STEM - Army Man Launcher!

For this activity, we used one cup, one army man, one spoon, six lollipop sticks, two rubber bands tape and string. We didn’t have to use all of the materials, but we did need to use at least 2. We worked in groups to create our launchers. We then tested them to see which army man went the furthest. We found out that the elastic band was very important to our launchers.

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!

Happy St Patrick's Day from all the shamrocks in 2nd Class!

Let's Dance!

We love to dance!

Pancake Tuesday!

We enjoyed making pancakes and eating them! After making the pancakes we wrote instructions on how to make them as we have been learning about procedural writing in our English lessons.

Our Trip to the Zoo! 28/02/19

We had a great time at the zoo. We learned about the animals of the African plains. We learned about some of the endangered and critically endangered animals that live at the zoo. We learned about the bongo. The bongo has strips on its body so it can camouflage and hide from its predators. Our guide gave us a lot of information about the animals.
We enjoyed looking at all the reptiles in the reptile house. After looking at the reptiles, we got to play in the play forest. It was a lot of fun. Finally, we enjoyed a sing song on the way back to school!

Music!

In our music lessons we have been learning about the composer Camille Saint-Saëns. He was a French composer and he composed The Carnival of Animals. We read a story about his life and the used instruments to create sound effects to go with the story.

Star line december 2018

We were delighted to win the star line for December! We worked really hard to win the star. Everyday we tried our best to line up quickly, quietly and stay in a straight line. Our hard work paid off and we won the most stars for December. Here we are pictured after winning the star!

Santa Claus came to visit! Thursday 20th December 2018

The children were very excited when Santa came to visit our class. They enjoyed dancing with Santa!

Tuesday 11th December- All ready for the nativity!

Materials

We have been learning about materials. We identified and named everyday materials. Then we worked as scientists to investigate the properties of materials. We looked at and felt the materials to decide if they were strong, hard, soft, rough, smooth, transparent, translucent or opaque. We filled in a table with our findings.

Hibernation and Migration

In Science we have been learning about animals that hibernate and migrate. We used clay to make some animals such as turtles, whales and bears. Then we made their migration or hibernation habitat. Did you know that some turtles hibernate? Can you spot our turtles?
Before animals go into hibernation, many get ready by eating extra food. They store this as fat in their bodies, which helps to keep them alive during the winter. We learned that when animals are hibernating, their body temperature drops and their breathing slows down. Can you see some of our hibernating animals?
Some of us made whales as they migrate to warmer oceans. Can you spot the whales?

Science Week 12th - 16th november 2018

We worked in groups to design a safety jacket for an egg. Then we had fun testing our jackets! Most of our eggs survived but some were not so lucky. We found out that the eggs needed to secured within the jacket to survive the drop.