Fourth Class Blog
Seasonal Greetings from Fourth Class 2025 !!!
Wow !! What a wonderful December we have had.
Firstly, thank you to the girls and all of the parents for the wonderful work that went into the Recycling projects. We are looking forward to displaying them in the hálla in January for all of the school to come and enjoy.
Testing one of the Science Projects. More on this to come in January.
The children also completed their Persuasive Writing genre this Term.
The topics were :
1. Dogs are better than cats.
2. Cats are Better than Dogs.
3. Horses are the Best Pets.
4. A White is Better than a Mild Christmas.
5. Stanleys are the Best Cups.
6. Airups are the Best Cups.
7. We Should Have a Three Day Weekend.
8. Icecream is the Best Dessert.
9. Markers are Better than Crayons.
10. Primary School Children Should Not Use Calculators.
11. Christmas is the Best Holdiay.
12. Girls are Better than Boys.
13. Winter is the Best Season.
14. Ireland is the Best County in the World.
15. Football is Better than Camogie.
16. You Should Drink More Water.
It was a busy three weeks but the end edited / revised draft was published into our hardback copies and ready to read aloud to our wonderful audience, Rang a Dó !!!
Enjoying The Festive Season with great friends of Good Counsel.
Before the Performance !!! Ho ho ho.
The Performance !!! What an act.
Back to the school for the next few days after our Nativity performance of 2025. Great pupils here in our school making the most of their lunchtimes to fit some last minute curricular activities in such as making angles / lines or singing in the choir.
Movie day and party in Rang a Ceathair.
Such kindness in our class. A friendship bracelet for everyone.
Happy memories from 2025 !!!
And on that note !!!
In November We Remember.
Thinking of anyone who is finding this time of year difficult.
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.`’ Mother Teresa.
For November Fourth Class have been working through a variety of cross curricular activities.
- In Science we learned about rocks , stones and gems. We studied famous buildings around the world in geography. Do you know The Taj Mahal in India is made from white marble and The Eiffel Tower in France is made from steel.
2. In Team Teaching we were learning about Homes and Houses. In Geography we also learned about famous castles around Ireland.
3. We enjoyed rainy day games. November brought our first big number of rainy days to school year 2025 – 2026. A big thank you to all the parents who paid the €25 year towards school supplies / art supplies at the start of the year. Good to see Lego is still a classic favourite among children.
4. . In Maths we were learning Fractions and Decimals. The girls make beautiful fraction walls to help them. Why not give your daughter the shopping receipt and ask her to call out the decimals on the receipt.
We’ve Reached the end of the first half of Term 1.
And what a week it’s been !!!!
A fantastic day of enterprise and life skills between 4th Class and 3rd Class in the hálla.
Beautiful prizes created by our Good Counsel girls.
Such creativity and original ideas thought up by the girls. Such as pin the tail on the cat.
A visit from the Waterford Mayor to commend excellence in attendance 2024 – 2025. And last year’s class winners handing back the cup.
Maths Week 2025 and team work assignments in construction, problem solving and spatial awareness comes to an end.
4th Class have all been paired with a ‘Buddy’ from 2nd Class. And we look forward to many ‘Buddy Reading’ curricular trails around our school with our ‘buddy’ during the year. We may even have a Teddy’s Bear picnic between the two classes during Friendship week in Term 3. And we are looking forward to reading our genre writing to the younger audience before Christmas.
Well done to Rang a Ceathair for contributing to our amazing standard this year in
- The Halloween Dress Up.
- The School Talent Show. and
- The 4th Class Fashion Show.
Have a truly SPOOK tacular Halloween everyone !!!!
Chess Tournament
Since September, the girls in 4th class have been learning to play chess. With the help of Miss Hall, Ms Hayes and Mrs. Foley, the girls have been developing their understanding and strategic thinking.
To put their learning to the test, 4th class boys from St. Mary’s were invited down for a chess tournament. Three matches were played and great fun was had by all.
Congratulation to Jake and Zoey for topping the matches that day and Joash for being the most respectful player.
Well done to all the girls who got involved and the positive way they engaged in chess all year.
May/June
May and June are always busy months in school. We are putting the final touches on some work and having great new experiences, before finishing for the year.
The girls have been learning to cycle with Donal and Olllie and have been improving each week and learning how to cycle safe.
We have been learning about procedural writing, following instructions in card games and writing about how we designed/made clay tic tac toe boards.
May and June are lovely times of the year because the girls have their school tour and sports day. Great fun was had at the Dunbrody, Wexford Heritage Park and especially on the inflatable slide on sports day. We were blessed with the weather on both days.
The girls have been presenting fantastic Teach the Teacher presentations. This is an opportunity for each child to share a skill, talent or area of interest with the class. We have enjoyed Afghani food, learnt clapping game and skipping games and how to speak Spanish and French. It is wonderful to see each girl share something about themselves in this way.
Happy Easter
This week has been a special week in school, with us celebrating Wellbeing/ Friendship week. The girls have enjoyed practising mindful moments and celebraring having good friends and being good friends. The girls both made and shared friendship bracelets with those in the class.
We have been getting ready for Easter, with beautiful funky bunny art and going on an egg hunt for Golden Time.
The girls have progressed so well in chess, able to have timed matches against others in the class, working on developing their strategy.
I hope everyone has a lovely break and we’ll see you back in Term 3.
Seachtaine na Gaeilge
The girls are enjoying all the build up to St. Patrick’s day, with stories read in class and a Trath na gCeist or quiz in the halla with 3rd-6th class.
The girls really enjoyed dressing up and discussing their favourite books during World Book Day. Their costumes were amazing.
The girls have been exploring lots of different strategies when learning multiplication, division and fractions. Each girl has a preferred method and are able to show and explain their learning well.
We have started learning tin whistle, since Peaceproms and the girls are really enjoying it. They havelearnt the first 3 notes, B, A and G and are reading musical notation.
Chess is progressing well. We have learnt about all the pieces and are beginning to focus on strategies.
