GAA

Today we started GAA training with Paul from the Round Towers GAA Club. It was fantastic! We learned how to pass the ball and kick it. We began practising how to solo. It is quite tricky! We cant wait for next Thursday to learn some more GAA skills.

There is GAA practise for girls 2-3 on a Saturday with the Round Towers GAA Club on Monastery Road, Clondalkin.

Wag the Dog!

Yesterday we started talking about levers and why we need them and use them. A lever is a rigid bar that moves around a fixed point. When you push or pull one part of the lever you make a push or pull on the another part of the lever in the opposite direction.

To demonstrate this we made dogs whose tails wag and tongues stick out depending on whether we push or pull the lever. It was great! We named our dogs and had lots of fun playing with them.

Now we have them on display outside our classroom door. 

Jim's interesting talk

A very nice man  named Jim came from Dublin Zoo to speak to us about the animals in the Zoo and all the great work that Dublin Zoo does. He brought some animal skins, teeth and eggs to show us. They are all from real animals! we were allowed to touch them and examine them.

This is an ostrich egg. Look how big it is!!

This is an elephants tooth. Elephants have only 4 teeth. Each set of teeth lasts for about 10 years. They can grow up to six sets of teeth. They begin to grow their first set of teeth from the age of 1.  Can you figure out how long an elephant can live for?

This is a tiger skin. It is from a real tiger. It was dried out and the skin underneath felt like cardboard. The fur on the top coat was still very soft.

This is an elephants foot. When an elephant walks he/she does not make a sound! They have no bones in their feet only soft muscle. If they did have bones in their feet they would break because of the weight of their bodies! If you want to walk as silently as an elephant you can put two sponges onto the bottom of your shoes.


A few questions to get you thinking:

• What is the difference between a monkey and an ape?
• Which mammal can live the longest?