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17th Mar 2023
This week we made Wildlife Spring Surveys with Mouse. We then went outside to look for signs of Spring around our school....
15th Mar 2023
First Class did some wonderful work, writing about the stages in the life cycle of a frog. They also drew some impressive...
15th Mar 2023
This week we made our own butter in 5th class. We read about the experiment on the Science Foundation Ireland website and...
13th Mar 2023
Senior Infants are carrying out an experiment using peas. We have two types of dried peas
Marrowfat peas, bought...
2nd Mar 2023
We were so happy to see Mouse back in school this week! We learned lots about the lifecycle of a frog. We also learned that...
25th Feb 2023
Last week, we spent our SESE time learning about Animal Food Chains and all the terminology that goes with, from Producers,...
23rd Feb 2023
This week we were learning about how people stay in touch now and in the past. Did you know that during World War I pigeons...
22nd Feb 2023
We have been busy learning about what plants need to grow. We learned the names of the different parts of a plant. We got...
16th Feb 2023
Our class was very lucky to have a visitor. Her name was Mairéad and she gave a talk to the class about biodiversity....
9th Feb 2023
While learning about the importance of recycling and reducing our use of single-use plastic, we embarked on a litter-picking...
9th Feb 2023
Hi everyone,
In December, we planted some daffodil bulbs while learning about Living things in SESE.
We are...
7th Feb 2023
Over the last two weeks, our class have been learning all about The Water Cycle. We learned all about the four main parts...
7th Feb 2023
Last week 6th Class were once again putting the new IPADs to great use, as an extension to our Geography and Science lesson...
2nd Feb 2023
Hi all,
This is a science experiment that we completed a while back. We mixed Alka-Seltzer with Coke and created a volcano....
2nd Feb 2023
This week in Science we were learning all about renewable energy-Solar and wind Power.
Renewable energy is very popular...
1st Feb 2023
Today we had a visitor to our classroom. Her name was Mairéad and she worked for Biodiversity Ireland. She was...
30th Jan 2023
During art lessons we integrated some Science by investigating the different types of materials used to make clothes. We...
12th Jan 2023
Mouse was in school today. He showed us lots of pictures of birds and taught us all about the different types of birds. It...
18th Dec 2022
On Friday, we enjoyed a lesson planting our daffodil bulbs for spring.
We discussed the important components needed...
15th Dec 2022
Mouse came for his December visit last week. He taught us how to identify different birds. We had great fun using birdwatching...
14th Dec 2022
This week we integrated our Art lesson in Construction with some cool science.
We participated in a hands-on investigation...
8th Dec 2022
Junior Infants have been learning about hot and cold weather. We have been busy sorting clothes according to the weather....
5th Dec 2022
Skittles Experiment
In groups, the children investigated and recorded the effect of warm water mixed with skittles sweets...
23rd Nov 2022
Last week in our class we celebrated Science Week. We learned all about famous scientists such as Albert Einstein and we...
20th Nov 2022
During science week we enjoyed working in groups carrying out experiments and learning new things.
We started the week off...
20th Nov 2022
Another fun week learning science. This week we were learning all about sound. We learnt about soft and loud sounds.
We...
18th Nov 2022
We had great fun doing various experiments at stations during Sceience week. We looked at dancing raisins. How raisins can...
18th Nov 2022
Science Week was a big hit for the curious minds in Room 3. We really enjoyed observing the changes that happened during...
18th Nov 2022
To coincide with the NASA launch of the Artamis Space Shuttle, we used balloons to experiment with forces (push and pull).
We...
18th Nov 2022
Mouse from OWLS (Outdoor Wildlife Learning Survival) came to visit last week.
We learned all about animals that hibernate...
17th Nov 2022
We've had a real fun past two weeks in 6th Class. Last week we exploring the lives of great black people who do wonders...
17th Nov 2022
This week we had great fun trying out different scientific experiments . From biology , chemistry and physics we discovered...
14th Nov 2022
Science Week is a week-long event in Ireland each November, celebrating science in our everyday lives.
We completed projects...
10th Nov 2022
We LOVE when Mouse comes to visit us in 3rd class!
This week we had great fun learning about what animals do at this time...
10th Nov 2022
In science we are learning about plants and seeds.
We have begun an investigation to see what seeds need to grow. To do...
20th Oct 2022
During Space week we conducted an experiment to evaluate forces (pash and pull). We designed and flew paper airplanes, examining...
14th Oct 2022
We had our second visit with Mouse this week.
We went outside to look for signs on Autumn. We learned that trees have...
13th Oct 2022
After learning our seasons song, we were excited to start exploring what season it is. We have been learning about how nature...
11th Oct 2022
Last week we celebrated Space Week in our school. We learned all about the different planets and we even learned a new song...
10th Oct 2022
First Class really enjoyed Space Week and we all learned so much about the universe! We began the week learning about our...
10th Oct 2022
We created Straw Rockets this week as part of Space week. We firstly created the rockets and decorated them, then teacher...
10th Oct 2022
We have been learning all about Autumn in school and looking for signs of Autumn every day. We collected leaves from around...
10th Oct 2022
Last week we were celebrating Space Week in school.
First, we learned lots about the sun and the planets in our solar system....
9th Oct 2022
We really enjoyed Space Week and learning about life as an astronaut! Take a look at some of our space-themed art work that...
8th Oct 2022
Last week we learned all about the Solar System, space travel and astronauts. We had group quizzes, painted our own rockets...
7th Oct 2022
St George's NS celebrated Space Week this week. Junior Infants watched a video about the differences between day and night....
7th Oct 2022
We had a lot of fun learning about the planet we live on and how night and day happen.
For art this week, we created some...
7th Oct 2022
Space Week took place from the 3rd to the 7th of October.
We had a great time exploring this topic and discovered some very...
6th Oct 2022
We had a fun past few days celebrating 'Space Week', creating 'Distant Galaxy' paintings in groups, designing and constructing...
28th Sep 2022
This month we have started learning about animals in our locality.
We all know what a herbivore, carnivore and an omnivore...
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