The gardeners and horticulturalist’s of Room 13 were out in force today as we planted our seed potatoes in the school’s Millennium playground. We cannot wait to check up on our little potatoes progress when we return from the Easter break!
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Room 13 were keeping the sea plastic free
The children in Room 13 went on a mission to make a difference this week. We went to Sandymount strand to partake in a beach clean and ocean plastics workshop. We learned so much about plastic, and plastic alternatives and had so much fun. We even found a mermaid’s purse! Thank you to @flossiebeachcl1 for such an enjoyable and informative workshop!
5th class trip to Kilmainham Gaol
Some of the 5th classes went on a trip to Kilmainham Gaol.
We were learning all about the 1916 Rising in history so this was a great trip to take.
It was a great trip and we learned so much!
Walking tour of Dublin
The 5th classes have been working hard on their Irish history around 1916.
We learned all about different places in Dublin and the role they played in The Easter Rising 1916.
We went today to lots of the sites around Dublin and got to see the historical buildings for ourselves.
We went to Dublin Castle, City Hall, The GPO, THE Royal College of Surgeons and St. Stephen’s Green.
We even got to see and airshow to celebrate 100 years of the Irish Air Corps. It was a great day filled with fun history and facts.
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Ukraine-Inspired Folk Art for International Women’s Day in Room 13
It was International Women’s Day on 8th March. We chose to discuss Women in art and we learned that in the major art museums in America 87% of all the art in their collections is by male artists. We had class discussions about why there are not as many art pieces by women in these galleries and why we think this might be the case.
For International Women’s Day, we decided to take inspiration from a female artist called Maria Prymachenko. Maria Prymachenko is known for her unusual and colourful art. When she was a child, Maria was taken ill with polio and this painful illness had a big impact on her. Her family said Maria grew to be very thoughtful and considerate, having lots of compassion for all living things and so we decided this was why much of her art featured plants and animals.
We hope you like our art!
GPO observational drawings in Room 5
The boys and girls in Room 5 were learning all about the GPO in Dublin while learning about The Easter Rising of 1916.
They then completed these wonderful pictures of the GPO.
They used pencils to complete their pictures. They look great!
Volcano art in Room 12
We were using clay to create our own volcanoes.
Ming Vases in Room 13
As part of our study of China, we learned about Ming vases and created our very own!
Here’s how we did it:
To achieve the porcelain effect we first coloured our vases blue using oil pastels and then painted them using white chalk paint and used the reverse end of our paintbrush to etch our own designs and reveal the blue colour beneath the paint.
Ming Vases are made from Porcelain and have been sold for up to €1,200,000! Each design can be different and tells a story. Look closely at the designs on our vases and see if you can figure out the story it tells!
Panda-monium in Room 13
This past month Room 13 have been learning about the vast and diverse country of China. As part of this unit, we have been learning about the Giant Panda which is native to South Central China.We created these panda’s using a mixture of pencil, charcoals, and oil pastels.
