3D shape hunt

Last week Second Class were learning about 3D shapes in Maths, so we took ourselves out into the yard to see if we could find any in the school. We found loads - can you tell us what they are? Leave a comment at the bottom if you can.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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!

 

 





Chinese New Year

Today we began to learn about China and Chinese New Year. The Chinese celebrate their New Year on a different day each year, and they also call their years after one of 12 different animals.
Here is a video of how that came about:

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/the-great-race

To find out what year you were born in, click here:

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/zodiac/

We also watched a video of what a Chinese New Year is like (even though this one is in Australia!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKzNPxu_QBU

This website shows you what your name is in Chinese

http://chineseculture.about.com/od/thechineselanguage/a/Chinese-Name-And-English-Name.htm

Finally we had a go at writing our own names in Chinese - it was great fun

 

 

Friday 31st January

Gung Hay Fat Choi everyone! On Friday we celebrated Chinese New Year. Fortune cookies are a very popular part of a Chinese meal, so we decided to make our own out of paper and write a special message inside. If you were lucky enough to get one we hope you enjoyed it!

We also made small lanterns to decorate the classroom and scary dragon masks too. Here is some of our work:

 

 

If you have any more fun facts about Chinese New Year, or even China itself, make sure to let us know by leaving a comment on this post.