Nativity Play Practice

6th class have been practicing for their upcoming Nativity Play which will be held in St Bridget's Church Killeshandra on Monday 21st December @ 7pm. 

Gardening

On Thursday Heather Bothwell came to the school to do some gardening with us in our wildflower garden. We replanted some Yellow Rattle.

Yellow Rattle Flower

Cooking

On Friday we made gingerbread snowmen. They were very easy to make and tasted delicious. Here is the recipe if you would like to try them at home over Christmas.

Ingredients

250g / 8oz Odlums Cream Plain Flour
75g / 3oz Butter, softened
75g / 3oz Brown Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
50g / 2oz Golden Syrup
1 Egg Yolk
1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Ground Ginger

You will also need

gingerbread cutter
baking sheets
a bowl and wooden spoon
a wire tray for cooling

METHOD:

1. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
2. Add bicarbonate of soda, golden syrup and egg yolk and stir well.
3. Sift the flour and spices into the bowl and mix with a wooden spoon until well combined.
4. Shape into a ball and knead lightly on a work surface until smooth.
5. Wrap and chill for about 30 minutes before using.
6. Thinly roll out dough a use gingerbread cutters to cut out shapes.
7. Place on lightly greased baking sheets, leaving a space between each.
8. Bake at 180°C/350°F/Gas 4 for about 10-12 minutes until slightly risen and golden in colour.
9. Transfer to a wire tray to cool.

Cooking Class

Flapjacks

On Friday 6th class had their first cooking class. We made Flapjacks with Siobhán. If you would like to try them at home here is the recipe.

Ingredients:
225g/8oz Odlums Porridge Oats 
125g/4oz Margarine 
125g/4oz Shamrock Brown Demerera Sugar 
75g/3oz Golden Syrup or Honey


Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4 and grease and line an 8”/20cm square tin.
2. Melt the margarine with the sugar and syrup.
3. Stir in the oats.
4. Turn into the prepared tin. Smooth top and press down well.
5. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes.
6. When baked, cool in tin for 5 minutes. Cut into fingers.
7. Cool completely before removing from tin.

Enjoy!

Football coaching

On Friday Finbar O'Reilly came to the school to show us some football skills. It was a cold wet day but we still enjoyed playing. 

Science Week

All classes in school did some experiments on Friday in the GP room as part of Science Week. Here is our experiment.



Learn about density and make a rainbow in a glass

You can use physics to do a great trick and make a liquid rainbow in a glass.
What you need:

• A glass or clear plastic cup
• Water
• Red food colouring
• Vegetable or sunflower oil
• Washing up liquid
• Runny honey
• Dettol or disinfectant

 

 

Our scientific team hard at work

 

 

Add some food colouring to the water and pour into glasses or jars

 

 

Add some cooking oil.

 

 

Add some washing up liquid.

 

 

Look how the water is changing!

 

 

Add some runny honey.

 

 

There are different colours in the glass.

 

 

lastly we added  some disinfectant.

 

 



What's happening?

The different liquids all have different densities

So in our liquid rainbow, honey is the densest layer and sits at the bottom of the glass, then the washing up liquid comes next and floats on top.

The layer of coloured water is less dense than the washing up liquid, and finally the oil is the least dense of all and floats on top.

We hope you enjoyed our experiment!!

 



Team Teaching Maths

Team Teaching Maths

In team teaching today we worked on lines and angles. There were various stations set up in the class and we worked in teams.

We played maths games on our notebooks.

We had to find various angles around the classroom.

Remember Parallel  lines are always the same distance apart and never touching.

We also had some worksheets to complete and angles to draw.

Right angles

A right angle is an angle of 90 degrees

Straight angles

A straight angle is an angle of .

Happy Halloween from all in Mrs Flynn's room

Thank you Amy for bringing in your giant pumpkin for us all to see.