The Garda Band paid us a surprise visit today. We were all entertained by their wonderful music, including some familiar theme tunes like The Simpsons, Star Wars and The Flintstones (one for the teachers). We sang and danced to 'Happy' and 'Shotgun'. A big thank you to all members of the band. We hope to see you soon!
The Christmas buzz has started in St. Paul's and all the children are working hard to learn their songs and poems for the Christmas Concerts. See the home page for dates. We will have lots of fun festive activities the week of the holidays. Keep checking here fore details. It's Science Week! There will be lots of questioning, investigating, exploring, analysing and designing going on in the school throughout the week. Check out https://www.sfi.ie/engagement/science-week/ for more information. We had great fun today celebrating Halloween. We may have scared a few of the neighbours when we went on our Witch Walk around Ayrfield. A big thank you to everyone for your sponsorship. A highlight of the day was the haunted house where we played ghoulish games and got tasty treats. Thank you to all the parents who put a huge amount of work into preparing the house and hosting the children. We ended the day with songs, poems and a fancy-dress parade in the school hall. A great day was had by all. We wish everyone in the St. Paul's community a safe and spooky Halloween break. On Friday afternoon all the classes gathered in the hall to watch the wonderful production of 'The Little Princess'. The acting, singing and set design were all fabulous. Through the play we learned about friendship and the importance of kindness to all. A huge thank you to M & M Productions for the entertaining afternoon. We are very excited about our dress-up day tomorrow. We have great plans. Some of us are wearing jerseys with numbers on them; others are using face paint to draw shapes and colour; some of us are using stickers to decorate old clothes. Lots of great ideas. We look forward to walking around the school to see the work that our friends in other classes have been doing during Maths Week. We're in the middle of Maths Week and we're having a blast. There's lots of problem solving and mathematical thinking going on around the school. We hope you're having fun with the Maths homework each night. Check out the app IXL Maths. (android and iOS) for great Maths challenges. There was lots of Maths fun and learning going on around the school today. Check out this link for some Stardoku challenges. It's like regular Sudoku but with colours instead of numbers. Enjoy! http://www.cookie.com/kids/games/stardoku.html |
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February 2021
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