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Fiona Kelly
In Fifth Class, News

Digital Learning in 5th Class

     

     

    

We have been taking part in the Microsoft Dream Space Ambassador programme this year and the children have been learning how to code using Micro:bit. They are becoming experts at creating code using sequences, loops, variables and conditional statements, as well as finding and fixing bugs in their code.

 

   

 

The children have also enjoyed using our new school iPads to engage with the Music curriculum. They have been using the GarageBand app to compose music in a variety of different genres and have created some really outstanding compositions!

 

          

 

We have been using Minecraft Education this term, which the children have thoroughly enjoyed. The Dream Space Ambassadors took part in an Hour of Code with Minecraft activity. We are also starting to use Minecraft Education in our maths lessons, which has given the children opportunities to practice their maths skills in a fun and interactive way.

 

Fiona Kelly
In Fifth Class, News

Trip to Iveagh Gardens

Lunch at Rose Garden

When we arrived, we went straight to the Rose Gardens to have lunch. There we chatted with friends while eating. The Rose Garden was beautiful, there was a huge metal structure around the garden. Inside of the structure there were patches of soil where there were roses being grown. We had wonderful lunch as the smell of roses wafted around us.

       

The Maze

After lunch we went to explore the park, there we found a maze, the maze was a giant circle made with hedges, in the middle there was a sun clock. From above it probably looked like a massive celt sign. Soon our friends found us, and we started playing ball tag. The aim of the game was not to get caught though we were running in a maze, the tagger had a ball to make it easier for them, you could either get caught by the ball or the person. The game was so fun that we probably spent an half an hour playing the game.

   

     

 

The Walk

Finally, the teachers told us that it was time to take a nice walk around the park. We took our belongings and started to head on the walk. In the meantime, we passed a huge waterfall, but it didn’t have any water falling at the moment, does it still count as a waterfall? Then we walked past two headless statues, kind of creepy. After that we walked some more and saw a woman having a photo shoot, I hope we didn’t interfere. And finally, we came to a log garden and took some photos.

   

After a lovely day we came back to school and chilled.

Authors: Muntaha, Senan, Aadya and Ronia (5th Class) 

Fiona Kelly
In Fifth Class, Fourth Class, News

Peace Proms

 

 

The children from 4th and 5th Class represented our school at the Peace Proms in the RDS on Sunday 2nd February. The children were part of a large choir, joining schools from around Dublin to perform with the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland.

 

   

The children performed songs across a range of musical genres; pop, dance, music from musicals and some 80s and 90s throwbacks! They choreographed their own dance moves for some of the songs and had great fun singing and dancing.

It was a fantastic event and we are so proud of the children for their wonderful performances!

Meadhbh O'Connor
In Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, News, School Programmes, Second Class, Senior Infants, Third Class

Active Slogan

In October we set about coming up with our active slogan!

We were lucky we had so much interest from all classes in the school and it made our decision very difficult.

The committee decided on a slogan that was catchy, easy to remember and summed up our ethos!

Our slogan was created by Asia in 1st Class and goes like this:

“Every Little Bit Can Get us Fit”

It’s a great slogan as it reminds us that we can do a little bit everyday in the journey towards being more active !

Well done Asia!

Maeve
In Autism Classes, Fifth Class, Fourth Class, News, School Trip, Second Class, Third Class

Winter Events 2024

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!

 

Fiona Kelly
In Fifth Class, News

Eco-House Project in 5th Class

The children in 5th Class have been working hard on a Design and Make project for the last few weeks.

After learning about the eco-village in Cloughjordan, the children drew up plans to build their own eco-houses. Their houses included renewable energy sources such as solar panels, green spaces with plants, vegetable gardens and compost bins and rainwater collection systems to conserve water.

The children worked in small groups to build their houses using recyclable materials. They displayed wonderful teamwork throughout the project!

Here are their finished eco-houses!

Meadhbh O'Connor
In Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, News, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

Sports Day 2023

What an amazing day we had last Friday for Sports Day. It was a lovely community event and we loved having parents and guardians there to cheer the children on and share in the fun of the day.

It was a day of sunshine, sports, fun, bubbles and ice-cream! Some of our favourite things here at HTETNS!

Check out this video with a selection of pictures from the day showcasing our amazing students in action.

 

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Meadhbh O'Connor
In Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, News, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

Creative Schools in HTETNS

We are so lucky at Harcourt Terrace to be partaking in the Creative Schools initiative this year.

We have had a wonderful two weeks enjoying a range of fantastic activities guided by our creative associate Bethan Parkes.

From K-Pop workshops to painting the walls of our school creativity has been flowing all over the school!

We started our Creative Fortnight with a drama workshop with Janine. The children absolutely loved this and so much fun trying out different kinds of drama skills. Each class worked on something different which gave the teachers lots of ideas to share and try out again!

Next we moved on to some visual art with Bethan! We created circles to display in our school lobby, we experimented with types of painting, explored different materials, we worked with geometric shapes, and got to work painting the walls of our school making it bright and beautiful.

The next time you visit our school keep your eyes peeled for some of this beautiful art around the building!

Our next creative activity was a K-pop workshop with Orna. This was something new for a lot of our students and they absolutely loved it. It was so much fun moving to the music and expressing ourselves through dance!

1st, 2nd and 3rd class also got to experiment with different instruments thanks to David who ran a workshop for our students with some of his own musical instruments.

Finally, we worked on our whole school project of creating bunting to display in our school. Each child in our school created their own individual piece which will be all tied together to represent our unique and individual school community. The children really enjoyed working with fabric and decorating their piece however they liked.

We ended the two weeks with a special performance from the Army Band. We got to learn about all the different instruments in the band and listen, sing and dance to some amazing music.

What a wonderful two weeks of music, dance, art and creative expression we have had! We are very thankful to be a part of this initiative and a special thank you to our Creative Associate Bethan and Ronnie and Siobhán who have facilitated and supported the organisation of these amazing experiences.