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Thursday, 12 June 2014

Photography Fun On Our Field Trip!

Posted in ,,, | 17:50 | by Cecelia


We went on a really fun field trip today! We went to visit a field to see if we could find the plants that we'd been learning about for the past two weeks. We each had a treasure hunt card and we had to try find all the plants on the list. When we found them, we had to take a photo of them. Check out some of our photos here! 



















We did great on the field trip so it's no wonder then that we won the Greenwave photography competition! A piece of good news came through yesterday telling us that our photo of the hawthorn bud burst had been chosen as the best of all. As a result of this we get a digital camera for the school! Fintan was very pleased with us! :-) 

Check it out here!

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Thursday, 8 May 2014

Designing and Making Shakers

Posted in ,, | 16:49 | by Cecelia


Today, we designed and made some shakers using the natural materials we gathered on our field trip. 

 A lot of people decided to use stones and pebbles as they made a louder noise but some people chose grass and plant material for a softer swoosh! 

 You can check us out here!


I'm sure there'll be many noisy houses tonight! Have fun!

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Thursday, 10 April 2014

We're Famous Photographers!

Posted in , | 14:34 | by Cecelia


Exciting news! 

We're famous photographers!

Our Greenwave photo of a primrose has been chosen to be aired on 3e Weather news tonight, Thursday 10.04.14 at 6.30pm.  

Keep an eye out for it!


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Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Conserving Water

Posted in ,, | 14:14 | by Cecelia


For the past few weeks, our Learn Together assemblies have been focussing on water. 

Today was the final day when we looked at all the different ways to conserve and protect water. 

We learned a lot about what wastes water and also what pollutes water (makes it dirty).  

Everyone in senior infants is going to try very hard to be a Wise Water User!

If you need a bit of revision on how to do this, have a look at the scene below!


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Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Day and Night

Posted in | 13:49 | by Cecelia


Today we were learning about day and night. We brainstormed all the different things we knew about day and all the things we thought of when we imagined night. Then we put our words into a Tagxedo to see what it looked like. It was really pretty! 

We choose the rooster for daytime because he crows in the morning and a star for the night-time words because the stars come out at night! 




Then we looked at a programme called Stellarium. This is really cool because it lets you fast forward time so that you can see the stars - even in the middle of the day!

 We looked at Mars (which is really bright at the moment - and a little bit orangey), 


Ursa Major or the Big Bear (which has the Plough/Saucepan in it)


and the North Star (which always shows you the way north and never moves - even if you fast forward through three days and nights!). 

 You can find the North Star by drawing an imaginary line up from the two stars that make the side of the saucepan in Ursa Major. 


 The North Star is also called Polaris - kinda like the North Pole!


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Monday, 7 April 2014

Horse Chestnut Bud Burst!

Posted in ,, | 14:14 | by Cecelia


Spring has really hit Balbriggan this week! 

We saw the primroses last week, a hawthorn bud burst and we noticed on Friday that the horse chestnut was really close to opening. 


And then.... this morning when we checked, the bud had burst!

Check it out here! 



Now we need to look out for the bud burst of the ash and the arrival of the swallow!

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Friday, 4 April 2014

Field Trip to the Hedgerow

Posted in , | 15:43 | by Cecelia


Today we went on a field trip to the hedgerow.  

We drew some things from the natural environment and also listed some things that didn't belong.  We also did a survey on the plants we saw - hawthorn, brambles, dandelion and goose grass/robin run the hedge. 





                             
We also saw some signs of spring.  We found lots of primroses.  There were lots of beautiful ladybirds on them.  




We saw a dandelion flower too.  Dandelion comes from the French name for the plant 'dan de lion' which means the teeth of the lion.  


                                             
We also saw a hawthorn bud burst.  This was very exciting as it was another of the signs of spring we were looking out for as part of the Greenwave project!


We saw lots of brambles on the field trip too.  We even spotted two snails on one of the leaves.



We really loved goose grass because it is so sticky.  Cecelia said that she used to stick this on her brother's back when they were children and we all had great fun trying this out on each other! 

  



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Thursday, 3 April 2014

Visitors from ALL over the World!

Posted in | 14:01 | by Cecelia


Our blog has had visitors from ALL over the world! 

Look at all the flags we've collected! 


We're learning how to be very cosmopolitan global citizens. :-)

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The Water Cycle

Posted in ,, | 13:52 | by Cecelia


We were learning about the water cycle in assembly today. 

We were all disgusted to realise that the water we were drinking might one time have been inside an animal - and might even have been urinated out by it! YUCK!!!

Luckily the water is cleaned before it gets to us! 

The journey of a drop of water was really interesting though. 

If you want to go on another journey, click the picture below. 

(You might need an adult's help to get past the quiz questions at each stage.)


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Friday, 7 March 2014

Visit to the Natural History Museum

Posted in ,, | 13:58 | by Cecelia


We will be visiting the Natural History Museum next week as part of Féile na Gaeilge. 

If you want to go back over some of the things we're going to see, you can check out these Prezis!


 

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Tuesday, 4 March 2014

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

Posted in | 13:48 | by Cecelia


We were talking about lots of different types of jobs today. 

We read a story about it...  


...answered some questions in a quiz... 



...and listened to a song about different jobs! 



We learned lots and had loads of fun!

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Saturday, 15 February 2014

Greenwave Project

Posted in ,, | 16:14 | by Cecelia


As you may know, our class is currently participating in the Greenwave project for schools. 

 This involves measuring the weather and watching out for signs of spring arriving in the area. 

 The six signs are: 
- Primroses blooming 
- Frogspawn 
- Bud burst of ash tree (emergence of the leaf at the end of the branch) 
- Bud burst of horse chestnut tree (emergence of the leaf at the end of the branch) 
- Bud burst of hawthorn tree (emergence of the leaf at the end of the branch) 
- Arrival of swallows. 

 Over the midterm break, please keep an eye out for these happenings. If you spot any of them, please email cecelia.class@gmail.com (or comment here!). If possible, please also take a photograph and send it on to accompany it as Greenwave are also running a photography competition for schools this year too. 

 Primroses and hawthorn can be found in the hedgerows around Balbriggan, including the hedges beside our school. You will find ash and chestnut trees in the park behind St. Peter & Paul’s church carpark and also in the small park to the left of the church. Keep an eye out for swallows nesting in sheds or warehouses. You may be lucky enough to find frogspawn in ponds or ditches, but please be careful when you are near water. 

Additional information and guides to identification can be found on www.greenwave.ie.

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