Welcome to 4th Class!
June
School Tour
We had so much fun in Causey Farm! Bog jumping was our favourite activity but we loved it all.
Drawing in the school garden
Coding Workshop
Recent Artwork
Rugby Coaching
Intercultural Day
We learned about India.
May
Active Schools Week
Sports Day
Keepie Uppie Challenge
Soccer and Boxing
Maths
We played Izak-9 where we had to complete various challenges given to us on the whiteboard. It was great fun!
S.E.S.E
Have a look at our fabulous Norman projects!
We created board games based on History topics we have covered. We really enjoyed making them and had great fun playing each others games.
We learned all about bees and how they can help us. We enjoyed a talk from Heritage Ireland and we made some lovely bee art.
April
Olympians Live!
We participated in a Zoom event this morning hosted by Dare to Believe Olympic Schools Programme. We heard from Olympic gymnast Rhys McClenaghan and Olympic boxer Aidan Walsh. It was really interesting and very enjoyable!
Earth Day - 22nd April 2023
Working in the garden....
We planted barley, onions and potatoes.
March
Friendship Week
We had great fun with our Senior Infant buddies!
Maths
We have been learning about Area and Perimeter. We measured the Area and Perimeter of the yard. We drew square metres and used chalk to draw a Spring scene.
Sheila O'Hora Art Competition
A big well done to the two winners from our class!
S.E.S.E
We have been studying Rocks in Geography. We went on a rock hunt in the school garden and completed rock reports on our findings. We wrote 'Rock raps' and performed them for the class.
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh!
Lá Glas
Tennis
World Book Day
A walk along the river
We went on a walk to see the journey of the River Rye and the River Liffey. We learned lots about the history of Leixlip along the way. We have a very enjoyable morning.
2D Shape Scavenger Hunt
February
Pancake Tuesday
Valentines Day Art
Internet Safety
We took part in World Internet Safety Day. We had a discussion about keeping safe on the Internet and learned lots of useful tips from Webwise.
Happy St. Brigid's Day
'My Family's Fond of Gadgets' by Ken Nesbitt
January
Grandparents Day
We invited our Grandparents into our classroom. We played chess with them, coloured pictures and interviewed them in groups. It was a lovely morning!
December
Christmas Art
Pizza Party
To finish our studies on Italy, we were rewarded with a pizza party! We helped to make the pizzas and really enjoyed eating the finished product. Yum!
Show and Tell
We brought in items from home that meant something to us and we showed our friends - we spoke about our item and we answered questions from the class.
Open Day
Snow Day
November
Science Week
We had great fun during Science week. We did a small experiment each day and finished the week with a STEM challenge where we designed our own playground.
- We made an egg float in water.
- We separated salt from pepper on a plate.
- We made a jar of water turn upside down with no spills.
- We created our own xylophone using glasses and water and played some tunes!
- We made an egg float in water.
- We separated salt from pepper on a plate.
- We made a jar of water turn upside down with no spills.
- We created our own xylophone using glasses and water and played some tunes!
October
Happy Halloween!
Halloween Art
Hula Hooping
We had great fun at our Hula Hooping workshop with Sarah!
Pumpkins
Maths Week
We completed puzzles with tangrams......we found it really challenging to make a square using all of the pieces!
We estimated how many conkers are in the box.
We played Maths games on the iPads.
Ms. Doyle hid numbers around the classroom and we had to find them and figure out the pattern.
S.E.S.E
Look at the fantastic house projects we completed at home!
We went on a Lines and Angles hunt around the school yard.
We have been enjoying G.A.A with Coach Ciarán.
We are learning about Lines and Angles in Maths.
Some of our fabulous Art work so far...
We used our knowledge of Lines and Angles to recreate our own castles after we looked at Paul Klee's work.
September
We harvested the carrots we grew last year and did some weeding in the garden.
We have been taking some trips to the library and have enjoyed reading our favourite books in peaceful surroundings.
