The Science of Plants
The senior room learned about the parts of plants and their functions. They looked at the variety and classification of plants and did an experiment to show how they absorb water.
Other Fun Activities!
Here are a sample of some of the other fun activites we have been doing in the run up to Christmas!
Festive Christmas Art!
We have been very busy doing our Christmas art over the past few weeks. These will be displayed in the hall on the night of our Christmas play for all the audience to admire.
Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!
The tradition of 6th class decorating the tree in Scoil San Eoin was fulfilled today and they turned their hand to interior decorating in the classrooms too. Along with Tim's lovely handiwork on Tuesday, the place is looking very festive indeed!! Click below to have a look!!
School Sports Day 2016
Each year in Scoil San Eoin we have a Sports Day. All the pupils are divided into teams of mixed classes and the theme is that each pupil does their best, encourages their teammates and has fun!!! Each pupil gets a medal for participation and we also like to present the graduating 6th class with a little going away gift. We also, present an Attendance Certificate to the pupil in each class who has the highest attendance since September and for Sixth Class we present a beautiful plague to the pupil that has the most days present in Scoil San Eoin from Junior Infants to Sixth class. Huge thanks to the Parents Association and all the parents who help out on the day, whether its making the delicious treats, manning stations, gathering and setting up equipment or purchasing medals and gifts. Huge thanks also to Claire for taking these fabulous pictures!
Parent/Teacher Meetings
School will close at 2pm on Tues. November 29th and Thurs. December 1st to facilitate Parent Teacher Meetings.
More from Science Week - Senior Class
Here's a look at some of the other fun and interesting experiments we did during Science week! We bubbled up and over..... and also looked at why the sky is blue during the day and red/orange during sunrise and sunset. Then some of the pupils brought in and displayed their favourite experiments. Well done all!!
Rainbow Spinners - Science Week
The theme for Science week this year is LIGHT. We have learned that 'white light' is made up of the seven colours of the rainbow and this was discovered by Isaac Newton. We can see examples of this in glass prisms, puddles, rainbows and reflection of shiny surfaces such as CDs. We made our own rainbow spinners and spun them as fast as we could so they would become white. Here's how we did!
RELIGION: REMEMBER FOR NOVEMBER
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We write down our loved ones names on a piece of a paper who have passed away. We will pray and remember our loved ones for the month of November. We will pick out daily from the the Remembrance box and pray for the deceased.
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Oxford Reading Tree (O.R.T)
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Every Monday morning we have shared O.R.T. and many thanks to the volunteers who offer their time and services. This is a wonderful experience for all the children in Scoil San Eoin and would not be possible without the parental involvement.
Maths Week in the Senior Room
Our 2016 Maths Week was so much fun. We did lots of interesting activities such as target boards, puzzles, cipher wheels, graphs, shape puzzles and had a look at how maths is used in magic! The highlight of the week was our fun day on Thursday. We completed three stations- Maths Trail down the village, maths games online and a school data survey for our graphs, and more fun puzzles and games. Thanks to Ms Griffiths and the parent volunteers for all their help!
Space Week
Space Week is YOUR week to focus on the wonders and realities of the Universe around us.
Taking place from October 3-8, 2016; Space Week is Ireland’s newest national STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) week in parallel with World Space Week. People will explore how as citizens ‘Under One Sky’ the power of critical thinking, creativity, science and technology can shape our understanding of life on Earth and our place in the broader Universe.
Organise an event in your school or community or search the website for events in your area.
Space Week is brought to you by CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory in association with Science Foundation Ireland and ESERO Ireland.