In December we decided to create a Christmas Village as part of our art lessons. The original plan was to just create a village but when the Christmas Door competition was announced we decided to try and link the two projects. Our plan was to recreate Whoville with the Grinch looking on from his door. The class divided into groups with each group having certain tasks. Groups were in charge of: designing the landscape painting backdrops building a mountain lighting the scene usin...

In November, we held our Student Council Elections. Children from every class from first to sixth made the brave decision to run in our elections and then they told their classes what they would do to help the class and school if elected.  On Friday 29th November, the same day as the General Election, we held our own elections. Children gave a number 1 to their favourite candidate, number 2 to their next favourite etc, just like in the General Election. At the end of the election, the...

Here are some of the things we got up to during the first term! Role Plays In September and October, we worked on creating role plays, setting up different scenarios and reacting to these in character. Below is just one example where our waiters are attempting to keep unhappy customers happy. Does it look like they are succeeding?!       Under 11 Football & Hurling Finals We had tremendous success this year with our G.A.A. teams and almost every child in ou...

The children went all out this year for Halloween, dressing up in some fantastic costumes!  We went on a march around the school and later performed a poem at the school assembly which you can see below!