Day: 22 October 2017

Senior Maths Quiz Winners

Well Done to everyone for taking part in Maths Week. There was a great atmosphere around the school during the week as the children took part in various Maths challenges , quizzes, and the Maths Fair.

Congratulations to the winners of the Maths Quiz and the children who correctly guessed the contents of each jar.

Comhgairdeachas

Fourth Class displayed huge creativity in recent weeks as they designed Maths hats, board games and drew the most amazing deck of cards for our Maths Fair. Watch out Picasso.

The children had great fun playing the games they designed and look forward to showing them to the Junior Classes.

Clever and Creative board games

Who will win?

This game proved very popular

Wow

Our real life deck of cards

Maths Quizzes galore on Friday! We held two Mega Quizzes: Junior and Senior. All hands on deck and a hum of concentration prevailed, as each table settled into each round of questions. Each team has a child from each class. It’s a nice way for kids to meet and co-operative with other classes. Maths Week takes a lot of preparation but it’s worth it….

Yellow is often described as a ‘mentally stimulating’ colour. We don’t need any stimulation in Caherleaheen😄. We opted for a new calm colour, on walls that haven’t seen paint for over a decade. 21 parents painted in 2hour slots. One third of parents from Fifth and Fourth classes arrived on the day armed with sheets, brushes, rollers, sweets and big smiles. That is a great response, when so many more tried but were bound to other family commitments. Thank you all for trying. Some parents stayed painting (feverishly!) most of the day. It was a great day and the staff and children of Caherleaheen can’t thank you enough for giving your precious time. I can’t wait to see their reaction. The ‘canary yellow’ is a tough bright colour to overpaint. But thankfully, with all you volunteers, we did it. There are quite a few painting sheets and brushes remaining which you might want to reclaim. Please call in to collect.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road……..(Two Dorothys bravely facing the challenge!).