Tuesday 16 June 2015

Growing plants!

We have been busy in our class planting some cress seeds and watching them grow! We added soil to our plant pots, before sprinkling seeds on top and lightly watering them! We are excited to see how they will grow over the next couple of weeks and we will enjoy eating the cress for our lunches!!










School Tour

Last week we travelled to Craggaunowen in County Clare, for our school tour. We sang lots of songs on the journey and were very excited setting off on this big adventure! 


  
When we arrived in Craggaunowen, we had a quick bite to eat before heading off to see the famous castle...


Inside the castle we learned all about weaving wool to make clothes and about how to make dyes, as well as hearing all about the history of the castle, from our tour guide, Geraldine. 











We then went to see the crannógs and learned about how people lived in pre-historic times. We even got to climb down into the tunnel under the crannóg












We learnt about how people used to cook their meals in a fulacht fis, using hot stones and water...


We learnt so much about what life was like for people years ago during the Bronze Age through this experience...






After our visit to Craggaunowen, we went to Coole Park and enjoyed the sunshine and had a lovely picnic and played some games in the beautiful walled garden - a great end to a fantastic day!