Assembly 27.02.2015
Archives for February 2015
Tonal Painting!
The pupils in 5th and 6th class were busy making different shades of a colour creating tonal strips. This will be good preparation for their Creative tonal monsters next week!
Dublin City Marathon Fundraiser – Update
Following on from our earlier post about Declan, Eileen and Mary running the Dublin City Marathon to raise funds for the school, here are some photos of the fundraisers along with the cheque donated to the school.
The Drogheda Leader newspaper ran a piece on this fundraiser – click here to view
Knitting with the ladies.
Spring is the time for knitting. Our friends the knitting ladies are back again this year to work with us and help us learn to knit. Bridie, Mary, Ann D, Anne M, Joan and Phyllis join us on Wedensday afternoon to knit. We are starting with tin whistle covers. Then we will knit our teddies. Here are some photos …
Learning about The Salmon Capital of Ireland.
In Geography this month we turned our attention to the west coast of Ireland and learned about people living and working in a contrasting part of Ireland – Ballina, Co. Mayo. We saw a slideshow of the town and the famous River Moy and The Ridge Pool. Also Beleek Castle and woods. We read brochures ,tourist maps and studied a road map of the area. Here we are at work ……
We Love Pancake Tuesday!
Today is Pancake Tuesday and to celebrate, we learned how to make pancakes at school! We learned that Pancake Tuesday occurs on the day before Ash Wednesday. People long ago would use up all their eggs, milk and sugar before Lent and making pancakes was a simple way to do this.
We got all our utensils and ingredients ready. Clodagh could even name the spatula! We weighed the flour and sieved it into the bowl with a pinch of salt. Then, we added the eggs and gradually added the milk as we whisked the mixture. We mixed it really well with a whisk. We added a little bit of melted butter and finally our pancake mixture was ready. Adam even remembered that the pancake mixture is called batter!
We cooked some pancakes, making sure they were golden brown on both sides. Ms Lambe flipped the pancake and caught it in the pan! We got to choose our topping – most people wanted Nutella! Only one person wanted lemon and sugar!
Now we know how to make pancakes. We can also sequence the steps for Maths and History.
