Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Titanic in Rang a Dó

Titanic
 
Over the last number of weeks the children in Mr Flynn's  rang a dó have experienced life abroad the famous Titanic. The children became actual passengers aboard the famous liner and had to produce their boarding passes each day in order to gain entry onto the ship (or their classroom)! Some of us were First Class Passengers, like John Jacob Astor, the 'unsinkable' Maggie Brown, the owner, Bruce Ismay and others. Others were Second and Third Class passengers and Mr Flynn was Captain Edward J Smith. Carol and Bernice were also officers abroad the ship. We learnt lots of really interesting facts and trivia about the Titanic and the highlight of our study was our dress up day last Friday. We had looked at how the different passengers would have dressed in 1912, and everyone really put in a big effort in looking the part! We had lots of visits from other classes and really enjoyed telling the boys and girls all the information we had learnt about the Titanic. Unfortunately, just before home-time our ship hit an iceberg and sank. It was really sad to learn about all the passengers and crew who died on board the Titanic, but we really enjoyed the learning experience.
 
We hope you enjoy the photos below!
 
Captain Edward J Smith and Chief Officer Wilde
 
 

First Class Passengers
 

Second Class Passengers


Second Class Passengers

Third Class Passengers

Third Class Passengers



















 

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Halloween in Ms. O' Keeffe's class 2013

There was lots happening in our classroom this year for Halloween! In groups, we made our Magnificent Monsters, the children helped get the pumpkin ready and we played loads of games - eg. making slime, the flour game and wrapping up like mummies! Messy to say the least! :)