Sponsored Walk 2022

Sponsored Walk Last Thursday (12th of May), all of the staff and students from St. Anne's partook in a Sponsored Walk along the canal. We left the school at 9:30 and followed the walking route past the Ardclough Village Centre, over the bridge, down the canal and into the Cliff at Lyons where we got some water and fruit. We took a few minutes to rest and eat our snack before heading back to the school. We met lots of people on our trip, including a Guard and some helpers who made sure we were s...
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Tree Planting

Tree Planting                     Before Easter, our friend and local Heritage in School specialist, Paddy, came to our school to teach us about our school garden and to help us plant some new trees around our school. Paddy taught us about wind direction and how the new trees we are planting will help to shelter our yard from bitter Winter winds in years to come.                          Paddy showed us how to make a T-notch in the lawn and then Millie and Noah gently lowered o...
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Pancake Tuesday

Pancake Tuesday On Pancake Tuesday, we decided to make (and eat!) some yummy pancakes! As a class, we talked about the day itself - why we make pancakes, and what the day signifies in the lead up to Lent. We then had to figure out what ingredients and equipment we would need to make the pancakes. We looked at a recipe as Gaeilge, and used our foclóir nua to collect all of our ingredients. We washed our hands and rolled up our sleeves.                                Using our weighing sc...
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Aistear: The Weather

Over the past few weeks, Senior Infants have been exploring 'The Weather' across the curriculum. Take a look at some of the fantastic things we have been up to!   At the beginning of the month, we went on a Weather Hunt in search of signs of Winter. We found frosty grass and icy leaves. We watched as the sun melted the frost right in front of our eyes! It was great fun!           After watching the frost melt, we wondered if we could do something to keep the fun frost ar...
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