Category Archives: Green Schools

Well done to all our pupils who represented our school at the BT Young Scientist Primary Science Fair at the RDS on Thursday. They presented their project Can you make plastic out of milk? and we were incredibly proud of you all. The children were interviewed by the Irish Times, Cúla 4 and RTE Junior! This […]

Our pupils had lots of fun taking part in the Avatar Art Competition with An Taisce. This was part of our Green School Project. In groups, the children had to design and create an Avatar using recycled materials. They also had to give their Avatar a name and to decide on the superpowers that the […]

Mark Gallagher visited our school today. We presented our engineering projects to him in 5 groups and he provided us with some very positive and helpful feedback. Mark showed us some projects that he is working on. We were delighted to see that there were a lot of similarities between the work that our pupils […]

‘Robins’ was the theme yesterday in the Junior Room. We learned all about robins, where they live, how they build their nests and what they eat. As it was such a cold day we brought some birdseed outside to feed the robins. We listened to a song about a robin, Little Robin Redbreast, and we […]

Science week is one of our favourites! In the Senior Room we worked hard on our group Science projects. The projects in the room are: Which learning style is the best? Why is milk good for your bones? Which tastes better, off-brand or on-brand products? How do aeroplanes work? How can you generate eco-friendly electricity? […]

Pupils in the Senior Room are busy working on their Steps Engineering Projects. They have identified something that would help the people in our community. They have designed this and they are now in the process of building their prototype. There are a few different projects happening in the room. The topics are Traffic management Importance of […]

Parents of Clonown N.S. organised a Swap Club in the Hall on Thursday evening. It was a huge success. Children brought books/toys that they no longer needed and swapped them for other items. It was a Halloween themed event and many children came in costume. There were Halloween games, music, a movie, face painting and […]

We had a great week during Maths week. We completed many fun challenges, games and activities during Maths. We linked Maths with other subject areas for example An t-am during Irish and oral language with our Maths Talk. As part of the topic Time in the Junior Room, they looked at the lifecycle of a frog […]

Our theme in the Junior Room this month is Autumn. In Aistear last week we went on an autumn trail outdoors and found autumn leaves, acorns, pine cones and berries. We discussed hibernation and made trees & autumn animals hibernating with playdough. We learned about trees and why their leaves change colour, and then created […]

What a beautiful day for our Walk on Wednesday. We all love this initiative. We walk to school from the church and back again in the evening. It’s a lovely chance to chat to our friends, get some exercise and enjoy our surroundings.