1st, 2nd and 3rd Class 2022 - 2023 

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January 2023

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Maths

The children learned about 2D and 3D shapes.  We took the opportunity to walk around the classroom and look for 2D and 3D shapes in our environment.  We were fascinated to see so many different types of shapes in our classroom.  The children had exploring faces, edges and corners of the 3D shapes and 3rd class even explored the nets of the shapes.  We made some shape robots and some shape gingerbread houses to fit in with our Christmas theme.  Third class began their multiplication by practicing their skip counting.  We are playing loads of games every day to keep the numbers fresh in our heads. 

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Science week

During science week the children had lots of fun exploring static electricity using balloons.  We could see our friends hair rising up as they rubbed the balloon off their hair and then lifted it up.  We also tried this with rice Krispies and to our amazement the rice Krispies began to rise up with the balloon.  The bubbles inside bubbles experiment was super messy but the best of fun.  Our tables were very clean after this experiment.  We made our bubble mixture in groups and then we used a straw to blow our bubbles onto the table.  It was a bit tricky at first but we persevered and by the end we were making huge bubbles, with more bubbles inside and even more bubbles inside that.  The children were really excited to walk on air.  We blew up plenty of balloons, half full of air.  We turned a table upside down and put the balloons under the table.  The children then stepped up onto the upside down table and we waited to see if any balloons burst.  More children stepped up onto the table and we counted 10 children walking on air with no balloons bursting.   Plenty of excitement, lots of mess and a noisy classroom makes for a fun and engaging science week. 

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SESE

The children took part in activities about COP 27 again this year.  We watched videos about rainforests in Ireland and the importance of our trees around us.  We became aware of what greenhouse gases are and how they pollute our environment.  We were made aware of different causes of pollution and of ways we can help to prevent pollution.  We looked at pictures on how global warming is affecting our world and we discussed ways we can try to help our environment.  We also used the ipads to engage in some Kahoot quizzes to help us remember what we had learned.  A lovely, fun, engaging activity to help reinforce our learning in SESE.  We always love to see who gets on the podium at the end of the quiz.

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PE

The children had 6 weeks of swimming as part of our PE curriculum.  The children enjoyed the excitement of getting the bus to the hotel.  They really benefitted from the swimming lesson and became very confident in the water by the end of the 6 weeks. 

English

Our writing genre that we focused on was writing to socialise.  The children in 1st, 2nd and 3rd class read the story ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’.  We then wrote a letter to one of the crayons asking them and encouraging them not to quit.  We brainstormed some phrases we could use in our letters together as a whole group first before we began our writing.  The children produced some wonderful letter writing.