Third & Fourth

Welcome to 3rd and 4th Class/ Rang a Trí agus Ceathair

Class Teacher- Ms Hennessy

3rd and 4th have been working so hard since coming back from midterm break, with our theme being ‘Water.’

Art:

We have been getting so creative these last few weeks! We have made sea creatures using paper sculpture techniques, as well as sculpting sea creatures with clay!

Maths:

We’ve been working on multiplication for the last few weeks with lots of times tables songs and skip counting games. For even more practice, we played timestables rockstars and blooket using chrome books.

GAA:

3rd and 4th began their GAA sessions this week and really enjoyed the team building games, as well as playing matches!

Gaeilge:

Cén t-am é? 3rd and 4th will be able to tell you! As we worked on our topic ‘An Scoil,’ we really enjoyed learning how to tell the time in Gaeilge. 

Experimenting with Science and Art

3rd Class have been busy experiment this week for Science Week.

Dress up day in 3rd and 4th Class

Have a look at all the amazing things 3rd and 4th class have been working on.

Student council:

3rd and 4th presented their student council presentations. Everyone had such amazing ideas for our school to support our school community. We had a vote and our student council representatives were elected!

SESE:

We’ve been exploring Fair trade in SESE and 3rd & 4th created and presented some fair trade Shea butter products. They had to ensure their products were sustainable and complied with fair trade regulations.

Art:

We explored pointillism and created some fabulous autumn scape paintings using the pointallism technique. We did this using cotton buds and an array of autumn coloured paints.

English:

Our comprehension strategy for October is Visualising. We read Hansel and Gretal and 3rd and 4th created representations of their visualisations through playdough.  

Halloween:

In preparation for Halloween we have been researching Halloween traditions around the world. We’ve explored places like North America, Poland, Australia, Chine and the UK using chrome books!

Maths week:

In maths this week we’ve explored 2D shapes. We’ve carried out activities like 2D shape bingo, playful exploration of shapes, 2D shape outdoor hunt, 2D shape matching interactive games and constructing 2D shapes with lollipop sticks . 

Have a look at some of the wonderful things 3rd and 4th class have been working on. 

Maths

3rd and 4th worked as maths detectives to solve subtraction problems in pairs and small groups. They also competed in a dice subtraction game with a partner whereby they had to try and get the lowest score to win as they solved their subtraction problems.

Gaeilge:

As we’re coming to an end on the topic of ‘Mé Féin,’ 3rd and 4th took part in discussion speed rounds using the frásaí they have learned.

History:

We created projects on The Stone Age by researching the topic using chrome books! We explored how The Stone Age people dresses, ate, hunted and entertained themselves. This was the highlight of our week!