Fanore National School - News

Well done Violet on her bronze medal in the recent Féile na hInse art competition

W celebrated World Book Day in style this year with a literary assembly, a group story writing competition and a fairytale quiz

The senior room have been learning about length and perimeter and took the opportunity of a sunny morning to carry out some investigations around the school grounds, estimating and measuring using a variety of tools.

The pancake fairies were busy this morning, serving up treats for the boys and girls…yum yum

After studying soil formation and its importance, what better way to end the day than with an edible soil profile

The senior room have finished a block of study on Ireland during the Penal Times. As part of their learning, they completed and presented projects on the laws themselves. They also presented creative responses to what they had found through their study and research. A sample of these are below

In SESE this month, the children in the senior room have been learning all about force and as part of this, built their own rockets. They investigated how various factors such as launch angle, force applied and environmental factors like wind could effect the distance travelled by their rockets….and had lots of fun in the process

The school has taken part in the Féile na hInse art competition for the first time this year. The creations were themed for each class group with categories such as “Mo Chairde” and “Mo Chaitheamh Aimsire”

The senior room have been learning all about the nutrients in food and how they help our bodies work. They created their own food pyramid and based on this, a “Biachlár an Lae” to meet their daily targets for the different nutrients.

Very well done to our boys, who took part in the Cumann na MBunscol quiz this month.