5th and 6th class have been busy during the past 2 weeks learning the skill of shading. The pupils have made some fabulous detailed drawings of leaves and objects, detailing these with the shading skills they have been learning.
by Sixth Class
by Sixth Class
by Sixth Class
Well done to all the pupils in the school for raising €115.90 for the very hardworking charity GOAL. It was great to see so many different jerseys of all different sports groups!
We enjoyed the art work of Paul Klee. We copied his style and drew ” Head of a Man” . Then we turned it into ” Head of a Woman “.
We used oil pastels and we are pleased with how our art work turned out. We learned that Paul Klee is an abstract artist from Switzerland.
Our AGM will take place in the School Hall at 7.30pm on Wednesday 15th October.
We are looking for one parent from every family to attend on the night.
We currently have 2 vacant officer posts – Chairperson & Secretary.
We will be forming a new committee on the night and we are encouraging you all to get involved. If you don’t want to take on an officer role at this stage you could become a committee member or a volunteer.
We look forward to seeing you all on the night!
On Friday 10th October we will be having our Childline Breakfast Morning. We will all join together in the school assembly hall for our breakfast. Children will receive a bowl of Cheerios and some orange juice. The Parents’ Association would like as many volunteers as possible to help set up the hall on Thursday after school and to help serve breakfast on Friday morning at 9:30am. This has always been a very enjoyable experience for the children and we are also helping to support the ISPCC Childline services. We suggest a donation of €2 per child.
You can find out more details about the ISPCC Childline services by clicking here.
In science class we made our own stethoscopes and tested them . We used plastic pipes , tape, and either a plastic bottle top or a funnel. The most difficult part was getting a good connection between the pipe and the funnel or bottle top. We discovered this was also the most important part ! Some groups had to fix their connection and the trick was to use a pipe size that was a good fit with lots of tape. We used the stethoscopes to listen to heartbeats, pulse and digestion. Digestion was very noisy !! ( it was just after lunch break )
We tested the pipe end and the funnel end for listening.We also got to use a real stethoscope and compared to it our own stethoscopes worked well.
We did a class project on the heart and with help from everyone in our class we knew 41 facts about the heart. Thank you to Mrs. Mc Mahon who did a super job of displaying our project. Here are some photos ………
Listening to digestion ! Who has a grumbly tummy ?
Testing the wider end for listening
What can you hear?