It is so difficult to believe that we have reached the end of another school year. We had a great day when we went on our school tour to Waterford. It was a Let's go camp and it was action packed. Take a look at the photos below.
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May is the month of Mary month we all love so well. We have a May altar in our class. Students have brought in flowers and we will pray to Mary in a special way this month.
We are learning about Native Americans. We examined their way of life and culture and the consequences of the arrival of the Europeans. Take a look at the scoilnet theme page. There are a huge variety of links and interesting activities Our Let's Go reader features a factual story about the Blue Whale and Orcas. The Blue whale is the biggest mammal and indeed creature on the planet. We used the website below to help us get an appreciation of just how very enormous the Blue Whale is !!!! We are learning about forces. Our bodies endure and use forces everyday. A simple push and pull are examples of forces. Force is influenced by the mass of an object. Gradient also has an effect on the amount of force needed. We will also investigate friction and common every day examples of it. Seachtain na Gaeilge is fast approaching and táimid ag obair go dian ag ullmhú agus ag cleachtadh. Beidh comórtas filíochta, céillí, tráth na gceist agus dráma ar siúl againn. We are also welcoming our Comenius friends. Fourth class are focusing on Poland. We researched various aspects of Polish life and created a display in our room and on the corridor. We are learning about what makes our planet so unique and amazing. Have a look at the websites and videos below and we are sure you will agree what an amazing planet we have. We are investigating what life was like for children in the early 19th century. It was a difficult time as children as young as five worked in the factories. The industrial revolution started in England. It was caused by the invention of steam engines which were used to build large machines and factories. Take a look at the video and websites below. Springtime is on the way. We are planning to cover some very interesting topics this month. We are continuing our study of explorers. We will learn about the age of discovery and we will focus on Columbus. We will learn about his early life, his first expedition, and the consequences of the Europeans arriving in America for the natives. Take a look at the websites and video below. We are learning about our lungs this month how they work how important they are and the various parts and functions of the lungs. We performed an experiment to prove that the diaphragm allows us to inhale and exhale. We proved this by making our own models of the lungs see the video below. Also have a look at the websites about lungs below they are very interesting. We will learn two new amhráin gaeilge An Draíodóir agus Séimí an Súinéir. These songs are great fun and lively and in parts!!! We created our own Mondrian masterpieces take a look at the video below and view the original masterpieces. A new year and a new start has begun. We will try to build on all our first term's work and continue to develop our skills and knowledge. This month we will start a new novel called Skulduggery Pleasant The end of the world. It is written by Derek Landy. We will carry out a number of exercises based on this novel and we will try to study the plot and analyse the characters. We will study the headlands of Ireland. We investigate what are headlands, their properties and how they are created. We will look at aerial photographs of Irish headlands to help us to appreciate the characteristics of headlands. We will examine the link between headlands and lighthouses. We will look at the history of Lighthouses and compare and contrast with modern lighthouses and discuss the role and importance of lighthouses in the past and today. Our project this month will be to design our own lighthouse. We are learning a song about Oisín and Niamh in Tír na nÓg. We will be studying electricity and how to build a circuit. We will also learn the symbols that are used to create a circuit diagram. Click on the link below to complete the four modules relating to electricity and building circuits. Finally at the start of the school year we learned about the waterfalls of the world in our reader Let's Go. We looked at videos on youtube of Niagara falls. Last week Niagara froze and the photographs of the frozen falls are spectacular. Click on the link below to view them. We are going to create 3d snow flakes from paper.It is tricky and requires concentration. Have a look at the video below it is a great step by step guide to how to create one. Hot chocolate is such a treat. We wrote a story about the joy and thrill of getting a warm creamy hot chocolate in school. Sometimes dreams do come true because we did actually get hot chocolate in school complete with cream, chocolate shavings and marshmallows. Take a look at the photo page our smiles say it all!!!! We read a story about Tom Crean in our Let's Go reader. It tells us the story of his 18 hour march in blizzard conditions in Antarctica to help his sick comrade. Tom Crean's story is fascinating he took part in three expeditions to Antarctica and received two medals of honour.
We watched the new John Lewis Christmas advertisement. It tells a story of friendship and reveals the very often giving is far more satisfying than receiving. We wrote letters from the bear to his cousin describing what it was like to see Christmas for the first time. We also wrote from the hares point of view why it was so important to him that his best friend experienced Christmas. The Arctic is an amazing place. Several countries including USA, Canada, Greenland and Russia are part of the Arctic circle. Take a look at the sites and videos below to learn more We will have a busy month in store. We plan to study the sun this month. Take a look at the websites below to learn more. We will keep alive some of the great memories of summer sunshine during summer 2013. We are preparing songs for our Christmas musical. Take a look at our song page for more information. Last month we created a comic strip of Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge. This month we read the story Fionn and the Beggar. We studied a very interesting version of this story. It is called Carl of the Drab Coat. It was written by a Kilkenny man James Stephens. James was born in Blackmill Street. He was an engineer, poet and author and founder of the Fenian movement. Take a look at the story by clicking on the link below. We studied the sun and then we went on to investigate the properties of light. We discovered that light travels in straight lines. We also discovered that light is made up of seven different colours. We examined on the site below how a process of refraction occurs when light travels through a glass prism. Click on the video below to learn more. We carried out an experiment to investigate the effect of light travelling through water. We discovered that light bends when travelling through water. This has an effect on how we see objects in water. The John Lewis Christmas advertisement is so touching enough to melt the hardest heart! We are going to describe the feelings of the hare and the bear. We will also write a script of an imaginary conversation between the two friends. We are learning all about weather. How we forecast our weather. The instruments used to record weather. We will also investigate extreme forms of weather.
Our Irish song this month is Cailín na Gaillimhe see the song page above. We have also learned a poem about a cow who likes playing the piano!! Cailín na Gaillimhe Bhuel de thug mé cos ar an siúlóid mhór Thart ar lár an lae Is de bhuail mé le cailín breá dathúil Agus thosaíomar ag plé. Agus n'fheadar liom, Cad a thiocfaidh orm. Lena gruaig chomh dubh Is a súile gorm. Ach thóg mé a lámh. Thug mé rince di, Agus phóg mé cailín na Gaillimhe. Bhíomar leath-shlí tríd nuair a d'oscail an spéir Níos déanaí ins an lae. Agus rith muid síos chuig an árasán Chomh bog an lae i-ay. Agus n'fheadar liom, Cad a thiocfaidh orm. Lena gruaig chomh dubh Is a súile gorm. Ach thóg mé a lámh. Thug mé rince di, Agus phóg mé cailín na Gaillimhe Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge is a famous Irish Legend. We will create our own comic strip of the story. We will also learn about the lakes of Ireland.Click on the link below to play a game to drag and drop lake names. Take a look at the aerial photograph of Lough Owel In County Weatmeath. Welcome back everyone. It will take a little time to get back into our routine as we are all a little rusty!! Please God we will have a happy healthy and productive year. This month we will learn an Irish and English song.The Irish song is a story about milking cows and the music that keeps them happy. Getting to know you is an appropriate song for the start of a new year.Take a look at the videos below. We read about the Legend of Br Mac Cudda. This is a local legend in Killarney County Kerry. We might take a visit sometime to Innisfallen island and see his ghost. We discussed our own local legends. The story of Alice Kyteler is a particularly interesting Kilkenny legend. Seamus Heaney is one of the greatest poets of all time. We are so proud that he was one of our own. His death is a huge loss to his family and to the country. We read his famous poem "Blackberry Picking". Take a look at the video below of Seamus reciting this poem. We are learning about the Islands of Ireland. We are trying to imagine what life is like on an Island. We also thought about why there are so many Islands off the west coast of Ireland. We discovered that there is a rich and varied population of birds and animals on our islands. These include birds such as puffins and razorbills. Seals, whales, dolphins and turtles are found off shore. There are many interesting ruins on our islands. We took a close look at Skellig Michael. Check out the photos below. We read an interesting factual piece in our new reader Let's Go about the great waterfalls of the world. We learned that there have been many brave and crazy feats at the Niagara Falls. In the 1901 a school teacher called Annie Edson Taylor went over the falls in a barrel. Ms Flynn has visited the falls but has no intention of ever performing such a crazy stunt. Take a look at these videos of the falls. We are attempting to learn the cup song. It is tricky and requires 100% concentration. This level of concentration is also needed when we are completing our work. It is something we all find challenging. We are hoping that we can transfer some of these new powers of concentration across all aspects of our lives. We are learning about monasteries. This follows on nicely from our study of the Islands. Many monasteries were built on Islands due to their isolation and peace and quiet. Skellig is a great example of this. The beehive huts and main structure of the island can still be seen. |
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