In Room 12 we have been looking closely at 'kindness' we had some great discussions over the past number of weeks on the topic. We each picked a Random Act of Kindness out of a jar and had to try do that task once a day for a week. We shared them with the class when the week was up and the children were so surprised but had noticed others going out of their way to help out, share smiles, jokes and show positivity where possible. We made Friendship Recipes and wrote up all the different ingredients we need to have great friendships, you can see them below on our 'Tree of Kindness' display outside our classroom. 
We also designed and made compliment envelopes, each child wrote something nice about each person in our class. We then put them in each person's envelope to quarantine for 72 hours. Once it was safe to do so, at the end of every day, we read 3 of our compliments before we went home. There were so many smiles and happy faces going home from school each day. 

This month we have been learning a lot about Irish Folklore. We spent some time looking at Na Fianna which was a group of mighty Irish warriors in who feature a lot in our Irish mythology. We spent some time looking at the stories of Tír na n-Óg, Fionn Mac Cumhaill and The Giant's Causeway. For art this week we designed and made what we thought a mighty warrier in Na Fianna might use as a shield. You can see the different shapes, colours and patterns that were used in our projects.

This student is so well thought of by her friends, classmates and teachers. She has a wonderful attitude to all aspects of her school work and you will never see her not doing her very best. Her attention to detail, presentation and general quality of work deserves to be celebrated. Well done B, on a very successful October, no doubt you will continue the wonderful work. 

Before midterm we were lucky enough to get into the Halloween Spirit by having a dress up day. We got to come into school in our costumes and go on a Witch Walk around our local area with thanks to Ms Brown and Ms Kenny for helping us do it safely. We had a special Halloween assembly on zoom where all the classes performed a song or a poem it was lovely to see all the other boys and girls (even if it was in a socially distant way.) We especially liked doing our Halloween art and making our witches hats that Ms Gilligan hung from the ceiling.