Frosty the Snowman

Christmas

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Christmas/NativityStory.aspx

http://dingo.care2.com/cards/new/0422/Do-a-rain-deer.swf

http://www.akidsheart.com/math/mathgames/ctreepuzzle.html

http://www.abcya.com/christmas_lights_holiday_game_for_kids.htm

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/christmas/christmasgames.aspx

Hurling Heroes visit St.Senans

Last Thursday was an exciting day for us all. We welcomed members of the Clare hurling team to our school; local Wolfe Tones man Aaron Cunningham, Podge Collins, Nicky O'Connell and kit man Michael 'Gazzy' Collins. They spoke to us about the importance of getting involved in sport, being active, eating properly, drinking water and respecting others. 

We got our photograph taken with the Liam McCarthy Cup as well as autographs. They seemed to like our songs and we even got some airplay on Clare Fm.It was the best day ever!

Titanic - The Unsinkable Ship

 We will be writing reports on the Titanic this week in class. Some children have even made models of this famous ship using recycled materials.

For more interesting facts and videos check out these websites.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/17665970

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/titanic-100-years/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/british_history/titanic_ticket/

http://www.scoilnet.ie/Quiz.aspx?id=1550

Place Value

• http://www.ictgames.com/sharkNumbers_v2.html
• http://www.ictgames.com/partition.html
• http://www.ictgames.com/sharknumbers.html
• http://www.ictgames.com/LIFEGUARDS.html

Sumdog

Log on to sumdog and play against other children from around the world.

http://www.sumdog.com/

Odd vs Even

Can you tell me some odd numbers or some even numbers?
Test your skills.
http://www.doorwayonline.org.

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy

Penguin Place Value Hundreds, Tens and Units

Check out this fun game! Place the penguins on the correct number.http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools

Penguins

We've been learning all about penguins. Here are some interesting facts.

• Penguins are flightless birds.
• While other birds have wings for flying, penguins have flippers to help them swim in the water.
• Penguins spend around half their time in water and the other half on land.
• There are no penguins  at the North Pole, they mostly live in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Just like whales, penguins have a layer of fat under their skin called "blubber".  Overtop of this they are covered with fluffy "down" feathers.
• Emperor Penguins can stay underwater for around 20 minutes at a time.
• Interestingly once the female lays the egg they leave for the waters leaving their egg balanced on the male’s feet. This is because if the egg where to lay on the ground it would simply freeze over. 
• The females will leave to feed on fish and other food sources to build up supplies to feed the baby penguins once they return.
• Once they females return job roles are switched around and the males go off to the Antarctic Ocean to feed.
• This leaves the females to feed and protect the chicks from the cold climate.
• The baby penguins then stay with their mother for the next month until the male returns and they take turns in looking after the chick.

Alphabetical order

• http://www.learningplanet.com/act/abcorder.asp
• http://www.abcya.com/alphabet.htm
• http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1literacy.html#wordorder1

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

What time is it?

We are learning to tell the time on digital and analogue clocks. 

                                  

These interactive games will help us to revise what we have learned in school.

• http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/dynamo/den/clock/index.htm
• http://www.primarygames.com/time/question1.htm

Hallowe'en Fun

Check out this website to get you in the mood for Hallowe'en!

http://www.scoilnet.ie/halloween_themepage.shtm

Spike goes fishing

Spike, our  class mascot had a great weekend. 

Ben brought him to Laois Angling Centre for a spot of fishing.

Come on the Banner

The Twits

Our author of the term is Roald Dahl. He has written lots of famous books such as Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Fantastic Mr.Fox.  He also wrote the book 'The Twits'. We are reading this book in school at the moment. Mr and Mrs Twit are the main characters. They are revolting!!! They play horrible tricks on each other, I can't wait to see what happens next!

Maths is fun

This helps us to sequence the days of the week. 

We also know the Months Macarena in English and as Gaeilge.

ng sound

This fun poem helps us with our 'ng' sounds and spellings this week.

Champion of East Clare

Well done to Colin Riordan, 2nd Class who came in 1st place in the Boys u8 Athletics Competition in Lees Road. We are all very proud of our classmate. 

Congratulations to all the other children on the school's athletics team. They are all superstars.

Mondrian

Piet Mondrian was a Dutch artist who liked to use lines, shapes and primary colours in his artwork.

The children took inspiration from his paintings and created their own versions of this modern piece of art.

Mixing Colours

First and second class have been studying the primary colours for the last few weeks. 
They carried out experiments in Science and predicted what would happen if they mixed the primary colours together. They sing this song and say the poem below to help us remember these important colours.

The Primary Colour Song (Sing to the tune of Three Blind Mice) 
Red, Yellow, Blue Red, Yellow, Blue I see you 
Red, Yellow, Blue You are the primary colours
You make all the other colours I wish I was a colour like Red, Yellow, Blue

Paints 
When I put yellow paint on red, 
The colours change to orange instead. 

And, mixing blue and red, I get 
A pretty shade of violet.

Another trick that I have seen:
Yellow and blue turn into green. 

There's magic when my colours mix. 
It's fun to watch them doing tricks.

Maths is Fun

Maths is fun, 

Maths is brill, 

Numbers give me 

Such a thrill. 

I love to get 

My figures right, 

Numbers fill me 

With delight. 

The kind of sums 

That others hate, 

They never get me

 In a state. 

Oh, I love maths I really do. 

What puzzles me Is why don’t you? 

• http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
• http://www.primarygames.com/math.php
• http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html
• http://www.abcya.com/math_bingo.htm