WE USED 2 HOOPS AND OUR CLASS MADE UP DIFFERENT SUMS BY JUMPING IN AND OUT OF THE HOOPS........2+2 MAKES 4! 0+4 MAKES 4!
Tuesday 6 December 2011
TESTING FOR ACIDS
WE TESTED DIFFERENT LIQUIDS AND BREAD SODA TO SEE IF THEY WERE ACIDIC OR NOT.
WE BOILED RED CABBAGE AND ADDED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORANGE JUICE, APPLE JUICE, MILK, VINEGAR, BREAD SODA AND WATER TO THE CABBAGE JUICE.
WE FOUND OUT THAT APPLE JUICE, ORANGE JUICE AND VINEGAR TURNED THE PURPLE CABBAGE JUICE PINK.
WE FOUND OUT THAT BREAD SODA AND MILK TURNED THE CABBAGE JUICE BLUE OR A CLOUDY COLOUR.WE KNOW WE MUST BRUSH OUR TEETH IF WE DRINK ACIDIC DRINK LIKE ORANGE JUICE AND APPLE JUICE!
Shoe sorting!
We all took off our shoes and teacher mixed them up. Each team raced to see how long it took to put each pair together again!We loved this game!
Monday 5 December 2011
Making butter
We made butter!We put cream in a flask and shook the flask.We shook and shook and shook.....and shook(for ten minutes!).... and finally the cream turned into yummy butter!!
THE PIG IN THE POND
We read the story 'The Pig in the Pond' and put the pictures in order.We retold the story to each other and acted the story out.
Sorting activities
We did lots of sorting activities!We sorted objects by colour and shape.We sorted clothes into winter and summer clothes.We also sorted insects into two sets:insects which have wings and those which have not.
Friday 10 June 2011
Junior LEGO League at the Radisson Hotel
We have spent many weeks working hard on our project.Yesterday we finally got to display our project at the Radisson Hotel.We displayed our robotics along with many other schools from all over Galway.We had a fantastic evening of show and tell, dancing, cheerleading and entertainment.
Mixing and dissolving
We tested different substances to see if they would dissolve in water or not.We tested salt, sugar, sand, seeds etc.
Show and Tell
We brought in our favourite object to show the class.We told the class why we liked it and what it meant to us.
The class brought in teddies, a judo outfit, a pantomime outfit, an old part of a train, a chain and many more.....
The class brought in teddies, a judo outfit, a pantomime outfit, an old part of a train, a chain and many more.....
Historical Artefacts!
Each group was given a really old object.
We had to decide what it is made of, who would have used it, where it was made, what shape it was and if it could talk what it would say!
Finally we had to guess what it was.We had some very interesting guesses!
At the end of the lesson teacher told us about each object:
an old hot water bottle,
a milk can,
an old brass blowtorch
and an inkwell!
We had to decide what it is made of, who would have used it, where it was made, what shape it was and if it could talk what it would say!
Finally we had to guess what it was.We had some very interesting guesses!
At the end of the lesson teacher told us about each object:
an old hot water bottle,
a milk can,
an old brass blowtorch
and an inkwell!
Thursday 9 June 2011
Contempo String Quartet
We visited the Contempo String Quartet in the Education Centre. We listened to excerpts of classical music and looked out for varying pitch, rhythm and dynamics. Rosa was allowed to play the violin!!
Easter pots
We created pots with clay, painted them all different colours and filled them with hay and yummy eggs!
Amazing 3-d shapes
We constructed pyramids, cubes, cuboids and many other shapes using matchsticks and marla.
SOAK IT UP
We tested various materials in water to see if they were absorbent or waterproof.
We tested cotton wool, cardboard, plastic, tin foil, kitchen roll, newspaper and a sponge.
More Robotics
We followed the tutorials and made many interesting things.It was challenging but we loved it.
We made two twirling birds that rotate, a crocodile who's mouth opens and closes and a boat which rocks back and forth!
A Visitor
Tony Reidy is a secondary school teacher.His class do the First Lego League every year.Tony showed us how to program his LEGO robot. We found out that it is very similar to our Junior LEGO league!
Robotics
We are getting very good at following the instructions,assembling the lego and programming it on the computer.
Sunday 8 May 2011
ROBOTICS
Our school has been extremely lucky to have been chosen as one of the first ever schools in Ireland and the UK to have been introduced to the Lego WeDo robotics.We will be making lego structures and then programming them on the computer to perform different functions.We had our first lesson today with our kits. We could programme a motor to work.It was a lot of fun.We worked well in our teams.
CHARACTERS
We studied characters from different stories and came up with many different characteristics.We loved drawing the pictures too!
HOW TO WRITE A STORY
An author and illustrator came in to talk to us about how to write your own story and draw the pictures too.
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