Winter in Ms. O' Keeffe's classroom.

Our ‘Iceman’ experiment

When we had finished making our Iceman, we estimated and measured how long it would take for him to melt. 

Our Iceman was taken out of it’s freezer home at 8.00am. Here is what it looked like in the beginning. 

After 3 hours...

Now he has been melting for 5 hours...

Here is what he looked like at the end. It took 7 hours for our Iceman to melt!

Our Artic Projects

In January all the children in the class were given a week to study and make a project on The Arctic. Everyone worked really hard and their projects were amazing. Well done!

Chinese New Year

January 31^st was Chinese New Year. We spent the day learning about some of the traditions of Chinese New Year. Here is the class showing their banners with Chinese symbols and their red envelopes they made, filled with money to bring good luck to those they give it to. Happy Chinese New Year!

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

 

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! :)

First Holy Communion 2013