Senior Room - April

Hi everyone!

This was a very short month (much to the children's dismay I'm sure!), but we still got in some nice and fun activities.

Religion

We discussed the Easter Story during Religion and gave our opinions on the treatment of Jesus and how he must have felt at the different points in the story. The children drew their own map of 'Jesus' Journey to the Cross.' We also studied the Nicene Creed, which a lot of them recognised from Mass.

Art

The children worked together to create an Easter display over the last two weeks. Last week we designed our own Easter eggs and this week we drew our own Easter bunnies. The children came up with beautiful and colourful designs and they are all so different!

Tests

The children have been working very hard since our last break in February and have learned a lot. Over the course of this week they are being tested in English, Gaeilge, maths and SESE. Please try to have your children in all this week, if possible, to allow them to get their Easter tests done. 

Well done to all the boys and girls in the Senior Room for all their hard work and diligence over the term. You have all earned a nice break. 

May you all have a happy and safe Easter!

Beannachtaí Dé agus beannachtaí na Cásca oraibh go léir 😊

Senior Room - March

Hi everyone!

It's been a very busy month with lots of activities. The children have been working very hard.

Art

My budding artists created lots of beautiful art over the month. We designed our own hot air balloons (some even named them!), made shamrock men with the younger classes for Seachtain na Gaeilge and then painted our initials with warm and cool colours.

World Book Day

We had World Book Day at the beginning of the month and the children really enjoyed it. We did a quiz about famous children's books, made bunting based on our favourite books and finished the day by watching Disney's Treasure Island as the children were curious about who I was dressed as! (Captain Long John Silver).

Gaeilge

Bhí na páistí ag staidéar an téama "An Teilifís" ag tús na míosa agus anois táimid ag staidéar "Caitheamh Aimsire." Ba bhreá leis na páistí cur síos a dhéanamh ar a gclár teilifíse is fearr. Anois, tá na páistí ag foghlaim faoi caitheamh aimsire - na rudaí a theastaíonn leo.  Cuir ceist ar a bpáistí faoi a gcaitheamh aimsire má tá an Ghaeilge agat. 

The children were studying the theme 'The Television' at the start of the month and now we are studying 'Past Times.' The children loved describing their favourite tv shows. Now, the children are learning about past times - the things they like. Ask your children about their past times if you have Irish. 

Something Fishy Projects

Over the last few weeks the children have been learning about freshwater fish in Ireland, the salmon in particular. We are taking part in the Something Fishy project with Inland Fisheries Ireland. We have classified what exactly is a fish, how they are born and develop into adults and how we can help to keep their habitats (homes) clean and healthy. 

The children in their colour groups have been working on Irish freshwater fish projects over the last few weeks. The discussed their appearance, habitat, distribution, diet and life cycle. 

Red - Perch

Blue - Trout

Purple - Pike

Orange - Rudd

Green - Carp

Yellow - Salmon

Well done everyone on the super work, keep it up! 

Slán agus beannacht Dé oraibh go léir! 😃

Senior Classes-January 2019

Dia daoibh! Happy New Year!

Welcome back to school everyone. I hope everyone has happily settled back into school and work by now. I know the frosty mornings don't help! January is a busy month this year as the children have and will take part in lots of different activities.

Rugby

The children took part in a rugby blitz in St. Colman's Pitch, Gort two weeks ago. The blitz was a huge success and the children thoroughly enjoyed it. There were over 400 children from the local area playing that day. Our own team played four matches, one against Kilbeacanty and Doorus, and two matches against Ballindereen. Some of the Connacht rugby players also had the pleasure of playing for St. Thomas'.

Our team was made up by Conor Flynn, Diarmuid Gillard, Ríain Piggott, James Montague, James Glynn, Brian Egan, Jack Hoey, Lewis Brady, Conor Deely, James Fitzgerald, Leona Farrell, Oisín Flynn and Cathal McMahon. 

As well as that, we had a very enthusiastic cheerleading squad on the sidelines shouting for their classmates. The children will also be receiving some rugby coaching over the next few weeks from Dermot on Tuesdays. 

Art

This month the children have and will be working on art under the theme of 'Weather.' They have created beautiful and bright pictures by drawing and also collage. 

The children created caricatures of themselves catching snowflakes on their tongues using pencil and markers.

They created a rainbow using magazine clippings and using them in a collage. 

Gaeilge

Is é 'An Aimsir' téama na míosa an mhí seo. Beidh na páistí ag foghlaim faoi an aimsir and na rudaí a bhaineann leis. Cuir ceist ar a bpáistí sa bhaile faoi an aimsir cosúil le 'cén saghas lá atá againn inniu?' nó 'Conas atá an aimsir?' 

'Weather' is the theme of the month this month. The children will be learning about the weather and the things associated with it. Ask your children questions about the weather like 'what kind of weather do we have today? or 'How is the weather?'

Biz World

Today the children were visited by two people from the Bank of Ireland, Alan Newell and Fiona Halligan. They spoke to the children about a project they will be taking part in called Biz World. This is like Dragon's Den where the children, in groups, will come up with a product that they think they could sell. Next Monday, 28th January, the children will be visited by the "dragon" and they will have to pitch their ideas to them and hopefully get their capital seed (Biz Bucks) to work on their product further. 

Today they worked in their groups to come up with the product. Over the next week, the children will work on their products in their groups at school and at home. 

Once again, welcome back everyone. I hope we have a successful term and that 2019 proves to be the best school year yet! 

Slán agus beannacht Dé oraibh go léir!