Bhí ceol álainn le cloisteáil againn ag an Tionól. We all came together for our very first whole-school assembly of 2022. The children all sang, laughed and some even played the spoons for us. Dan presented his “Principal Awards” to some children who really excelled this week. Tá gach duine sa scoil ag deánamh sár-iarracht Gaeilge a labhairt i gcomhair seachtain na Gaeilge. We are really looking forward to our Lá Glás next Wednesday. Scoil Náisiúnta Ardán Fhearchair ag Foghlaim le Chéile abú!
We had a fantastic couple days this week celebrating World Book Day! There were lots of imaginative costumes and the children loved sharing their favourite book with their friends. We were also delighted to visit Rathmines library and look forward to many more visits. Check out the video to see some of the different fun activities from this week!
We had a super pancake Tuesday in Harcourt Terrace today! All the boys and girls were so excited and loved getting to add their favourite toppings to their pancakes. They gobbled them up so quickly but we did manage to get some photos, check out the video to see all the fun we had today!
Last week in school all classes celebrated and learned about Chinese New Year and St. Brigid’s Day. There were so many nice activities taking place throughout the week and we captured a few of them to share here!
All classes learned about how 2022 is the Year of the Tiger and lots of creative tigers were spotted around the school.
The dragon is believed to bring good luck in Chinese culture and 2nd class made some fantastic chain link dragons!
For St. Brigid’s Day there were lots of lovely different activities, such as making St. Brigid’s cloak in art and acting out St. Brigid’s story in drama.
This week was Wellbeing Week in Harcourt Terrace E.T.N.S as part of our Amber Flag application. We had a fantastic week with all members of our school community enjoying some wonderful, mindful activities. This was very much a child centred week, as the children created wellbeing choice boards, where they democratically selected the wellbeing activity they wished to do. Our wonderful staff went on a 5km walk and stopped off at our schools permanent location, which left everyone excited about our bright future. The children all took part in our couch to 5km challenge, travelling 1km a day. We had a virtual fundraiser in aid of Pieta house. Thank you to everyone who donated as it is very much appreciated. We are well on our way to become ambassadors for wellbeing, by obtaining an Amber Flag for our school. Check out how we got on in this short video:
Well-being week is off to a great start in second class!
We started the week by making our well-being choice boards. We have been using these throughout the day and letting one person choose a well being activity for the whole class from their choice board. So far we have had some extra movement breaks, arts and crafts and some Pokémon drawing!
We have also been enjoying our 5km running challenge. We have run a kilometer a day so far. We figured out that if we ran 5km it would be like nearly running all the way to Sandymount beach!
11 laps of our playground is 1km!
by Friday we will have run 5km!
We have lots more fun activities planned for our well-being week and are enjoying it a lot so far!
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!
Second Class have been learning about the abstract artist Jackson Pollock.
We learned all about his famous drip painting technique and got to try it out for our selves. It was messy but a lot of fun!
Like real artists we came up with names for our pieces and labeled them! 
Next we moved on to using the Jackson Pollock inspired methods to create a “Crazy Hair” piece. We drew and designed the body and to create the hair we used straws to blow water colours in all different directions.
We are very proud of our finished pieces!
First, Second and Tony’s class were treated to a workshop with the author and illustrator of the book Animal Crackers today, Sarah Webb and Alan Nolan. We had so much fun sharing and learning amazing facts about animals and really enjoyed the penguin draw-a-long. Thank you so much for including us in your Citywide Read, Rathmines Library – best neighbours ever!
Have a look at our Friendship Week video below to see how we all had fun with our friends last week. Harcourt Terrace ETNS is certainly a friendly school with lots of friendly faces!
Also a huge thank you to the parents who put together the wonderful murals for our hall. They look fantastic!
