Fourth Class

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The pupils of 3rd and 4th class decided that a school walk, with seniors walking with juniors, was a good way to have the whole school active and enjoy some fresh air together.  5th and 6th class thought it would be even better if the whole school recreated the walk made 60 years ago from the old school to St. Finian’s to mark our schools’ 60th birthday this year. Off we set to the old school house where we took photos of the present day pupils. We then walked in the footsteps of pupils and teachers from 60 years ago back to St. Finian’s. Here we also took photos in front of our school just as they did 60 years ago. Enjoy our photos …..

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Well done to all the boys who represented the school at the Cumann na mBunscoil 11 aside blitz in Phillipstown on Tuesday afternoon. The boys did not go through unfortunately but they certainly gave it their all and put in some fantastic performances, including a powerful victory over Dromin N.S. A special well done to some of the boys in 3rd class who made their debut for the school team and played very well. The team will hopefully be out one last time this year in a friendly match against our local rivals St. Colmcilles.

Well done boys.

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Strange things happened in Science class this week  when we investigated bending light through glass and water. Some objects seemed to grow much bigger and others seemed to bend or split. We experimented with large and small objects , we  used different amounts of water  and observed  the results.We also learned about translucent and opaque materials. Here we are at work….

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This week we integrated Maths with Art  and set up six construction stations. We had great fun building and designing using Lego, Knex, jigsaws and Interlinks.  In Geography we learned about Denmark – the home of LEGO. We all made our own Lego construction and displayed them in class.  In Maths we worked with Shape and Space and had fun constructing and designing 2D and 3D tessellating shape patterns.  Enjoy our photos …..

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We went to Brú na Bóinne Heritage Center in Co.Meath. There we enjoyed the exhibitions and a film. Carmel was our guide at Newgrange. She was impressed with all we had learned about Newgrange. Inside the passage grave we saw Neolithic spirals and diamonds. We also saw graffiti  and names from the 1800’s.We saw a demonstration of the sunlight entering the chamber. We saw the corbelled roof packed with small stones. To finish up we had a lovely picnic lunch in the sunshine. We enjoyed a great game of catch around the standing stones. Then it was back to school on the bus. We had a super day.

 

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Working with clay.

We shaped the clay to look like the Newgrange entrance stone.We decorated it with coils and  pellets. We made spirals and some of us made double spirals. We learned that there are triple spirals on the Newgrange stone. We added  pellets after the coils. We etched designs and patterns onto the clay with knitting needles.  We fixed everything in place with a special glue made of clay and water. It was messy but great fun to use. We put a special effect on the pellets with the knitting needle. We saw the woolly, hairy fibers in the clay. They help make the clay strong.  Now our slabs are drying and we will paint them when they are fully dry.  Here is a video we made in class of us at work. ENJOY !