
Sparkle the Elf took a long time to return to Coolfancy this year. He still hadn’t arrived after the first week of December so 1st and 2nd class decided we better write a letter to him reminding him that we Read More …
St. Mary's National School, Coolfancy
Coolfancy, Tinahely, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Sparkle the Elf took a long time to return to Coolfancy this year. He still hadn’t arrived after the first week of December so 1st and 2nd class decided we better write a letter to him reminding him that we Read More …
1st and 2nd class got active during Maths while learning about 2-D shapes. We drew pictures using 2-D shapes only as well as using our bodies to make some of the shapes. Here are some circles, squares, rectangles, triangles and even Read More …
1st and 2nd class focused on the procedural genre of writing for November and December. Procedures are written to explain how something is made or done, in a series of sequenced steps. Our panda teddy turned into an alien and demanded that we Read More …
To celebrate Science week this year, we did lots of fun experiments with Ms.Murphy and Ms.Mallick. We worked as scientists…we posed a question, predicted what we thought might happen, investigated each experiment and finally recorded and discussed our results. We Read More …
1st and 2nd class decided to have a ‘Design a Pumpkin‘ competition for Halloween this year. Each child designed a pumpkin carving idea on their mini whiteboards and we then voted on which was our favourite. We carved the pumpkin Read More …
On Tuesday 15th October, Aiden Dockery from Hertiage in Schools came to visit us and speak to us for history. He invited us to bring in any old historical artefacts which we could share and discuss with the class. The Read More …
To celebrate Maths week 2019, we played lots of fun addition, subtraction and problem-solving games this week as well as using our Maths eyes to find Maths in the world around us! Take a look at some of the games Read More …
1st and 2nd class have been busy learning about Autumn over the past few weeks and the different seasonal changes that occur in Autumn. We went on a nature walk around the school and collected lots of different items for Read More …