by Molly Griffin & Ben Tynan December 2015 We made cribs at Christmas time. We made the cribs out of old shoe boxes and cereal boxes. We got sticks and hay for the ground. We made the people out of air dough. We let them dry for the day, then we painted the crib and the people. There were four cribs. Each crib had its own style. Each crib had all the main people and a few animals. We put the angel on the top of the cribs. Some cribs had stars on them. We put the cribs outside the...

by Adam Gray & Hannah Rahman December 2015 We did African dancing on 4th December 2015. A lady came into our school to teach us. The dancing was based on the work the people do, such as the men walking down the beach to work in the morning. The girls stuck their arms out and the boys put their arms in, then we clapped twice and then flapped our arms back and forward. Then we did the action of digging, and then rolled our arms and then put two arms in the air and one foot up. We w...

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...