Welcome to Rang a Trí 2021/2022 – Sept 2021 – January 2022
Link to Padlet of useful websites for Rang a Trí CLICK HERE
❄️❄️❄️☃️ Mí Eanáir ☃️❄️❄️❄️
Week of 31st January 2022
This week we welcomed February. We are learning all about Éadaí in Gaeilge, division in Maths and Farming in the Past in English and History.
We also watched a little but if the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics and we git to see the Irish team entering the stadium.
Week of 24th January… Another busy week in Rang a Trí. Here are some photos of an SPHE where we shared compliments with each other.
Week of 17th January – Another busy week in and out of the classroom. We danced, ran and created. We worked on projects about The Winter and we learned a lot of interesting facts. We preaented out work to our classmates on Friday.
We have been very busy in Rang a Trí since our return on 6th January. We have been moving more in the classroom and getting outdoors for more exercise. On Friday, we went for a walk to Ros Ard and exploring the Sensory Garden too. We even found a ladybird
Drámaoíocht… We did some improvised drama in the classroom and had great fun creating short pieces from just a sentence on a card…
For SPHE we had a look at things we are grateful for and we remind ourselves as often as we can about these special things
We participated in a Wellbeing Webinar with 800 schools from around the country in Friday 14th January. It was presented by Fiona Forman and we really enjoyed it.
Rang a Trí have been working on a winter theme which included poetry writing and printing. We will continue this theme for January. Here are our completed snow globes combining drawing, printing, colouring and assembling.
❄️☃️🎄🎅🏻Mí na Nollag… December 🎅🏻🎄☃️❄️
22-12-21…CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
For our final day we started the morning with a table quiz and came up with Christmas names for our teams. Then we had a bumper Christmas raffle…everyone was a winner 😀Today the school took part in Christmas Jumper day for two charities so we had our jumpers for that. Then we sang along with the video of our Christmas concert. After yard time we watched a movie.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE 🎄🎅🏻
21-12-12… The Panto came to Upper Glanmire…Virtually 😀
The children enjoyed the Panto presented by the Helix theatre in Dublin. It was a super production with lively songs and good laughs throughout. We also enjoyed a hot chocolate as a treat for the day. Thanks to the Parents Association for funding the streaming of the Panto 👍
Other activities… we had great fun in the morning with Biongó to help revise vocabulary in Gaeilge and practising phrases of what we would like for Christmas.
We also designed our own Christmas cards which turned out fantastic.
20-12-2021 CHRISTMAS WALK …We started today with a walk. We left the school grounds and headed down the hill to Ros Árd. We walked around the lower park and up through the path through the trees in the middle park. It was a very cold morning but we quickly warmed up, especially walking back up the hill to the school. Here are some photos of our rambles…
CRIB SERVICE …Today we also participated in a crib service which was recorded for the parish website and will be aired for Christmas. Our class did readings, sang songs and placed the statue of the Baby Jesus in the crib.
TALENT SHOW…We also find time for a mini talent show before the day was over. There fun displays of dancing, great singing and wonderful acting. Great talent in the class.
Our classroom windows all set for Christmas
All dressed for our School’s Outdoor Christmas Concert 17.12.21
Board games for Golden Time
Maisiúcháin déanta as cré….Decorations made from clay
December has been super busy in the classroom. The month has flown by and we are now only days from Christmas Holidays. We have been learning songs for the School Christmas Concert. We have been discussing Christmas, decorating our classroom, completing outdoor scavenger hunts along with many more activities. We have lots more planned for the last few days of school for 2021 so watch this space…
For now, here are a few recent photos of activities we have completed… Next time you are passing our school, if its safe to do so, have a look at our Christmas messages we painted for our classroom windows.
🔭☂️🌬🤚🏻Samhain … November 🤚🏻🌬☂️🔭
End of November…
A busy month in the classroom with lots of learning and fun had along the way. We started working on clay pieces with the theme of Christmas. we also completed some ‘Funky Reindeer’ in preparation for the season ahead 😀 In SPHE, we were learning how we are all unique and we took the lesson outdoors to do a ‘people hunt’ to find out more about our classmates. A nice way to get to know everyone a bit better.
WEEK 2… 💡 🔬🚰🔍🔭SCIENCE WEEK 2021 – Seachtain na hEolaíochta 🔍🚰🔬🔭💡
This week we learned a lot about different areas of science. We did experiments, watched videos of experiments and participated in a live zoom with Peter Wright in the Wonderstruck Show. In this, we got to see Peter carry out various experiments using hydrogen… all strictly not to be tried at home but fun to watch and learn about. On Friday we had a science day and tried out various STEM activities working with forces, static electricity, engineering, designing and testing. There was great excitement in the classroom. Here are some photos and videos of our activities.
And next thing it was November… After a lovely midterm, we quickly settled back into the swing of school again.
WEEK 1… Ealaín…We looked to the the Arctic for inspiration of these Polar Bears in pastels. All turned out really well.
For November, we take take time to remember our loved ones who are no longer with us. In our classroom, we have stars on our window with names of those we are thinking about at this time.
🕸🕷🦔🍁🍂🦡👻🎃Deireadh Fómhair…October 2020 🕸🕷🎃💀👻🐌
Hard to believe it’s October already…time flies when you’re having fun 🤩
👻💀🎃HALLOWEEN MIDTERM…🎃💀👻
Here is a little video to sum up a lovely Friday to begin our midterm break.Well done to everyone for all the great work completed since our return on 1st September 2021.
🦇🕸🦹🏻♀️🧙🏻♂️HAPPY HALLOWEEN… 🎃👻💀🧛🏻🧟♂️
🌳🌿🐌🌈Siúlóid Dúlra…Nature Walk🌤🦔🍁🦡🕸
Bhí an ghrian ag taitneamh agus chuaghamar ar siúlóid dúlra. Baineamar an taitneamh as an turas beag. The sun was shining and we went on a nature walk. We enjoyed the little trip. Afterwards we worked in our groups and created posters of items we found and things we noticed along the way that showed us signs of Autumn.
📏🖋SESE…Eolaíocht…Science…Forces 🔬✏️
We had great fun learning about forces. Learned about friction and how it can slow things down or lack of it can help things to move faster. We also had a look around our classroom and identified levers that use a push or pull force to operate. We also thought about levers we use each day at home.
Gaeilge…Rás Litriú – Bhí an spraoi againn ag imirt an cluiche seo chun litriú a fhoghlaim.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION DAY 15th October 2021
Our class celebrated their First Holy Communion on 15th October. The weather was lovely and everyone looked really well for their special day. There were two masses on the day and we got to see everyone for the group photo between the two masses. A huge well done to all the children for reading and responding so well and also bringing up gifts. It was a great day and a very special occasion.
Coirpoideachas…P.E. ...Scavenger Hunt…
PE this week we beat the rain and managed to fit in a scavenger hunt. Everyone one covered lots of steps going around the school grounds trying to find items for the checklist. Here are some photos from our run around…
Maths…lines and Angles
Golden Time…Board Game Time
Meán Fómhair 2021
24/9/21:As the end of our third full week draws to a close, we managed to get some photos from SPHE and Art today. Watch this space for a photo of the gallery once the paintings have been displayed 😀🎨🖍✏️
17/09/2021…Maths Skills being worked on…
Bhí an spraoi againn ag tarraingt na bpictiúir seo. This was linked with Cork Culture Night and was a bilingual draw along tutorial through story. Everyone came up with fantastic ideas 👍😀
10/09/2021 … We have been very busy for the first 2 weeks back at school for this new school year. We have been getting to know each other and organising our classroom to help us complete our work easily. We had our first trip to the sensory garden today. We had lots of fun finding some potatoes we planted last year and play a game of splat. Jack found a beautiful butterfly there too. We are looking forward to lots more trips to the community garden during the year.
