We started our Fossils project for Science Blast in October. Firstly we read about fossils and asked and answered questions about them. Top 10 Facts About Fossils! Next we used our new Excavation Kits to work like a palaeontologist. We demonstrated great patience and took great care as we excavated 8 fossils from our block […]
Category Archives: News & Activities
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Feb
Feb
We worked very hard on our Young Scientist project during November and December. The research topic was Are Nettles Good for You? Please find our project below. Stripe Young Scientist Nettles Sincere thanks to Janet Meade and Owen Murphy for visiting our school to help with our research. We had a brilliant day in the RDS […]
07
Jan
Jan
Thank you sincerely to the Westmeath Independent for the great coverage of our Young Scientists project. link to our project below Stripe Young Scientist Nettles
24
Oct
Oct
We couldn’t recommend Barra Ó’Flanniagh enough. He came today for a drumming workshop in our school (in the Junior Room, and then the Senior Room). He was brilliant with the children and taught them so much. They had lots of fun. Barra carried out the workshop in English agus as Gaeilge. What a lovely way […]
24
Oct
Oct
There was no sign of a lot of our pupils today. Instead our school was full of scary creatures! The two teachers even stayed at home and sent witches in their places! Happy Halloween everyone. Have a lovely midterm break!
20
Oct
Oct
We had lots of fun celebrating Maths Week this week. We played loads of great Maths games which Mrs. Stumble kindly sourced for us. We continue to use lots of maths resources to help us in our learning In the Senior Room we followed the great Chess lessons on the Ficheall website. It helped us […]
10
Oct
Oct
The Junior Room have been working hard on their Maths recently, but have been having fun along the way! Working things out together is great fun. The children love Maths time.
10
Oct
Oct
The pupils in the Junior Room were given a topic to talk about during English – ‘If I could be any colour, what colour would I be and why?’. The children had great fun chatting about it and then standing up and speaking in front of the class.
30
Sep
Sep
We are looking forward to taking part in this great initiative in October and we encourage all our pupils to join us. More info to follow soon.
25
Sep
Sep
As today is SNA Appreciation Day we would like to thank Brendan for all he does in our school. The children and teachers are extremely fond of him and we know how lucky we are to have him here.