Wednesday 29 March 2017

Seachtain na Gaeilge  

Bhi Seachtain na Gaeilge againn ó 6ú go 17ú Márta . Bhi Frása an Lae againn . Rinneamar iarracht an Gaeilge a Labhairt. Ar an gCeadaoin rinne Ranganna 5 & 6  Piotsa agus dhíol siad don scoil go léir. Bhí an-spórt againn.
  


                                                       Na Naoináin ag ithe  piotsa sa halla
                                                   Lucy ,Isabelle & Grace ag díol piotsa .
                                                     Ranganna 1 & 2 sa bhialann piotsa.
 
                                                         Is brea linn piotsa!!
Swimming Lessons 

Pupils from 3rd class to 6th class have just completed Swimming Lesson for this year, for 8 week the children have been swimming and the senior children did life saving lessons also.


Life-saving Group
For the last couple of weeks our class were doing lifesaving in the Coral Leisure Center in Arklow. It wasn’t easy at first as the strokes were very unusual such as side-stroke and inverted breast stroke. I soon got used to them though. 
It was so much fun throwing the rope out to your partner and pulling them in. It is especially fun when you`re the one being pulled in. But when you are being pulled in by hand with no rope it isn`t so fun because sometimes people accidentally held your head underwater. 
Our coaches name was Nicola. We left school at 12:30 and were back for about 2:30. We did our swimming lessons for 8 weeks and I learned so much. (I think the hardest thing was having no goggles)

By Robert 

Life Saving Group
On the 11th of January our school started swimming.
We left school at 12:20. We travelled in the bus. We got to Coral Leisure and then we changed into our swim gear. The Senior classes and other strong swimmers did life saving. There were four groups. We did life saving with Nicola. The lesson lasted for 45 minutes. There were parents there to help and Miss Woodroofe and Mrs.Binions were there organising it all. 
We had lessons for 8 weeks and I feel I learnt a lot and have become a much more confident swimmer.

By Anna 

          Visit of Aengus
           Bio-Diversity

A scientist named Aengus came to our school to talk about Biodiversity. All classes from our school, 1-6 classes, came into  in the seniors [Mrs Lawson’s] room for this. 
Aengus was amazing at grabbing everyone’s attention. He told us that the biggest living creature ever was the big, blue whale, and that the smallest living creature is bacteria. He explained about all of the habitats & the life cycles in our environment. Later in the afternoon he brought 5th & 6th classes  on a walk to show us local habitats. He also had some displays which he passed around the class. We enjoyed his visit very much & learnt lots about Bio- Diversity.


By Maeve