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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…
Active School Flag Active School Flag (ASF) is an initiative established by the Department of Education and Skills aimed at guiding, supporting and incentivising schools to become more physically educated and to become a more physically active school community. For more information on ASF, follow the link: https://activeschoolflag.ie/ Physical Education Read more…
We’ve had such a busy term in Term 2. During Aistear we learned all about the difficult work a farmer does. We also learned how milk and dairy products are made and where they come from. We learned that crops are harvested using a combine harvester and are sold to Read more…
Chantal’s Junior Infants have been busy learning all about weight in maths! We have been playing with the balance during play time and doing some experiments during maths time. This week, we were trying to figure out the weight of different items in pasta! We had lots of fun with Read more…
Vikki and Caroline’s classes had a magnificent trip to Charlestown Play Centre last week. Not only did we manage to get a VIP luxury coach to travel in style, but it was so empty we had the place all to ourselves! From ball pits to zip lines to climbing frames 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…