October 15, 2021
We had a great morning orienteering down in Murphy's Farm today. Thank you to Sean Cotter and the Cork Sports Partnership for facilitating this fabulous activity for our 3rd classes.
Challenge: Build a bridge that spans 20cm using only paper and paper clips. The bridge must be strong enough to hold 5 cubes.
We got there in the end!
Best of luck to the boys making their First Holy Communion tomorrow. Enjoy your special day.
Thank you to all the Volunteers for a great day!
Thank you to the Parents' Association for our ice cream, it was a lovely treat! We had a ball in the G.A.A. club today.
Congratulations to Joe Twomey and Jimmy Hawker, our two raffle winners!
We roared for the Rebels today! Best of luck to the Cork Footballers on Sunday!
Well done to Killian who presented his research on Egypt to us in PowerPoint form. He made a wonderful presentation at home. It was very informative, great job Killian!
Wonderful art work completed by Jake at home to go along with our Ancient Egyptian theme. Well done Jake!
Linking art with literacy.... have a look at our Rainbow Fish.
Well done to Oliver who made a fabulous Ancient Egyptian Pharoah mask at home. We are so impressed!
We had some very special visitors today!
Linking in with our history lesson this week, games and pastimes from the past, the boys had great fun this afternoon playing with lots of different board games. Thanks a million for facilitating this by allowing the boys bring in the games from home!
Dear Parents,
As you may know, 3rd class are putting on a version of A Christmas Carol for this year's Christmas Concert. Preparations are well underway and the boys are getting excited.
I am writing to you regarding costumes. To give you an idea, this play takes place in the Victorian Era. We'll have mostly full length or three-quarter length trousers, white shirts, waistcoats, scarves, long skirts and shawls. Old or borrowed clothes are perfect. It is not necessary to purchase costumes especially for the play. If you have any concerns please get in touch.
Your son will be able to tell you the role that he is playing. Below I have listed some ideas for each role.
Scrooge: I believe this costume has been sorted already!
Boys/Collectors/Tiny Tim/Cockney Boy: Victorian style clothes. (e.g.trousers, shirt, waistcoat, scarf, flat cap)
Belinda/Polly/Martha: Any kind of dress and long wig if available (I know some boys in the class have these and are willing to lend)
Spirit Present: A robe of some form (dressing gown maybe!)
Ghosts: Anything that resembles a ghost!
Businessmen/Fred: Full-length trousers, jacket/waistcoat, shirt, tie, top hat, padding
These are suggestions only. Some boys in the class may have items you are looking for and may be willing to lend, they just need to ask in class. All items will be kept in school and returned after the play. Please send in costumes in a labelled bag as soon as you can. I would hope to have all costumes in school by next Friday, Dec 13th.
Thanks for your support as always.
Kind regards,
Ms. Ryan
The boys did a great job presenting their engineering projects to a local visiting engineer last Thursday. He was very impressed with the boys ideas and their prototypes. We have now submitted our projects to Engineer's Ireland. The boys put a huge effort into their projects and I want to take this opportunity to thank you for supporting them in this endeavour.
2 dental hygienists called to our class this morning to talk to the boys about dental hygiene. Here they are learning how to brush their teeth properly.
We all had a great day yesterday in Pairc Ui Rinn where we watched our school team win their Sciath na Scol final. Well done to the team on their fantastic win and to the supporters for their excellent behaviour.
Paul surprised us all yesterday when he brought in his fantastic, home made suspension bridge. All our talk about engineering in school got him thinking and what he designed and created is fabulous! Well done Paul!
Wishing you a very safe and happy Halloween break! The boys put their shading into practice this week. Well done boys.
It's official! Seeds need good soil, light and water to grow.
Hurdling, long disatnce running, javelin throwing, shotput and long jump. There's nothing these boys can't do!
Today we worked on shading in our art lesson...
The boys were delighted with the fabulous gifts they got from the R.S.A. They have mastered the Safe Cross Code dance after a lot of practice!
Fun at maths time.
Lights, camera, action!
The boys set up their first experiment, we are testing what seeds need to grow. Watch this space!
The boys learned how to draw an accurate portrait this week. We scaled out the shape of the face using guidelines and then added the features. To give the effect of looking a mirror, the boys mounted their portrait onto tin foil covered card.
Great work boys!
