Science Week !

 Last week for science week we completed lots of different experiments, learned about plant and animal cells with Louise and challenged ourselves to make the sturdiest bridge using only paper and sellotape.

 

October

 During October we had maths week, 4th class completed a range of different activities such as problem solving riddles, interactive maths games and even a game of 'Who wants to be a Mathionare'. 

We created lots of different Halloween art including these Picasso inspired witches/frankensteins!

4th class learned all about Ancient Greece in History and worked together in groups to research more and create Ancient Greece projects.

Finally, to finish off the month, we had our Halloween dress up day !

Activities in October

 4th class went on a trip to the library this week, they had the chance to meet the Irish author Felicity Dempsey. They were lucky enough to get to hear Felicity read one story from her new book about Granny Bridget and they had the chance to ask Felicity all their questions about being an author and writing her book!

The girls also practiced working in teams to complete a STEM activity. Each group was given one piece of paper, one glue stick and one pair of scissors, they were given the task of making the longest paper chain they possibly could as a team before the timer ran out. The girls worked together to plan and then began creating. 

After the timer was up we laid out our finished paper chains to see the results!

In science we completed an experiments to find out which the dominant sides of our brains were. We completed a variety of different tests using our eyes, hands and feet to find out who has more of an analytical left sided brain or a creative right sided brain. 

First we tested our eyes.

Then we experimented with throwing and catching to find out which hand each child was more likely to use.

Finally we had to experiment with our feet by jumping, landing and kicking. After all our experiments we added up all our scores to find our results!

September

               4th class had a busy month in September and completed many different activities. 

               We began practicing our multiplication tables and created multiplication array cities. 

  

We practiced our oral language by having conversations in Irish Mé Féin by partner swapping. Each paid had a two minute conversation in Irish before moving along to the next person.

We also completed lots of lovely different art pieces, for example these seasons trees!