Check out each class website to see more detail about the experiments they have been doing and how they have gotten on.
Altogether, each class will have a chance to perform at least four different experiments during the course of this week. They are: 1. Lava Lamps, 2. Egg floating/sinking, 3. Dancing raisins, 4. Static Electricity. For more details on how each experiment is carried out; head over to our resident Science Expert, Maggie's class page.
Check out each class website to see more detail about the experiments they have been doing and how they have gotten on. Have you visited the 1st class website recently? Wow! They have been working very hard on it. Please take a look and read all about the books they've been reading and so much more!
Our parents put on their thinking caps today when we challenged them to study our self-portraits for details that would help them identify their own children! Some parents had a tough job identifying us, but they all managed in the end! First Class have been learning lots more about our neighbourhood over the past week - today we were looking at old pictures of Saggart village and more recent ones, and talking about the differences we noticed. We noticed differences in the way the houses were built, the roads, the vehicles, and the clothes. And we even noticed some changes that have come about in Saggart since the more recent photographs were taken, like the Luas line, railings outside our school and changes in shop ownership! There is a bird nest in a sheltered corner between two buildings, right across from the First Class classroom window! Aoife saw a swift (she thinks!) inside it and another one bringing it food, but the children haven’t seen them yet!
Aoife hung a birdfeeder outside the window to see will they come to visit but so far we’ve only had a crow come to feed! Parents! Watch out for a special challenge, which you’ll find one afternoon in the coming fortnight when you come to collect your child from school!
Follow us on twitter @AoifesClass, where we’ll begin tweeting and learning about other classes as soon as we get the internet back up and running in the school! We have had a very busy time during our first week in First Class! We’ve been having fun getting to know one another. During PE, we learned some games we can play on the playground, like ‘In and Out Go Dusty Bluebells’ and ‘Captain May I’. We’ve also been talking all about our local area; the buildings and nature we see on our journey to and from school; as well as the people who live and work in the community and help to make Citywest/ Saggart/ Tallaght a great place to live! Check back here regularly for updates as to what we’ve been doing! |
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