Some WOW work from the classrooms!

5th and 6th class pupils present their project work to their classmates:

The Amber Flag Committee took some quotes from pupils in all classes, and incorporated them into the new noticeboard for March. The quotes were all about Wellness Wednesday activities in February.

Some fabulous writing and art from Ms Tyrrell's class!

Outside the Parents' Room, Mrs C Kenny has a beautiful spring display that stops us all in our tracks! Pupils from different classes helped to colour/ make some of the elements from the display.

2nd - 4th class shared their favourite books from the library

2nd - 4th class take on Design and Make challenges in Engineering Week, and get metre sticks out for measuring activities.

Art BLAST 2023 - Perfecting Printing Techniques!

Each Wednesday in March, artist Sandra McAllister worked with the pupils from Mrs M Kenny's class and Mrs Walshe's class.

The pupils were fortunate to participate in the Art BLAST programme, run in conjunction with Kilkenny Education Centre and the Department of Education, as it's a wonderful opportunity to work with an artist and learn about the artist's craft with hands-on activities.

The main focus for the classes involved with printing.

Sandra specialises in textile and print, and it was great to see a slideshow of her own work and to talk about printing.

Before pupils printed, they were engaged in many sketching exercises, which they really loved. They also made sculptures from wire! All work was inspired by the theme of nature in spring time.

Different types of printing that the classes tried out were - making their own foam stamps and dipping these in ink or rolling them with paint and lego brick printing. The pupils also made collagraphs. These were challenging to make, but the experience was fun, involving lots of different materials and textures, putting these together on card and gluing them on. Sandra took the collagraphs to her studio, where she varnished them.

Week - by - week, the techniques of sketching, designing a printing 'plate' and the printing itself, were developed.

Each class benefitted greatly from working with Sandra, sharpened their observational skills, were focused and were also courageous in trying out new techniques, shapes, colours, materials and ideas.

We hope to take part in Art BLAST again, it's very rewarding. Thanks to Sandra for being such a brilliant teacher!

'Run Around Ireland' Challenge and 'Feel Good Friday' for Active Flag.

In March, each class participated in the Run Around Ireland challenge.

This involved running, jogging or walking laps of the yard, each day!

Our Active Flag committee members (and teachers) kept a log of the total laps completed each day/ week by all pupils.

We looked at the Active Flag website to see how many laps equalled one kilometre. We also looked at the map of Ireland, showing various landmarks, located all over the country.

How far did each class run/ walk each week? Which landmark did they reach?

We will post the results after the Easter break!

Below are some photos of the classes taking part in their run/ walk, as well as pictures of 'Feel Good Friday,' when pupils boogied to music during breaktime!

Well done to all the boys and girls for being enthusiastic each day.

Ms McGrath will have another initiative up and running(!) for all pupils, after Easter. Watch this space!