Aaron is famous!

Guess who we saw on the television last weekend - Aaron! He was up in Derry watching the Dubs play Derry in football. Good man Aaron!

High achievers outside school

Well done to Ciara who won the "Most improved player" award on her football team last week. Ciara plays for Parnells.

 

 

A big congratulations to Rachel in Second class and Emma in third class who took part in an All-Ireland karate competition the weekend before last. Emma came third in her age group and Rachel came second -  what a great achievement and well done girls!

Here is Rachel with her medal:

New York

Last week we were learning about New York, one of the most famous cities in the world. We learned a lot of new facts about the Big Apple, as it is known, and we made a cool display of skyscrapers with these new facts displayed on the windows. Check it out!

We also did some super drawings of the New York skyline, using only our pencils and some shading. There were some really excellent efforts I think you'll agree.

Gymnastics

This month we are focusing on gymnastics as part of our Active Flag work. We have been doing a lot of work on balance and also having fun doing forward and backwards rolls!

 
 

 

Wordsearches

We love doing wordsearches in class, so needless to say when Mr Kennedy told us on Thursday that we were going to make our very own wordsearches, we were very excited. To make the wordsearch, we first decided what it was going to be about, and then we wrote down 12 words to put into it. Finally we put them into a blank wordsearch, going both horizontally and vertically. There were some great results and Mr Kennedy was delighted with the effort we put in. If you'd like to try one of our wordsearches, click here and print one off:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xge92gy3knn858v/Actors%20Ryan%20CS.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h3n2bn39yw96b0x/Animals%20Ciara.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mq5tfh9b4pyycg4/Animals%20Cillian%20G.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yci1xhx6vm4nqql/Animals%20Emma%20C.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ivbkb8ihr2xbbg6/Animals%20Hanniyya.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zptgbzt5wze36vz/Chelsea%20Cian%20K.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pp8kvxnh84110vo/Colours%20Isabelle.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hy7gpfvnf93qzrz/Food%20Emily.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9w49l3un9k50deo/Football%20teams%20Cillian%20O%20C.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ugzcb3hzgz22qc/Footballers%20Aaron.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w0zr0ipouu03rfr/Footballers%20Ryan%20H.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7uycm69xqzb08tg/Fruit%20Ryley.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sngjqccx0t4m44j/Magic%20Animal%20Clun%20Eoin.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm4nbvvqexgt0wc/Manchester%20United%20Cian%20D.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ykaal5ktlyfzmp/Manchester%20United%20Julian.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/osdcln6h0xdifwj/Minecraft%20Calum.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vbv9zle545xldqc/Minecraft%20Cathal.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gsdn9w7hvx67euu/Names%20Emma%20G.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qnwkllfszooap0a/One%20Direction%20Jaydeen.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bzteepwqgdm153f/School%20Rachel.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3lwcamm2zofqh9v/Shapes%20Niamh.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ikocqw8qys2k202/Sport%20Dillon.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4yvsz6an5lb336e/Summer%20Lynn.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mmuxag3k2qk5ncl/The%20Simpsons%20Rhys.pdf

Maths Games 2

Here are some darts games to help practice addition and doubles:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=dartboarddoublesandhalves

http://www.ideal-resources.com.au/products/primary_games/Primary%20Games%20Web/501darts/501dartsres.swf

http://www.ideal-resources.com.au/products/primary_games/Primary%20Games%20Web/dartscheck/dartsthrowres.swf

Groundhog Day

Today we were learning all about Groundhog Day. This takes place every year on the 2nd of February in America and Canada. The tradition goes that when a groundhog wakes from its hibernation, it looks out of it's burrow and if it is sunny, it sees a shadow and stays inside, meaning there will be 6 more weeks of winter. If, however, the groundhog sees no shadow and leaves it's burrow, then spring has arrived!

The most famous groundhog event happens every year on Gobler's Nob, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in America. A groundhog named Phil comes out and predicts what will happen with the weather for the next 6 weeks. Because it is so famous, thousands of people come from all over the world to see Phil on February 2nd. Check out a video of Phil here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v8kDo9hmwY4

We decided to have a go at predicting the weather ourselves, so we will used a special groundhog sheet to record what we think the weather will be like on Friday the 14th of February. There were some interesting guesses, so best of luck to everyone!

 

 

 

We also played a game where we were blindfolded and had to pin the shadow under the groundhog in the correct place. This was great fun!

 

 

Here is our groundhog board in class

 

 

 

 

 

Check out this website for looooooooaaaaaaadddddddsssssss of facts about groundhogs!

 

 

http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/fun-groundhog-facts-and-groundhog-day-facts-for-kids/

 

 

Here are some fun groundhog games:

 

http://www.miniclip.com/games/groundhog-d-day/en/

 

http://www.miniclip.com/games/whack-a-ground-hog/en/

 

Enjoy!