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We’ve had a great couple months in 1st Class. In English we have been learning all about report and recount writing. We have been learning our cursive writing and have nearly learned all the letters. In phonics the class have made great progress working on magic e words and have improved a lot using the spelling rule in their writing.
In maths we have covered lots of topics, some which are new for 1st class such as tens and units and subtraction! The boys and girls have done so well with these.
In Gaeilge (Irish) we have explored so many topics and the class have enjoyed learning all the new words and are beginning to using them in sentences. They love the songs and games and even sang one of the songs at assembly for the school!
In SESE (geography, history and science) we have learned about loads of topics such as play, feasts and festivals and weather and space. They even conducted an experiment to test different slope sizes and how fast a toy car can go.
In music we have been exploring rhythm and pulse lately and the class are great at this!
In Learn Together we have looked at a range of core values such as respect and love and kindness. We had a great Healthy Eating Week where the class got to try lots of yummy fruits and vegetables. We have discussed lots of ways to look after our planet and learned our new Green Schools Moto.
We also had a great library trip and look forward to the next one!
Well done to all the boys and girls in 1st Class for completing such amazing projects and being so confident to present them to their own class and to 2nd Class when they came to see them!
Check out the video below to see the fun that was had last week on the school tour to Astro Park with 1st, 2nd and 3rd class!
Lovely and relaxed day in school today with a visit from Laura from Healing Yoga. Each class in the school got the opportunity to take part in a yoga and movement session with Laura. Everyone loved it and we can’t wait for Laura to come back to run the after school club after mid term!
Harcourt Terrace had a great time learning all about Chinese New Year and Chinese culture. The classes did lots of different activities and art work. It has been lovely to see it all around the school and you can check some of it out below in the photos.
We had a lovely last day for Dan in Harcourt Terrace. We were all very sad to see Dan go but enjoyed our last few days with him as principal.
For Dan’s last day he visited each class with treats for a picnic and enjoyed some time chatting with the children.
Then we had assembly where each class had time to say goodbye to Dan in whatever way they liked. Some classes sang songs, some presented art work and some said poems. We wish Dan all the best in his new school and we look forward to him coming back for a visit! 
We had a great Healthy Eating Week in Harcourt Terrace. It was super to see how healthy all the boys and girls are already. They all know so much about how important it is to eat healthily to have healthy bodies.
There were lots of different activities in all the classes such as creating a healthy plate of food and lunch box, sorting healthy and unhealthy food and showing off their healthy lunches.
Check out the photos below of just some of the activities that took place.
We had a very exciting Science Week this year in HTETNS. Every class did so many different and fun experiments! There were so many photos we had to make a video to show them all. In it you’ll see some of the experiments that went on in the school during the week, such as, Skittles experiments, making moon sand, blowing a bubble in a bubble and many more! Some classes even had a special visitor who performed lots of exciting experiments with the children! Thank you very much to Michael again for coming in!
Check out the video to see all the fun that was had with our budding scientists last week!
We had a very busy assembly with lots of exciting news and performances on Friday.
First, we heard an update from two Greens Schools Committee about the process.
Then, we got to see our new Student Council all together for the first time! They are all very excited to have been elected and are looking forward to the responsibilities that come with this new role.
Next, 1st Class performed a call and repeat song called Toom-Bah-Ee-Lero and they did a great job!
Finally the principal’s awards were presented to all the boys and girls that earned them this week for following the Golden Rules! Well done everyone!
