I have been doing a course in Podcasting and Radio in IADT, the Institute of Art Design + Technology Dún Laoghaire.
Rachel and her class Junior Infants B, were kind enough to volunteer to be the subject of my first podcast. Please find the recording here and spend some time in their lovely class. I am so grateful to them for their generous participation.
Enjoy!
Maeve
We’ve had a flurry of special days in the senior end of the school. 5th class had back to back trips to a Peace Proms rehearsal along with 4th class, and also went to Dreamscape in Microsoft for a very cool coding workshop. Then 2nd to 5th class rounded off the term with a magical trip to the cinema, thank you to Tony for organising this and for my big coke which absolutely no children were jealous of 😀
Have a wonderful Winter Break everyone!
What a wonderful time we had sharing songs, poems and art at this year’s Winter Show!
We were very lucky to have some parents come to school to read stories to the classes in their home languages. Thank you so much to Akemi, Bríd, Caroline, Diana, Edurne, Elena, Emin, Indrani, Jennifer, Nazli, Ramsha and Sylwia.
The children loved hearing all of the different languages, especially when it is mum or dad reading!
We certainly had some interesting new pupils in school on Friday as we celebrated World Book Day. The children had the most wonderful day wearing costumes and describing their favourite book characters. The celebrations really sparked the children’s interest and love of reading. Please enjoy the photos below. We love books!
We are so proud of 3rd class on News2day. The spoke so articulately about our school’s Morning Meetings where we name our feelings and build our emotional literacy. Well done to the children and their teacher Michael!
Expressing ourselves isn't always easy, but, they say, a problem shared is a problem halved. @molly_oconnorrr went to @HarcourtTerrace, where each class takes part in a morning meeting to start off the day with a healthy conversation about how everyone is feeling pic.twitter.com/wXN4QuAuMA
— RTÉ news2day (@news2dayRTE) February 13, 2023
1st Class took a walk to nearby Belgrave Square where we looked for signs of Spring. We found insects, bird nests, daffodils, buds and lots more. Then we had so much fun in the sunny playground – possibly the best sign of Spring of all!
1st Class drew the women we would like to celebrate for International Women’s Day 2022.Please enjoy our beautiful drawings and thoughts by clicking on the link below.
International Women’s Day drawings
We have been up and at ’em lately in 1st Class!
We have been learning about length and measuring the school with metre long strings. We also had fun with the fabulous PE equipment paid for by the PGTA’s ‘Walk to Paddy’ fundraiser last year – the scooter boards are the standout hit.
Finally we have been enjoying the construction toys and have built Hogwarts, the Grand Canyon and a Ghostbusters trap house recently. There is no stopping us!
