Plastic Pollution Workshop

We were very lucky to have gotten the chance to participate in a pollution workshop run by Flossie and The Beach Cleaners.   Flossie and the Beach Cleaners are a registered marine environmental charity and an ever-growing group of marine enthusiasts. They are passionate about saving our seas and sea creatures from the ravages of plastic pollution. We had lots of fun learning about pollution, things that Flossie finds in oceans and beaches and ways that we can upcycle objects to encou...
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Ms O’Donovan’s Busy Bees 🐝

We have been so busy in 2nd class since we returned to schoo l in September. From gymnastics, maths week and science week- we have been very busy bees. Gymnastics We began our year with six weeks of gymnastics. We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Shauna and the team and improved our skills each week, practising our Teddy Bear rolls to Somersaults. Our Classroom Our classroom is an inviting, warm and positive space where we all feel safe and welcomed. Have a look inside the doo...
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Junior Infants in September!

Here are some of our September activities in Junior Infants.   We played some Gaeilge board games.     We did some sorting in Maths. We made patterns with cubes. We like Ready, Set, Go Maths activities.     We had lots of fun doing our 'Three Little Pigs' activities. We sequenced the story.     We retold the story with our little stick puppets. We pretended to be the Three Little Pigs ...
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Heritage in Schools Visit

We were very lucky to have had Ciara Hinksman visiting us on Tuesday, 5th of October. Ciara runs Forest School Ireland and is very passionate about creating opportunities for learning in nature. Studies have shown that increased time in nature can increase productivity, builds group dynamics and can promote self-awareness. We learned lots of new information about the local area around the school, used clay, collected berries to make ink to design our wooden pendants, and got to play lots o...
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Genius Hour

Genius Hour We are currently working very hard on a project in class called 'Genius Hour'. We are very motivated to learn about concepts that we feel passionate about! The planning stage of Genius Hour was very important. We spent a few weeks looking for inspiration around us and seeing what inspired us. It is very much a work in progress, but one that we are committed to finish! “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou     Atta...
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