Food Dudes

The boys have done so so well with the food dudes programme and we can clearly see an increase in the amount of fruit and veg being brought in lunch boxes every day! SIX boys have gotten their Champion Certificates which means they have exceeded the expectations of teachers and An Bord Bia!

Well done to all of you mums and dads for being committed to the programme and getting creative with curly courgettes, interesting salads and carrots with dips!!

Keep it up and keep General Junk at bay!

1916 celebrations

In preparation for proclamation day on March 15th, the whole school have been asked to gather folklore from family, friends or relatives who have grown up in Ballyroan or the wider Rathfarnham area.

Folklore can be described as the passing on of knowledge, practices and stories by oral means. By sharing our folklore, it means that stories and insights into the past are shared and passed on to future generations.

The boys have all been given a sheet which is in their folder and which needs to be filled out by Friday 11th. They must choose somebody to 'interview' and then record their story on the sheet. It can be something as simple as documenting the changes in Ballyroan Parish or discussing the delivery of glass bottled milk to houses in the area!

Best of luck with it!

Valentines Day

Love is in the air and we are learning about St. Valentine!! Have a look at some of our Valentine Cards and have a LOVEly weekend!!

Pancake Tuesday

We had great fun this morning making pancakes! Thanks to our wonderful chefs Mrs. Dunne, Mrs. Kelly, Maureen and Linda who were busy in the kitchen with us today! They were delicious!!

Please vote!!

Cathal Keogh in 4th Class is a FINALIST in this year's Doodle4Google competition! He has been shortlisted by the judges in Google, but now he needs YOUR help! The next stage of the competition is public voting!

Please follow the link below to cast your vote for Cathal, he is in group 3 and his doodle is titled 'Google Ogham'

Voting closes on Sunday February 14th and we would really appreciate if you could pass on the message to as many friends, family, colleagues etc. as you can!

We could win a €10,000 technology grant for the school, which as I'm sure you know is huge and would require an enormous amount of fundraising if we were to try and reach that target ourselves! It only takes two seconds to vote!

Thanks a million!

https://www.google.ie/doodle4google/vote.html#d=d3-8

Time

Here is a link to a range of time games.

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/timeclocks.html

In 2nd class we must know how to tell and make the following times:

'o clock
half past
a quarter past
a quarter to

We must be also able to make and read those times on a digital clock .

Make sure you practise lots at home boys!

Lá Fhéile Bríde

St. Bridget's Day was celebrated today by making a St. Bridget's Day cross from rushes and also with lollipop sticks. We welcome the beginning of spring and hope we see some spring like weather soon!

Click to see more photos!