Painting Parrots

One of the animals from the Amazon Rainforest we are learning about is the parrot. They are really colourful and live in the canopy layer of the rainforest. 

We painted really colourful parrots today in art. Tomorrow, when they are dry we will cut them out and stick on bright feathers! 

Amazon Rainforest Foods

We learnt more about food that comes from the Amazon Rainforest, such as vanilla, cacao beans, coffee beans, cinnamon and coconuts. 

We had fun trying to guess what each of the foods were. We used our sense of touch and smell to guess. 

The coconut, vanilla pods, cinnamon sticks and coffee beans had really strong smells. 

Reading Strategy - Summarising

Today we met Simon the Summarising Sweeper from Wonderland. He is going to help us learn how to summarise stories. 

Amazon Rainforest Fruit

Our theme for this fortnight is "The Amazon Rainforest". Today, we talked about the different fruits that grow in the Amazon Rainforest. 

We looked at some fruits and talked about their colours and textures and how they grow. 

Our favourite fruits were the pineapples, oranges, grapefruit, banana, passion fruit, mango, papaya, figs and limes. 

There were three fruits that the boys and girls didn't know the names of. 

They were very unusual, we had never seen them before. We can't wait to learn more about them! 

Maths - Fractions

We have started learning about fractions in Maths.

Today we folded pieces of paper to find half of the piece of paper. 

We split sets of lollipop sticks in half too. This was lots of fun!

Measuring -Length

We are learning about length and measuring this week. 

We measured how tall we are! 

Outdoor and Adventure

We have started the Outdoor and Adventure strand in P.E. this week. We had so much fun using the control cards and finding the different symbols. 

Maths - Measuring

Today in maths we were learning about length and measuring. We estimated and measured different objects around the classroom with lollipop sticks. Tomorrow we will use a metre stick to measure. 

Van Gogh's Sunflowers

We finished our Van Gogh inspired Sunflowers today! We hope you like them. 

Street Smart Workshop

The boys and girls in first class went to a road safety workshop held by the Road Safety Authority in Carnmore. They learnt how to stay safe on the road and earned a "Safety Licence" at the end of the workshop. 

During the Street Smart talk they learnt the safest ways to cross the road. They also talked about how to stay safe in a car and the importance of wearing a seat belt when travelling in a car. 

The children had a chance to use their road safety knowledge in the RSA village. 

They practised crossing the road safely. 

Attendance Awards

Múinteoir Michelle presented some boys and girls in our class with a Bronze Attendance Award. They came to school every day in term two. Zoe and Maeve have not missed any days so far this year so they received a Silver Attendance Award. Fingers crossed they earn the Gold Award too!!! 

Tomatoes and Strawberries

We planted the first of our fruit and vegetables today. We learnt what three things they need to grow- sunshine, soil and water. 

First we made sure we had a nice sunny spot for our plants to grow. They need lots of sunshine to grow tall. 

Once the soil was ready we placed the plants carefully inside be pots of soil. 

We will make sure we water them every few days.

Van Gogh inspired art

Today the children used two of Van Gogh's paintings as their inspiration for their art lesson today - "Starry Starry Night" and "Sunflowers". 

Their completed masterpieces will be displayed very soon... Watch this space!!