Second Class Blog
Nuacht Rang a Dó
Gaeilge: Scéal ‘An Fear Sneachta’. Ceist ‘Conas atá an aimsir? Tá sé fuar/scamallch/tirimfluich.
Coiscéim: Over the last two weeks 2nd class have been learning about the Titanic. We have been writing newspaper articles, designing porthole pictures, acting out and discussing the reactions of people on board when the ship hit the iceberg, putting the Titanic events in order as a timeline and testing out the buoyancy of various objects with a floating/sinking experiment.
Maths: We have been dividing sets of counters (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14…) into halves and quarters and folding and colouring half/quarter/two, quarters of shapes.
In Geography we have looking at and identifying the various types of homes and houses in our locality e.g. bungalow, semi-detached, terrace etc.
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On Tuesday we had our Christmas Carol Service in the Little Sisters and on Wednesday in the Church.On Tuesday we had our Christmas Carol Service in the Little Sisters and on Wednesday in the Church.
Rang a Dó have been busy creating their Christmas art pieces over the last few weeks; Christmas Tree and Rudolph the red nose reindeer.
From all in Rang a Dó, we wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a Happy and peaceful New Year. Boldog Karácsonyt!! Wesolych Swiat!! счастливого рождества!!
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On Mondays over the last five weeks, 2nd class have been travelling to Kingfisher for swimming lessons. We have thoroughly enjoyed ourselves while gaining great confidence around water and making ‘safe’ decisions.
We are coming the end of our class novel ‘Georges Marvellous Medicine’ by Roald Dahl. 2nd Class have been engaging with the Roald Dahl theme in Coiscéim, learning about his life, other books he wrote and writing their own rhymes.
We have been practicing our Christmas Carols; Gabriel Calling, Little Star, The Tree of Light, Kuyimba and Children of the World.
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The second last blog….hard to believe!
The highlight this week was our tour of Waterford city and our visit to Reginald’s Tower.
We saw many of the historical places in the city: Rice bridge, the Granary, the Clock Tower, the Granville Hotel to name but a few. Our tour of Reginald’s Tower lasted over an hour and was really really interesting. The guide told us the history of the tower, and pointed out all the interesting features.
Then we went to the People’s Park for lunch and had some fun in the playground.
We have been busy practising for our presentation next Thursday, and we hope you can join us in the hall at 1.30 pm (June 28th)
See you then!
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The highlight of our week was our school tour to Woodfield House in Wexford.We had a fun filled busy day. Some of the activities were: dressing a scarecrow, milking a cow, a wet sponge fight and a lovely interesting story told by Mrs. Flowers in her woodland retreat. The sun shone and the day absolutely flew!
We sampled our elderflower cordial that was fermenting over three days. It was delicious (but there is a lot of sugar in it) so we diluted it in lots of water.
We also had our dancing display and our Green Schools Day of Action on Tuesday. Our presentation was on the energy we get from food and we learned many interesting things about the food we eat. The most important thing is to check labels, remember that there is no such thing as a bad food, make healthy choices most of the time, and above all enjoy our food.
We learned why the banana is a super food.
Preparations are also in full swing for our end of year presentation which will show what a talented bunch we are!
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We all enjoyed the fine weather during the long weekend and we have a very short week this week.
We are busy preparing for Green School’s Day of Action next Tuesday. Our energy related theme is all about the energy we get from food. We will be giving very sound advice about reading food labels, reducing portion size, the dangers of too much salt BUT the most important message that we will be giving is : there is no such thing as a bad food, and food is there to be enjoyed, but awareness will help us to make healthier food choices and live longer , healthier lives!
We planted in our lettuce and spinach. We will also sew some basil in school to bring home.
We saw capillary action happen with flowers we drew.
We hope the fine weather will last a little longer.
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This seemed like a particularly short school week.
On Tuesday morning we had our Communion photographs taken. We all looked amazing! Most girls went home early, and by 3 o’clock, only 9 girls were left in school
Ms Finucane went to Kilkenny on Tuesday for our 7 Green Flag. We are delighted to get it . A lot of hard work is done by everybody throughout the school and we hope it also makes a difference at home
On Wednesday , in the glorious sunshine, we planted in carrot and turnip seeds. Our spinach is growing well. Next week we will ‘harden’ it off, then it will be ready for outdoor planting. Our potatoes are doing nicely, as are our strawberries. There are also chives growing in the raised bed.
We aren’t finished yet! We will shortly plant basil , cress and sunflower seeds to cultivate at home. Cress grows very quickly, and is delicious on a sandwich.
We have started on our drama Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It’s in the very early stages of production and it should be lots of fun.
Enjoy the long weekend and we hope the sun continues to shine.
