As part of International Human Rights Day 2010, Fourth Class were introduced to two famous people who made a huge difference for Human Rights. The attached short video clip from National Geographic allowed us to understand the difference the actions of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks made to African American people living in America. […]
International Human Rights Day
December 10, 2010 By
Newstalk- Sixth Class
December 10, 2010 By
On Thursday, Henry McKean from Newstalk came to visit our class to interview us about our opinions on topical issues such as the Budget, that dreaded R word-the recession,the recent bad weather and the disruptions it caused in our area. On a lighter note we spoke about X Factor and our predictions for the final and our thoughts on marriage ! We […]
Yard Games Project
November 19, 2010 By
How are you feeling?
November 19, 2010 By
Rama and Sita
November 19, 2010 By
Hi all, We have been hard at work discovering all about Hinduism in Junior Infants. We now have beauitiful displays of our Rangoli Patterns, our Diwali Cards and our Diva Lamps in our classrooms. We also listened to the story of Rama and Sita which is a Hindu Story which we are going to tell you […]
Look at what we know about Hinduism!
November 12, 2010 By
Here are some of the interesting things our class learned about Hinduism. Hindus have three symbols Aum, Swastika and Lotus Flower. Aum is a very special symbol to them. It represents the world and their creator Brahman. They believe that Brahman is in everything. They can not see him so they used a symbol to […]
Happy Diwali
November 5, 2010 By
This week is a very special week in the Hindu faith as Hindu’s the world over celebrate the festival of light known as Diwali. It is a festival much like the Christian fesitival of Christmas in that it is a celebration of the victory of light (goodness) over darkness (evil). This week in 2nd class we […]
Fifth Class
November 5, 2010 By
Fun Times in Junior Infants!!
November 5, 2010 By
We had lots of fun during our art lesson in Junior Infants today! We carried out two exciting (and messy!) tasks! It was our first day using paint in Junior Infants and we did fantastic work! We used two primary colours, blue and yellow to make a new colour. We put one hand in the […]
Sixth Class celebrate Diwali
November 5, 2010 By
Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the Hindu religious year . The festival is celebrated for five continuous days. Today, Friday, 5th November is the third day of Diwali and is celebrated as the main Diwali festival or ‘Festival of lights’. The name comes from Deepawali , which means “a row of […]
Let’s be fair
October 22, 2010 By
Compliments flying in Junior Infants
October 22, 2010 By
Orla, Sacra and I were so proud when we overheard a conversation between two children in Junior Infants this morning. After a lovely Autumn walk, Sean held the door for everyone on the way back in. Walking down the corridor, Dylan turned to him and said “Sean, you did a great job back there!” That […]
The Birth of the Bab
October 22, 2010 By
Equality Issues debated in 3rd Class
October 15, 2010 By
Third Class have been discussing and working on how to debate some very interesting equality topics. The class was divided into groups and we fairly decided upon as to which debate topic each group would work on. The debate topics addressed issues such as Gender ‘Should girls play rugby’, Fairness; ‘Only Junior Classes should play […]