Múinteoir Kayleigh's 4th class

Nina cashed in her dojo points today to complete a quiz with the whole class. There was 11 questions and we were in four teams. Nina based some of the questions on what we had completed in class, but also included ones that teacher was unsure of! Do you know what Arachnophobia or Panophobia means?

Fantastic work completed by the 4th class children on their intercultural  project. We learned about the different types of Romanian foods, sports, historical stories and music. We showed off brilliant team work and really got in touch with our creativity side. We thoroughly enjoyed doing this.

4th class enjoying their first doughnut day in school. Smiles all round :)

For the past few weeks we have been learning about persuasive writing and how to persuade a person to our point of view. Today 4th class were given a task where they had to look at the statement: "Children should do homework everyday!" but looking at different points of view. One group had to put themselves into the shoes of teachers, the second group had to put themselves into the shoes of their parents and the final group had to look at it at the point of view of a child. We discussed these in our groups and then listened to the point of views of the other groups. Some very IMPRESSIVE points were made!! There are definitely some world leaders in 4th class!!

Thanks to Richard and Leeroy for coming into 4th class and teaching us the importance of cycling properly on the road. We learned how to signal properly, and how to position ourselves on the road. We had lots of fun doing this and we even had our own "crossroads junction" in our basketball court, in order to put our skills to the test.

Finishing off the year with a lovely Christmas cookie treat. Wishing everyone a happy and healthy Christmas. Look forward to seeing you all again next year :)

In order to get our Active schools flag for our school Múinteoir Rachael and Muinteoir Grace gave us a challenge called the "10 days of fitmass". We had to carry out a number of exercises throughout the day. Some of the exercises like jumping jacks, skipping and press-ups we found quite easy, however, russian twists, frog squats and jumping lunges proved to be a bit more difficult. We all really enjoyed partaking in these exercises and on the last day we even got to get some exercise in the park. Did you know only 15 minutes of exercise a day can improve your concentration, mood and health.