Brown Bull of Cooley.  In June our school took part in the Táin Trail March.  We met Queen Maeve.  We dressed up as warriors.  We painted swords and made shields. We sang the chant.  We will remember the story of the Brown Bull of Cooley.

the national flag

In September the army came to our school.  They presented us with the National Flag and the Proclamation.  First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Class came to our room for the presentation.  We wrote about it in our recount writing.

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Maths

Here are two of our maths displays from this year.  We love maths trails.  Look at us on our maths trail

Art

We also love art and we are great artists.  Take a look at some of our work.  We made paper chains before Christmas for the residents of Moorehall Lodge, Ardee.  They loved them.
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Christmas play 2014 - baubles

Our Christmas play was called Baubles.  We had great fun acting and dressing up.  We performed our play for our parents.  Then we enjoyed a treat from the Parents Association.

workshops

We took part in two workshops this year. One was with Finn, the potter.  we made monsters!!  Then we took part in the Dig It workshop.  we build bridges and discovered how water flows through pipes.  We tried it first with marbles.  They were great fun and we enjoyed them.

classroom displays

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Social, environmental and scientific education (history, geography and science)

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In history we made our own timeline from the day we were born up to the present day.  In geography, we made a map of our classroom in groups.  it was great fun.  We had to count all the tables, doors, windows and presses.  Then we had to put them in the correct place on the map.  It was tricky but we made great plans.  In science, we were looking at how materials change.  We got butter and sugar.  We mixed them together with some eggs and flour.  We put the mixture into bun cases.  Teacher baked them and we ate all the  delicious buns!!  We also planted marigold seeds and took them home when we put them into bigger pots.

2013-2014

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During the first school term we had the opportunity to have Gaelic football training for 10 weeks. We had great fun with Bríona Ryan & Peter. We learned how to solo, kick accurately; toe the ball, we also learned how to warm up our muscles. Something new for us was that we had to wear mouth guards- teacher said they would be great for class as we couldn’t talk with them !!! We looked really funny too!! The best part was that everyone got to take part even if they never played before.

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Halloween dress up - On Friday, October 28th we wore our Halloween costumes to school. There were witches, monsters, devils, ghosts, zombies, TV characters and even the Grim Reaper was spotted in 1st & 2nd Class that day. We had great fun showing off our costumes and talking about them.

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As part of our link  with the residents of Suaimhneas at  Moorehall Lodge we made paper chains to decorate their “home” for Christmas. These are the decorations the residents remember making from their childhood and the tradition of making paper chains has now been past on to our children. In appreciation our friends in Suaimhneas sent us a lovely card and some candy canes. The children enjoyed them thoroughly needless to say!!!!

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Our Christmas Concert took place on December 19th 2013. Our play was called “Follow the Star” We put on a great performance and all our hard work paid off. We are very proud of ourselves! We think we have the X factor and you never know you might see a few of us on “The Voice of Ireland” in the not too distant future. Some of us have plans to star in the Gaiety Theatre ….can you guess who?????


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 What else have we been up to?
 * Catholic schools week- this year we talked a lot about our faith in class. We learned that after Mass has ended we need to bring our faith with us into our lives at home and at school. We each took a task to do or an attitude to have for the week to help announce the Gospel. We looked at the signs and symbols of our faith and presented some of them to the rest of the school at a Friday assembly when we also told the gospel story of the Good Shepherd in a very special way.

* Buddy Reading- This year we all are taking part in a Buddy reading programme. We really love this because we get to read to others and others listen to us reading. 


                                         

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On March 13th our Parents Association organised a wacky hair and non-uniform day. We all dressed up and had some crazy hair styles. Do you like our photos?
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A visit from Dublin Falconary

Today a man came to our school. He had two owls. One of them was called Noddy. It was white. The man brought another owl in called Bella, it was black and brown. He had another bird called a Peregrine Falcon.
Hazel 1st class


Today we learned all about the Barn Owl,the Long Eared Owl and the Peregrine Falcon.The Barn Owl was white it was very soft.I stroked it . I thought the Long Eared Owl was scary .I thought it was scary because it had orange and black eyes. It was an amazing experience. I really enjoyed the day . 
Kayleigh 2nd class

Today we got to see a man called Niall . He brought in some birds of prey to our classroom. I will name them for you- A Barn Owl called Noddy, a Long Eared Owl  and a Peregrine Falcon. 
Josh 1st class

"Do you remember what happened yesterday at school?" A man called Niall brought in some birds of prey. There was a Peregrine Falcon called Flash, a Barn Owl called Noddy and a Long Eared Owl named Bella. Flash and Noddy pooed in the classroom! They were all in boxes before they came into our classroom. We all got to pet the birds of prey. Neill told us about them and answered our questions. Miss Malone even held one. It was a great day.
Pierce 2nd Class

We designed Easter Bonnets !!!

Our teacher set us a very difficult piece of homework just before our Easter holidays.....we had to design and make an Easter Bonnet. At first we hadn't a notion what a bonnet was but then Miss Malone explained it to us and showed us some ideas for designs. Here are the finished results. We looked great and teacher was very proud of us and our efforts.

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