We had such a fun day on our sports day. Thank you so much 1st class for making it so enjoyable and thank you to all of the parents and people from home who helped out with the day!
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It was a short week in school this week, but as ever, there was loads crammed in!
We carried on learning all about addition and subtraction in Maths, and really enjoyed finding solutions to number problems. In English we looked at key skills and in Irish we've begun recapping some of our learning from the year. We've been learning about the feeling of being safe and unsafe and also discussed our RSE topic. On Thursday, Matt from NED's Mindset Mission came to speak to us and show us some fabulous Yo-yo skills! Last week Simon came in from Carlow Educate Together as part of our Digital Cluster project to film us making use of using the computers in a lesson about solving arguments (part of the Learn Together curriculum). It was a really fun experience and the children did a fabulous job! Well done and thank you! Today, as well as all of the fab learning we've been doing in Aistear, we played some really fun maths games and took the time to visit the updated library.
Everyone loves the new books and furniture and its great to see the children using it! We're now into our second week of looking at the fabulous world of weather! So far we've presented the weather forecast in the role play area, transformed weather data as a bar chart, thought about what clothes we might need in different parts of the world and made our own wind vanes and rain gauges.
We're now looking more extreme types of weather. We looked at Hurricane Ophelia in English and used the computers to find and select information. In Aistear we're making fact files about hurricanes and tornadoes and even building storm chasing tornado tanks! It has been a lot of fun! In Maths we've been investigating the column method of addition and in Irish we've been looking at Siopadóireacht. In our second week of looking at Africa we finished making our bead bracelets and necklaces, built houses from found materials and made fact-files all about Africa.
Following on from building adobe houses last week, we looked at the different types of houses that people live in and talked about the differences in the way that people live. We looked at some photos and videos of townships in South Africa and talked about what we saw and how it made us feel. It led us to talk about what we value in our lives, what we hold dear, and what brings us joy. I was amazed at the understanding, compassion and thoughtfulness of 1st class. We've had a fabulous first week back. We looked at 3d Shapes in Maths, began looking at Siopadóireacht in Gaeilge, and have started the topic of Africa in Aistear.
We talked a lot about our planet's second largest continent, about its landscapes, wonders and contrasts. We looked at a traditional tale called 'Why the Clouds Sit on Top of the Hill' and learned about gogos and a monkey called Kensani. We started making bead necklaces, added colour to patterned artworks, retold the tale in the role play area and built adobe houses from crackers! Its been another frantic week of investigating the world of learning here! We learned about co-operative skills in PE, looked a book called The Little Gardener in Literacy, investigated money in Maths and looked at the birds we might expect to see and look after in our gardens. We also discussed the question; Are we real? after reading the book There's a Tiger in the Garden!
We had great fun this week exploring these timelapse videos of springtime and plants! This week we've begun to look at the topic of 'Our Garden'. We've been looking at the life that may live or visit our gardens at home or in school.
We planted some wildflowers in the woodlands and had a look at the school garden. In Aistear we made 'seed-bombs', created a fabulous piece of wildflower art, catergorised the plants and animals we might find in the garden and made our own small world gardens too. We had great fun looking at seeds and the hazardous spikes of some nettles and other plants using the digital microscope! In Maths we looked at adding and subtraction and in Gaeilge we were looking at 'An Teilifís'. In Literacy we had power hour and worked on our long vowel sounds. |
Our ClassHello everyone, we are the Explorers 1st Class at NETNS. Our teacher's name is David. A little note from DavidThis project website is designed so that Rang a hAaon can learn how to build and run their own website! I will be adding articles and resources as I learn how to as well!
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