Second Class
Teacher: Ms. O'Rourke
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What's
the Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz?
Second class are donating €350 from their Communion money to Bóthar. We have decided to send hives of bees.
To learn more about bees we are getting a local beekeeper in to talk to us and show us the bees up close!!
We'll be learning loads of information, using the webquest HERE.
Sudoku
We will be learning about Sudoku in June. Hopefully by the end of the school year we'll be Sudoku-champs!
We'll be using the sudoku from HERE if you want to try them yourself! (requires Adobe or equivalent PDF). Alternatively, you can visit THIS SITE.
Clarice
Cliff
We are studying the work of Britist ceramist Clarice Cliff. Check back soon to see our drawings and paintings.
French
Day
To
celebrate French Day, we will be looking at the artist Robert Delaunay.
WOOF
CHAMPS FOR MAY
This is our third time winning Woof this year!
SPORTS DAY 2010
FIRST COMMUNION
On Saturday, 22nd May 2010, 30 children from Second Class made their First Holy Communion. They did a wonderful job decorating the church with all their artwork and every child participated during the Mass.
First Reading - Ciarán
Responsorial Psalm - Anna & Cían, James & Shannon, Laura & Rachel
Second Reading - Lucy
Prayers of the Faithful - Jenny, Amy B, Jack, Conor C, Kyle, Dylan, Aaron, Abby, Jessica
Offertory Procession Readings - Clódagh and Kian
Offertory Procession - Conor B, Stephen, Amy D, Hannah, Vicky, Finn, Kevin, Joseph, Grace
Child Reflection - Aishling & Annie
Parent's Reflection - Vanessa Halpenny
Each child worked extremely hard preparing for the Sacrament. They were a credit to the school, their families and most importantly, themselves.
Walk to School Week
On Wednesday 17th May, we had a 100% record for travelling to school by walking, cycling or park n' stride. We won the competition for Wednesday (as Mr. Mulligan said, "it's hard to beat 100%!!").
Texaco Art Competition
There was great news this month as we found out that two girls from our class got special commendations in the Texaco Art Competition. The standard for this competition is very high and there are more than 30,000 entries submitted. Well done to Annie and Lucy for their wonderful accomplishment!
First Holy Communion
We are sooooooooooooo excited in Second Class this month because it is our Holy Communion on Saturday 22nd May. We have been practising extremely hard and we are all working on our readings, singing and prayers. This year our class will use actions for the Our Father. You can find a Word Version HERE and a Powerpoint HERE.
On the day, children are asked to be seated in the church before 10.45. This will give them ample time to find their seats, organise readings and get settled.
The children from Second Class will make a contribution towards Bóthar this year. It is a very special thing that the boys and girls are doing and we are all very proud of them. The class will decide next week which animal they would like to donate. To find the catalogue, you can click HERE. You can also visit the Bóthar website to see the wonderful work that this organisation does. The children will research the various animals next week, so the class can decide together which animal they would like to donate.
Powerpoint
We are learning how to use Powerpoint in our class at the minute. We are learning how to insert text, clip art and we'll even be adding music and videos! Check back in June to see them our powerpoints!
OUR FIRST CONFESSION
In March, we made our First Confession in St. Peter's Church. We made lots of art to decorate the church, including art for the ambo, altars and pillars. We also decorated our classroom, drawing pictures of the parable of The Good Shepherd.
Our First Confession art work - this work was on the Ambo in the church.
This was the artwork that was on the altar in the church for our First Confession. It featured the Good Shepherd and the Lost Sheep.
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These were some of our pictures from our First Confession. We listened to the story from the Bible that described how the Good Shepherd looked after all of his sheep, even the one who got lost.
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PRINTING
We used various printing materials to make pictures today. Some of us just experimented using bottle caps, matchsticks, toothpicks and other household items to make patterns. Some people in the class used the same materials to make cars, houses and other pictures.
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Séo Faisin
Aboriginal Art
We were learning about Australia during Geography. As part of this, we learned about the Aborigines and looked at some Aboriginal artwork. They use lots of dots and bright colours, with black silhouettes.
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Golden Boot Champs for January 2010! Our class set a new school record with a 96% turnout on COW Day!! We're hoping we can reach a 100% turnout before the end of the year. We have also won WOOF in April!!!
We have been going to the church every week to learn about the Stations of the Cross. We are working on drawing each station.
We made a new poster for the Ambo in the church for Easter.
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We made a Anti-Guzzler poster to help our school earn our new Green Flag.
We're learning about Arctic animals this month. We are going to research animals using information from the internet. We're going to learn how to make powerpoint presentations so we can share our research with our classmates and people who visit our page on the website - so check back often to see our progress!!
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You can see some of the links we're using on our IWB Links Page HERE (it's under "Geography"). |
BUSY CITIES
We were learning about maps this week and created our very own cities using coloured paper. We then used our new vocabulary (North, South, East, West) to talk about our pictures and give directions to our friends!
STARRY NIGHTS
Looking and Responding to Vincent Van Gogh
We examined Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night painting and talked about what he painted, the colours he used and how he created the patterns in the sky. Then it was our turn! We created our own versions of his painting using crayon.
CAVE CANUM Collages
We were learning about Italy and Ancient Rome. We examined mosaics found in Pompeii and created our own "Cave Canum" (beware of the dog) mosaics to display in the classroom. These mosaics were used by Romans to warn visitors that they had a dog.
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SYMMETRICAL CITIES
We learned lots about symmetry this month and created our own symmetrical cities.
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COLOUR EXPLOSION JIGSAWS
We drew simple sun pictures and cut them up into jigsaw pieces. Then we coloured them in with lots of bright colours. Then came the difficult part - putting them back together!!! When we pieced them back, they looked wonderful and made our classroom lovely and colourful!
We learned about pattern poems this week and each wrote a "sound" poem using the pattern "I love the sound of " followed by "I hate the sound of." We hope you enjoy them!!
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Amy D's Poem I love the sound of mice sneaking. I hate the sound of music playing. I love the sound of birds singing. I hate the sound of glass breaking. I love the sound of trees whistling in the wind. I hate the sound of children screaming. I love the sound of bees buzzing. I hate the sound of thunder crackling. I love the sound of rabbits eating. I hate the sound of people whistling. |
Annie's Poem I love the sound of singing. I hate the sound of pencils writing. I love the sound of thunder crashing. I hate the sound of "here's your veg!" I love the sound of Anna being happy. I hate the sound of Anna being mad! I love the sound of "let's fight!" I hate the sound of of "end it now." I love the sound of Oisín mad. I hate the sound of the toilet flushing. I love the sound of water splashing. I hate the sound of Oisín screaming.
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Dylan's Poem I hate the sound of windows smashing. I love the sound of people singing. I hate the sound of doors closing. I love the sound of people talking. I hate the sound of people bullying. I love the sound of cows mooing! |
Vicky's Poem I love the sound of cats purring. I hate the sound of people chatting. I love the sound of horses roaring. I hate the sound of people shouting. I love the sound of wind blowing. I hate the sound of kicking. I love the sound of cutting. I hate the sound of hitting.
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Hannah's Poem I love the sound of birds singing. I hate the sound of bees buzzing. I love the sound of flowers opening. I hate the sound of branches breaking. I love the sound of leaves falling. I hate the sound of crisps crunching. I love the sound of people writing. I hate the sound of dogs barking. I love the sound of pop music playing. I hate the sound of people kicking. |
Amy B's Poem I love the sound of horses walking. I hate the sound of Maeve crying so loud! I love the sound of bells ringing. I hate the sound of people talking. I love the sound of music playing. I hate the sound of cats purring. I love the sound of U2. I hate the sound of airplanes going. I love the sound of dogs barking. I hate the sound of cats scratching. I love the sound of leaves crunching. I hate the sound of people walking in high heels.
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Laura's Poem I love the sound of dogs barking. I hate the sound of people shouting. I love the sound of cats purring. I hate the sound of nibs of pencils breaking. I love the sound of birds singing. I hate the sound of lions roaring. I love the sound of trees rustling. I hate the sound of bees buzzing. I love the sound of colours rattling. I hate the sound of glass breaking. I love the sound of kids talking. I hate the sound of zips closing and opening. I love the sound of owls howling. I hate the sound of pencils writing. I love the sound of rubbers rubbing. I hate the sound of pencils being paired. I love the sound of music playing. I hate the sound of knuckles cracking.
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Jenny's Poem I love the sound of basketballs bouncing. I hate the sound of dogs barking. I love the sound of cats purring. I hate the sound of water dropping. I love the sound of glass breaking. I hate the sound of wind blowing. I love the sound of pencils pairing. I hate the sound of crayons colouring. I love the sound of Sarah snoring. I hate the sound of children chatting. I love the sound of swings swinging. I hate the sound of bikes squeaking. I love the sound of money rattling. I hate the sound of people cracking their fingers. I love the sound of people slamming doors. I hate the sound of birds singing. I love the sound of foxes howling. |
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Aaron's Poem I hate the sound of babies crying at night. I love the sound of dogs barking at cats. I hate hailstones banging on the roof! I love the sound of cats purring at my legs. I hate the sound of mice squeaking. I hate the sound of branches breaking. |
Witches Walk
The winning costume from our class!
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Paired Reading with a Difference! Instead of reading Horrid Henry this week with 6th Class we worked on the school laptops. Sixth Class did a fantastic job of proofreading our Halloween poems and our Runner stories and helped us type them up. We used Microsoft Word to type our work and Sixth Class showed us how to use clipart to make our writing look even better. The finished writing will be displayed here shortly. You can also check the ICT Page for more information.
We also showed Sixth Class how to use the Interactive Whiteboard.
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Halloween Once again we used tints and shades to create our pieces of art. This time we created a background for our spooky silhouettes.
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BLOW PAINTINGS We used paint and straws to create these blow paintings... it was hard work and we were puffed!!
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Planets After studying how to create shade and tints, we created our own colourful planets!
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Irish Our Irish phrase this week was "an bhfuil cead agam..." We were learning how to ask permission to do lots of things! You can see some of them on our signs that are inside the classroom.
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Space Houses We were learning about different types of houses this month. We looked at mud huts, ice houses and houses from Ireland... just to name a few types! Then we used our imagination to design houses that we could use in space! Which house would you like to live in?
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Planets We have been learning about non-fiction text and how it is important to have correct information for your audience. We studied the planets in our solar system and each group created a factfile about their planet. Click the thumbnail to read our factfiles. |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MATHS ~ MEASUREMENT We used different forms of measurement to measure things around the school. We were trying to find out which form of measurement is the most accurate. We used links, string, handspans, footprints, the metre stick and centimetre strips. We found out that the metre and centimetre strips were the most accurate and all the people in our group got the same answer. The links and string were not as accurate as the metre because it depended on how tight we held the string and links. We found out that the handspans and footprints were the least accurate because it depended on your height and the size of your feet and hands. The Centimetre Strip
The Metre Stick
The String
Handspans
Links
Footprints
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Last year we learned about primary, secondary, warm and cool colours. This year we're learning about how to create shades and tints!! We had to mix black to make the primary or secondary colour a darker shade and we had to mix white to make the colour a lighter tint. We worked in pairs, with one partner making the colour darker and the other partner making the colour lighter. We'll be using what we learned about shades and tints in our Art lessons this week when we create our very own planets!!
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CLASSROOM BEEHIVE We designed a class beehive. Each cell had our initials on it and we made them lovely and colourful.
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A good friend to others Nice and funny Never gets mad Always helps others
Causes happiness On rainy days shelters her friends Many people like her Every day she helps people Runs all over the place! ~Anna
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Jenny always runs Eggs are my favourite food Never skips! Never hits! Yo-yos.... never! ~Jenny
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Attracted to shopping kNits a lot at Christmas Not much of a pink lover Internet she loves Eats like mad! ~Annie
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| Kian is my name I can strip a car by myself Always eating Never stops talking Odd ball Brings bad luck Reversed into a car Inventor Eats eggs Never stops being mad ~Kian |
Piston Prickly plants poke Ink is oily Smelly socks stink Ten tentacles wriggle Oil is like goo Never disobeys ~Kian |
Carrots are my favourite food I always run every day Always loved the Joes Right there! At night I turn my light off Nobody's friends are as funny friends than Kian and Kyle ~Ciarán |
| For life Ready to play Is really nice End at time of death Nine or eight still the best Does anything together Smiling every day. ~Clodagh |
Demija went for a walk Elephants drink water Molly was playing I like chasing my dog Jumping is fun Apples are good for you. ~Demija |
Dumb dog Uses her brain when she wants to Clever when she wants to be Hyper sometimes Excellent at fetch Shy She is afraid in the back of the jeep ~Lucy
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| Can eat anything she gets Lends a hand to anyone Only helps everyone Does everything A good friend Great at maths Has lots of freckles! ~Clodagh
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Loves roses Always happy Understands work Really loves school And loves dancing. ~Laura |
Can eat a lot of chicken I can do a front flip on the trampoline And I eat fast No I can't do a back flip! Can not eat 50 chickens On the trampoline I can do a one hand cartwheel No I slayed a dragon Really likes to play On you is my dinner Y did you kick me? ~Cian |
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ART
ATTACK!!
