Baking

We’ve been baking already this year – we went to the wellness room in October and spent the afternoon baking and cooking. We made Halloween cookies, chocolate apples and pizza wraps. They were delicious! 

Science Week 2019

Science Week 2019 

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We’ve been doing lots of experiments this week for Science week. The theme for Science Week is ‘Climate Action’. We’ve been learning all about Climate Change and Global Warming. We looked at photos and videos of melting ice caps and glaciers. We learned all about renewable sources of energy. 

Garda Station Visit

We went on a tour to Finglas Garda Station on Wednesday 9th October. We really enjoyed our visit! When we arrived, we were welcomed by the Garda band who played a few songs for us. Next, we went onto a Dublin Bus and got a talk from a local bus driver. Then we got to get into Garda cars and try on some of their uniforms. After that, we got to see police vans, army gear and went for a visit in the Den van. We also learned how to give CPR. 

Next, we went into the station and got to see the cells and camera room. To finish off our great day we got to hit a policeman’s shield with a baton and try to crack the shield! 

 

Science

We are learning all about Photosynthesis for Science this week. We planted some lentils in cotton wool in groups to see if they will grow and make their own food. We put cotton wool in the bottom of a cut bottle. We wet the cotton wool and sprinkled on some lentils. We’re watering them every two days and looking forward to seeing what happens! We’ve also placed one pot in a cupboard where it won’t get any sunlight. We want to see if they will be any different to our lentils in the sun. 

Check back here for results! 

Day 1 – lentils are planted

 

 

 

Day 3 – lentils begin to sprout and grow roots

New Cross College AIB Quiz 2019

New Cross College AIB Quiz 2019

On the 23rd October eight children from our class participated in the AIB Quiz in New Cross College. We did very well.

Team A which was made up of Calum, Rhys, Ivan and Einoras came joint 2nd place and Team B which was made up of Cullen, Jayden, Aoife and Sophia came 4th place. 

It was a great day, we really enjoyed it!! 🙂 

 

School Christmas Raffle

The school Christmas raffle will be held on the 15th of December. 

Reminder to the children to return their sponsor money as soon as possible.  We have some amazing prizes – thanks to Paula!  Prizes include an impressive food hamper for the child who collects the most amount of money in each class AND…. a HUGE WiFi speaker for the pupil who collect the most amount of raffle money for the school.  

This is an exciting time and we always look forward to the Christmas raffle!