Grandparents' Day 2017

On Wednesday, we had some very special visitors in our classroom! Our lovely grandparents came in to visit our classroom and to share their expereiences of life when they were younger with all of us. We learnt all about what life was like for our granny's and grandad's when they were our age and all about how school was so different back then! We found out so much information about life long ago in Ireland and in Poland and we had lots of questions for our grandparents, who had very interesting answers! We love our grandparents very much and we are so happy that they came to visit us in our classroom!

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!