First Holy Communion

On the 14th of May, 2016, we made our First Holy Communion. The weather was beautiful and we had a brilliant day. We all looked fantastic in our dresses and suits. We wore our clothes to school on Monday for the class photo. We also had a party that day!

Connacht Rugby visit

A special thank you to Robbie Henshaw, Finlay Bealham, John Muldoon, Jack Carty, Niyi Adeolokun and Bundee Aki (members of the Connacht Rugby team) who came in to visit us on Tuesday (26/04/16). Thanks also to Team Manager Tim Allnut and Performance Analyst Conor McPhillips for coming along. We had a great day and learned so much about our local heroes.

Art Workshop

On Tuesday (19/04/2016), Lara came in to do an Art Workshop with us. The theme of the workshop was "Fantastic Animals". It involved us imagining, drawing and creating our own unique animal. It was loads of fun!

Marine Biodiversity Workshop

On Friday (April 8th), Dave from Atlantaquarium came in to visit our class. We took part in a Marine Biodiversity workshop. First, Dave talked to us about the seas and the ocean and we listed the different types of sea creatures we could name. We then were given a few sea shells and we used a key to identify them. We did the same thing with different types of seaweed. After this, Dave brought in some sea creatures and we were allowed to hold them. He brought in a starfish, a sea urchin and a crab. We had loads of fun and we learned so much about the sea and the ocean!

Dental Hygiene Workshop

Here are some photos from the Dental Hygiene Workshop we went to last week. The nurses told us how many spoons of sugar there was in each of our favourite foods. They also taught us the correct way to brush our teeth. We got a free toothbrush, a sticker and a certificate for taking part.

Hip Hop with Fabienne

Today we went to Hip-Hop with Fabienne. It was very fun and we are all tired after dancing for half an hour non-stop!

Presentation of Irish Flag and HSE Healthy Schools Flag

Last week, our school received two new flags. First, we got the Irish National Flag from the Army. The sergeants told us a little bit about what happened in 1916 and we were allowed to ask them questions. The Mayor of Galway, Frank Fahy came to visit for the ceremony. Niamh read out a paragraph from the proclamation and we sang the national anthem; Amhrán na bhFiann. We also received the HSE's Healthy Schools flag. We are the first school in Galway to get this flag! Our health promotion officers were Sian and Tess.

Maths Trail, Visit to Santa's Grotto and the Christmas Market

Maths Trail, Visit to Santa's Grotto and the Christmas Market

Here are a few photos from the Maths Trail we took part in last December. We walked to town and had to answer some Maths questions along the way. In town, we visited Santa's Grotto. We listened to a few stories from the elves and we even got to see Santa himself! We sang a few Christmas carols and went to the Christmas market to finish our Maths Trail. We got the bus back to school from Eyre Square. It was a fantastic day!

Halloween Games

Today we learned about and played some different Halloween games. We played; bobbing for apples, apple on a string and telling the future. Here are some pictures of us playing these traditional Halloween games. Our teacher also carved a spooky pumpkin for the classroom!

Engineer Visit

On Wednesday the 21st of October, Shane Kelly (a software engineer from AVAYA) came in to talk to us about engineering and programming. We learned a lot from him and he even showed us some cool new tricks on Scratch.

Drama Workshop

Here are some pictures from the drama workshop we took part in last week. Our favourite part was when we did "improvisation drama".We had great fun!

EU Coding Week 2015

Here we are exploring https://scratch.mit.edu/ for EU Coding Week 2015

Soil Experiment

Some photos from our Science experiment on Soil

First, we mixed some soil and water together in a jar.

We allowed it to settle for two hours and this was our result.

Four hours later, the soil had separated from the water and sunk to the bottom of the jar. The water had become almost clear again.

Trip to the beach

Some photos from our trip to Ballyloughane Beach.

We had a great day!