Have spooktacular Halloween

 

Pumpkins

We did pumpkin art in school this week. 

We used a variety of mediums such as oil pastels, chalk pastels, crayons, charcoal and colouring pencils to decorate our pumpkins.

Spooky Houses

 

Take a look at some of our CREEPY, SPOOKY, Halloween Houses.

Who can you see lurking in the pictures?

Would you stay here tonight??????

Halloween Poetry

If you dare feast your eyes upon some of our blood curling, spooky poetry and we hope you get GOOSEBUMPS !!!!!!

 

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

We are currently reading The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne.

It is based during World War II, 8-year-old Bruno and his family leave Berlin to take up residence near the concentration camp where his father has just become commandant. Unhappy and lonely, he wanders out behind his house one day and finds Shmuel, a Jewish boy of his age. Though the barbed-wire fence of the camp separates them, the boys begin a forbidden friendship, oblivious to the real nature of their surroundings.

Half Self Portraits

 We did half self portraits in class last week. 

                Can you see who we are?

Trees of Ireland

 We looked at some Irish trees and learned the following facts

 * Ash - Used for making Hurley's for centuries

* Willow - Used for making cricket bats, baskets, living fences

* Alder - Shields, clogs, s, old milk churns

* Hazel - Hurdles, gates, fences and wattle for building

* Oak, Ash, Scots Pine - Their timber is used for furniture making

* Blackthorn - Know as Shillelaghs, very strong wood, used long ago as weapon

* Cherry, Apple, Pear, Plum - fruit supply

* Pine - Good for firewood and building (water resistant)

* Sycamore - Wooden spoons and other wooden kitchen utensils

* Beech - Excellent for furniture making

* Larch - Boat building

* Spruce & Maple - Used to make violins

many species of trees from tropical climates are imported for use in Ireland e.g mahogany, ebony

Did you know      Counties in Ireland are named after native trees

Derry - Doire (oak)

Antrim - Aon Trim (Elder)

Kildare - Cill Dara (Church of the Oaks)

Mayo - Maigh Eo (Plain of the Yews)

Did you know      The tallest native tree in Ireland is a 40m tall Ash tree near                                             Clonmel, Co Tipperary.

Did you know      Trees produce more oxygen than any other single living                                                    organism.

Did you know      The oldest tree in Ireland is thought to be a yew tree in Co                                               Wexford which is over 1,000 years old. The Brian Boru oak in Co                                   Clare is also said to be over 1,000 years old.

Did you know       The tree with the largest girth is an exotic tree, a Monterey                                             Cypress, commonly known as Macrocarpa. This tree is in                                                 Killyleigh, Co Down and is over 12 metres in diameter.

                                        Our Classroom Display Board

Autumn Watch: Leaves, twigs and seeds 🌿🍂🌻☘️

NATURE WALK

 On Wednesday 16th of September, 5th & 6th class went on a Nature Walk.

We walked to the Loop of the Lakes trail.

Here are some pictures of our Walk.