This week we celebrated Maths week at Broombridge ETNS. We had a super week filled with fun and creative Maths activities. Our Junior and Senior Infant classes completed Maths trails and colour hunts around the school, enjoyed some fun with chalk outside and some fantastic Maths through story lessons with Read more…
This month, 5th Class have been learning all about The Renaissance. We have read about and looked at the works of various Renaissance stars, such as Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. We closely studied Johannes Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press. This inspired Read more…
Shannon’s first class have thoroughly enjoyed the return to school and are settling in great to their new routine on the senior day! With having an extra hour in school, it gives us extra time to get stuck in learning amazing new things like the Hinduism celebration of Navratri which Read more…
Senior Infants embodying September’s Core Value of Co-operation through turn taking, showing empathy and offering help to one another.
This week 4th class enjoyed their first of six Science and Technology workshops at University College Dublin. The programme provides opportunities for the children to engage with a variety of STEM activities (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) based around the children’s interests and questions they have about the world around them. Read more…
Junior Infants have been having great fun learning all about the Garden Centre and Spring. We have been playing in the Garden Centre role play area, making homes for mini-beasts, creating beautiful Spring art and reading lots of exciting stories all about Spring! We have also been making a super effort Read more…
Hi everyone! March has been a very busy and exciting month so far for us! This month in Shannon’s Senior Infants, we have been enjoying the theme of Spring and the Farm. During our Aistear play time, the children have been creating farm animal handprint paintings, as well as using Read more…
Lots of fun, creativity and learning took place this week in 2nd class. To mark the fact that the season of Spring has officially sprung around Broombridge, 2nd class created beautiful daffodil artwork. They learned that a daffodil is a member of the Narcissus family. As part of Seachtain na Read more…
This month in Ross’ class we are learning about the Garden Centre with John. We planted some cress seeds on Tuesday last week. Our cress seeds need sunlight and water so that they can grow. We will water the seeds every day and we can hopefully bring them home when they are Read more…
On March 4th, our school took part in World Book Day. Some of us dressed up as our favourite book characters whilst others shared their favourite book with us. We spent time enjoying our library space and the fourth class even shared some stories with our junior classes. The day Read more…