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6th class decided to take part in a Design and Make STEM activity to celebrate Halloween!

Take a look at the instructions below! We were given a task to design and make a 3D Hallowe’en monster or ghost and we had to make it move!

We had to ensure all the instructions were followed carefully and accurately!

We used classroom materials to make our creations and we were impressed by each groups individuality and creativity!

Using our knowledge from ‘Energy and Forces’ in our Science lessons, each team identified and explored how best to move our monsters/ ghosts! Some pushed, some pulled, some used wind energy (of sorts!) and some created simple machines, like ‘ziplines’!

We were impressed with the movement we created, in such different ways!

We’d recommend this Design and Make challenge to other classes, as it was easy to take part in and we got to see some Science in action in only 16 minutes!

3rd Class had great fun taking part in Math’s Week and took the chance to take part in some fun activities. We split into teams and took part in a Math’s trail around the school and classroom (special thanks to Ms. Kane for designing the trail).

We took part in an Online Math’s Week Quiz run by Wexford Education Centre and enjoyed trying to solve the problem questions.

We finally finished off the week with some Pizza Fractions. We learned about equivalent fractions then ate quarters and eights of pizzas!!

1st class celebrated Maths Week and Halloween last week and created some Frankenstein art using the 2D shapes we have been learning about!

4th class had so much fun taking part in the Mini Scientist this year. There were so many interesting questions that the children came up such as;

• What is the PH Level of different soaps and how does this effect the soap?
• How, when and why do scabs occur?
• What is implosion and how does it occur?
• What skincare reacts with water the best and feels the best on your face?
• Does fertilizer help grass grow more quickly?
• What makes a plant grow more quickly- honey, vinegar, sugar or water?
• Does the chromatography of a marker change with different liquids?

Our winning project this year was ‘Is a human smarter in the morning, after little break or at the end of the day?’ which was completed by Ava, Nicole and Davyd. We wish them the best of luck in representing our school in the Mini Scientist final.

This week 4th class celebrated Math’s week by playing fun games in stations, using math week word problems to challenge ourselves and by going on a Math Trail. Take a look at our pictures to see how much fun we had!

6th class are enjoying a great Maths Week and taking part in lots of different activities!

We joined a Mega Maths Quiz online on Tuesday that required lots of problem solving skills to get the answers – we’re still not sure about some of them! It was a great opportunity to work together as a class and we had to explain a lot of our thinking to each other and in our final answers that we submitted.

On Wednesday we took part in a Maths Trail around the school. It was great fun! We worked in teams to arrive at our answers and covered questions about Measures, Data and Number. Putting our Maths skills to the test was a great chance for us to make sure we understand the concepts fully!

We worked inside the school and outside to measure lengths and widths, to estimate, to count data on vehicles, to discuss symmetry and to calculate information based on how old our school is.

We’re looking forward to continuing our Maths Week celebrations with some Maths riddles today!

6th class have been busy baking this year! Baking lessons allow us to put our practical Maths skills to use – weighing, measuring and timing – and also give us an opportunity to engage in some procedural writing.

So far this year, we have made banana bread and fairy cakes. We work in groups and each have different responsibilities when it comes to following Liz’s delicious recipes!

Take a look below at our lessons in action:

All of our recipes are on display in the 6th class corridor, let us know if you would like a copy to try out yourself!

We think baking is a great way to celebrate Maths Week too! We highly recommend getting involved in some active learning 😊

3rd Class celebrated Space Week with different activities each day. We learned all about the earth and the different layers that make up the planet. We then molded our own planets out of clay and painted the layers from core to mantle.

While learning about the moon we decided to check out how craters are formed with a fin experiment involving flour, cocoa powder and various sized marbles.

We tested out which type of cola would make the best “Rocket Fuel” with the coke and mentos experiment. We figured the cola that produced the highest fountain would have the greatest force and therefore the make the best fuel.

Finally we were delighted to take part in the Dream Space webinar all about our solar system and learning how to code our own Space Invader computer game.

Last week, we celebrated Space Week! Second class learned about constellations.

We made some well known constellations using mini marshmallows and cocktail sticks. We hope you like them.

We learned lots of new things during Space Week this week. We loved reading Chris Hadfield’s book ‘The Darkest Dark’ about his dreams to be an astronaut. We also watched the 1969 moon landing which we couldn’t quite believe. We even learned about Neil Armstrong and did some art work of him. 🚀👨🏻‍🚀🌙