Our lovely tour to Lullymore!

On Wednesday 11th June we went to Lullymore in Co. Kildare. We had a wonderful day here. Kevin was our tour guide and he told us so much information about the history of Lullymore and the Bog of Allan.

Lullymore was once a monastery. People came here to study thousands of years ago. The Vikings never found it because it was hidden in the middle of the bog and the roads kept changing so it was like a secret place.

We sat in an area that used to be a hedge school. Inside in a crannóg we met a man named George. We also visited a famine house and a pot from the soup kitchen that was so big it could make 450 litres of soup every day.

We went on a train ride through the bog. We passed by geese, ducks, bog cotton and we passed around some turf. We walked on bridge made completely from recycled plastic. Kevin showed us a baby newt. He let us hold it. Some of us were brave and held it in our hands.

There was a wonderful fairy fort in Lullymore. We saw the white winged Fairy Queen. This is where there was a magic door into Tír na nÓg. It was a beautiful little village for the fairies.

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.

Clay

For the last 2 weeks we have been working on clay constructions as part of art and also to link in with the Maths eyes project we are involved in. Some of our pieces will be used in our display in Corkagh Park in 2 weeks time.

First we made our 3D object using clay, then we left it to dry for a few days. This week we painted them and wrote a little about the project.

We Won!!!!!!!!!

Finally we have won the Golden Boot Award for having the highest number of people in our class who walked to school on Wednesday. Thanks to all the Mums and Dads who walked with us. We hope we can keep up the high numbers and win it again.

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.