Marine science fun!

Today, Noirin from the Explorer's Project came into our class to talk to us about marine science. She showed us some dried sea creatures, including a starfish, a seahorse, a sea snail and a set of shark's teeth! We then did an experiment to determine whether fresh water is heavier than salt water. 

We put red food colouring in the salt water and as you can see, we discovered it is heavier than fresh water!

The Bug Doctor!

Today we had a visit from the bug doctor! What a fun surprise! We went to the hall where we met Michel.

Firstly, Michel showed us a real, live tarantula! He explained that the tarantula is an arachnid who won't attack unless he feels threatened.

Then, we saw a scorpion. Some of us were very brave and held the scorpion in our hands!!!

Michel then passed around some millipedes. We thought they tickled us with all of their legs!

Then we saw some stick insects, a lizard and a snake!!! We scratched the lizard's back (which was quite sharp) and felt the snake (he was very rubbery!)

We had so much fun at the bug doctor today. Thanks, Michel!

Hallowe'en walk!

We all got dressed up for our Hallowe'en walk around Renmore. We raised lots of money for our school and we had such a fun day, with lots of treats and excitement! After our walk, we went to the yard where we watched the Glee club's performance of 'Thriller!'

Past Pupils

Some past pupils came in to speak to us about their sporting achievements since leaving Scoil Chaitriona. They even brought some medals and trophies to show us!!!

Our trip to the library

Today, we went with Ms Connolly's and Ms Cunningham's classes to Ballybane Library where we listened to a storyteller called Pat. Along with telling us some interesting and funny stories, Pat also showed us a few tricks! We had a great time.

Maths!

Now that we are in 1st class, we are counting and adding with even bigger numbers. Today, we counted carefully to 15 and 16 using cubes and lollipop sticks. We also played a few fun games.

As you can see, we concentrated very hard when we were counting!!!

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Branar sa halla

Yesterday, we went to see a play as Gaeilge in our school hall. There were two men in the play. We had a lot of fun watching them.

Welcome back!!!

We are delighted to be back in school and we are having a great time in first class!!!

Brigit's Garden - Our School Tour



Welcome to Brigit's Garden



Willow tunnel

Inside the Crannog, swallow's nest with chicks up in the roof

The Sun clock

Newt- one of the mini beasts in the pond

On the swings

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