Planting time!

The week before the Easter holidays we planted parsnips and onions in our area of the garden. John was out there and very kindly helped us to make a hole and plant our seeds. We brought out our rulers and measured the distance between each seed to make sure they have enough room to grow. Once the bed was full we used a rake to cover over the holes with soil. In the next few weeks we will hopefully see some new growth.

We have taken part in a project with a school in India. They sent each class different seeds to plant. Our class have Sponge Gourde seeds. We planted these in a window box to keep in our classroom. Our Irish weather is a bit too cold for these so we are keeping them nice and warm inside. Every day somebody waters them. During the two weeks of the Easter holidays they grew a lot and we can see some of the plant growing up through the soil. It will be very interesting to see how they turn out.

Maths Eyes Madness!

On Friday we had our very last Maths Eyes morning. We went to Corkagh Park for the final part of the project. A maths trail has been set up in Corkagh Park, it will be left there permanently for the public to use. It was great fun. We were split into groups of 3 with 3 transition year girls to help us. We had a booklet with instructions and questions for us to follow. There are two different levels of questions so even young children can do it.

The mayor gave all the schools who participated a very nice glass plaque that is on display in our school.

We did really fun activities with some people from different universities. All the games were based on maths and some were tricky for us to figure out but they were good to get us thinking! One girl was able to read our minds and tell what date our birthday was on without us telling her!

It was a great day, we really enjoyed participating in this project.