Mrs Murphy’s third class have been very busy since they returned to school. Here are some photos of some of their activities:
Art




Human Knot – Drama team building game






Boat Making – Investigating Sinking/Floating













Mrs Murphy’s third class have been very busy since they returned to school. Here are some photos of some of their activities:
In this experiment we investigated the impact of salt on ice. We placed ice cubes in a tin can, laid the string on the ice, added salt and after approximately one minute we pulled the string out of the water with all the ice cubes attached.
When salt is sprinkled over the ice, it lowers the ice’s freezing point and causes it to melt. Water around the ice forms and then the string sinks into the ice.
Challenges included:
Francesca gave very interesting workshops to 4th & 5th class and then 6th class. She brought examples of different artefacts and show the children some examples of the types of materials used for clothing during the different Ages.
It was a great start to Science Week 2022!
The sixth class are gaining experience in this area using the ‘Lightbot’ app on the school’s iPads.
Their work over the course of the year included encouraging wellbeing within the outdoor classroom, learning where your food comes from and how to support Irish, as well as learning how to grow, cook and eat your own food!
The iPads were purchased using the proceeds from the sale of Christmas Cards and Christmas Annuals.
Thank you to all parents for your support.
Some amazing lengths were reached and after some careful measuring the winning streamer’s creator was awarded his prize.
Mrs Heelan’s class constructed spaghetti bridges as part of Science Week. They had to be 30cm long and be able to support a weight of 200g.
They created some excellent bridges!