Merlin College

The boys and girls from Merlin College, along with Mr Kearney invited us over to experience what life is like Merlin College. We had so much fun! Students from 2nd year put us into groups, and we got to do so much fun stuff! We started off with PE, we got to play basketball, soccer and volleyball. Then, in our groups, we got a tour of the whole school! We got to see what goes on in Metalwork, woodwork, home ec and science.

We also got to see some of our older brothers and sisters work in the woodwork room! We had a great time, and thanks so much to Mr Kearney and the second years for taking such good care of us! 

Best line! :)

We worked really hard on our lining up, and quiet voices in the classroom at break time and our hard work paid off! We won best line! As a treat, we got to go to the park. It was so much fun! 

Digestion

Did you know that it takes 8 seconds for food to get down your food pipe also known as the osophagus?! We conducted an experiment to show what happens food when it goes through the digestive system. 

First, we showed the food being chewed in the mouth by the teeth. 

The food then mixes with saliva in the moth, so we added water to the bread! It went all mushy and soft.

When the food get to the stomach, it mixes with acid.

So we mixed it with vinegar!

All of the nutrients in the food go into the bloodstream when it reaches the small intestine. 

The remainder and excess water go to the large intestine and are then removed

From the body! 

1916 Display in Druid Theatre

We have learnt a lot about the 1916 Rising this year, as it is the Centinery celebration of the Rising this year. We have made projects, and also wrote some diary entries based on the seven revolutionaries. We all went to Druid theatre to listen to a Historian show us some actual artefacts from the Rising. We got to hold replicas of some of the guns that Padraic Pearse and James Conolly used during the Rising. We got to see costumes that the soldiers wore, and got to see what different soldiers of different ranks had to wear. It was so cool, we really enjoyed it! It was really good to actually see all of the things that we talked about in school! 

Maths measuring!

We have been learning about area and perimeter in 4th and 5th. We measured the small yard, trim trail and basketball courts in groups using metre sticks and trundle wheels! It was lots of fun. 

Laptops :)

We are very lucky in our school that we have laptops for us to use! For the last few weeks, we've been focusing on narrative writing. We all drafted and edited stories and then we got to publish them by typing them up on the laptops! It was so much fun. We get to use the laptops once a week! 

Ag déanamh pancóga...

Pancake Tuesday is upon us. Our last chance to have a sweet treat before the beginning of Lent. We wrote the recipe to make pancakes earlier in the week so that we were all prepared and ready to make them on Tuesday. We used eggs, flour, sugar and some milk to make our pancakes. We brought in different toppings to have with them which were yummy!