The whole school loved dressing up on the day of the Mid term holidays. There was super heroes, ninjas, witches and many more. Even the teachers got in on the fun.
3rd Class
Art in the school
There is some wonderful art on display in the classroom and on the school corridors. All this art has been done by the children in all the classes. They have been inspired by famous artists, Nature, Maths, and local landmarks.
Lord Mayor's Visit
We were delighted to welcome the Lord Mayor Councillor Kieran McCarthy to the school today. The whole school welcomed him with the infant classes waving their flags, while the children sang a beautiful rendition of Ireland's call. The Lord Mayor spoke to us about how he developed a love for the history of Cork City and how he was always trying to find out more information.
Intercultural Day
We held our Intercultural Day in the school yard today. It was a fantastic day where all the children dressed up in their traditional clothes. The projects that the children completed over the last few weeks were on display in the yard. There was also displays of tradition clothes. The parents and the children brought in tables of food from all the different cultures and nationalities. In the yard there was performances from some of the classes before all the parents and adults joined in for some zumba dancing. Ending the day was a céilà which everyone loved. Thank you to the teachers and all the parents who helped organising the day.
Henna and Hair Braiding
We had some very talented parents and family members give their time today. As part of Intercultural week they painted henna on some of the pupils. While other pupils got their hair braided. Thank you to everyone who gave their time and came into the school.
Intercultural Week Displays.
As intercultural week is starting some of the teacher and students have made some amazing displays throughout the school.
Art competition winners
Congratulations to the winners of the Spring Clean Art Competition held recently in the school. The winners were selected by artist Fiona Desmond.
Art from the classes
There is some spectacular art work hanging around the school recently. 2nd classes have been learning about art from different cultures and countries. They looked at the art work in the Book of Kells before colouring their own Celtic Knots. As they were learning and researching about America, they came across a video showing them how to draw birds based on the way Native Americans drew. The results are amazing. Just before the Easter break they designed their own Pysanky Eggs, drawing the designs and symbols in crayons before painting over them. In the Ukraine eggs are designed with different symbols before Easter using wax. 3rd class have been learning about the artist Henri Matisse. Mr. Donovan's class created their own art based on Matisse's piece "Icarus". While Mr. O Conor's class based their art on the "cut-out" technique that Matisse used. Both classes have some talented artists among them. 1st class were learning about Australia and some created some paintings based on Aboriginal art. They were also reading the novel "Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Roald Dahl and did some wonderful pencil drawings based on their favourite parts of the book. Senior Infants paintings of spring flowers have definitely brightened up the hallways. While the girls from 5th class did some spectacular art with leaves.
Math's Eyes
The children and parents in Mr O Connor's class took part in Math's Eyes this week. On the first day the children went with their parents around the school grounds and school community taking pictures of maths that they could see everywhere - shapes, numbers, car registrations etc. On the 2nd day the children and parents looked at the pictures they took and wrote some maths questions based on the pictures.
World Book Day 2023
The children enjoyed dressing up for World Book Day last week. 1st class and 6th class walked down to Waterstones to use their World Book Day vouchers to get new books.
