Ceilí agus Ceolchoirm

On Friday the 14th March we had our annual Céilí. We all wore green and spent the morning dancing in the hall. Third and Forth class learnt the Siege of Ennis for the Céilí. It took us a while to learn the steps but we got it in the end! Some students did solo dances. They were all fantastic. Thank you to everyone who sponsored us for this day.

On Thursday 20th March we had a Ceolchoirm as part of  Seachtain na Gaeilge. All the classes prepared a song as Gaeilge and performed it for the school. It was brilliant! Our class performed our own version  of Avicii Wake me Up. Thank you to all the Mums and Dads who listened to us practising for the last few weeks. The words were tricky but we learned them and were able to perform without and lyric sheets in front of us.

Here are a few pictures of some classes performing.

Thank you Catherine!

Last week was our last music lesson with Catherine. Our class were so lucky to get 12 weeks of music this year. We really enjoyed it. Thank you so much Catherine! We will miss you on a Wednesday.

For our last lesson we learned about Swing music and dance. It was so much fun! We had a great time dancing around the classroom.

Drumming workshop

On Thursday the 6th March we had a drumming workshop in the hall. It was great fun. We all had a different type of drum and after a few minutes we moved seats and got to try a new drum. We swapped several times during our workshop. Part of playing the drums is about listening to the other people playing with you. To practise this skill we played a game where we all had a beat to follow and every few minutes a different person got a chance to solo. If we did not watch the others and listen carefully we did not all play in time.
It was really good. We were quite good at it!

The Little Museum

On the 28th February we went on a trip to The Little Museum with 4th class. It was really interesting. Kim and Niall showed us around and explained all the different rooms. There was the back room which was covered ceiling to floor in old pictures and artefacts , the front room which had pictures of important people from the War of Independence and the U2 room which had anything you could possibly want to know about Ireland's most famous band.
After the museum we had our lunch in St Stephens Green and went to the playground for a while.

It was a really fun day out! Thanks to Dublin Bus who brought us into town on a lovely double-decker bus.

Science Fair 2014

This week is Science Week in Scoil Mhuire. We began science week with a science fair in the hall. Each class had a stall demonstrating and explaining one experiment. We decided to display our wonderful lava lamps. 4 girls from our class went to the hall for the morning and then after break 4 other girls got a chance to explain our experiment.

We all had 20 mins to go and have a look at the different stands and ask the different classes questions about the experiments. It was fantastic! We learnt a lot of interesting things today.

These 8 girls in the above pictures were our scientists in the hall today. Well done on explaining our experiment so clearly.

Below are a few pictures from the science fair today.

 working with magnets 

 exploring the effects of gravity 

 lava lamps 

 brain quiz 

 Chromatography 

 Creating a lighthouse 

 Investigating slopes 

 Balancing the scales

 Static electricity

 String Telephone

Mirror writing 

Diving drops and sinking feelings

St Brigid

Sr Mary very kindly brought us in some rushes on Friday and taught us how to make a St Brigid's Cross.
Once we got the hang of it it was quite easy. We tied the four ends with elastic bands to hold the cross together. Amy from sixth class came in to help us.

Thank you very much Sr Mary and Amy!