3rd class have been studying the Romans in History. Take a look at our Roman shields and drawings . Have a lovely weekend!
Our assembly this week was all about Lent. We also discussed Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. We sang a lovely song called “We can make a difference”. We played lots of games during English stations to practise our reading comprehension skills. Finally in history we looked at artefacts from Ancient Rome.
Have a lovely mid-term break!
Check out these photos to see some of what third class have been up to! In history, we have been exploring all about Leonardo da Vinci. This theme was integrated into our art lesson where the students drew their own modern day Mona Lisa. Third class had great fun in science where they had to design and make a parachute. Third class are enjoying participating in the games and activities as ghaeilge. Keep up the hard work.
3rd class have been taking part in the Junior Achievement Our City workshops where they constructed buildings in the local area, planned their own restaurant business and created an advertising campaign for this restaurant.
We also made an electric circuit using a battery, bulb and wires. We discovered how open and closed circuits impact the current.
3rd class have been enjoying the festive activities this week. We watched a pantomime, created Christmas artwork and had a snowman visit our classroom.
Have a lovely Christmas!
Ms Marriott.
We had great fun this week for science week. We created lava lamps and marbled paper with our buddies in 2nd class. We were learning all about space in English and Irish (An Spás). We designed spaceship portholes in art.
Keep up the wonderful work rang a trí.
Ms Marriott.
We had our dress up day today. Take a look below at our costumes – See if you can recognise everyone.
We had a Halloween raffle in assembly and there were some fantastic prizes.
Our theme in art this week was Halloween. We made pumpkins out of clay. It was a lot of fun!
Have a lovely midterm,
Ms Marriott.
3rd class were very busy this week. We carried out an experiment involving mixtures. The students investigated what substances mix together. The class discovered how food colouring mixes with water. However their findings revealed how oil is hydrophobic. We also concluded how the salt sank to the bottom of the container as it is more dense than oil and water.
Keep up the hard work! Ms Marriott.
Third class had an exciting time visiting the Phoenix Park for National Tree Day. We explored the different types and parts of a tree, trees as habitats and what they need to grow. I am very proud of everyone. You can see our class and hear all about it on News2day on the RTE player.
We were busy learning about our lungs and the respiratory system this week. We discussed how our lungs make oxygen available to our bodies and remove other gases such as carbon dioxide. Third class also made models to investigate how our lungs work. Take a look below at all our wonderful work!
Best wishes,
Ms.Marriott.
3rd Class had a very busy week. We were learning all about the Stone Age and created amazing factual posters in pairs. In science we learnt about the heart and we completed an experiment by measuring our pulse before and after exercise. In English we learnt about letter writing and wrote letters to a friend. We will head to the post office to post our letters on Monday, we are hoping that our friends reply soon🤞3rd Class are really enjoying using their oral Irish through games. We were learning all about eye and hair colour as Gaeilge this week. We had great fun in music, we created graphic notations and then performed them for the class using only our voices. We started the ‘Daily Mile’ where we go out walking/jogging every day to improve our fitness. We continued to develop our basketball skills this week and had a great time playing drama games and learning about miming. We finished the week with some beautiful Stonehenge art and each created our own unique dot to celebrate ‘Dot Day’. Have a wonderful weekend. Maith Sibh rang a Trí 😃
Third class settled in really well and got straight to work. They have been doing a fantastic job, working on their oral Irish and learning all about ‘Mé Féin’. In maths they have been learning about Plave Value. We spent the first little while getting to know each other and talking about all the wonderful adventures they went on over the summer. They are really enjoying the different drama games and developing their basketball skills. Lean leis an obair iontach😃
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