Summer is in the air

In art this week we made summer blooms using paper plates and oil pastels. We finished our flowers with some glitter to add a little sparkle.

Oral Health

We talked about oral health this week in class. We discussed the effects of sugar on our teeth and we got toothbrushes and toothpaste to take home.

Effective Tooth brushing Routine

1. A gentle scrub technique involving very short horizontal movements is recommended
2. Use a soft to medium textured toothbrush
3. Hold toothbrush in a pen grip to avoid using excessive pressure
4. Spit out fluoride toothpaste and do not rinse after brushing
5. Twice a day - at bedtime and in the morning (or at one other time during the day)
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Brian demonstrated how to brush your teeth 

Soccer and GAA coaching photos

WORD SORT ACTIVITIES

-ed words

Children were given a pack of words which all ended in -ed.  Their task was to sort them out into different sounds eg. the word 'hated' has an 'ed' sound at the end, the word 'looked' has a 't' sound at the end and the word 'loved' has a 'd' sound at the end.

 Newspaper Detectives

3rd and 4th class have been studying the origin of words this year.  It's really interesting to discover how many everyday words in the English language actually originate from other languages such as French, German and Latin.  Our newspaper detectives had the task of looking through the Irish Times newspaper to see how many words from various origins they could find. They were surprised by what they found. Did you know that the word 'editor' comes from Latin and 'badminton' comes from Portuguese?!

 t-a-b-l-e-s

One of our stations had to see how many words they could make using the letters from the word 'tables'.  When they were finished, they were allowed to look in the answer envelope to see just how many words could be made. There are lots!!

The 'long a' sound 

Another station had to investigate how many ways the 'long a' sound can be made in the English language. Did you ever notice that the words eight, guage, ballet, hair and gate all have a 'long a' sound yet are all spelled differently?

We really enjoyed our word study activity. The English language sure is full of surprises!!

Cyberbullying talk with Séamus Herron

Garda Séamus Herron came to the school today to speak to 4th, 5th and 6th class about Cyber bullying and safe use of internet. They watched a video about a young boy being severely cyber bullied. We then discussed how he felt and who could have helped him.

Séamus talked about various types of cyber bullying through texts, Instagram, Facebook, snap chat and twitter.

A rule to remember is - Think 3 times before you post anything!

• Is it appropriate?
• Is it hurtful?
• Is it embarrassing?

You are responsible for anything you post or comment on. You are NOT responsible for what someone else posts.

98% of young people in Ireland use the Internet. 44% are online everyday.

28% access the Internet through personal devices like mobile phones and games machines.

Young people are primarily going online to make friends, play games, download music,

and do their homework. As parents, the most important thing you can do to reduce

the online risks is to engage with their digital lifestyle.

Find out more at www.webwise.ie.

Webwise is the NCTE’s Internet safety initiative. Webwise provides internet

safety information, advice, and tools to parents, teachers, and students.

Webwise is part-funded by the EC’s Safer Internet Programme.

Web: www.webwise.ie