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Mrs Whiston 3rd Class
Our final two weeks in 3rd Class!
We have had some great fun over the last two weeks, we've been to the library, used old cardboard to construct impressive carnivals, completed messy science experiments, had Teddy's ice cream, visited the park, watched Toy Story 4 and enjoyed a fun sports day!
Causey Farm 2019
School Tour
3rd Class had a brilliant time at Causey Farm. We got to feed and pet many animals not to mention getting completely filthy jumping into the bog!
Friday Afternoon
Finding time in our busy day to play!
Monopoly
Ballroom Dancing.
We have spent the last six weeks exploring ballroom dancing. It has been so much fun. Congratulations to all the children for giving it a go!
Reader in Residence
We have been so lucky to have worked with Ruth, our reader in residence, over the last few weeks. We met Ruth in the Ilac Library on Wednesday. she introduced us to a new author, Patricia Forde and showed us how to find the books we are interested in, in the library. We are looking forward to going back to the library next week.
Parent Afternoon
Thank you to all the parents who came to hear about all the work we have been doing in third class. We really enjoyed showing you our classroom and performing our songs and poems for you all! We can't wait to do it all again for you soon.
Halloween Celebrations
Halloween Art
Thank you so much to all the parents who joined us for Halloween Art today. We had a great time making our imaginative lanterns.
Malahide Castle
3rd Class really enjoyed their day in Malahide Castle!
3rd Class went to Fighting Words today and created their own book!
Ms O'Callaghan 3rd Class
Electricity
We learnt about static electricity and electrical currents in science. We investigated how static electricity works and figured out how to make a circuit.
Construction
We are using recyclable materials to make art. We are making carnvial-themed dioramas.
Shape and Space Maths Stations
We have enjoyed learning all about shape and space through these fun maths stations.
School Tour, 11 June
Causey Farm
Monopoly
We are taking part in an initiative from the National College of Ireland, Mayor St., for schools in the local area. Parents and volunteers come in on Thursdays to play Monopoly with us. We learn so much when we are playing, like counting money, finding change and problem solving. Thanks to all the volunteers and parents!
GAA Skills
Mark from St Brendan's GAA Club, Grangegorman has been visiting our class to teach us some GAA skills and we have enjoyed it so much.
Ballroom Dancing
We have been loving our ballroom dancing classes with Angie, our wonderful instructor. We have danced the cha cha, the waltz and the tango!
Our Student Teacher
We were lucky enough to have Ms Fitzpatrick, a student teacher, work with us for four weeks over March and April. We learnt so much and particularly enjoyed learning all about space. Thank you Ms Fitzpatrick!
Science for Fun
Thanks to Ms Connolly our HSCL for organising Science for Fun and for the wonderful parents and 6th Class pupils who came to help us. We had great fun and learnt lots about floating and sinking, light and colours, and mixing materials.
Seachtain na Gaeilge
What a seachtain we had! We celebrated all things Irish this week and made an extra effort to bí ag caint as Gaeilge! Bhí muid ag canadh, ag damhsa agus bhí spraoi againn freisin.
Here are some pictiúir from the week.
Digital Learning
We are so lucky to have a full set of tablets available to us in 3rd Class. Here are some of the activities we've been taking part in using our tablets to help us.
Term 2 Art
Have a look at some of the lovely art we've done in 3rd Class recently.
We've been drawing, painting, printing and constructing some wonderful creations.
Reader in Residence
We have been working with Ruth, our Reader in Residence over the month of February. We have been to the Ilac Library to visit her and she taught us all about how to borrow books and find books we're interested in. We were hooked on a novel called 'Balaclava Boy' by Jenny Robson when Ruth began reading it to us- so she read us the whole book!!!
RTÉ News2day visit
We were delighted to welcome Zainab and the RTÉ News2day crew in to our classroom on Friday 1st February to help us celebrate St Brigid's Day!
We sang 'We Sing a Song to Brigid,' designed some comic strips to tell her story, made St Brigid crosses and Zainab even interviewed some of the children.
The report was on RTÉ 2 and the children were brilliant! Here is a link to the report: https://t.co/VYcwUj99LA, and some photos:
Chinese New Year Art
A big thank you to Romy from Hill Street Resource Centre and all the parents and big siblings who came in to help us make some lovely Chinese New Year themed art. Happy Chinese New Year to all!
Our First Week Back after Christmas
Everyone had a great Christmas break and we were delighted to be back in school for Term 2. We had an action-packed week, we worked on patterns in maths, started group projects on Great Britain on our tablets, made some interesting oil pastel portraits inspired by Picasso, and so much more. Take a look!
Merry Christmas from all of us!
The Snowman
We were invited to a very special reading of 'The Snowman' by Raymond Briggs in the Ilac library on Tuesday, 11th December. The story was read alongside wonderful piano accompaniment and we listened to a great rendition of the famous song 'Walking in the Air.' We got to throw cotton wool snowballs and wave paper snowmen in the air. It was a brilliant experience.
Fred the Elf
Fred has been causing havoc in Room 11- he has robbed Santa hats, eaten our lunches, played snakes and ladders, painted a picture of himself and even snooped through our copies!
Here he is taking a little rest.
Our Christmas Elf
We've been busy getting ready for Christmas in Third Class! We are practicing for our Christmas play, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, singing lots of Christmas songs and getting very excited to perform.
We had a little visitor to our class however- a very cheeky elf called Fred! We found him on Monday morning, 3rd December, swinging out of a speaker on the ceiling with a note in his hand!
We couldn't believe when Fred put Anna our SNA and Ms O'Callaghan on a stage when we were on our break!
We'll update you on his antics.
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Planting Seeds
We grew different types of cress seeds in Third Class. We took turns watering them and making sure they had enough light and room to grow. We remembered the motto 'a plant needs five to stay alive': water, light, space, soil and air. We loved singing this song https://youtu.be/dUBIQ1fTRzl to help us.
Fighting Words
We had the opportunity to become authors on Tuesday, 16th October, in Fighting Words! Together, we wrote a book about a superhero and it was published. We all got to bring home a copy and the best part was the illustrations were drawn by a real illustrator. You can read our story here: http://www.fightingwords.ie/stories/deathlord-and-fire-breathing-dragon.
Thank you so much to Fighting Words!
Have a look at some of our pictures from the day.
Liberty Hall
Here are some more pictures from our brilliant trip to Liberty Hall on the 11th of October to listen to the author Andy Griffiths discuss his 'Treehouse' book series. As you can see, we had a brilliant time!
Malahide Castle
Third Class were lucky enough to visit Malahide Castle and Gardens on Wednesday 26th September. We had great fun. We did lots of different activities like sketching, mindfulness, going on a nature walk, racing each other, and going to the playground!
Art
Here are some of our class' first art projects of the year. We are delighted to be back to school!
