Swimming lessons commence on Wednesday 17th January for 8 weeks.
We are taking part in a variety of Meet the Scientist Webinars.
Today we met a Zoologist.
What a fascinating job exploring the deep oceans of the world.
They are finally up! Children in the senior room finished their unit of learning on hot air balloons by designing papier-mâché hot air balloons which now take pride of place in our classroom. The children also looked at the physics of hot air balloons in SESE, studied poetry on the topic and even wrote their own acrostic poems. 
Today we were fortunate to have a webinar with Lukasz from SEAI.
Lukasz spoke to the children about saving energy and introduced the children to Guzzler!
We also carried out an experiment with Lukasz, we made A Balloon Rocket!
As part of Space Week the children examined the size of planets using fruit. They also investigated the size of the planets relative to Earth. Lots of predicting, discussing and active learning. Jupiter was very tasty after all their hard work! 
The senior room had a fantastic workshop with Karen from Burren Beo as part of the ‘Calf and the Cuckoo’ program on Place, Geology, Archaeology, and People.
They looked at the history and geography of The Burren, participated in many different group activities, conducted some investigations and (tasty) excavations!
Karen will be back next year for the second workshop and we look forward to learning more from her in the new year.
Cross Country Running takes place on September 27th at 10.30am in Lees Road, Ennis.
What a fantastic day was had!
We commenced our day by meeting Grandfather Oak Tree, followed by clay animal making!
This session ended with time for a swing!
Following our busy morning in the meadows, we entered the Ancient Oak Forest.
Children had a great time exploring animals houses and playing the game “Find my Tree”.
Many thanks to Marina for welcoming us into her school.
September wouldn’t be September without some berry picking and we were rewarded with a magnificent bounty this year. Now, the only decision is what to make with them…..
After our monster haul, it was time to put our baking skills to the test. The 6th class boys and girls were up to the job and served up a delicious blackberry and apple (from our own trees) crumble with ice-cream. 10 out of 10!!
We are delighted to commence hurling training again this year.
All classes will be participating in our weekly sessions.
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