A surprise visitor

Well, much to our surprise we had a visitor to our classroom today. He had four legs, was green/brown in colour and liked to jump about the place. Can you guess what he was......?
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That's right, a frog! We all got a good look at him and then we sent him on his way back into the wild.

Autumn

This week we were learning about Autumn in Room 5. We talked about what happens to the trees and their leaves, what the animals do, how the days change, and what fruit starts to grow. Everyone got a chance to take part in some fun Autumn activities.

Second class made a leaf collage and got a chance to see conkers and their shells:

The results turned out great!

 

 

We also wrote acrostic poems based upon the word Autumn. This is where you use each of the letters in a word to start a line in a poem, so that when we were finished we had a six line poem about Autumn. To finish off the week nicely we did some Autumn art, where we painted our own versions of Autumn trees. Our Autumn corner looks great now!

 

 



Welcome back!

A big welcome back to everyone in Second and Third class! Hope you all enjoyed the holidays and are all set for another great year in school.

First of all, congratulations to Jay and Julian who won trophies and medals for Mini Leagues, and to Emma in Third class who won medals for karate. Well done guys and keep up the good work.

We have been gearing up this week for the big match next Sunday, the All-Ireland final between Dublin and Mayo. We have decorated the classroom in sky blue and navy to support the Dubs! We made some Sam Maguire trophies, hopefully we will be getting a visit from the real thing soon!

 

We have also been learning a famous Dublin song, "Molly Malone". Here is the link to it with music and the lyrics if you want to practice it at home:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Deeh9n-VI

 

Check out more fun GAA-related stuff here: http://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie/cul-kids-corner/