Active schools week 2021
We had an amazing week this week trying out different sports each day.
Monday- Rugby
Tuesday- cricket and teachers Vs 6th class rounders
Wednesday- athletics
Thursday-Badminton
Friday- sports day (foot tennis; obstacle course; novelty races and limbo; penalty shoot out)
Monday- Rugby
Tuesday- cricket and teachers Vs 6th class rounders
Wednesday- athletics
Thursday-Badminton
Friday- sports day (foot tennis; obstacle course; novelty races and limbo; penalty shoot out)
Fun on the farm
We had a fantastic day today with Wolly Farms. We got to feed and hold lots of different animals and we finished the day with a delicious picnic and ice cream!
Planting
We have been busy planting lots of different fruit and vegetables. Look at how much they have grown!
Rugby with RaY
Easter Fun
We had lots of fun today taking part in our first Mad Hatter’s competition and a surprise Easter egg hunt!
World Down syndrome day
Incredible Edibles
We had great fun planting strawberries, potatoes, carrots, turnip, chives, lettuce and spinach.
Christmas carols
Christmas wreaths
Waka Waka dance
Marathon Kids
The girls have worked so hard over the past few weeks building up their stamina by running the distance of a marathon over 9 weeks. Well done girls, you should all be so proud!!
Maths week art
Working with an artist- week 4
This we we transferred our leaf drawings onto styrofoam and used these to make some amazing prints.
Working with an artist- week 3
This week we created our own stained glass windows using sticky film, insulation and tissue paper. We also completed some leaf drawings.
Science week
Working with an artist- week 2
This week we explored different colours that we could make by mixing paints together. We then used these new colours to paint our clay masterpieces from last week.
Working with an artist- week 1
This week we had great fun working with an artist to create some fantastic pieces using clay. We started off by learning how to make some 3D shapes with the clay and we then used these shapes to create our masterpieces!
Halloween Fun!
European School Sports Day
We had a fantastic day celebrating European School Sports Day. We spent the day focusing on our physical health with lots of active games and dance as well as our mental wellbeing by taking part in a mindfulness walk; mindfulness colouring; art and some meditation. Check out the active school page for some more photos :)
22nd - 26th June
Hello 4th Class,
I hope you all had an active and fun Sports Week. I would love to hear all about your favourite activities from Sports Week. I’m sure you’re all getting very excited for your summer holidays. Can you believe it’s our last week of school? That year flew by!
Junior Masterchef
This week is Junior Masterchef. I can’t wait to see the delicious treats and healthy snacks you make this week. Head over to the Cookery Club page for more information.
Well-being Journal
I have attached a well-being journal for you girls to check out this week. There are some lovely activities in this journal that you might like to try. One of my favourite activities is ‘Happy Memories’, I would love to hear about any of your happy memories from this school year.
Zoom Call
Next Thursday 25th June I would love to see you all for your class zoom call. Please email me if you would like to be involved. I will then email you with all of the details that you will need to join our call on Thursday. Every girl will get a chance to talk during the zoom call. Have a think about what you would like to talk about; some exciting news, happy memories, a new skill you’ve learned or maybe you would like to do a show and tell. I’m really looking forward to our zoom call!
Email: [email protected]
Virtual School Tour
Unfortunately we weren’t able to go on our 4th Class School Tour. Why don’t you check out these virtual school tours instead? There’s one for every day of the week. You may be familiar with one of them, can you guess which one? If you go on any of the virtual school tours perhaps you’d like to talk about it during our zoom call.
Movie Quiz
Try the movie quiz at the bottom of this section. Can you figure them all out?
I hope you all have a lovely week. Looking forward to talking to you all soon.
Ms Shannon
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Sports Week
Hello girls, I hope you’re all excited for SPORTS WEEK!!! This week, you have NO SCHOOL WORK 😁. Instead, check out the Active Page every day to find your new activities. The big day, SPORTS DAY is next Friday 19th June. There will certificates rewarded to all of the girls who take part in our school sports week. Make sure to email me pictures of you completing the activities to show that you have been taking part. I know you’ll all enjoy this week, best of luck and most importantly have lots of fun!
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Cookery Competition
Don’t worry, the cookery competition is still running this week. Ms. Quigg has been so impressed by all of your entries so far. I can’t wait to see all of your wonderful, tasty creations this week. Make sure to email Ms. Quigg with your entries and check out the cookery club page to see some of the past winners.
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Cookery Competition
Don’t worry, the cookery competition is still running this week. Ms. Quigg has been so impressed by all of your entries so far. I can’t wait to see all of your wonderful, tasty creations this week. Make sure to email Ms. Quigg with your entries and check out the cookery club page to see some of the past winners.
What Have 4th Class Been Up To?
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Rebecca has been keeping busy by baking, cycling and making lovely fairy houses!
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Kamile has been busy making tie-dye t-shirts!
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Caoimhe has been busy making gorgeous chocolate eclairs!
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Ellie is enjoying the sun - practising dance, gymnastics and cycling.
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Mia has been looking after the fairies in their beautiful fairy garden.
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Email: [email protected]
8th - 12th June
Hello girls, I hope you've all been keeping well. I also hope you're all getting excited as your summer holidays are getting closer. I'm really looking forward to seeing all of your work and any activities that you do at home this week. I will be ringing you all again very soon, looking for to chatting to you all. Have a lovely week! :)
Hello girls, I hope you've all been keeping well. I also hope you're all getting excited as your summer holidays are getting closer. I'm really looking forward to seeing all of your work and any activities that you do at home this week. I will be ringing you all again very soon, looking for to chatting to you all. Have a lovely week! :)
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3rd - 5th June
Hi girls, I hope you all have a really lovely weekend. Try to stay active and get out and enjoy the sun if you can. Don't forget that you can email me pictures of how you are keeping busy over the long weekend.
Wednesday - Friday
I have uploaded work for next week. As it is a bank holiday this weekend, school is closed for Monday and Tuesday. This week's work is for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Best of luck! :)
Hi girls, I hope you all have a really lovely weekend. Try to stay active and get out and enjoy the sun if you can. Don't forget that you can email me pictures of how you are keeping busy over the long weekend.
Wednesday - Friday
I have uploaded work for next week. As it is a bank holiday this weekend, school is closed for Monday and Tuesday. This week's work is for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Best of luck! :)
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25th - 29th May
Hello 4th Class! :)
Your work for this week is attached at the bottom of this text. Try your best to complete it, I'm looking forward to seeing all of your hard work!
Masterchef Competition
Congratulations to Kamile who was the 4th class winner of this week's Masterchef competition. Check you the Cookery Club page to see Kamile's winning entry. Don't forget to email Ms. Quigg with your wonderful creations this week.
Daily Mile
Thank you to the girls who sent me their distances this week. It's really important to keep active even when we are at home. I've gone for a walk everyday this past week. I hope you are all keeping active in your own way too. Remember to email me your distances on Friday this week too.
4th Class Are Keeping Busy
Keep an eye on our class page throughout the week to see how our 4th Class girls have been keeping busy at home! If you would like to show the class how you have been keeping busy at home you can email me your pictures to be featured on our class page too.
I hope you all have a really nice week!
Hello 4th Class! :)
Your work for this week is attached at the bottom of this text. Try your best to complete it, I'm looking forward to seeing all of your hard work!
Masterchef Competition
Congratulations to Kamile who was the 4th class winner of this week's Masterchef competition. Check you the Cookery Club page to see Kamile's winning entry. Don't forget to email Ms. Quigg with your wonderful creations this week.
Daily Mile
Thank you to the girls who sent me their distances this week. It's really important to keep active even when we are at home. I've gone for a walk everyday this past week. I hope you are all keeping active in your own way too. Remember to email me your distances on Friday this week too.
4th Class Are Keeping Busy
Keep an eye on our class page throughout the week to see how our 4th Class girls have been keeping busy at home! If you would like to show the class how you have been keeping busy at home you can email me your pictures to be featured on our class page too.
I hope you all have a really nice week!
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18th - 22nd May
Hi girls, I hope you are all keeping well at home.
This week’s work is attached in the document below and all of the worksheets you need are also attached in separate files.
Art Competition
Thank you so much to everyone who sent me their entries for the Art Competition. You all did such lovely artwork. Congratulations to our two winners, Lauren and Emily.
Daily Mile
Don't forget to track your walk, jogs and runs this week so that you can send me your total distance on Friday!
Cookery Competition
Have a look at the 'Cookery Club' page to see details about Ms. Quigg's masterchef competition.
Hi girls, I hope you are all keeping well at home.
This week’s work is attached in the document below and all of the worksheets you need are also attached in separate files.
Art Competition
Thank you so much to everyone who sent me their entries for the Art Competition. You all did such lovely artwork. Congratulations to our two winners, Lauren and Emily.
Daily Mile
Don't forget to track your walk, jogs and runs this week so that you can send me your total distance on Friday!
Cookery Competition
Have a look at the 'Cookery Club' page to see details about Ms. Quigg's masterchef competition.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Explanation Writing
Gaeilge, projects and bonus activities
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11th - 15th May
Hi girls, I hope you had a really nice weekend and got to enjoy some of the lovely sunshine. Thank you to all of the girls who sent me on work this week and especially those of you who completed your Active Home Week posters. I was really impressed by all of your work and how you all got active in so many different ways.
Daily Mile
This week, Ms. Shaughnessy and Ms. Sherwin have set you a new challenge. Here is their message to you all;
"We want you to record the distance you run (walk some if you have to!) each day and send us your total weekly distance every Friday. We will add up your class's scores and see who the winning class will be each week! You can track your distance on google maps, a fit-bit, your phone or your parent's phone! The winning class will get vouchers to use when we get back to school. Check you the Active School Page for more information."
I am really excited for this challenge and I will be taking part too. Please send your times by my email every Friday with your total distance.
New Files
This week, I have set our your work in a file as usual but I have attached the worksheets in a separate file to ensure that we can all read the worksheets properly. As always, try your best! Remember, "it's okay to not know but it's not okay to not try". If you have any questions or would like help with any of your work please don't hesitate to email me.
Missing you all very much!
Ms. Shannon
Hi girls, I hope you had a really nice weekend and got to enjoy some of the lovely sunshine. Thank you to all of the girls who sent me on work this week and especially those of you who completed your Active Home Week posters. I was really impressed by all of your work and how you all got active in so many different ways.
Daily Mile
This week, Ms. Shaughnessy and Ms. Sherwin have set you a new challenge. Here is their message to you all;
"We want you to record the distance you run (walk some if you have to!) each day and send us your total weekly distance every Friday. We will add up your class's scores and see who the winning class will be each week! You can track your distance on google maps, a fit-bit, your phone or your parent's phone! The winning class will get vouchers to use when we get back to school. Check you the Active School Page for more information."
I am really excited for this challenge and I will be taking part too. Please send your times by my email every Friday with your total distance.
New Files
This week, I have set our your work in a file as usual but I have attached the worksheets in a separate file to ensure that we can all read the worksheets properly. As always, try your best! Remember, "it's okay to not know but it's not okay to not try". If you have any questions or would like help with any of your work please don't hesitate to email me.
Missing you all very much!
Ms. Shannon
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6th - 8th May
Hi girls, I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend. Well done to everyone who took part in Active Home Week last week, it was so nice to see all of your efforts.
Please find attached the activities for this week.
Hi girls, I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend. Well done to everyone who took part in Active Home Week last week, it was so nice to see all of your efforts.
Please find attached the activities for this week.
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27th April - 1st May
Hi girls, well done to everyone who completed last week’s activities. I was very impressed with all of the emails that you girls have sent me so far. I hope you are all enjoying your new books and are also putting your art packs to good use. Please find activities for this week in the document file above.
Hi girls, well done to everyone who completed last week’s activities. I was very impressed with all of the emails that you girls have sent me so far. I hope you are all enjoying your new books and are also putting your art packs to good use. Please find activities for this week in the document file above.
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PE Surveys
Hi everyone, we would greatly appreciate if parents and pupils could fill out the surveys below. The surveys will only take approximately 3 minutes each and your feedback will greatly help us to continue improving PE and yard time at school!
Pupil Questionnaire: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/66SR727
Parent Questionnaire: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z9VP7FJ
Pupil Questionnaire: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/66SR727
Parent Questionnaire: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z9VP7FJ
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20th - 24th April
Hi girls, I hope you all enjoyed your Easter Holidays! I know the Easter Bunny was very busy this year getting around to all of the children that are being so good, staying at home and helping to keep everyone safe! I’m very proud of all of you girls and thank you for being so careful and continuing to wash your hands, practise good coughing etiquette and social distancing. (20/04/2020)
I've uploaded some work and activities for you to complete at home this week. There is also a message for parents that can be found at the bottom of the page.
Stay safe everyone!
🐣 Happy Easter 🐣
Hello girls, it’s finally the Easter Holidays!!
Well done to everyone on all of the work that you have been doing at home, staying safe and completing activities.
I have attached some fun activities that you can do over the Easter Holidays. You can let me know which ones you enjoy the most if you’d like.
Don’t forget to continue with your Super Trooper books. I know that being stuck at home isn’t ideal for getting your hour of physical activity in each day but I’m sure you girls will be able to get creative.
Enjoy your holidays everyone!!
Well done to everyone on all of the work that you have been doing at home, staying safe and completing activities.
I have attached some fun activities that you can do over the Easter Holidays. You can let me know which ones you enjoy the most if you’d like.
Don’t forget to continue with your Super Trooper books. I know that being stuck at home isn’t ideal for getting your hour of physical activity in each day but I’m sure you girls will be able to get creative.
Enjoy your holidays everyone!!
🐥 Easter Activities 🐥
Well done to everyone that completed the Harry Potter quiz. Now you can check your answers to see how you got on!
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Hi girls,
I hope you’re all staying safe and well at home. I know that everything feels a bit strange these days and some of you may be finding the days long or boring. It’s so important that you all know you’re doing a terrific job by staying at home. You’re also helping others to stay safe too.
Ms. Clarke has put plenty of activities on the Learning from Home section. These would be great for you to try out at home.
I’ve also attached some more work for you to complete at home. As always, if any activities are too difficult you can skip them and try again later. Please don’t be too worried about getting through all of the work, just do what you can to the best of your own ability.
Don’t forget that some of the best work that you can do at home is to help your out your parents as best you can. This can be doing some chores around the house or helping to look after your younger brothers and sisters.
RTÉ Home School Hub
RTÉ will be showing a home school segment Monday – Friday at 11am on RTÉ2. This programme will have some lessons that you can take part in too.
Questions about COVID 19 for kids
If you have any questions about COVID 19 check out this video with the Minister for Health, Simon Harris. Some of the questions that he answers might be very similar to your own questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAse_owU8p4
I hope you’re all staying safe and well at home. I know that everything feels a bit strange these days and some of you may be finding the days long or boring. It’s so important that you all know you’re doing a terrific job by staying at home. You’re also helping others to stay safe too.
Ms. Clarke has put plenty of activities on the Learning from Home section. These would be great for you to try out at home.
I’ve also attached some more work for you to complete at home. As always, if any activities are too difficult you can skip them and try again later. Please don’t be too worried about getting through all of the work, just do what you can to the best of your own ability.
Don’t forget that some of the best work that you can do at home is to help your out your parents as best you can. This can be doing some chores around the house or helping to look after your younger brothers and sisters.
RTÉ Home School Hub
RTÉ will be showing a home school segment Monday – Friday at 11am on RTÉ2. This programme will have some lessons that you can take part in too.
Questions about COVID 19 for kids
If you have any questions about COVID 19 check out this video with the Minister for Health, Simon Harris. Some of the questions that he answers might be very similar to your own questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAse_owU8p4
School Closure Work
Keeping Fit and Active at Home
Click on this link to find out more!
https://ladiesgaelic.ie/learn/lgfa-underage-skills-logbook/
https://ladiesgaelic.ie/learn/lgfa-underage-skills-logbook/
Happy Halloween from 4th Class
Buddy Reading
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As part of World Book Day we took part in Buddy reading with Junior Infants. We made lots of new friends and had a great time.
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Thanks so much to all the parents who took part in Science for fun today. The girls had a fantastic time at each of the four stations. They made carbon dioxide out of acids and bases, created a rainstorm in a glass, made quicksand, and explored the effects of mixing oil and water! Thanks so much to Ms. Clarke for organising.
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Science For Fun
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Science for Fun
A big thank you to Ms. Clarke and the parents for coming in to share some fun science activities with us. We had so much fun and we learned lots. We had 3 stations 1. Floating and Sinking, 2. Acid and bases and 3. Magnetism.
Rachel from the Artane band.
Trick or Treat!
Healthy Food Tasting
The girls got to taste a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and cheeses. Thank you so much to all the parents who volunteered and to Ms. Clarke.
Green beans, red pepper, cucumer, sugar snap peas and spinach.
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Cheese!
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Grapefruit, melon, apples and pears.
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Freaky Hair FridayThe girls came to school with all sorts of crazy hairstyles today. They all looked brilliant!
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Welcome to Third Class!
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The girls in third class are excited to be back in school. They have been working very hard so far this year and are enjoying being part of the Senior side of the school. In September we celebrated two Dubs days. We wore all blue twice because the Dublin Men's and Ladies won the All Ireland Football Final.
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Teddy Bear's PicnicHappy Holidays Everyone. We had a great year in 1st class and we are very excited about 2nd class next year. We ended our year together with a lovely teddy bears picnic.
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CREDIT UNION WINNERS
Every Friday we saved with the Credit Union. The Credit Union ran a Summer competition this year. We had two winners in First class. Well done girls. Enjoy your prize.
Attendance
Full AttendanceWow!! This girl was in school everyday in First class.
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Three MonthsThese girls were in school everyday for the last three months.
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JuneThese girls were in school everyday in the month of June.
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School TourToday we had a wonderful day in Lullymore Heritage and Discovery Park. We enjoyed the animals and especially liked petting the kid. The historical walk was very informative the girls were enthralled. The indoor and outdoor playground was super fun.
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YogaYoga with Maura is a treat. We all look forward to on a Tuesday.
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Recycled artWe are proud to be a Green School in St. John of God G.N.S. We love seeing how we can recycle items in art. Who would have thought egg cartons could be such beautiful flowers.
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Weight
In maths this month we are focusing on weight. The girls have been using the balances to see how many cubes will balance a range of items. We also have used the weighing scales to have a look at grams and kilograms. The girls also all had a chance to weigh themselves which they really enjoyed
Literacy Lift Off
Three times a week we have Literacy Lift off in First Class. Three teachers work in the room at different stations.
NEW TEXTChildren read a new text everyday at this station.
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FAMILIAR TEXTPupils read books again at this station
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WRITINGChildren get a chance to write at this station.
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Art
This week and next week we will be focusing on clay in art. The girls enjoyed freely playing with the clay before creating their masterpieces.
Tidy TitchThe book we are reading in English at the moment is called Tidy Titch by Pat Hutchins.
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Fun in the Sun Testing week has brought the sunshine. We have worked hard and played hard this week.
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Green Fingers
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Paired Reading
Paired reading was a great success in our room this year. Well done to all the girls and adults who read with them.
Library
Reading treeWe love picking our own books from the shelves and the reading tree.
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Beautiful surroundingsOur library is beautifully decorated with characters from our favourite books,
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Reading RabbitThe library is a calm and peaceful place to sit and read our favourite books.
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Golden TimeWe were very lucky this week and we got to visit the Aistear room. The theme is the hairdresser. We had a wonderful time. We hope to visit it again soon.
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Australia
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We are busy learning about Australia in 1st class. We listened to a traditional piece of music called the Bushwalk. We all got a chance to play the didgeridoo.
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MEET THE TEAM
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