As part of the Banner Challenge, the children in the senior room walked to the old lodge in Fanore.
This was not only a fabulous walk across the sand dunes, it was a historical lesson as well.
The children in the senior room thereafter made Apple and Blackberry muffins using our fresh blackberries
Children engaged in a number of activities for Engineer’s week. Here the children in the junior room were challenged to design and make the tallest free standing structure using different materials. A special mention to Bobby for finding a very clever way to make the plastic and paper cup structure more stable by using paper cups inside the plastic cups! 
Children in the Senior Room travelled to Galway Atlantaquaria for a day of science experiments which included water and air pressure explorations, making a rocket, chemical reactions between acids and bases and finished with guided tour of the Aquarium. Thanks, Anna, for being a great guide! 
Children in the Senior Room have been learning about Isaac Newton and the effect of gravity on objects and our body. They had different tasks to try and complete, some were harder than others! 
Children in 1st and 2nd class explored the school grouns documenting the weather, plants, animals and insects they found. They will do this again in Spring and Summer and compare results! 
The children in the Junior room are learning about procedural writing. The children made chocolate apples and wrote a step by step guide. Then they ate their tasty treats! Yum!
Children in the Junior Room were learning all about colours, and investigating what happens when two primary colours are mixed together. They used this information to paint their Halloween pumpkin masks! 
Children from 2nd to 6th class began their 8 week Áitbheo program with Kate Lavender today.
The Áitbheo programme aims to increase awareness and foster appreciation of the wealth of natural and cultural heritage in one’s place, with the school serving as a starting-point for investigating the local area. It offers a hands-on and fun learning experience, as well as encouraging independent research and debate, and developing key aspects of the literacy, numeracy, science, history and geography curricula. On completion, the students graduate as certified Young Place Heroes, with a bank of knowledge and enthusiasm that they will carry with them for years to come.
Today the children in the senior room went on a long hike around the Burren.
Nothing like bringing the outdoor classroom alive!
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