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Tuesday February 17th was Pancake Tuesday, or Shrove Tuesday, when pancakes were made long ago to use up eggs and other food before the beginning of Lent on the following day, Ash Wednesday. We enjoyed two types of pancakes on Tuesday, flat crepe-style pancakes and egg-free American style pancakes (to cater for those with allergies). We drizzled our pancakes with different toppings, including lemon juice, sugar, honey, jam or maple syrup. Yum!!
We hope you enjoy looking at the photos (all of which were taken by 4th class, who are becoming talented photographers through documenting our class activities for the blog!).
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So, after weeks of hard work and researching, our projects on World War One and Two are finally complete. On Friday and Monday, we presented our projects to the class. The topics we explored included: Hitler and the Nazis, Interviews with People Who Lived During the War, Weapons of WW1 and WW2, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, War Horse, Life for Jews in WW2, Life for Children during WW2 and Racism during WW2. The standard of the projects was amazing – we were all blown away by the hard work and effort that everyone had dedicated to their projects. We had everything from PowerPoints, drama, film scenes, video clips, colourful posters, song and dance, models, artwork… It was amazing! The project work is now on display in our classroom so feel free to come by and have a look if you’re interested. Here's a short summary of a fraction of what we learned in class about both wars... Why not have a read and then see how many of the questions you can answer?! We did these for homework this week.
As you already know, Knockanean N.S. is focusing on P.E. for its School Self Evaluation this year, and part of the programme is about encouraging children to get involved in a variety of different activities, from dance to gymnastics to yoga!
As part of this, we have been using Go Noodle in the classroom. It's great fun - we've done stretching and yoga poses with Maximo, dance with the Funky Chicken, zumba routines and running and track events with US Olympic stars. There are so many benefits, from increasing our fitness, working different muscles in our bodies and boosting our focus and concentration. On February 10th, two men from Intel in Shannon named Robin and Pat came into 4th and 5th class to talk about engineering. They talked to us about electronics and things like how your phone works. There is a chip inside it to tell all the stuff it goes through. It first goes to an electric tower and it then goes to an office, then it goes through the electric wires and then it goes to another office where then it will be transported to the other person's phone. We also made rockets out of bottles and they had to have an engine, a place to store fuel and finally, we decorated them with colourful pieces of paper. They also told us what it is like to work in Intel. Then finally they talked about how the computer chips are made. You have to go through a lots of doors and into a room where they spray you with special stuff to make you all clean and they also have to wear this special suit called the bunny suit. It was great fun and we all had a good time!
By Joseph and Laura C On Friday February 6th, we celebrated Lá Bándearg at school to raise money and awareness for cancer. Everyone wore pink to school (with some interesting wigs in attendance!) and we enjoyed activities such as nail-painting, face-painting and tattoos thanks to the sixth class. Everyone brought in €2 and overall, we raised over €629 which was a brilliant achievement. There was a great response from children, parents and teachers, and we enjoyed some delicious pink cupcakes and other baked treats. Thanks to Aileen for organising the brilliant day, and for everyone's participation.
As we've been recently studying World War 1 and World War Two (and our projects are almost ready for presentation!), Ms. Kirby chose art lessons that were related to our theme. First, we learned about propaganda posters, which were used to influence the public in different ways. During World Wars One and Two, propaganda posters were used on both sides in order to… - Recruit men to join the army; - Recruit women to work; - Encourage people to save food and not to waste it; - Keep spirits high; - Promote the leaders and government. Having examined some real propaganda posters, we set about making our own. They turned out very well! We also learned about the Blitz in London during WW2. We talked about the bombing that the British people in cities had to endure during the war. They had to use blackout curtains and bomb shelters, and many children were evacuated from the cities to the countryside. We created a silhouetted skyline of London using black card and layered it over a sunset. We had to use very intricate and careful cutting to create all the buildings and shapes of the skyline. Some people added planes and bombs, and we also used crepe paper and chalk pastels to create the effect of the smoke and fires caused by the bombs. These masterpieces are displayed in the main school! Why not have a look when you're passing by?
We have now completed our unit on procedural or instructional writing. We have learned about the steps to writing a successful set of instructions, from a title, interesting introduction, list of requirements/ingredients, and method with numbers and imperative (bossy) verbs. We practised writing lots of procedures, including recipes, game instructions and manuals. Our best work is now on display in the classroom.
On the first of February, the first of Spring, we celebrate St. Brigid's Day. We made traditional crosses in the classroom on Friday.
St. Brigid was probably born in Dundalk and when she was growing up, she heard St. Patrick preaching in Ireland. St. Patrick had a great impact on her, and she decided to enter a convent to serve the Lord. During her life, she founded a monastery in Kildare as well as convents all over the country. She converted a chieftain to Christianity on his deathbed and wove a cross from rushes. Read more about St. Brigid, as well as the story about her famous cloak here. We made the crosses in groups of four with rushes collected by Morgan, Ella and Hannah. We will keep them in our homes and classroom to bless them for the year. |
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