Autumn Bug Hotel!

Some of the girls in our class constructed this bug hotel out of the fallen leaves and branches left from Storm Ali!

Word Sorts

Each week our class is looking at the various ways to make sounds in the English language and doing word sorts to examine the differences.

This week we looked at "Long e" sounds. It was very interesting.

Green Schools Science Experiment

Green Schools Science Experiment Three - Pipes

3rd and 4th class did a science experiment on blocked pipes.

Here is what happened.

They poured some water down an empty pipe and it took 10 seconds to travel down into a container.

Then they put some cotton wool into the top of the pipe and poured the same amount of water down. It took 3 mins 33 seconds.

Lastly they put a baby wipe in the pipe and poured the water down. It took 4 mins 8 seconds.

Here are the results.

NATIONAL SPRING CLEAN DAY

On Friday 27th April 3rd and 4th class went on their annual trip into Killeshandra for the National Spring Clean.  We split up in to 3 groups. Mrs O' Neill's group tidied up the Carrigallen road area and the footpath to the school.  Mrs Connolly's group tidied up the playground.  Mrs Fay's group tidied up the Town Lake area and the resource centre area.  It was a beautiful day and as you can see from the pictures the town looked splendid in the sunshine. We really enjoyed ourselves.

As part of our World War Two studies in SESE, we made fighter planes in Art using wooden pegs and lollipop sticks.

Fire Brigade Visit

Mr Ronan Kearns and Mr Peter Brady, Killeshandra Fire Fighters, visited our classroom on Wednesday 18th April to teach us about Fire Safety.  They showed us their equipment including an infra red thermal scanner which was really cool.  This is used to detect people who may be trapped in a smoky building.

Congratulations to Peter on your upcoming retirement and thank you for all your years of service in Killeshandra Fire Brigade.  We have really enjoyed your visits over the years.

Shared Reading

3rd & 4th class have started to pair up with the Junior classes once a week for shared reading,
This was enjoyed by all.