Category: 3rd Class
3rd Class related posts
Short Survey on Well Being at School.
Literacy Survey for Third and Fourth Classes.
Marine Pollution
We completed our project with ‘Sea Syenergy’ recently. The class did a super job and learned a lot about the affects of marine pollution. The marine biologists visited us twice. On the second occasion, they showed us a powerpoint on whales and dolphins and will return in a few week with an aquarium for the classroom. Well done 3rd class!
Maths week
Running
Science experiments
Athletics
Our Book Launch!
We are so proud! It was wonderful that all our parents found the time this morning to celebrate our published books and to have a cup of tea, served by Ms Anne Moore and Ms Noreen. They even got to taste some of our teacher’s banana cake……a recipe which is a secret! This was the first day that we actually got to hold our printed books. It was soooo exciting as we counted 3, 2, 1 before we opened our envelopes. Ms Mary was amazed by both the quality of our stories and the quality of illustrations and layout in our books. Thank you Ms Ann. Thank you Mums, Dads and Nans……We will read them again tonight and tomorrow night and for many nights to come.
Ms Ann presents each of us with our books.
Thank you!
Nearly time to open them!
3,2,1……
Wow!
Satisfaction!
‘Keep going…..we are listening’.
So chuffed, we bought 2 copies!
Even my little sister came. She LOVES books.
Our parents are really impressed.
My Nan came too. She is a great listener.
Three of us were lucky because our names were pulled out of a hat and therefore we got to read our books to the whole audience. Ms Annn showed each page on our interactive whiteboard.
‘Should I take a bow?’
Everyone read the last page of each book out loud. That felt really good. And the audience gave a cheer!
This story was about two characters Poppy and Snow. Snow wondered should they eat her pet ‘Fishy’? You will have to buy the book to find out!
Wonderful illustrations.
Imaginative settings.
Reading a book together makes the whole experience even better.
Great characters.
Finally, we were all given a gift of a little book from Polymath!
And ultimately, the best surprise for one special author, was the arrival of her mum, who rushed all the way from Cork to hear her favourite daughter read her new book!
And Ms Geraldine, on her birthday, enjoyed this private reading too!. Happy Bday Geraldine. WELL DONE, EVERYONE!📓[/caption]
Look at the art all around Third Class!
If you go down to the woods today………
Thanks are due again to our parents for dropping and collecting Third Class. Ms Ann, the ‘Bramble Club’ and Coillte led the children to our planting spot.One tree for each child. Gillian Wharton and Joan co-ordinated the whole event. It was a wonderful activity for all.
The P Team.
Put down our bags.
The ‘Bulldozer Team’ clears the plot.
And we know what the ‘Digger Team’ had to do!
Gravity V Air resistance.
We cut squares of plastic and various materials. We measured 25cm x 25cm and 35cm x 35cm.
We cut squares of plastic and various materials. We measured 25cm x 25cm and 35cm x 35cm.
We knew that lobsided parachutes wouldn’t work so we took care with the length of our strings: more measuring and cutting. We used various weight for our brave ‘parachuters’ : marla and Lego men worked well.
Testing, testing….
Gravity: A force to be reckoned with.
Will they hit the ground at the exact same time?
Let’s check again…..3….2….1….release!
Even if one container is heavier? (Ask 3rd Class!)
Do it a few times….to be sure.
What about these sheets of paper? Crumpled or flat….all A4. We saw some air resistance!. Which one hit the floor first?
Timing is everything. Take a close look. The answer is in this photo.
Aris agus aris eile!
We made helicopters from templates. The larger ones flew longer than the smaller ones (clockwise). More surface area=more air resistance!
The longer rotors spin slower than the smaller rotors! And when we bent the rotors the opposite way,both helicopters spun anti clockwise.
Then we added paper clips. This made our helicopters heavier, causing it to spin faster and gravity pulled it to the ground even faster.
Geography and Science
We drank clean water from the stream
Three beautiful flowers!
Raymond spotted the frog spawn.
“I can see my house from here!”
No sweat.
April 22nd ‘Earth Day’.Third Class enjoy a bird’s eye view.
Onwards and Upwards
Between a rock and a hard place
7kmkm trek on the Slieve Mish mountains (ie the Dingle Way)
Water is a valuable resource.
Sequencing in oral history.
Math detectives hunting sets that match numerals in Aistear
Symmetry in Jun.Infants
Fifth Class Quillers. Beautiful work!
Textiles and Pattern
Carbon Dioxide
Give it time to prove. The yeast is now ‘awake’ or activated by warm water and warm temperature. It loves sugar.
Mixing the dough
The dough has been kneaded/needed….but we should have spent 10mins doing that.
Give it time to prove. The yeast is now ‘awake’ or activated by warm water and warm temperature. It loves sugar.
Of course, some people are particularly greedy.
