The pupils of Cloonakilla N.S. have been busy baking these last few weeks!

Second class have had a busy start to the year. We are writing really interesting recounts in English and we will have a book of recounts to bring home after Halloween break. We have been learning poems – maybe ask us to recite one! We started our guided reading programme and there are so many interesting books for us to read. Ms. Campbell is reading us George’s Marvellous Medicine.

We have also been learning lots of new vocabulary, songs, poems and even carrying out roleplays in Irish!

We really enjoyed Maths week. We started each day with a riddle! We went on a Maths trail and Mrs. McCabe carried out lots of exciting Maths activities with us.

In History, we have created a class timeline. We learnt about Thomas Edison, who is perhaps the greatest inventor of all time! We talked about myths and legends as well, and know all about the Salmon of Knowledge. Poor Finnegas!

We have been busy drawing maps in Geography. We had 2 guards visit our classes and talk to us about their role in the community.

In Science we learnt about the skeleton, teeth and the migrating swallow. We had a visit from some dentists fron the AIT and they did a really interesting workshop with us.

We’ve also been practising out Art skills. We drew self-portraits, blended chalks to create colourful autumn leaves, drew still life fruit bowls from observation and we painted beautiful autumn trees. We created some scary looking pumpkins! We’ve been singing lots of lovely songs in Music and some spooky Halloween ones too.

In PE we have played games like Gladiator, Gladiator and we have been practising our basketball skills.

We are all looking forward to our Mid-Term break.

We have had a busy final term in second class. We had our very important First Holy Communion Day when we received Jesus for the first time.

We have been focusing on report writing in English. We each wrote a report on an animal we were interested in and presented it to our class mates.

We learnt about the heroic Antarctic explorer Tom Crean in History. We also read the legend Cúchulainn and rewrote the story in our own words.

We went on a field trip to The Hedgerow and enjoyed picking out the different trees in the canopy, the bushes in the understorey, and the little flowers and insects in the shrub and herb layers.

We also painted and printed many beautiful summer scenes.

We enjoyed a wonderful Sports Day and a fantastic School Tour.

We are all ready for our holidays and look forward to recharging our batteries for third class!

Class Tour

Look at more of the interesting things 2^nd class have been learning about.

We learnt all about Brazil, and Pelé! We created some toucans to keep with our Brazilian theme. We constructed water filters in Science and learnt all about Electricity.

We completed explanation writing in English. We wrote about ‘how plants get food’ because we were learning about photosynthesis in Science.

We have continued learning lots of new vocabulary in Gaeilge. Cuir ceist oraibh, ‘Cén sort gruaig atá ort?’ Rinnemar dramaíocht – Fionn agus an Dragún, le haghaidh Seachtain na Gaeilge. Rinneamar jab maith agus bhí an –spórt againn!

We are learning about capacity in Maths. We are sorting containers according to how much liquid they can hold.

We created funny fabric fellows! We made Easter pots out of clay, which we will fill with eggs before bringing them home for Easter.

Second class have had a busy start to the year. We are writing interesting recounts in English and we will have a book of recounts to bring home after Halloween break. We have been learning poems – maybe ask us to recite one! We started our guided reading programme and there are so many interesting books for us to read. Ms. Campbell is reading us George’s Marvellous Medicine.

We have also been learning lots of new vocabulary, songs, poems and even carrying out roleplays in Irish!

We really enjoyed Maths week. We started each day with a riddle! What starts with T ends with T and has T in it……………A teapot! We had a Mental Maths competition each day with Evelyn, Evan and Oisín winning the final. We went on a Maths trail and Mrs. McCabe carried out lots of exciting Maths activities with us.

In History, we have created a class timeline. We learnt about Thomas Edison, who is perhaps the greatest inventor of all time! We also talked about myths and legends  and know all about the Salmon of Knowledge. Poor Finnegas!

We have been busy drawing maps in Geography. We had 2 guards visit our classes and talk to us about their role in the community. We also learnt about storms and hurricanes.

In Science we learnt about the skeleton, teeth and the migrating swallow.

We’ve also been practising out Art skills. We drew self-portraits, blended chalks to create colourful autumn leaves and we painted beautiful autumn trees. We created some scary looking pumpkins! We’ve been singing lots of lovely songs in Music and some spooky Halloween ones too.

In PE we have played games like Gladiator, Gladiator and we have been practising our running skills.We are all looking forward to dressing up on Thursday and to our Mid-Term break.

Winter

2^nd class have had a busy Winter so far. In SESE we learnt all about Space and the Space Race. We also learnt all about Sound, Homelessness and Christmas in the Past. We worked really hard on our Space Projects and presented the m to our classmates and other classes in the school.

We learnt about symmetry, fractions and money; to name a few things, in Maths.

We wrote really interesting narrative stories ensuring we included interesting characters, settings, a problem and a resolution.

We created beautiful Winter tree scenes, Reindeers, Santas and Snowmen in Art.

We have talked about Advent and preparing for Christmas. We have started attending our ‘Do this In Memory’ Masses in preparation for First Communion.

We have worked very hard this term and are looking forward to an exciting Christmas holiday.

Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir!

Look at our Science Projects!