The class celebrated National Tree Day on the 3rd of October by going on a nature walk around our school. The girls identified lots of different species of trees such as oak trees, horse chestnut and apple trees. They also noticed how the leaves were changing colour and falling on the ground as a result of autumn.

We are so delighted to introduce you to our Green Schools Committee for 2024/25. These girls are so enthusuastic to spread our Green Schools message and work towards our new goal of Nature Restoration. The committee members are from 1st to 6th class. The girls are such an asset to our school in keeping our school litter free and encouraging the whole school community to be mindful of waste and looking out for all of the ways we can live in a cleaner more sustainable way.

Katie Carpenter from C.P.A. visited our class amd treated us to drama, dancing and lots of fun. The girls had the opportunity to learn a full dance routine and learn some lines from the movie ‘Trolls’.

Welcome to our class blog. We are so excited to keep you up to date with all of the wonderful things we will be doing this year.

The girls of Fifth Class visited Junior Infants at the outdoor classroom. They explained to junior infants that growing a garden-in-a-jar is easy because the garden is self-watering. It works in much the same way as the water cycle- the same water is used over and over again. They created gardens in glass jars. They put pepples, damp compost and small healthy plants into the jars. The jars are airtight and placed in a bright place in the infant classroom. We are looking forward to analysing our gardens over the next two weeks.

Our whole school community took part in ‘The Big Travel Challenge’ in February. We chose to focus on cycling as the sustainable mode of travel for the duration of the challenge. We were so impressed with the number of girls cycling to school everyday, even when the weather wasn’t in their favour. We recorded a big increase at all class levels in the number of children choosing a more sustainable way of travelling to school.

Senior Infants and Second Class took part in cycling workshops with Karen Moore from An Taisce. The workshops focused on bike safety, bike skills and bike maintenance. The girls had lots of fun demonstrating their new skills.