Cycle workshop

We had our second cycle workshop today with Ciaran from Crank and Cog Ireland.
As part of our Green School Flag for Travel, we are holding a cycle workshop in the school for the next few weeks.

The Cycle Right programme caters for primary school children from 4th to 6th class age groups. Training takes place in the classroom, school yard and also an on-road component over a period of 8 hours. The course content involves bicycle and road skills training, mixed with theoretical and Rules of the Road instruction.  We supply bikes, helmets & high vis vests for your class.

Course Content :

• Theory 1: What keeps you safe when cycling including awareness of surroundings and speed control
• Theory 2: Rules of the road; rights of way, signs, road marking, infrastructure, overtaking, junctions & roundabouts, blind zones for large vehicles.
• 4 Checks before cycling: clothes, helmet, bike & conditions.
• Pedalling, Braking, Balance and Cornering
• Awareness of surrounding: Looking all around and listening
• Positioning and group cycling / sharing the road
• Junctions: T junction, Left and Right major to minor
• Road simulation in yard including junctions
• Games / skills practice
• On Road trainer lead guided cycles, giving experience of all techniques practiced in the yard and covered in the theory sessions.

PE with Niall Teather

Here are some photos of PE class with Niall Teather.

Aztec Art

We have been looking at the Aztecs this month in the classroom.

Did you know?

The Aztecs were an advanced and wealthy civilisation that was most powerful from 1325 until 1521. They are famous for believing that sacrificing humans would keep their gods happy, but there are many more reasons to learn about them. They were excellent farmers, built enormous pyramids, were fierce warriors and impressive artists.

The Aztecs lived in the highlands of what is now central Mexico, surrounded by mountains and volcanoes. The capital city of the Aztec world was called Tenochtitlan, which was built on a lake that was later drained by the Spanish. Modern-day Mexico City is built on top of the old city.

The Aztec civilization came to an end when Hernan Cortes, who was mistakenly believed to be an Aztec god, led his Spanish army into Tenochtitlan and conquered it in 1521.

Our Christmas window display in our classroom. Doesn't it look beautiful.

Christmas Art

5th and 6th class made Christmas wreaths in class last week.

3D Maths Trail

5th & 6th class has to put on their thinking caps this morning as they took part in a maths trail around the school yard with Ms MaGuire.

They had to look for different shapes in the yard.

Here is an example of the questions they were asked.....

 I have 5 flat faces = 4 faces are triangular, 1 face is square, I have 8 straight edges and I have just 5 vertices. I am a ____________?

How many examples of this 3D shape can you find in the school yard, name those examples.

Do you know what shape this is and where it is located on the yard?

Haunted houses

Our spooky Halloween houses.

Art

The Scream by Edvard Munch.

In art we used a variety of mediums such as paint, charcoal and pastels to recreate this famous painting.

Did you know that Munch created 4 executions of this scene. In 1893 he made a painted version and Then a crayon one. Two years later he created a pastel one and then in 1910, he used tempera paints on board for his final Scream.

Women who made a difference

This week we selected a woman who made a difference and wrote a biographical account of her life.

These women despite obstacles in their way, were courageous and strong.

Here are some of their stories.

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.”

- Helen Keller

Halloween Art

We made Halloween dioramas this week.