The boys showed great coordination and team work today during our Relay Race activity. They listened to the coach, waiting their turn and worked great together! They finished the activity with a few laps of the yard. Well done boys!

Today marks the first day of Active Schools Week. Every day this week we have a different activity to celebrate the world of fitness and physical activity. This morning, we went to the hall to do Taekwondo with Master Howard. The boys showed great balance and control when working with Master Howard. Please see their homework folders for more information regarding Taekwondo classes with Master Howard.

Part of our theme this month has been houses, homes and community. We learned about brick houses, cottages, mansions, bungalows, apartments, castles and much more. We discussed how different buildings are made from different materials, such as brick, stone, tile roofs and thatched roofs. We identified different parts of buildings such as doors, windows, gardens and bedrooms.
After a lot of thinking and planning, each student got the opportunity to build their dream home. Some have lots of windows. Some have tiled roofs, others have flat roofs. Some have big gardens with fences and even a pool! A lot of imaginative thinking shown throughout these learning experiences.

We’ve been learning about the water cycle. The water cycle is the way that water moves all around the Earth. It never stops, it does not have a beginning or an end. It’s like a big circle! We sang our Water Cycle Rap to help us understand the four stages of the water cycle – Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Collection.

We had a very special birthday in Prefab 12 this week – it was none other than Mr Temple! We celebrated Mr Temple’s birthday by singing some of his favourite songs, dancing, playing party games and of course, some treats and cake! Thank you to our SNAs Lynne and Caroline for organising this lovely day for Mr Temple and the boys!

We went to the library for a special show with Niamh and George. The show was provided by Púca Puppets (funded through Creative Ireland). It was a calm, serene performance celebrating our world of nature, growth and environment. A special thank you to @CabraLibrary for the invite to this incredibly inclusive and interactive show.

The nice, warm weather brings us new and exciting class trips and outings. We’ve been so busy the past 2 weeks with work, meetings and reviews. The boys have been very cooperative and understanding so they deserved to go somewhere nice and different. We walked to the Bogies, played football, tag and had a picnic. We spent some time in the playground before walking back to the school.

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