by Ava Duggan & Alexander O'Shaughnessy December 2015 We did a Photostory project in December. There were five groups. They were all based on fairy tales. A photo story is lots of pictures stuck together and a voice is put over it telling you what is going on in the pictures. It was great fun. These are the finished films: The Four Little Pugs by Ava, Seán, Michael, Ruby, & Leah   Jacqueline & the Beanstalk by Aoibhean, Declan, Ciarán, Mark & Charlie ...

by Michael Grogan, Emma O'Brien & Luke Wiseman November 2015 In November, we entered the Intel Mini-Scientist Competition, where we all made a science project to display at the fair. We all put in a big effort for a few weeks and the judges were very impressed with all of the excellent projects. First in the morning, all the judges from Intel came into the fair to look at our projects. Then, every class from junior infants to 6th class came to look at them. At the end of the day the jud...

by Mark Sheehan & Leah Tyndall November 2015 In November, we learned about Michelangelo and all his inventions. We were focusing on the paintings he painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Mr. O’Leary came up with an idea to paint a picture like Michelangelo did. We stuck an A3 page underneath our tables. It was to show us how difficult it was to paint while lying on your back. We all painted our favourite pictures from the Old Testament.  We sketched our ideas on A4 pages jus...