In room 2 we made lava lamps for science. We used water oil food dye and alka-seltzer tablets and a two litre bottle . First we put the water into the bottles, then added the oil. Then we put in food dye and an alka-seltzer tablet. Then we put cap on and swished it up.…
September is the beginning of a new school year, and along with a new school year comes new second class boys. We went to Ms. O’Brien’s room to interview some 2nd class boys (Ryan A., Daniel M. and Zak B.)When we asked them what their favourite thing about Drimnagh Castle was, their answers were that…
In second class we are doing Power Hour. Power hour is an hour everyday where we work really hard on reading. It is really good fun and we really enjoy doing it. In power hour the first rotation is iPads. On the iPads we do comprehension. Our 2nd rotation is comprehension cards and Ms O…
In room 3 we love art, but we especially love Christmas art. We have painted reindeer portraits, made stained glass windows and even fashioned our own antlers and sparkly noses for ourselves. Don’t we look cute? We’re the room three Rocking Reindeer, and we’re looking forward to the holiday festivities!
On Thursday we made Christmas Rice Krispie cakes. Our teacher got the ingredients which were, cooking chocolate, Rice Krispies and snow flake toppings. Ms Murphy got a microwave and melted the chocolate. We checked on it after 2 minutes. We put the Rice Krispies into a bowl and poured the chocolate over it and stirred…
Room 7 Procedural Writing We had a look at what is involved in Procedural Writing and decided to make Rice Krispie buns as part of our lesson and write the procedure after the process. This recipe is written by Cian O. in Room 7. How to Make Rice Krispie Buns? You will need: Chocolate Rice…
On Thursday we went to Drimnagh Castle. We had an unforgettable time. We walked from the primary to the secondary. We saw all of the features in the Castle. We got a tour guide and their names were Ciaran and Denise. They were very nice and they told us a lot of interesting facts. One…
We had a big Halloween party in room 2. We had a spooky story time. We read the book Room on the Broom and some of our own spooky stories. Anne gave us some ice cream. We all dressed up in our costumes. We also made some tasty chocolate apples. Everybody had a lovely time.…
We had great fun in Room 7 turning carnations different colours. We love doing science experiments. Directions: First we poured some water into our four containers until they were half full. We added 10-20 drops of food colouring to each container. We used green, red and blue food colouring. We cut the stems of the…