A very happy and peaceful Christmas to you all. The girls have been busy elves over the last number of weeks.

They finished their final draft of their report genre – The Barn Swallow. They worked through many stages to create these amazing texts. From researching on our school tablets, to planning frameworks, to first drafts, editing and final final drafts. They can’t wait to read them for their families over Christmas.

In Maths, the girls have been busy shopkeepers buying and selling and learning how to calculate change. Great group work from 2nd class here. They will be ready to buy and sell anything during Mission week next year.

We had some lovely History lessons about Christmas traditions around the world. It was so lovely to show videos from home from some of the girls in our class. Thanks mams and dads for getting involved.

The girls should be super helpers at home over the holidays as we learned what we can and can’t recycle; what goes in each bin; and what can be brought to the bring bank. They separated out many items successfully into the right bins in class.

We’ve had some wonderful winter and Christmas Art. We learned about shading using charcoal. We also made some 2nd class memory baubles. Each year, the girls can take out this bauble as a memory of 2nd class 2022.

In PE the girls finished 6 weeks of swimming classes in Kingfisher. They improved so much over a short space of time.

These are only snippets of all the wonderful work the girls do for me each and every day. They have been a pleasure to teach.

I wish you all a wonderful relaxing break. I look forward to smiling faces in 2023.

Nollaig shona daoibh go léir,

Mrs Power