Monthly Archives: March 2012

Our trip to the beach

On Wednesday 21st March 2012
My classroom went to the beach with a Marine Biologist called Conor Ryan and our teacher Ms Connolly.

My favourite finds were
1. Mermaids purse: Dogfish lay these eggs. They are rectangular in shape with a string coming out of each side. They use these strings to wrap themselves around the seaweed (wrack). After a few weeks, baby dogfish pop out of the purse.
2. Limpet: When they are born, the are all male. After some months some turn into females. You will find them stuck to the rocks. If you kick them more than once, you will damage them and they won’t be able to stick back to their own rock. You must put them back on the same spot from where you took them off.
3.Bladder wrack is seaweed with small bubbles that you can burst. It must not be mistaken with serrated wrack which has large bubbles that you can not burst. The bladder wrack has slimy stuff at the top which people use to have seaweed baths.

This are just some of the things which we saw on our trip to the beach.I enjoyed this trip and found it very interesting. I am looking forward to tomorow because it is our next trip .

THE END by Leah
Young Marine Biologists

An portán

The crab in attack mode

Our trip to the Beach


Our trip to the beach
In the morning Conor showed us photographs of creatures .He brought us to the beach. We looked under seaweed. We looked on the rocks and we saw limpets.
Conor found three crabs. We saw spaghetti marks on the sand. Lugworms made the marks. We fed the mussels to a sea enemy. We saw bladder weed, egg weed and gut weed. We found limpets shells and whelk shells. We heard a starlet and seagull. When we came back Conor told us about whales and dolphins. We looked at whales bones and dolphins bones. We looked at whales bones and dolphins bones. He showed us a sperm whales tooth, a dolphins skull and a piranha. I liked the piranha. It was really fun. We had a good time.
By Kian & Róisín

Our trip to the beach

In the morning Conor came into our classroom. He showed us some sea creatures on the board. When he was finished, we went down to the shore and we collected some shells. We found barnacle shells, mussels, limpets and two scallops. Conor found a crab and when he gave it to John it climbed up his hand. After that we fed the sea enemy. Then we went back to the school. When we got back to the school everybody was really hungry. After we ate something and went outside we came in and Conor came in to talk to us. He told us about all the whales and dolphins in Ireland. He showed us a real piece of a whale’s spine, a dolphin’s skull, a real sperm whales tooth and a special shell from Australia. It was really fun.

By Rosaleen and Sophie

Turas go dtí an cladach~ A trip to the seashore

As we prepare for our trip to the seashore, we remember to keep ourselves safe at all times: to watch out for sharp rocks and broken glass and to keep our múinteoir in view at all times.

The booklets on the left are from The Marine Institute at www.marine.ie who is the national agency responsible for Marine Research, Technology Development and Innovation (RTDI)in Ireland.

 

 

 

 

When we go for a walk outside our school gates, we have two golden rules:
Take nothing only photographs

and

leave nothing except foot prints.

Breithlá Múinteoir Máirín


We had a little celebration today for Múinteoir Máirín’s Birthday. We surprised her with a cáca deas and a lovely Card. We think she got a big shock! Liam’s birthday is the same day as Múinteoir Máírín’s.

Our Special Things


My special thing is a teddy. My aunty got it for me in Toy Master. I was only a baby. I was so excited. It is so cuddly and furry. I bring it to bed sometimes.. His name is fluffy. I had him since I was one. He is white. His eyes are black.
Róisín

My special thing is my lego robot.
I play with it every day.
I can turn it into a helicopter.
It is very tall.
It has a sword.
I made it when I was six. I am seven now.
It has long hands with weapons on the end.
It is all different colours.
I keep it in a box.
Kian

My special thing is a rugby ball.
I got my rugby ball from my mom.
I have the rugby ball for long time.
I play with it every day.
It is a fun game to play.
I play outside with it.
My rugby ball is shaped like an egg.
I play with my brother Caolan. We have great fun.
Sometimes my friends come to my house and we play a game of rugby.
We have great fun.
I really like my rugby ball.
Liam

My special thing is a chain.
My mom gave it to me.
It is special to me because I had it for a long time.
I like it because it is special to me and it means a lot to me.
My chain has a heart shape on it.
I wouldn’t want it to break because it is special to me.
My mom gave it to me when I was a baby.
My mom got it in a shop.
When my mom came home she gave it to me.
I was very happy.
Rosaleen

My special thing is my teddy. My aunty got it for me when I was a baby. That’s why it is special to me because I got it a long time ago. It isn’t ripped or damaged. It is perfect and I wouldn’t like anything to happen to it. It is white and it has a pink flower in the middle of it and a bow on its head . It is very thin. It is middle sized and has two floppy ears.
Sophie

My special thing is a cowgirl. Her name is Jessie. My Nanny got her at toy master for my 1st birthday. I had her since I was 1. I like to play with her every day. I bring her to bed sometimes. She is very special to me.
Shauna

My special thing is a teddy. I love my teddy because my mum got it when I was two years old. At night my teddy is in the bed with me. She is big and fluffy. I called my teddy Lassie because it is a dog. I wouldn’t like anything to happen to it. It is a light brown colour. She has black eyes and a black nose.
Grace

Shamrock Men

Lá Gaelach

Bhí lá deas againn inniú le haghaidh Seachtain na Gaeilge. Ar maidin bhí céile againn. Rinneamar na damhsaí seo; Ionsaí na hInse, An staicín Eorna, Cur bróg ar an asal, Tar chugam agus An Damhsa mór. Fuair Seamus, Shauna, Padraig C. agus Erin duais bheag mar rinne siad an iarracht is fearr leis na damhsaí. Bhí an-craic againn. Rinne cúpla cailiní Reel agus Jig dúinn. Bhí siad ar fheabhas! Rinne Lisa agus Ailish an two-hand freisin. Fuair siad bualadh bos mór. Tar eis an céilí, bhí cúpla cluichí againn, Musical statues agus ‘Tag Corp’. Bhuaigh Liam agus Róisín ‘Tag Corp’.
Tar eis am lón, bhí tráth na gceist againn sa halla. Bhí scór ard ag gach fhoireann ach sa deireadh bhuaigh Foireann 5 é. Maith sibhse!
Tar eis an Tráth na gceist, bhí cluiche biongó againn. Bhuaigh cúpla páistí duaiseanna le haghaidh na ceithre cúinne, líne amháin agus an teach lán. Bhí an-spórt againn.


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