Assembly Friday 28.11.2014
Archives for November 2014
Trip to Leinster House
The pupils of 5th and 6th class had a very interesting trip to Leinster House in Dublin on Wednesday the 26th of November.
They got to experience live debates in both the Dáil chamber and the Seanad chamber.
They also had a very interesting tour of the houses and met some T.D’s.
The boys and girls also asked lots of questions on the day.
As a bonus, the pupils also had a lovely walk around Trinity College and the National Museum of Archaelogy. The pupils had a great day out!
Don’t forget to vote for your favourite movie!
To help you choose, here are the trailers for Arthur Christmas and Wreck-It Ralph:
Christmas Jumping Jacks Challenge
Our Active School’s Committee has created a whole school Active challenge. The challenge is called “The Christmas Jumping Jacks Challenge”. Each class has a target number of “Jumping Jacks” to achieve over a 4 week period- ending on the 19th of December. Best of luck to all the classes!
Winter Wonderlands
5th and 6th class pupils really portrayed the Winter season in their artwork this week.
They made these beautiful “Winter Wonderland” art pieces.
The pupils first made the background- using various different blends/shades of blue and purple. In the second phase they tore/cut black and white card and glued it on the background to create a wintery landscape.
Working with forces – our propellers
In science class we learned about forces and friction. We saw Bill Nye The Science Guy on our IWB. He knows a lot about friction. We made card propellers (helicopters) and investigated how they worked when we dropped them from a height. We added weights (paperclips) The extra weight made the propellers spin faster. We used a large size propeller and a mini propeller. The mini one worked best, it spun really fast with two paper clips as weight. . It was good fun working with forces and friction. Here are some photos …
