Project Time in 3rd Class!

Amazing Ardclough!   Over the last three weeks, 3rd class have been working on a project in groups. We have been learning all about our village Ardclough. First, we began the designing stage. We decided in groups what landmarks in the village we wanted to focus on building. We researched the area on our chrome books. We used Google Earth to gather all the information we needed to begin designing our structures. Next, we collected recycled materials from home and school. We dis...
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Our Rock Project

By: Max, Gavin, Katie & Ailbhe   In Geography we were learning about the formation of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and where they are located. We made our own sedimentary rock. Mr. Roughan told us to bring in the materials such as pebbles, sea shells, sand, plaster of Paris, salt and sugar. On the day, Mr. Roughan put us into groups of three or four, and then we got to work. It was really fun making the rocks in different groups. We learned that a sedimentary...
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Gaeilge i Rang a Cúig

By: Olivia, Dylan, Amy agus Ryan We learned a song in Irish called Cailín na Gaillimhe (Galway Girl). Cailín Na Gaillimhe  - link   Irish Cómhrá is something we do in Irish every day, we learn different sentences each week and practice them with our partners in class. Every month Mr. Roughan picks a different theme for us to do eg. this month we are doing Sa Bhail   We learned lots of verbs in Irish so far this year We have learned all of our Aimsir Chaite verbs...
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5th Class P.E.

By: Emma, Aurimas, Matthew, Luke & Alexandra In P.E. this year we have been learning a lot about our Fundamental Movement Skills. FMS are all our movements that are really important to us when we play sport. (Running, jumping, landing, sidestepping, catching, striking etc. 15 Fundamental Movement Skills - Link In October and November we focused on running. We recorded our partner running using our iPads to assess their technique. We uploaded the videos to seesaw for Mr. Roughan to look at...
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GIY (Grow It Yourself)

Our 'Big Grow' pack from the company Innocent arrived this week. We were very eager to get planting. The pack included compost, a planting pot for each student and three packets of seeds. We divided the class into three groups. We now have 'The Pea Growers', 'The Spinach Growers' and 'The Cress Growers'. First we read the instructions on how to plant cress, spinach and finally peas. Then we wrote our names and what we were planting on our pots. Next we measured in centimetres how much com...
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Ancient Rome

This week in history we have been learning all about ancient Rome. We examined past and present images of the Colosseum. We really enjoyed sketching the Colosseum in art. 
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