June
Harvesting our potatoes
We were so excited today to finally harvest our potatoes. First we harvested our 'Sharpes Express' potatoes which we planted in our garden. We counted 209 potatoes! If we left the potatoes to continue growing over the summer, in September the potatoes would be bigger - but we couldn't wait! Then we harvested our 'Orla' potatoes from our Incredible Edibles grow bag, which we kept in our classroom. We harvested 8 potatoes from this crop.
Our School Tour
We had a fantastic time on our school tour! We went to Croke Park and Bowling.
Healthy Eating for the Incredible Edibles
Our class had so much fun participating in the Incredible Edibles Project. We have been learning lots this year about eating healthy and growing our own fruit and vegetables. We have healthy lunches and on Monday we made a fruit salad and fruit smoothie! Blueberries are our favourite fruit!
Special Olympic's Torch Visits Leixlip
Incredible Edibles
Have a look at all the work we have been doing on the Incredible Edibles project. We had lots of fun planting the different seeds and plants - carrots, turnip, chives, lettuce, potatoes and strawberries. We now have 4 strawberries growing!
School Garden
Fire Safety
Ciarán from the Fire brigade came in on Friday to chat to us about Fire Safety. We learnt lots of tips and we got lovely activity packs.
May
Growing Vegetables
Clay Tiles
Look at the clay tiles we created!
April
A Visit from the Chicks!
GAA Blitz
Sow and Grow
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We planted cress seeds, spinach seeds and pea seeds! We love watching them grow everyday.
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March
Happy Easter
Attendance Award
Well done to the boys and girls who had 100% attendance from the February mid-term break until the end of March. Their names were put into a hat for a chance to win a Homework Pass.
Planting Potatoes
On Thursday we planted "Sharpes Express" potatoes in the school garden. We can't wait to see if the new plants will sprout over the Easter Holidays.
Harvesting Kale
Today we harvested our Kale with Mrs. Daly. First we picked off all the pieces of Kale. Then we pulled up the roots and dusted off the soil. Have a look at our photos below.
Write-a-book Competition
We have fantastic writers here in 3rd class. Well done to all of the children who wrote their very own book!
Céili
Lá Glas
February
Engineers Week
As part of Engineers Week we are doing lots of exciting challenges in our classroom.
Challenge 1: Farthest paper airplane challenge
In groups we had to design a paper airplane using the following materials:
- Card paper
- Elastic band
- Hole punch
- Cardboard
- Scissors
Challenge 2: Paper Bridge Challenge
In groups we had to design a paper airplane using the following materials:
- 1 piece of A4 paper
- 6 books
- 5c coins
Full Attendance
Well done to the boys and girls who had 100% attendance from January to the mid-term break. Their names were put into a hat for a chance to win a Homework Pass.
Multiplication
Listen below to our multiplication songs. We sing them everyday in class and every night for homework. Today we sang them with Ms O'Donnell's Class.
Happy Valentine's Day
Pancake Tuesday
Today we had a special treat because of all our hard work since January, especially on our Viking Projects. We decorated pancakes!
Hurling
We are really enjoying learning how to play hurling.
Friendship Week
'Friendship Week' is this week. In our classroom we have a 'Friendship and Kindness Jar' which we are filling with marbles every time someone shows friendship or kindness. We also have a 'Nice Compliments Box' where we are writing down nice compliments throughout the week about the children in our class.
We made new friends in Ms Lenfestey's Junior Infants. We played lots of games out on yard with the Junior Infants.
Here are some of the activities we have been doing throughout the week:
Monday: Games
Tuesday: Buddy Reading
Wednesday: Arts and Crafts
Thursday: Yoga
Friday: Decorating biscuits
Here are some of the activities we have been doing throughout the week:
Monday: Games
Tuesday: Buddy Reading
Wednesday: Arts and Crafts
Thursday: Yoga
Friday: Decorating biscuits
Grandparents' Day
On Friday the 2nd of February, we celebrated Grandparents' Day as part of Catholic Schools' Week. We had lots of fun singing and dancing with our Grandparents. Thank you so much to all the Grandparents who came to visit.
January
Chess
On Wednesday we spent the afternoon learning how to play chess. Mr Byrne's 4th Class very kindly offered to teach us how to play. We picked up some great tips. We were also very impressed with some of their Chess Boards!
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The Vikings
We are learning all about The Vikings! Here are our projects.
Have a look at what one of our classmates built with his dad in the pictures below. A Viking Longboat! It took him three days! Doesn't it look fantastic? Well Done!
December
Merry Christmas
Full Attendance
Here are the children in our class who had 100% attendance from November - December. They were put into a raffle and the winner received a Homework Pass!
Well done!
Well done!
Christmas Play
We had so much fun rehearsing and preforming our Christmas Play "Christmas with the Aliens"
November
G.A.A
We are learning how to play Gaelic Football with Coach Michael. It is very tiring but lots of fun!
Ancient Egyptian Artwork
Our Projects on Ancient Egypt
3rd class have been working very hard this month learning all about Ancient Egypt. The children created projects in their groups. Look at all their hard work!
Graphs
We have been representing data on different types of graphs. Take a look at some of our Bar Charts and Pictograms.
Uni-hoc
Look at all the fun we have been having in P.E!
October
Full Attendance Award
Here are the children in our class who had 100% attendance from September - October. They were put into a raffle and the winner received a Homework Pass!
Well done!
Well done!
Scarecrows!
The two 3rd classes had great fun making scarecrows for our school garden! We had to use straw and old clothes. Thank you Pat for all of your help today! Now all we need are two names for our new Scarecrows!
Hallowe'en
Check out our Hallowe'en Costumes!
Gaeilge
Have a listen to our class saying the poem "I rang a trí". We hope you enjoy it!
Here is another poem we have been learning "An Púca"
Spooky Music
Jersey Day
Papercopters in Science
We really enjoyed ourselves this week during Science. We were experimenting with Papercopters. First we had to construct our Papercopters (which were a little bit tricky!). Then we predicted which way the Papercopters would spin:
A. = Clockwise
B. = Anti-clockwise
Results: The Papercopters spun both clockwise and anticlockwise. However, we discovered that in order to change the direction in which the Papercopter spun you had to change the direction of its wings.
September
Learning the Recorder
3rd Class have been working very hard every Tuesday learning the recorder! So far we have learned to play the notes B , A , G. We can now play the song "Mary had a little lamb".
The Human Body in Science
We have been learning all about the Human Body
Fun in the Garden
We had fantastic fun in our new garden! Mrs. Daly brought fresh kale to school for the boys and girls to plant.
Go raibh míle maith agat Bean Uí Dhálaigh!
- First we had to remove the stones and loosen the soil in the planting bed.
- Next we had to dig a small hole and fill it with some compost and water before adding the Curly Kale.
- Finally we covered the Curly Kale with soil.
Go raibh míle maith agat Bean Uí Dhálaigh!
Student Council Elections
3rd class had to vote for their Student Council Class Representatives. All of the nominees spoke on Tuesday in front of the class and each of them did a fantastic job - well done! On Wednesday we went up to the Polling Station which was in Ms O'Mara's classroom. There we had to get our Ballot Sheet and cast our votes! The 6th class boys and girls helped us at each of the Polling Stations. Best of luck to all of the members of the Student Council!
