On Tuesday we went exploring in the school grounds and our beautiful school garden. We used magnifying glasses to help us examine any insects we found and recorded our findings on our minibeast sheets. We found flies, wasps, snails, centipedes, woodlice, spiders and ladybirds! It was so much fun!

In maths this week we have been learning about weight. On Monday we all selected items from the classroom and estimated which would be heavier or lighter. We drew our results on little scales afterwards!

Wow! Click on the image to see more portraits made in the style of Picasso. Well Done 1st Class.

The school year is flying by! Last week Senior Infants looked back and chose their favourite school memory so far this year. The children made kites where they wrote about and drew pictures about their favourite school memory so far this year. Here are some pictures of their favourite memories in school this year.

3rd and 4th Class visited the 1916 Memorial Garden at Newlands cross on Friday 27th May. We looked at the garden and spoke about the circular path that symbolizes peace and the seven trees that represent each of the seven people who signed the proclamation. We sketched the garden and also made some stone rubbings of the proclamation. Click on the image to see more photos from our trip.

Senior Infants bought buns and treats in the cake sale today. The children enjoyed their treats outside in the sunshine.

We have been very busy during Aistear this week! We first had to make our passports for our flights. Then, we had flights to England, Australia, Egypt, Turkey, Bulgaria, America, Canada and so many more!

5th Class are busy putting the finishing touches to their Australia Projects.

Fourth Class had great fun creating butterflies and flowers last week.

To celebrate 'Walk to School' week some of our 1st and 2nd class boys and girls went on a nature walk and scavenger hunt in Corkagh park. Karen, our Green School officer, showed us lots of different types of leaves and what plants and trees they come from. She told us how important it is not to pick the leaves from the trees because we are taking the insects food! We spotted some beautiful butterflies and lots of creepy crawlies. The boys and girls really enjoyed their trip to Corkagh park!

This month Senior Infants are flying to destinations all over the world at The Airport station in Aistear. The children are busy building constructions at the Lego and Junk Art stations.

Ms.Lee/Ms. Breen's class have been busy at Aistear time !

Well done to our camogie girls this year and thank you for your great commitment throughout the year!!

3rd and 4th class took advantage of the beautiful weather outside and decided to make some beautiful art pieces with materials they found in nature. We had great fun working in a team, collecting materials and constructing our art. Click on the image to see more interesting art work including, umbrellas, houses, a bird and a bug.

5th and 6th class took part in great science workshops today. Click on the picture to see more of our experiments.

3rd and 4th class have been sketching portraits of famous people. Click on the image to see sketches of Obama, Adele, David Beckham and many more.

A big thank you to the Ciarán Carr Foundation and Heartsafety Solutions who gave our staff training in CPR and how to use our school's defib machine.