6th class

The next step in our business venture is to carry out market research for our proposed product, Slimetastic Sensory Slime. This involved creating a survey aimed at our target market and establishing p ...

We have made Christmas cards with a science twist! Using a paper circuit, a battery and an LED, the children were able to light up their cards. They were then able to decorate them and write a Christm ...

On our second trip to St. Tiernan’s Secondary School the children gained practical experience of using a scientific microscope, being able to magnify samples on slides to the power of 40, 100 an ...

The talented children of 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th at the recent athletics heat in Terenure College. ...

Today we welcomed a guest speaker to our class to speak with the children about setting up a business. A big ‘Thank You’ goes to Mr. Damien Byrne from Keylon Engineering Design Ltd. for pr ...

As part of our school Science Week, we were fortunate enough to be visited by an expert in birds of prey. The birds we learned about were the owl and the falcon. Some of the children were lucky enough ...

On our recent trip to St. Tiernan’s secondary school, the children took part in a science experiment to determine the effect of heat on a rubber ball. Using predicting, measuring, recording and ...

We recently held our ‘Dragon’s Den’ session of JEP, wherein our groups had to pitch their various ideas to the experts for evaluation. Below you will see the ideas for each group whi ...

The children love the activities in our Maths stations, comprising of fun ways to practice number concepts, multiplication, division, times tables and number operations. Using dice games, card games, ...

6th Class are currently taking part in the Friends for Life programme, designed to teach emotional resilience and coping strategies for the worries & anxieties of modern life. We have recently bee ...

Our class had a fantastic day in Dundrum library where we attended an interactive workshop run by the Rediscovery Centre for Science Week. This centre, located in Ballymun, reuses and recycles all typ ...

Another investigation carried out this term involved the capillary action of water. We used water, kitchen roll and food dye of different colours to see how the water travelled. The procedure is outli ...

To mark Science Week 2018 here are examples of some of the investigative work undertaken so far this term. The first experiment involves a chemical reaction to make a lava lamp using water, vegetable ...

As we bid a fond farewell to our classmate Saif, we wish him and his siblings the very best in their new school. We also hope that everybody has a safe and spooky break. Happy Hallowe’en!🙎🐅🎃👻 ...

We are busy with our Literacy Stations this term. These provide an opportunity for the children to work on particular aspects of literacy in small groups with individual conferencing & feedback fr ...

We have been busy these past few weeks in school and all the children have worked hard. They have produced great work and our corridor contains samples of our colourful, vibrant artwork. These include ...

6th Class walked to Rathfarnham Castle today on our school sponsored walk. We took the scenic route by the Dodder River and spent some much-needed time in the playground! We were blessed with a beauti ...

6th Class have started training in bicycle safety. The aim is to teach the children how to use their bikes properly and safely. They will learn about safety equipment, signalling, being vigilant of tr ...