Access to the School

As you are all aware, following the Summer Works Scheme, the school door is now operated by a buzzer system.  In line with Health & Safety, it is imperative that all parents and visitors to the school use the buzzer to gain entry.  If Ciara is not in the office, please buzz the Middle Classroom for Ms. Greene or the Top Classroom for Ms. Nuzum. The back door is a fire door and its use is restricted to staff and pupils only. No parents/visitors are permitted to use it. It is in the interest of the childrens' safety and well-being that this procedure is strictly adhered to. 

Christmas Box for the Homeless

The PA are supporting 'a Christmas box for the homeless' this year. If you are interested have a look at the information below or check it out here:  www.facebook.com/achristmasboxforthehomeless if you'd like to get involved. Any contributions can be dropped into the school before Tuesday 29th.

 

Halloween Spooky Walk

Lots of fun and plenty of frights were had by all at the recent Halloween Spooky Walk organised by the PA, in Cullen Park.  An frighteningly fabulous 1500eu was raised in sponsorship! Congratulations to all the children and families on this amazing achievement.  Leaha and Rachel Redmond were the winners of the Book Token Spot Prize.

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!

SCIENCE WEEK.....LAUNCHING ROCKETS!!!

The Junior Room learnt about Rockets today for Science week. They got to make their very own rocket and launch it themselves. They learnt who invented the first rocket and how many years ago it was introduced. The children tested their rocket both inside and outside. The older children assessed the best angle of the straw to blow their rocket to give maximum height. 

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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.  

CHRISTMAS COLOURING COMPEITION

PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES BEFORE HALLOWEEN

MATHS WEEK!!

The children got to explore fun maths challenges for homework every night during maths week. Our  Maths Rotation Station on Tuesday was a great day filled with joy and was integrated cross curricular. The children explored maths games both on the computer and board games. shapes were examined focusing on 2D shapes and a collage was made of the individual shapes. All the shapes were brought together to make our Shape Man Dan. The children got to make clocks using paper plates. The clocks were then displayed as one big clock. Thanks to all who gave their time  on Tuesday for our Maths Rotation Station.  

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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 Trail

The children got an opportunity to do Maths trails outside during Maths week. We were very fortunate with the weather and Maths week would not have been a great success with out the Parental volunteers. Many thanks to all who helped out.  

Gymnastics

For Six weeks the children had Gymnastics classes. The children have been building on their new movements from last year. At the end of the programme the infants received a wrist band showing they had passed Level 1. Both First and Second class equally received a wrist band showing that they had passed Level 2.

Geography

What is Soil made out of? The children got to experiment by mixing water with soil and mixing the jar up. After an hour we recorded our findings. We learnt that soil is the layer of loose material on the surface of Earth. Without soil, we would not be able to grow plants.

Look at what else we've been up to!!

Our First Projects this year!

We do lots of projects each year in the senior room and have learned a lot from doing them. We love doing them on our own or in groups or pairs. At first we were a little shy about presenting them to our classmates but now......its a breeze!! Here is just a little selection.

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