Monday, April 20, 2020
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Welcome back- A note from Ms Ruane
Cillian working on some Easter Art.
Hey 4th class,
Ms Ruane here just checking in to say hi. I hope you all had a wonderful Easter break and ate lots of chocolate! 😀
As you will have noticed from the school website we are moving our learning to a website called seesaw.
This is a really fun and interactive way for us to learn, share our work and ideas and communicate with each other.
I will update this daily, adding new information and lesson ideas. I will add voice recordings or videos to help you too.
You can reply to me using pictures, videos, or written work so it will appeal to everyone!
You can also use this on your computer, tablet, or phone so it may prove more accessible to you and your family.
Workload:
All our circumstances differ so much, some of your parents may be working, some of you might have limited access to the internet and some of you may be busy helping out with brothers and sisters at home, don’t worry do what you can when you can!
I’ve also mentioned before that we all work and learn at a different pace so please don’t feel overwhelmed by the work load, do what you can.
Well done:
To date I have been so proud of the work and commitment given by each of you so keep that up. You
Are all doing great.
Daily activities:
Along with what I have put up on seesaw id like you to continue with your daily activities Of master your maths, read at home, spellwell etc. You will notice you are coming near the end of these so well done! Look back and complete anything missed over the year.
Time for you
Taking time every day to read a book, draw a picture, go for a walk, watch tv and spend time with your family is so important. No teacher expects any of you to do school work from 9 to 3 everyday. Find a healthy balance. Do what works best for you and your family.
Contact me:
You can still use my email address to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
You can still send on your photos, stories, pictures, PowerPoints and I can add them to this blog.
I am missing you all and so excited to get back into our school work. I’ve missed reading and seeing all of your hard work and look forward to getting stuck back into work.
Ms Ruane
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Easter holidays- From 4th class
A selection of the wonderful and exciting things your classmates are getting up to while on holidays!
I’m loving all the wonderful art work, photographs and poems. Keep them coming!
Hope you are all enjoying this wonderful weather too!
Ríona was very busy over the Easter holidays! She sent me on a snap of some of the wonderful baking she did- looks delicious and also some of the wonderful pieces of Lego that she created!
Well done ríona!!!
Sarah and her family were busy baking!!!
Those cakes look delicious 😋
I’m sure a few of us would love to help Sarah and her family eat those buns! Delicious 😋
William was busy creating this wonderful Easter wreath!
Well done William it looks absolutely fantastic and I can see how much work and effort went into it! You should be very proud of yourself!
A wonderful Easter picture sent to me by Lara. Well done Lara it’s excellent!
Lara also emails me stories everyday! Well done and keep up the wonderful work Lara. You should be very proud of yourself.
Sarah is taking part in the daily Lego challenge- she said it’s so much fun and a new challenge is given every day!
Maybe some of you would like to check it out.
This challenge was to create a garden- I think Sarah did a wonderful job- don’t you!
Well done Sarah so bright and cheerful.
Keep up the wonderful work.
A wonderful Easter poem by Alexis
Well done Alexis I really enjoyed reading your poem
I think your writing is beautiful as is your picture.
Well done! Keep up the wonderful writing
Mark created this wonderful boat. He made sure to test it out and even added a little friend to ensure the boat wouldn’t sink!
Well done mark! It looks like you had a lot of fun doing this!
Ríona also sent me on these wonderful pictures. She is taking part in the Lego challenge too and agrees with Sarah that it is sooo much fun.
I love seeing your pictures. I’m very impressed with your Lego skill!!!!
Wonderful garden
Something tall
Well done everyone!
Keep your beautiful work coming so we can add to our Easter holiday section of the blog.
Monday, April 6, 2020
Friday, April 3, 2020
A note from Mrs Ruane
A note from Mrs Ruane.
Myself and cillian playing in the garden!
Ms Ruane here, just popping in to say hello, and I hope you are all keeping well! Thank you so much for all of your wonderful work and pictures it really cheers up my day when I get to sit down and read or look at your work! I’m so impressed with how all of you have adapted to this new, strange way of learning! You are all proving yourselves to be mature, independent learners and you should feel very proud of yourselves for that.
The Easter holidays are here and I want you to take this time with your family to have lots of fun. Get baking, help mum and dad in the garden, play games with your siblings, do things everyday to make you happy. Maybe there is a movie you and your family have been waiting to watch, get the popcorn 🍿 out and sit down and enjoy!
Play board games, get the pack of cards out, draw a picture, or read your favourite book again.
There is so much you and your family can do together!
I would love to hear from you over the holidays so keep your art, diary entry’s, and photographs coming and keep all your friends in the loop about how you are spending your holidays- who knows you might even give each other a few ideas.
Just because school has stopped for the holidays, it doesn’t mean I along with your peers don’t want to hear about your news, or the fun and exciting things that might be happening for you. If you want to share please send it on to me and I can put it up on the blog.
Il start with a birthday celebration that one of your classmates had yesterday.
Ríona celebrated her 10th birthday yesterday 🎂
She kindly sent a beautiful picture of her birthday cake and a little written piece about how she spent her day.
How about going to the comments and wishing Ríona a very happy birthday 🥳
I really look forward to hearing from you all over the holidays.
Happy Easter
Ms Ruane
My 10th birthday
By Ríona Flynn 4th, class 2020
Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 10. My birthday is on the 2nd of April. Now everyone in the class is 10.
I woke up at 7:18 in the morning and read for around 20 minutes. When I was reading, I heard Odhrán, so I pretended to be asleep. He just got into the bed beside me. Then Niamh came in. I pretended to be asleep again. Odhrán whispered to Niamh, “Shh, Ríona is asleep”. I giggled; suddenly Niamh leapt on top of me and started jumping on me. Then I pretended to be only waking up. When I went into the kitchen, Dad was making pancakes. They were delicious. Then Mam started to make my birthday cake (it was a chocolate fudge cake). I played Pixel Art on the computer for a few minutes.
For dinner, we had fajitas and wedges. They were yummy. After dinner, Mam started to decorate the cake. It had a chocolate gnash, sprinkles and candles. The chocolate gnash was chocolaty.
Instead of having a party in our house, we did one online at 4:00. Therefore, my aunties and my Nana did a call on the House Party app. The cake tasted yummy. Later we dropped a piece of cake over my Nana’s gate. She was delighted with it.
Then, I played on my tablet for an hour. On Minecraft, I had a party with Odhrán. I also played Hill Climb Racing and Helix jump.
In the evening, I watched Great British Menu with my Dad. Then I brushed my teeth and went to bed.
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Essay- Stuck by Emily Scally
The first thing that comes to your mind
STUCK
One fine summer’s day, my sister and I were playing out in the back garden with our sneaky cat Amanda. Then, something extraordinary happened.
“Your lunch is nearly ready, we are having pasta, so five more minutes outside girls!” our mother shouted. “Okay” we say. Amanda suddenly leaps into the air and follows a wild rabbit. “AMANDA! COME BACK!” we shout. Still Amanda follows the rabbit, so we decide to run after her. We forgot about the real world and we just kept following Amanda. She led us into Pat’s (our neighbour) field. We stop because we are out of breath, but still, Amanda keeps on running, so we are forced to follow her. “AMANDA, PLEASE COME BACK!” then we were led into another field and we stop finally as Amanda runs off. I look around and realise that we are lost. “Sophie, where are we?” I ask her. “I DON’T KNOW! You are the older sibling, you should know.” After a couple minutes of awkward silence, Sophie said “I’m hungry.” When Sophie is hungry, she won’t be happy or in a good temper till she gets food. The first stage of her hungriness is when she says “I’m hungry.” The second stage of her hungriness is when she starts getting hangry. (A mixture of hungriness and angriness) then the third stage is when she gets into a bad temper. So we needed to get back before Sophie practically blew up. I tried to handle the situation and I told Sophie, “don’t panic” but, when someone says “don’t panic” it obviously means that there is going to be a very bad situation. I looked around and I realised we were at the bottom of a hill. To the right of us there was a big hill in the distance with a herd of bulls. So we needed to move, but there was no chance they could come to us, so we were lucky. It seemed Sophiemoved into stage two of her hungriness, as a fight then started.
“WHY DID YOU MAKE US FOLLOW AMANDA?! WELL, MEGHAN?!” bellowed Sophie. As I had experienced one of Sophie’s, explosions, (we call them), I was ready to try calm her down, but the only thing that calmed her down was food. So I made a good plan to get out. “Okay Sophie, if we work together we can get out of here, okay?” I said. “Fine” said Sophie. “Okay, we will check each opening of the field to see which one is Pat’s field. Pats field is easy to spot as there is a big white stone near the entrance. So we will stick together and find our way back.” I say sensibly and calmly, but inside me, I was freaking out. We checked a small sized field first. I peeked through the wire, where I found a herd of donkeys grazing, one looked up at me and gave me a disturbed look, as if I was interrupting mass or something, then the whole lot looked at me so I decided to back away slowly. “Not that field anyway” I say. We went round in circles checking each field, and then we were at our last one. “It’s this one!” I say. We scramble through the wire and approach level two
It seemed easy to get out of, but there was two entrances to Pat’s field, one on the left and one on the right, we should of went through the left entrance, because we were stuck in a pile of sheep poo, and we couldn’t turn back, and if we entered the right way, we would of gotten back quicker. The sheep poo slowed us down well. And, to our great annoyance, Amanda was already back somehow, and we saw her resting on the grass like she was waiting for us. A good while later, we returned back to our garden and finally had our lunch.
We told our parents and friends about our little adventure, and each time, we always burst out laughing, till our sides hurt.
The End
By Emily Scally
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Essay- “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder”
By Ríona Flynn 4th, class 2020
I was going on a trip to Australia with my Granny and Granda. I told my parents that I would not miss them that much, but they said, “Absence make the heart grow fonder”. I did not know what they meant and I knew that was not going to miss them that much. My 15-year-old brother Sam told me, “Don’t worry, Mum and Dad are just jealous they don’t get to come with us” I just nodded and agreed.
Granny and Granda were waiting outside the gate for us. We got our bags and ran out to them. Mum and Dad started waving as if I was a little child who was 3-years-old. However, I was 11 and I knew that Sam was probably right; they were just jealousthat they did not get to go because the holiday was two adults and two children.
Once we got to Australia, we went to the apartment that we were staying in while we were there. During the night, I had a dream about my parents. When I woke up it was seven o’ clock and Sam was still asleep, I crept into the room where Granny and Granda were sleeping. I whispered into Granny’s ear “can I call Mum and Dad”, Granny got out of the bed, brought me into the kitchen and gave me her phone. I called Mum and told her that I missed her and she asked me if I knew, what“Absence makes the heart grow fonder” meant. I did not so she said that it meant that if you are away you realise how much you care about the people who are not there. After the call, I gave Granny her phone back and played on my iPad.
After that, I called Mum, every morning before Sam woke up. On the last day, I did not call her because we were going home. After going on the aeroplane, we went to Granny and Granda’s house. Then we went back to our house. Mum and Dad were delighted to see us back. Dad asked Sam what was Australia like and my Mum whispered, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”.
Essay- My Best friend
My Best Friend
By Ríona Flynn 4th, class 2020
My best friend is Alexis. Her full name is Alexis Kate Wilkinson. My nickname for her is Lexi. She has a sister called Zara, who is younger than Alexis is. Alexis and I have been going to gymnastics together for four and a half years now. After gymnastics, we sometimes go to each other’s houses for fun. Last year, we did our Intel mini scientist together; it was on “Which Brand of Popcorn makes the biggest POP!”
We have been BFFs since junior infants. Unfortunately, Alexis and I went to different playschools. We both like to read Harry Potter, we both like to draw, we both play Minecraft and we both watch Disney Descendants. We also like to listen to music and dance. We write at the same speed.
Essay- Three wishes
Three wishes
By Ríona Flynn 4th, class 2020
If I had three wishes, this is what I would do...
For my first wish, I would want to be able to shapeshift so I could turn into any animal, person or thing. That would be great when I am playing hide and seek. If I was playing catch then I could turn into a cheetah and catch everyone or I could just turn into a bird and fly away.
For my second wish, I would want to have the power of time travel so I could go back in time, fix my mistakes, and see what made people poor and then I could stop global warming from happening by going back in time. I could also stop coronavirus from spreading by not letting any Chinese people go out of their country.
For my third wish, I would have the power of teleportation so I could go anywhere I want. I could go to all the places I would ever want to go to, like Australia, Peru and Africa. I could go visit my family who are in, Limerick, Galway, Cork, Cavan and Naas.
That is what I would do with three wishes
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