4th Class

Fourth class are so excited for Christmas! We enjoyed a virtual visit from Santa and watched the panto “the sword in the stone” on Friday
We have been very busy in Fourth Class. On Monday for Music, we created our own rhythms. We started orienteering in P.E this week. Over the last two weeks, we have been creating 3D animals. In Maths we are doing the topic of money. We used the Smyths toy catalogue to answer Maths questions relating to this topic. We have been doing a lot of work on recount writing. We learnt all about the writing process. Our finished diary entries are on the “wow wall” in our classroom. Ms. Caldbeck is thrilled with all the amazing work we are doing in Fourth Class.
We are working on recount writing in English. We wrote a recount piece about a trip we went on. In art this week we were learning about mixing colours. We made some fabulous colours. We used these colours in our tape resist art
Check out these photos of Fourth Class enjoying Science week! On Monday we enjoyed a “Geeks unleashed” Science webinar. Fourth Class created a safety jacket for an egg at home. Ms. Caldbeck enjoyed watching the experiments and seeing different people’s designs on seesaw. On Thursday, we carried out an investigation to see if the temperature of water affects how sugar dissolves.  On Friday, we made our own slime. We had lots of fun for Science week!
This week in Science, we were learning all about dissolving. We did an experiment to see what happens when you keep adding salt to water. It was really fun!
This week Local Garda Alex McDermott visited our class. He spoke to us about Halloween and how to keep safe over Halloween.
We also completed a car park maths trail for ‘Maths Week’
We are working really hard in Fourth Class. In Maths this week we have been learning all about lines and angles. In English we wrote poetry reviews. In Art we made theme parks using different paper folding and cutting techniques. We are learning all about the different types of notes and their beats in Music
On Tuesday, we were delighted to welcome Historian (& Parent) Dr. Grace O’ Keefe into our classroom. We learnt some interesting Historic facts, lots of really interesting things about our school in the past and about people that went to our school. We had a wonderful afternoon!
This week we learnt about the respiratory system. We used strays and balloons to create 3D versions of the respiratory system. Here are some examples.
This week in 4th Class we were busy creating birds eye maps of our school. We were also really lucky to have a special visitor to our class!
Ms Caldbeck is blown away with how hard 4th Class are working 🙂
Welcome back to school fourth class. I am really looking forward to meeting you all and teaching you this year. Ms. Caldbeck