The hurling and camogie season has begun. The Girls have presently won one from one, beating Loreto, Gorey comprehensively. The boys have beaten Gorey B and Buffer’s Alley. They play Ballygarrett in the Gorey Roinn B district Final tomorrow. We wish both sides all the best.
Well done to the boys and girls of Scoil Mochua who, with the aid of the local Tidy Village Committee, gathered 74 bags of rubbish from around the village.
In art we got creative making colourful bugs last week. We used different shapes, sizes and colourful pieces of paper to make our own unique bugs.
By Aoife Foy and Hannah Redmond
Tá rang a cúig ag foghlaim faoi éadaí sa Gheailge faoi láthair. Rinne rang a cuig Cairpéad dhearg dé Máirt. Ghearramar daoine cáiliúla ón iris leabhair. Scríobhamar piosa mar gheall ar na éadaí atá siad ag caitheamh agus ag chuireamar i gcló ar na ríomhairí é. Chuireamar le chéile iad. Bhí sé an mhaith.
By Leah Mccullagh, Niamh Kavanagh agus Megan Jordan
Miss Hanrahan’s 2nd/3rd class are learning about money in Maths and for a special treat Miss Griffin’s group went for a walk to the local shop.
Each child got 1 euro and were allowed to buy anything they wanted for that price. It was recommended that they buy some fruit but this suggestion was pushed aside when they saw sweets and crisps.
The children were extremely polite and asked questions like ” Could you please tell me how much this costs?” They estimated the price of their items and counted out their money and checked their change.
Each child was delighted with their purchase and walked safely back to school.
Here are some pictures of our little adventure!
The Student Council met on the 19th of April 2012
Attendance: Megan Jordan, Niamh Kavanagh, Katie Roche, Ryan Lacey, Juliette Hyland, Darryl Grey, Aileen Quigley, Adam McRedmond, Sophie Rossiter, Luke O’Driscoll, Bertie Finn, Nathan Browne and Mr. Brennan.
Matters:
1. We decided that Katie would print out a rota for the shop by Friday
2. We also decided that Nathan would make a suggestion box by next Monday
3. We made a date for our Jersey Day – the 18th of May 2012 and it was decided that any money raised would be donated to Crumlin Children’s Hospital. Mr. Brennan will make a note of this in the newsletter.
4. All teachers are to have a talk with their class about running outside in the morning while waiting to go into their classrooms.
5. We discussed people not wearing their ties and decided that we would have spotchecks every so often and this was mentioned at the school’s assembly.
6. We noticed that some children were wearing jewellery which is not allowed and all classes were reminded of this at the assembly.
Next meeting to be decided in May.
1.Aim: To test for Acids and Bases using Litmus Paper.
2. Materials: 7up, Bread Soda, Toothpaste, Vinegar, Water, Lemon Juice, Litmus Paper, cups, spoons.
3. Method: Set up materials as shown in diagram. Mix toothpaste and breadsoda with water. Dip Litmus paper in all samples. Record colour change (If any).
4. Result: 7up, vinegar and lemon juice were acids whereas breadsoda and toothpaste were Bases. Water had no colour change.
5. Conclusion: Litmus paper turns acid pink red and Base blue/green.
Scoil Mochua recently thanked former Board members Laurence Roche and Breda Sinnott for their excellent contributions as members of our school’s Board of management recently.
Bhí craic agus sport againn sa halla ar an 15ú Márta nuair a bhí Ceolchoirm Lá ‘le Pádraig ar siúl. Mr. Stewart and Miss Lenihan’s ‘grúpa ceoil’ put on a great display with a variety of jigs, reels and hornpipes. All classes from junior infants to 6th made musical contributions with a variety of traditional ‘amhráin Gaeilge’, and a few ‘pop-amhráin’ translated into Irish.
Rinne rang Miss Lenihan agus rang Miss Piper teaspáinteas rince (dance displays) ar an stáitse. Rinne na ranganna eile rince céile ar an úrlár (on the floor). Bhí na ranganna ag cleachtadh (practicing) na rincí ar feadh cúpla seachtain (for a few weeks) roimh an cheolchoirm. And the end of the céile dance display, the parents, grandparents, brother and sisters were invited to join the boys and girls of Scoil Mochua in performing Balla Luimní (The Walls of Limerick). Thaitin sé go mór linn!
Pictured below are all our pupils who attended at least 95% of school last Term. They all received certificates for their wonderful attendance.
Pictured below are some clay models we created this Term. After they dried we painted them and varnished them with PVA glue.
Here is second and third class taking part in our English ‘Power Hour’. This involves moving around to different English stations which are located around the room. These stations include dictionary work, phonics, boggle time, silent reading, free writing and our reader station. We do this for two hours every week with the help of Ms. Griffin and Mr. Stuart. We would like to say thank you to these teachers as it would not be possible without them!
Here is a picture of second class who recently made their First Penance. Many thanks to Father Browne who has helped us out so much. We would also like to thank Ms. Lenihan who played the keyboard during the mass! Well done second class for all the hard work! Hopefully, the Communion Day will be just as good!
Recently, second and third class took part in a peer tutoring programme. This involved working in pairs and reading interesting books everyday. We also did lots of sounding out and phonics work, as well as some dictionary work. The children thoroughly enjoyed this programme because they made lots of new friends, got to know people better and improved their reading at the same time! Here are some pictures of the children hard at work! Well done second and third!
Junior and Senior Infants and First class have recently completed the Mighty Mouths programme. Each child was rewarded with a certificate and a brand new toothbrush set.
On Tuesday 13th March Miss Griffin’s 2nd Class group learned all about letter writing – how to structure, layout and sign a letter. The children then wrote letters to each other and we prepared the envelopes for posting. In maths we discussed how much a stamp costs and looked at how much change we would get from 1 euro. On Friday 16th we walked to the local Post Office. Each child greeted the post mistress, asked for a stamp, checked their change and put their stamp onto their envelope correctly. They then posted their letters. The children were very excited and discussed when they thought their letters would arrive back to the school.
Here are some pictures of our adventure.
Ar an Luan bhí tra na gCeist againn. Bhí na ceisteanna furasta agus deacair. Bhuaigh foireann Riain.
Ar an Máirt bhí comortas gramadach againn idir rang a cuig agus a sé. Bhí an spórt againn. Ar an gCeádaoin rinneamar rince sa halla. Rinneamar Ballaí Luimní agus Droichead Áth Luaine. B’eigean dom damhsa le cailín!
Ar an Deardaoin bhí ceolchoirm againn sa halla. Bhí slua mór ann agus chanamar dhá amhrain agus tiun ar an bhfeadóg. Ar an Aoine bhí comortás Aiste/Dán ag rang a sé. Bhuaigh Treasa. D’ fhoglaim mé a lán Gaeilge mar bhíomar ag caint Gaeilge sa chlós freisin.
Aim: To test food to see if it is an acid or a base.
Materials: Red cabbage, Sprite, Tooth Paste, Lemon Juice, Bread Soda, Vinegar, 6 Cups, Spoon, Water.
Method: Keep one glass of red cabbage juice as a CONTROL. Add materials to juice and record colour changes (if any).
and note result.
Result: Acids turn cabbage red/pink whereas base turned it blue/green.
Conclusion: Red cabbage juice is an indicator for acids 7 bases.
We learned that the following are acids: Sprite, Lemon, Vinegar and that the following are bases: Bread Soda, Tooth Paste.
We made up our own drama advertisments on the theme of water conservation. In groups we came up with our own ideas, we practiced and decided on costumes. Then we recorded our advertisements so that we can watch them. We had great fun!
