We finished off a few projects this week. We put Tom Crean’s story together, and we have some lovely pictures up on the wall documenting his three exciting expeditions to the Antartic. He was an amazing man.
We told a story about Dusty the cat, and we can see how much our handwriting is improving.
We know some facts about koalas: they are not bears, they sleep for almost 18 hours a day, they eat eucalyptus leaves and they are only found in Australia. They are marsupials.
It was a significant week for Green Schools. Ella Ryan from Waterford City Council came to talk to the Committee, and she also visited 5th Class. She was very impressed with all the work documented in the two folders and 5th Class did themselves proud with their fund of knowledge on the atmosphere, greenhouse gasses, fossil fuels, renewable sources of energy and carbon dioxide. Second Class are also au fait with these terms and we are also focusing on how to avoid food waste.
We heard the story of The Minotour, from the island of Crete in Greece.
We learned a funny song called The Green Machine , and we made a model of what we thought this machine looked like. We all came up with different ideas.
We are continuing to learn prayesr for First Penance and we prepared 4 Prayers of the Faithful for Mass on Monday for Catholic Schools Week.
