Horse Chestnut Bud: Junior infants

We had a beautiful sunny day today and decided to go for a nature walk. We have a young Horse Chestnut tree near our school so went over to have a look at it. We found it was covered with sticky buds and took photos. I uploadad the photo to the Greenwave.ie site. We take part in the Greenwave project each year.

Spring Walk in Junior Infants

Future Engineers in Junior Infants

Trains travel different distances on different surfaces

Magnets in Senior Infants

We used our magnets to investigate what classroom materials they were attracted to. They stick to thinks like paperclips, scissors, light switches, coins and  many other items that have metal in them. We discovered that they like to stick to each other but only if you hold them in a certain way.

Crocuses and birdfeeder: Junior Infants

Our Purple crocuses are in full bloom and look gorgeous in the bright sunshine. We are having lots of visitors to our bird feeder ,especiallly Goldfinches with their lovely red heads.

Spring Nature Walk: Senior infants

We went on a nature walk today - it was great to feel the sun on our skin again! We heard lots of birds and found lots of different kinds of buds - sticky,sharp,soft,hard and lots of different coloured buds too.We came across some lovely spring flowers as well.

More Robotics

Floating and sinking: Junior Infants

Robotics with cogs and a motor

Our first taste of Robotics in Senior Infants

Some science in 1st class

Collecting marine life, stones and such things for analysis in our classroom. 

 Our Winter/ Spring explorations - could we be happier to be out of the classroom?!!!!

And here we are taking part and doing out own science experiments. Testing for starch in many items, testing various things for acid/bases and learning about the various types of energy e.g. static.

A Visit from Judy the dog: Senior Infants

We got a lovely surprise today when Judy the dog came to spend some time in our class. She's a pomerian. We all got a chance to hold her and we took good care of her. We hope that she will come back to visit us again.