On Friday we all deserved a little treat and some fun so we rolled up our sleeves, popped on our bakers’ hats and got to work! We baked delicious vanilla cupcakes, then iced and decorated them. Some of them had more decoration than cupcake, but they were yum. Have a look at how we got on!

This week is Science Week! We spent some time earlier in the week discussing ‘matter’ and we learned that matter is the ‘stuff’ that makes up everything in the world, even the air we breathe! We also learned that the three states of matter are solid (like ice), liquid (like water) and gas (like water vapour)!

We also took part in a Science Week Kahoot quiz. Our quiz was full of scientific questions based on topics we have learned about this year, in previous years and even some general science knowledge that we haven’t even covered in school. It was lots of fun and we learned a few things doing the quiz too! Did you know there are 206 bones in the average adult’s body? Or that a shark has 0 bones?

This month we have been given the opportunity to play Tag Rugby in school with a visiting coach. We’ve had lots of fun taking part in the games and skills. Check out our very happy faces in these photos. We can’t wait for our next two sessions! Thanks to our coaches for making tag rugby so fun!

Just before mid-term, we were lucky enough to be invited to Raheny Library to meet children’s author Natasha Mac a’Bháird. Natasha wrote the Sycamore Hill books and she has just released a new one called The Vanished Girl. Natasha was a wonderful author to meet. She told us all about how she started her journey as a children’s author, where she gets her ideas from, about the writing process, as well as how long it takes. Her books are often very mysterious.

After Natasha told us all about her work, she asked us to solve a mystery involving the murder of a singing contest judge. Some children were given a role to play and the rest of the class had to figure out who was guilty from the clues the characters would give us. It really was a brilliant visit and a good few of our class came back with a copy of her book checked out of the library!

Last week Rev. Kevin came to class to speak with us about the Bible. We had been learning about the Bible and how it is structured. It’s such a big book it can be tricky to navigate! Rev. Kevin told us all about the story of the Bible, how it is a book full of good, and how it is the story of God’s people everywhere.

Over the last 2 weeks we have started some cricket training in school with a coach from Clontarf Cricket Club. We have been having great fun batting and fielding as well as developing some key skills. Take a look at our progress so far:

4th Class have just started a block of tennis lessons in St. Anne’s Park. We definitely have some future tennis stars in the class! Take a look at the photos below to see our skills:

Being back in school after a long summer break is great! We get to see our friends, play games and catch up with each other. Sometimes, though, it can be tricky to get used to sitting in our seats in class again, so… here we are enjoying some active movement breaks!

These have been our favourites so far, why not try them at home?