First Class
Fáilte go Rang a hAon
What's the weather like today?
We looked at how weather affects people in many different ways. We kept a weather chart and recorded our findings. We noticed that is was sunny and cloudy most days with very little rain. We have high hopes for a hot summer :)
We looked at how weather affects people in many different ways. We kept a weather chart and recorded our findings. We noticed that is was sunny and cloudy most days with very little rain. We have high hopes for a hot summer :)
What is Rust and how does it work?
First class investigated how rust forms and how it affects everyday objects if they are not looked after properly e.g. bicycles. We left the nails in the water and salt solution for a month and then compared the rusted nails with unused nails.
School Tour 2014
We had a fantastic day on our school tour in Loughwell Pet Farm. We met and fed many different animals and had a great day exploring the farm. Thanks to our mums Vicky and Meave for joining us on our tour.
Mixing Materials
We investigated how different materials change by look, smell taste and texture when mixed with other materials. We had great fun watching the different materials change and enjoyed tasting some treats at the end.
Furry Friends come to visit...
Enjoying our lunch in the sunshine...
Drama
The last few weeks we've had lots of fun taking on different roles from the novel Fantastic Mr.Fox. We looked at the techniques 'hot-seating' and 'conscience alley'.
English
First Class have started their class novels. Happy reading everybody:)
We've also been using the school I pads to help us with our literacy.
We're going on a mini-beast hunt .....
International Day 2014
Traditional games and pastimes
We had great fun learning about the different games and pastimes our parents and grandparents played when they were younger.
Life-cycle of a chicken
Before the Easter Holidays, we were learning about the life-cycle of a chicken. We were lucky enough to have a visit from a 3 week old chick. Thanks to Nell and her Dad John for bringing in the baby chick for everyone to see.
Write a book Competition Update...
Well done to everyone who took part in this years write a book competition. First Class worked really hard and should be very proud of themselves! A special mention goes out to Eli who was this years winner in his age group. Well done Eli :)
This years Easter Bonnet competition was a great success. We had lots of fun showing the rest of the school our amazing hat creations.
First Class worked really hard to clean up all the rubbish around our school in this years National Spring Clean. Well done boys and girls!
Many thanks to Deirdre Bennet who helped us plant salad vegetables and flowers in our class.
Farewell Rang a hAon- I will miss you!
I have had such a super time teaching every one of you wonderful boys and girls in first class. Enjoy the rest of the year, keep up the hard work and most importantly... have fun learning! I will miss you all!
Genevieve xxx
MARCH 2014
Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh...
and First Class
Seachtain na Gaeilge atá ann.
CRAIC CEOL AGUS SPRAOI
Is Brea Liom Pancóga!
Pancake Tuesday- yum!!
FEBRUARY 2014
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS
Write a Book Competition and World Book Day
We have worked very hard to create our own stories and books for the write a book competition. We can't wait to hear who has won!!
Skipathon
We had fun raising money for Educate Together during the whole school skipathon
Fairtrade Fortnight
This fortnight is fairtrade fortnight. We have been talking about food that is grown in other countries and why it is important to shop fairtrade when we can. We looked at 'The Journey of Chocolate'- from cocoa bean to chocolate bar. And we even got to taste some fairtrade chocolate when we made rice krispie buns with Ruth- Yum!
This fortnight is fairtrade fortnight. We have been talking about food that is grown in other countries and why it is important to shop fairtrade when we can. We looked at 'The Journey of Chocolate'- from cocoa bean to chocolate bar. And we even got to taste some fairtrade chocolate when we made rice krispie buns with Ruth- Yum!
SESE- Science, History, Geography
How tall have you grown???
We measured our height this month to see how much taller we are now in comparison to when we measured our height in September. We have all grown taller! Some of us have grown 2- 3 cm taller. Others have grown up to 5- 6 cm taller! We are all taller than 1 metre.
We measured our height this month to see how much taller we are now in comparison to when we measured our height in September. We have all grown taller! Some of us have grown 2- 3 cm taller. Others have grown up to 5- 6 cm taller! We are all taller than 1 metre.
Reduse, Re-use, Recycle
We have been learning about why it is important to recycle and which materials can be recycled. We learned about how paper is made and even recycled our own paper. We had fun creating our own recycled projects using recycled materials.
We have been learning about why it is important to recycle and which materials can be recycled. We learned about how paper is made and even recycled our own paper. We had fun creating our own recycled projects using recycled materials.
JANUARY 2014
Happy New Year
We began 2014 by reminding one another how to be a good friend. We also welcomed Ruth to our classroom. She will be teaching us this month!
We began 2014 by reminding one another how to be a good friend. We also welcomed Ruth to our classroom. She will be teaching us this month!
Here are some of the exciting things we have been learning with Ruth this month... Thank you Ruth for teaching us! We really enjoyed you being our teacher!
GUNG HAY FAT CHOY
Happy Chinese New Year! 2014 is the year of the Horse. We celebrated by sharing fortune cookies, listening to traditional Chinese music and making Chinese dragon and lanterns.
DECEMBER 2013
Christmas Around the World
We discussed the origins of the traditions of Christmas around the world such as stockings and the Christmas tree. Then we made our own stockings and Christmas decorations to bring home.
We also had great fun performing many Christmas and Winter songs in our Winter Show. We even performed Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with the Senior Classes!
WE LOVE MATHS!!
Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel - Happy Hannukah!
We had fun making our own dreidels and playing the dreidel game in groups. We won gold coins and shared donuts to remind us of the 'miracle of Hannukah' which Jewish people celebrate every year.
NOVEMBER 2013
Winter Birds
We have been learning all about birds, their diet, appearance and habitat. We have also been talking about how difficult it can be for birds in the Winter. We put some bird feeders outside our classroom window to keep them well fed in the Winter. We carried out a survey to see which birds would visit our feeder most frequently and discovered it was the Blue Tit!
REPORT WRITING: ROBINS
HAPPY DIWALI-
The children created their own rangoli patterns in the playground
OCTOBER 2013
Oiche Shamhna atá ann
First Class celebrated Halloween by learning about how it all began and then played some traditional Halloween games like apple bobbing, looking for the fáinne in the breac and pinning the nose on the pumpkin. We even dressed up in SPOOKY Halloween costumes.
First Class celebrated Halloween by learning about how it all began and then played some traditional Halloween games like apple bobbing, looking for the fáinne in the breac and pinning the nose on the pumpkin. We even dressed up in SPOOKY Halloween costumes.
AUTUMN IS HERE
We collected lots of Autumn leaves, seeds and berries for our nature table. Dara even made some delicious blackberry and apple cake, blackberry soda and elderflower cordial using fruits he collected at home. He kindly brought it in for us to enjoy and it was delicious! Thanks Dara :-)
We collected lots of Autumn leaves, seeds and berries for our nature table. Dara even made some delicious blackberry and apple cake, blackberry soda and elderflower cordial using fruits he collected at home. He kindly brought it in for us to enjoy and it was delicious! Thanks Dara :-)
A TRIP TO GALWAY CITY
First Class had a great day out in Galway City. We went to see Cloud Man in the Babaró Festival, then we went to the city library, Galway Museum and finally had lunch in Spanish Arch. What a fun day!!
First Class had a great day out in Galway City. We went to see Cloud Man in the Babaró Festival, then we went to the city library, Galway Museum and finally had lunch in Spanish Arch. What a fun day!!
National Tree Day- A trip to Coole Park
SEPTEMBER 2013
Welcome to First Class.
September is coming to an end so lets see some of the things first class have been getting up to in their busy first month back to school…
MYSELF
First Class talked about their bodies, named their body parts and discussed how they worked.
We drew around one another and labelled the diagram.
September is coming to an end so lets see some of the things first class have been getting up to in their busy first month back to school…
MYSELF
First Class talked about their bodies, named their body parts and discussed how they worked.
We drew around one another and labelled the diagram.
Similarities and Differences
We discussed how we are all different and unique. We read the stories ‘Elmer’ and ‘ All Kinds of Bodies’. We looked at similarities and differences such as eye colour, hair colour, height and appearance. We also discussed our likes and dislikes, talents and abilities which help to make us unique and special.
We listened to the poem ‘The Box of Crayons that Talked‘ and created our own first class box of crayons
“We are a box of crayons,each of us unique
and when we get together the picture is
complete“
“We are a box of crayons,each of us unique
and when we get together the picture is
complete“
We then used all of the colours in our
crayon box to create our own unique pictures.
crayon box to create our own unique pictures.
Colour Mixing
First class had lots of fun mixing primary colours red, blue and yellow to make green purple and orange.
They also mixed white and black to make grey and white and red to make pink. And they were really surprised to find that when you mixed all of the colours together you made brown!
They also mixed white and black to make grey and white and red to make pink. And they were really surprised to find that when you mixed all of the colours together you made brown!
They then used the colours they had mixed to recreate Kandinsky’s masterpiece
‘Squares with concentric circles’
‘Squares with concentric circles’
Fruity Friday
We have been learning about how to stay healthy by eating healthy food and doing exercise
We looked at the food pyramid and discussed how it is important to eat a balanced diet. One type of food we said we should eat as much as possible each day was Fruit and Vegetables.
We had a special shared lunch at the end of the week in school called Fruity Friday. YUM!!
We looked at the food pyramid and discussed how it is important to eat a balanced diet. One type of food we said we should eat as much as possible each day was Fruit and Vegetables.
We had a special shared lunch at the end of the week in school called Fruity Friday. YUM!!
Tap Tappety Tap: 1st Class Parade
First class made their very own percussion instruments and put on a parade for 4th class performing the rhythm ‘tap tappety tap’.
IF YOU WANT TO SAY HELLO AROUND THE WORLD… HELLO!!
It was European Day of Languages on Thursday 26th September. First Class talked about where their families were from. We learned how to say hello in different languages from around the world and made flags to represent each language we knew.
Why don’t you try to say hello in some of these languages
Irish: Dia duit French: Bonjour Spanish: Hola Italian: Ciao
German: Guten tag Polish: Czech Russian: Pryvet
Chinese: Ni hao Swahili: Jambo
Japanese: Konnichiwa
Irish: Dia duit French: Bonjour Spanish: Hola Italian: Ciao
German: Guten tag Polish: Czech Russian: Pryvet
Chinese: Ni hao Swahili: Jambo
Japanese: Konnichiwa