Trees of Ireland

As part of our Science strand: Living Things, we are studying the trees of Ireland.  In particular we are looking at the trees in our local area.  For homework we had to collect leaves and sort them out at school.  We collected the leaves from the following trees:

Willow, Horse Chestnut, Sycamore, Birch, Oak, Holly, Hazel, Hawthorn, Ash and Beech.

We laminated one of each type of leaf for our classroom display.

ART HISTORY-Vincent van Gogh

This month we studied the life of the artist Vincent van Gogh and researched his paintings and the techniques he used while creating his works.

We chose his "Sunflowers" painting to examine closely and we recreated this piece ourselves using pastels.

We hope you like our drawings.

Fire Safety Talk

FIRE SAFETY TALK TO 3RD AND 4TH CLASSES

Local fire fighters, Peter Brady, Ronan Kearns and Shane Murphy came in to talk to 3rd and 4th classes about fire safety in the home.

They showed the children the instruments they use and the safety gear they wear whenever they have to enter a burning building.

They also discussed how to keep our homes safe and how to make a fire escape plan at home.

The children really enjoyed the talk.  Thank you very much to Killeshandra Fire Brigade.