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Cold Days and Hot Drinks

25/01/2024 /

 

 

In the Ark this January we have been looking at the theme of ‘Hot and Cold’. We have talked about what hot and cold feel like, hot and cold weather and what we can do if we are too hot or too cold.

The weather decided to help us out with our theme by turning cold and snowy. We enjoyed getting out into the soft snow and making the first footprints in the snow. We had snowball fights with our friends in the Ark and in other classes – even Ms Williamson joined in! We watched the snow fall and tried to catch the snowflakes on our tongues.

We also had the chance to make and drink some hot chocolate – complete with cream and marshmallows to heat us up in the cold weather and listened to a streamed concert from the Ark theatre in Dublin called ‘Tracks in the Snow’ where we heard all about Irish animals in winter, and the Northern Lights.

We have had a lot of fun in the snow but we’re looking forward to warmer Spring days ahead.

A Busy June in Junior Infants.

25/06/2023 /

We had our School Tour in Junior Infants on Monday 12th June. We went to Castle Adventure Open Farm in Ballyshannon along with Senior Infants and two boys from the Ark. We enjoyed the bus journey to Ballyshannon, we had great fun in the magnificent playground which had go-carts and a tunnel slide. We had a train ride in barrels and we got to see loads of wonderful animals. We even got to pet some of the animals. Have a look at our slide show below.

On Friday 16th June we had our Family Fun Day, which started off with a Sponsored Walk. A big thank you to all the parent’s who joined us for this walk. When we arrived back from our walk the Ice Cream van had arrived and we had some yummy ice-cream from Mammy Johnston’s. Thank you to Mammy Johnston’s for the delicious ice-cream. Then we had some fun activities such as musical spots. Have a look at the slide show below.

 

Green School Committee

21/03/2023 /

Our Green School Committee

We are very proud to be working towards our 7th Green School Flag. Over the next 18 months we will be working hard towards our Global Citizenship Energy Flag. Our committee have been extremely busy so far this year reintroducing many of our pre-covid Green School initiatives. We have reintroduced battery recycling, composting, ‘Last Out Lights Off’, and recycling. We are also very busy organising our big  An Taisce Spring Clean which will be taking place in the school on Wednesday 19th April. Make sure to keep up to date with all our Green School work on our blog, Facebook page and on our Green School Notice Board in the school.

January in the Ark

17/02/2023 /

Along with integration and baking we got up to lots of fun activities such as nature walks to the IT to visit the tree trail, history walks to the famine graveyard and lots of fun in the snow and ice! Take a look!

Baking in the Ark

17/02/2023 /

We really love baking and cooking in the Ark and try to get into the kitchen once a week. We learn so many different life skills from our time in the kitchen such as following cooking instructions, weighing, measuring and the all important cleaning up skills! We also have some delicious treats at the end. Some of the recipes we covered this term so far have been Gingerbread Men, Pizza, French Toast and Cookies. Take a look!

Integration in the Ark

17/02/2023 /

For Term 2 in the Ark we are really focusing on integration with our mainstream classes and also reverse integration, where our friends from mainstream come to the Ark classroom for a visit. We started integration last term but have turned it up a couple of notches! We have been working so hard with  mainstream teachers, SNA’s and of course the boys and girls from both mainstream class and the Ark who have been so welcoming and supportive to all. It been a long time since we have integrated because of the Coronavirus but the children have rejoined their classes like fish to water! Not only have they joined classes like Phonics, SESE and Art but they have taken part in concerts and outings with their classes. There’s a lot more planned for the rest of the year so watch this space!

December in the Ark

21/12/2022 /

Wow wee, what a month! Below are some pictures of all the activities we managed to squeeze in this month. We visited the Hawkswell for a concert, wrapped up warm in the frost and ice, made Gingerbread men, went to Advent assemblies (and read a prayer in front for the school), practiced for the Christmas Concert, decorated the room for Christmas and had a visit from the Man in Red himself. Now its time for rest after all that! Happy Christmas and New Year from everyone in the Ark!

The Ark-November

19/12/2022 /

 

We were so busy in the Ark in November that I forgot to add my blog post! We were super busy during Science week. We worked with Beebots (see previous Beebots post) and also made our own Lava lamps in class using water, food coloring, oil and an Alka Seltzer tablet. It was fun to watch the oil and bubbles turn into a Lava Lamp like the one I have on my table.

Our theme this month was Owls and we learned lots of interesting Owl facts and read the story Owl Babies. We made some lovely Art and finished off the theme with some procedural writing and making Owl Toast. Once we finished up in the kitchen, we tidied up and made sure the kitchen was ready for the next class to use.

The children in the Ark were also busy intergrating back into their mainstream class this month and they also managed to get some down time on the swings and outside in the sun for a spot of tennis!

All in all, a very busy and fun month!

Visit from Sligo Library

18/12/2022 /

On Thursday we had a lovely visit from Staff of Sligo County Library. The pupils were told all about how easy it is for everyone to join the Library and reminded us all that it is FREE to join. We heard about all of the fabulous books that are available to ‘borrow’ and the Staff also told us that we can go into the Library anytime and just sit and read quietly.

There are always lovely activities taking place in Sligo County Library and we always share these on our St Edward’s NS Facebook Page. Why not take a trip to the Library with the kids and see for yourself all that the Library offers, to read and to enjoy.

Sligo County Library are always very kind  to our boys and girls and are always so supportive of everything we do in our school and indeed in all schools in County Sligo. We are grateful for  the time you dedicate to sharing a love of  books and the love of Reading with us all.

 

Some of our wonderful pupils with Ms. Kivlehan and Sligo County Library Staff.

Halloween Fun in the Ark

09/11/2022 /

Even though Halloween was last month, we are still talking about the great day we had in the Ark. We finished our spooky work and got ready to party with the rest of the school! We had so much fun, dancing, meeting family in the school and playing spooky games. Cant wait for next year!

 

 

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