Halloween 2020

by Lyle, Jack, Aoibhín, Jake, Kate & Aurimas November 2020   We had a strange Halloween because of Covid but we enjoyed it anyway. We did a costume competition in the school and each class had a winner for creative, scary and funny!        We did an art competition in the school also. There were five winners from each class. There were prizes for the winners. Most people entered and a gallery was set up in the hall which we all visit...
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Accessing Folens Online

Dear Parents, Please find guidelines below for accessing online content from Folens. It will be necessary to register to access the links we have provided for Starlight and Abair Liom. Depending on the book, the accompanying resources may include eBooks, printable worksheets, interactive posters, videos, audio exercises, games etc. Follow the steps below to get access: Go to FolensOnline.ie and click register Select Teacher Fill in a username, email and password For Roll N...
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Classwork 30th March to 3rd April (updated with answers)

***Answers for Irish, Maths and English work below. Hi everybody, I hope you are all managing well in the current difficult circumstances. We are now getting used to our new situations and I know you are all doing your best to maintain social distancing and keep your hands washed. It is very important to keep this up in the next few weeks and months. Below I have included work for the next week. I have again structured it so that there is core work in English, Gaeilge & maths to be ...
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Senior Infants Classwork 30th March- 3rd April

Hi everyone, How are you all? We hope you are all keeping well and have been working hard on your school work at home. Keep up the good work! We miss you all and hope to see you all again soon. We have set out guidelines below for work to complete next week, 30th March- 3rd April. We hope to begin using Seesaw with the class this week and we will be in contact with more information on this. We understand that you are doing your best at home during this difficult time to provide an educatio...
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Classwork Wednesday 18th to Friday 27th March *updated 27th March*

As this period is ending and another set of work is going up on a separate page, I will fill in the answers for various exercises here and hopefully this will help you to greater understand any problems you may have had. Again please remember any questions you may have. Write them down somewhere and once See Saw is up and running, you will be able to send them to me.   Core work for Wednesday 18th to Friday 20th March. Answers in red Gaeilge: Abair Liom       ...
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Activities and Competitions (February & March 2020)

by Sixth Class March 2020 February and March were very busy months for the Sixth Class children. Over the course of a few short weeks, children from sixth class represented the school at the Credit Union Table Quiz in Naas, a Soccer Blitz in Leixlip, a Basketball Blitz in Newbridge and a Spelling Bee in Kildare. We performed very well in each of these competitions, particularly the soccer blitz where we lost the final in a penalty shootout. The basketball blitz for the girls was meant to b...
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Local Area Maps

by Sixth Class February 2020 In February we spent time looking at Ordnance Survey maps in Geography. We learned about grid references, scales and what various symbols meant on a map. As part of an Art lesson, we created our own local area maps.  First we got into groups and went online to locate each of our houses. We then printed out a map that included each house, before dividing the map into square boxes. We got large sheets of paper and drew bigger boxes so we could scale up th...
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Class work 18th-27th March

Class work 18th - 27th March 2020   Sounds make words: Pages 31,33 Reader: Sea Lion Splash pages 50-56 Core reader 4- Super Smoothie Pages 3-9 Handout: Sea Lion Splash Pg 45 & 47 Super Smoothie Pg 49 Just Handwriting: Pages 45, 46, 47 Maths Book: Page 28 & 29 Word Families: (1st Worksheet) One family per day. Tricky Words: Revise all Tricky Words. Practise writing them and putting them into sentences. Revision Pack: We have ...
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Senior Infants 18th-27th March 2020

Dear Parents, Just a little suggestion of practical activities for the next 8 days during school closure.   Read a book of choice: Draw your favourite part of the story/can you write an alternative ending to the story?/Describe your favourite character/ Illustrate your favourite character. Review Jolly Phonics on Youtube and Geraldine Giraffe Practise practical Maths -counting/sequencing/ using money/patterns/shapes in the environment etc Be active: Practice throwing and...
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