Category Archives: 1st & 2nd Class

1st Class – Science – Identifying living things around our school!

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1st class – Light it up gold

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Rang a dó – March 2012

We have carried out lots of measuring tasks this month, and used metre sticks, string, links and rulers to help us.   We made 2D and 3D shapes using raisins and toothpicks – the children really enjoyed this task and … Continue reading

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February activities

We have been working with clay this month. We started out by practising with play-doh. It was hard work making our love hearts, names and 3D shapes!   We have also been looking at capacity in Maths and we had … Continue reading

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Paper constructions

We made some constructions today using paper. The aim was to make our constructions solid so that they could be made taller. We were not allowed to use any glue or sellotape, and had to really think about how to … Continue reading

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Some Christmas work

We have been busy as usual in 2nd class, and have enjoyed working on a wide variety of Christmas-related crafts. Take a look and see what we have been up to! We hung the wreaths outside our room. Ansin, thosaigh … Continue reading

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Fabric faces

We made some fabric faces in November.We planned out what we wanted our faces to look like. Then, we chose different materials to use, including buttons, pipe cleaners, hessian cloth, material, string and wool.

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Maths games in 2nd class

We play Maths games a lot in Second class. They help us improve our Numeracy skills.    

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2nd class Maths

          Here are some pictures of us making our shape pictures. We used 2D shapes like triangles, circles, rectangles , semi-circles and squares.                 We have also looked at … Continue reading

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Art: Making clay trolls

We are looking at the Three Billy Goat’s Gruff in drama this month and have learnt a poem called ‘Allosaurus’. We decided to design and make our own trolls / dinosaurs using clay. First, we made a plan of what … Continue reading

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