We were learning all about forces in science week.
We made balloon cars and raced them! It was so much fun!
Monthly Archives: November 2021
Science week fun in Room 10
Room 10 had great fun during science week this week making lava lamps, volcanoes and bouncing eggs! 🌋🥚
Spaghetti towers during Science week
We used our STEM skills this week to engineer the tallest free standing tower using spaghetti and marshmallows. The tallest tower was a whopping 84cm!
Author visits Room 13
4th Class in Room 13 had a wonderful time learning about Ireland and Dublin in 1911 with author, Sarah Webb. Sarah quizzed us on what life was like for children in 1911 and then read an extract from her beautiful book “The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street” for us. We really liked how this story is based in Rathmines and around the city. Thank you to Rathmines Library for organising this for us!
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Twitter – Sarah Webb @sarahwebbishereRathmines Library @dubcilib
Science week fun in Room 8
Our 5th classes had a great time experimenting today! They checked water and wasp sting to learn their pH level! They then neutralised the wasp sting using an ointment! #ScienceWeek2021
Salty Science Eggs-periment
4th Class in Room 13 eggs-plored the concept of density this week.
We lowered a raw egg into a beaker of water and watched it sink to the bottom. We then used measuring spoons and added salt to make a water and salt solution.
Eggs-traordinarily, the egg floated up from the bottom as if it became lighter!
Care for the eggs-planation? An egg is denser than tap water so will not float. The addition of salt to the water meant that the water became denser than the egg and could float.
Some people in our class also noticed that the salt water stung if we had any cuts or scrapes on our fingers. We discussed how we sometimes use a saline solution to clean cuts or scrapes through a process called osmosis!
Aren’t We Acute? 🤸 🔺
This week in Maths we learned about lines and angles. We used our maths eyes to find examples of parallel, oblique and perpendicular lines and acute, obtuse and right angles in our school!
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We even did some yoga and found lines and angles in the different poses! Check out our downward dog, tree pose and cow pose! 🤸
Room 1 go crazy for patterns
Room 1 have been learning about patterns. Our maths eyes have been on searching for patterns everywhere we go. Some children even wrote their own odd and even poems. We created beautiful pattern art using the initial of our first name. These can be spotted outside room 1. See how many patterns you can find!
Anyone 4 Science workshop
Room 5 joined the Anyone 4 Science workshop today to talk about acids and bases.
We found out examples of acids, bases, indicator and neutral chemicals.
We even got to do an experiment using acids and bases. It was so much fun and we learned so much!
St. Louis Active Committee 2021-2022
In St. Louis we will be trying to earn another active flag for our school this year. Our Active committee will be motivating us to be more active and helping out with lots of fun active tasks throughout the year!
