Hurling

We love doing hurling each week with Kevin, our hurling coach. We learn new skills each week and play a game before we finish up, go practise our new skills!

Mindful Movements

We have been very lucky in our school to be learning about Mindfulness this year. We are working on our mind-up lessons each week and practising our mindful brain breaks each day. To help us to become even more mindful, we are now doing Mindful Movements with Michelle! Look at the pictures below to see how mindful we are becoming!

Attendance Awards 2016-2017

We try really hard in our class to attend school each day and some of the children in our class even earned awards this week for excellent attendance. Bronze awards were given to the children in our class who have not missed ANY day for the whole first term!! Well done to everyone for always trying to come to school everyday on time!

Santa Claus Came to Visit

We had a very special visitor to our school before Christmas - Santa Claus! We came to see us with his jolly elf, Jingle Bells! They were very kind to us and we talked about all the things we've been doing at home and in school to be on his nice list! Santa even gave us a special chocolately treat before he left!

Our School Crib

In our class, we have been busy preparing for the arrival of the Baby Jesus on Christmas Day. We been learning all about the first nativity and even visited the crib in our local church in the Good Shepherd Parish. We also visited our own school crib, as seen in the picture below!

Exploration Dome - Galway Science Week

Last week, some of the classes in our school were very lucky to participate in the Exploration Dome, as part of Galway Science Week. First we had a little introduction, where we learned about all of the planets and constellations (groups of stars) in the solar system. We learned about what the stars are used for and how to find the North Star. We asked lots of questions and answered some questions that Mike, the presenter, asked us. We then watched a show based on the solar system and weather patterns and it gave us a great idea of what life might be like on other planets in a very real 3D way!

Skipping Workshop

We had great fun learning about all of the skills needed to skip well! We learned that we should use our wrists and hands to move the rope around ourselves and to keep our elbow tucked in and our eyes looking straight ahead. Each time we turned the rope around our bodies, we waited for it to pass our eyes before we jumped to get over the rope. We even practised skipping backwards and to the side. We will use our new skipping skills on the yard at lunchtime and at home in our neighbourhood!