Winning Photo

Congratulations to Scoil Chaitríona Junior for all the work done on the Greenwave programme this year, and to all the teachers who submitted photographs to the Greenwave site. We are delighted to have one of our photos chosen as the winner of the frogspawn category, and overall winning photo this year. To see our picture and other winners, please follow this link to the Greenwave gallery site: http://www.greenwave.ie/index.php?p=gallery&q=winners2009

Our Award Ceremony

Dr. Malachy Thompson, a local scientist and chemist, came to our school today to do a fantastic Chemistry show, and to present the school with

• Our Award of Science Excellence 2008/2009

• Our Second Green flag

• Our Discover Primary Science Certificates

We had a wonderful day. Science is so exciting!
For more photos of the chemistry show, please visit our link on http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.com/2009/06/awards-from-scientist.html

Bug Hunting on the Beach

We have been bug hunting at school already this year. Today we went to Ballyloughane beach to see if the bugs on the beach are the same as the ones at school. In the distance we saw a lighthouse and a Galway Hooker boat.We found very different bugs on the beach from those at school. The most interesting ones were the sand hoppers. They just love to jump! We could see their really strong back legs. We know they are not insects because they each have 10 legs (insects have only 6). We found some crabs, a worm and some spiders. There were lots of shells on the beach but most of them had no living creature inside. We really enjoyed our morning on the beach.

Releasing our Butterflies

Four of our butterflies have emerged from their cocoons. They have had since Monday (one since Sunday) for their wings to dry out and get stronger, so yesterday we released them. It was great to see them fly away to freedom. We hope they have families of their own.

Cocoons to Butterflies

Our first butterfly emerged yesterday, on Sunday, May 31st. We think that it is Poppy. Today, Monday, June 1st, 3 more butterflies emerged (Colourdy, Crawly and Patch). We are now just waiting for one (Floppy).They like to drink sugared water (which we left on a tissue for them), and eat fresh flowers (we have given them dandelions). In case they are really hungry, we also left a slice of orange, banana, nectarine and kiwi. We think they will really enjoy the fruit. Now we have to wait for about 2 or 3 days until their wings grow stronger. Then we will release them to go and start their own families.

Snail Trail

Teacher saw these snails sliding to school in a line. There were 4 of them. They looked so eager to come to school to learn.