During Maths Week we all had lots of fun doing our Maths activities. The senior room made lemonade – enough for everybody in the school! They had to work out how many lemons, water and sugar they would need and had to measure them all carefully. It tasted delicious! They also had lots of fun estimating and measuring outside too.
We also made a metre squared display. Each child had to cut out two 10cm square pieces. Some children had to cut out more than two. The older children stuck all of these 10cm pieces together to make one big Metre squared display.
In the junior room, we did lots of Maths activities. We made some patterns using ourselves and we had fun using our dice cards and our counters. We also collected pictures of Maths things that are all around us. The senior room helped us too. Some of the children played Maths Boardgames, some children got to do Maths on the IPAD and some did their Manga high challenges on the laptops. It was great fun!
This is Eve’s onion. She planted the bulb with her Daddy a while ago and now look at the size of it! We all got a big surprise when she brought it in to show us. The children in the senior room weighed the onion. It is over 500g. That’s one big onion! When we saw the onion, it reminded us of the story called The Enormous Turnip. Anyone for onion soup???
Over the past few weeks we were learning about the food we eat. We learnt about lots of good facts. We learnt about how everything was first made. First there was a big explosion . that made the stars, the moon, sun and all the planets then one star exploded then that made more and more and more and more and more! Then we learnt about a little dog called Paw’s and there was a storm coming. The dog went under the table. He knew that something was not right. On the first day Maureen came we made soup. Some people liked it and some people did not like it. On the next day Maureen came she spoke about habitats and species. She gave us all a habitat or a species. I was a frog. Frogs belong to the pond habitat. We used thread to show how all the habitats and species are connected.
by Siobhan
On Thursday last week we went for a nature walk. We saw lots of things like blackberries, rosehips, nettles, sycamore trees, oak trees, apples growing on trees and ferns. We had to wear wellies because there were big puddles half way down the road. We heard the birds singing, and the water splashing. We picked alot of them things that we saw and brought them back to the school to press. When we got back to the school the smaller class had put fake spiders and a few stones into the teachers shoes, it was very funny but we want to get them back! And trust me we will. When we get the time! Here is a picture of us and things we saw:
A lady called Maureen came into our school today.
She taught us about organic vegetables.
Maureen taught us to make vegetable soup, it was nice.
I peeled the parsnips.
She gave us all a turn at the blender.
Some people did not like the soup.
By Liam
We made soup today. A lady called Maureen was in our school to show us how to make vegetable soup. She put all of the ingredients on the table. Some of us were peeling and chopping. She mixed them all together with stock and water. She gave us some soup in a bowl and spoons. Then she wrote a song on the board. We all sang the song. Some liked it and some did not.
By Roisin.
Here are the words of our song;
Thanks to earth for the food that we eat,
onions,potatoes and carrots sweet.
For sun and rain and breezes cool,
Ár mbuíochas leat a Rí na ndúl.
For cabbages, lettuces, for beans and peas,
For fruit and berries that grow on trees.
For earthworms, bacteria and honey bees,
Thank you earth, who gives us these!
Recently we looked at some artefacts that the children brought in from home. It was very interesting and it integrated perfectly with our study of materials and their properties!
The students in Inver National School have just completed a Learning Circles project.
Our partner schools were in New Brunswick in Canada, New Jersey and Washington in the USA, in Tartarstan in Russia and in Katmandu, Nepal. We did a project about places and perspectives with them.
Our project was called ‘Outside the school gates’ and we wanted to compare what we see outside our school with what our partners see when they go outside their schools.
This is what we found and you may follow the links to compare the areas:
Rugadh Francis Beaufort i gContae na Mí i 1774. Mairnéalach ab ea é. Chum sé an Scála Beaufort. Féach thíos:
(NB Ní bhaineann muidne úsáid as troiche ná órlaigh ná Fahrenheit sa tír seo, úsáideann muid meadair (m) agus cilimeadair (km) agus Celsius (C))
In this project, which is part of our Learning Circles Project, we are developing an understanding of the level of engagement, and the types of engagement, that our schools and students have with technology.
This is the submission from the students in Inver National School to their Learning Circles Project.
(Developing an understanding that news headlines vary with location and national interests)
What’s in the news?
The flu outbreak at Nazareth House nursing home in Buncrana Co. Donegal has been declared over by the health service.
Seven elderly residents at the Co. Donegal home died, as a result of the outbreak. I feel sad that so many elderly died from the same nursing home.
A new survey outlines the financial hardships householders are facing on a daily basis.
The study by the Irish League of Credit Unions shows the disposable income of thousands householders remains under severe pressure.
Almost half of the people that were served said they are left with €100 or less at the end of the month after paying essential bills. I feel that people are just working to pay bills and to feed themselves.
Mayo were playing Kerry on Sunday in our Gaelic Football League semi final. Mayo won the score was 1:17 to 2:15. It was an outstanding game. Mayo played class, Connor Mortimer scored 5 points in a row and they were the first points that Mayo got. I hope that Mayo win the cup. I think that Mayo played outstanding and that they deserve to win the League (by Eoin)
News
A us coastguard has called off a search for two Irish when a wave sweped them off the boat they were travelling on.
On Sunday afternoon Mayo played agginst Kerry the match was very intresting and it went into overtime. In the end mayo won and I was very pleased.
Two women diedin co. Tyron when there kitchen burst into flames. I feel very sorry for their family.
By Erin
Mayo beat Kerry in the alliance semi- final the score was 2-15 1-17 it went in to extra-time. Bryan Sheehan almost put in to a replay.
By Seamus
News
The space shuttle Discovery made its final voyage today.The United States retired its space shuttle last year after finishing construction of the $100 billion International Space Station to begin work on a new generation of spaceships that can carry astronauts to destinations beyond the stations 384km high orbit.
Yesterday we received a note about getting our second green flag. This flag is for energy. We have worked very hard to save energy in our school. In a few weeks three people from the green team will go to Athlone to pick up our new flag. We are all excited.
Pictiúrí ón lá a chuaigh na páistí ó Scoil Náisiúnta an Inbhir go dtí an trá. Photographs from the the day the pupils from Inver National School went 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 .
