Ms. O Dwyer
3rd and 4th Class 2023-2024
Delicious DNA! 🧬
This week was Science Week. One of the exciting things we learned about was DNA and genetics. We created our own model of the double helix - which was discovered by scientists in Trinity College in Dublin. We really wanted to eat the delicious sweets we used for our DNA models but we resisted! Remembering to only pair certain sets of colours together took a lot of concentration but it was worth the effort. How cool do our creations look?
A Busy Start to the Year
We've had a great start to the year in our classroom. It has been filled with lots of learning and fun. Some of the highlights of our first half-term included enjoying new maths games, learning about some traditional instruments and making rockets for Space Week. We also designed and built parachutes for our Lego figurines. We enjoyed our trip to Curragh Chase for Tree Day and wrote some recount pieces about our trip when we returned. In maths, we went on a 'Maths Eyes' walk around Cappamore to see what maths we could see in our village. We found lots of examples of 2D & 3D shapes, parallel lines, perpendicular lines, lines of symmetry, angles, patterns and use of numbers. It was a great adventure!
Our class also really enjoyed learning about World War II in history and Fair Trade in geography. It has been a great two months and we're looking forward to more fun coming our way after midterm!
Our class also really enjoyed learning about World War II in history and Fair Trade in geography. It has been a great two months and we're looking forward to more fun coming our way after midterm!
First Day Back!
Welcome back to all the wonderful boys and girls in 3rd & 4th Class! It was great to see you all today, looking very smart in your new uniforms. We have an exciting year of fun and learning ahead of us...
3rd and 4th 2022-2023
Congratulations Girls & Boys! 🎉
Another year has come to an end! The boys and girls have worked so hard this year and, more importantly, have shown such kindness to one another. Thank you for being such a wonderful class, I hope you have enjoyed the year as much as I have. I am so proud of you all and I hope you enjoy the well-earned summer break.
Curious Minds Awards Ceremony
We were delighted to watch today's Curious Minds Awards Ceremony. It was so exciting to see our school's name appear in the "Gold Award" list. We are so proud of our work in STEM this year! 🔭🧪👩🔬👨🔬
End of Year Musical Pieces 🎵
Our class brainstormed all the fun memories we have made together this year. Each group then chose their six favourite moments and represented them using different sounds. The groups had to perform the sound representing each memory of a count of 4.
When all of our pieces we ready to go, we performed them for each other. It was great fun reflecting on our year and listening to each other's creations.
When all of our pieces we ready to go, we performed them for each other. It was great fun reflecting on our year and listening to each other's creations.
A Great Start to Term 3!
What an interesting and exciting first week of term it has been in our room! This week we have started to learn about many new topics and took part in some fun activities too. On Monday, we started our Gaelic football training with Seán, We had a fantastic time and we are looking forward to more sessions over the coming weeks. We also paid a visit to our local library this week for a talk from a lady named Dee on meditation and wellbeing. Dee spoke to us about our feelings and how we can help ourselves when we experience worries or feel overwhelmed. She also gave us a beautiful love heart gem to remind us to love ourselves no matter what.
We learned about circuits in science at the beginning of the week. Ms. O'Dwyer challenged us to create a lighthouse with a working lightbulb at the top. We also had to design it so that the wires and batteries were hidden. Have a look at the pictures to see how we got on.
Decimals were the next topic for us in maths. While 4th Class learned about these last year, decimals are brand new for 3rd Class. We did lots of activities to familiarise ourselves with them and had to remember the "Decimal Golden Rule". In English, we played a board game to help us learn about prepositions and we began to look at narrative texts. History was interesting this week as we were learning about schools in the past. Did you know that children used to have to bring coal and turf into school each day to help keep the classroom warm? Speaking of warmth, we discovered that one of the symbols of the Holy Spirit is a flame. We made some very cool headbands in Religion when learning about this.
What a busy week, and that's only some of what we were up to. It's shaping up to be a great last term. We can't wait to see what lies ahead!
We learned about circuits in science at the beginning of the week. Ms. O'Dwyer challenged us to create a lighthouse with a working lightbulb at the top. We also had to design it so that the wires and batteries were hidden. Have a look at the pictures to see how we got on.
Decimals were the next topic for us in maths. While 4th Class learned about these last year, decimals are brand new for 3rd Class. We did lots of activities to familiarise ourselves with them and had to remember the "Decimal Golden Rule". In English, we played a board game to help us learn about prepositions and we began to look at narrative texts. History was interesting this week as we were learning about schools in the past. Did you know that children used to have to bring coal and turf into school each day to help keep the classroom warm? Speaking of warmth, we discovered that one of the symbols of the Holy Spirit is a flame. We made some very cool headbands in Religion when learning about this.
What a busy week, and that's only some of what we were up to. It's shaping up to be a great last term. We can't wait to see what lies ahead!
January Fun!
It has been a busy start to 2023 in 3rd & 4th Class!
We have been working very hard everyday, learning about lots of different topics. In maths, we have been focusing on fractions. We made fraction wheels and friction strips. These have been great in helping us to solve our fraction problems, which can be very tricky at times!
In English, we have been doing lots of work on our persuasive genre. We have studied the structure of a persuasive writing piece (our acronym "OREO" is a great reminder for this) and we have been practicing some important phrases used in persuasive pieces, including oral debates. We have been learning about new grammar and punctuation rules too - do you know the difference between "it's" and "its", because we do!
January has been a very musical month for us. Along with 5th & 6th Class, we participated in Peace Proms in U.L. on the 21st January. We spent lots of time preparing for this performance since the autumn, but it really was worth all the hard work. We had an amazing time. We haven't just been singing though, we have also been learning about timbre in music. Timbre is the "flavour" of sound made by an instrument, for example, brassy, sharp, or bright.
We are continuing to learn about the Ancient Egyptians in history. These people lived thousands of years ago and are fascinating to study. We tried to write our names in hieroglyphics, how do you think we did? This topic linked in nicely to the story of Moses, which we listened to and discussed in religion.
Another highlight for us this month was learning about our lungs and our breathing system. We learned about all the different parts of our body that make up this system, and even created our own lungs using balloons, straws and plastic bottles. This is was so interesting to learn about and lots of fun to make.
That's only some of what we've been up to, can you believe? We've been so busy, but we're having lots of fun too. Roll on February!
We have been working very hard everyday, learning about lots of different topics. In maths, we have been focusing on fractions. We made fraction wheels and friction strips. These have been great in helping us to solve our fraction problems, which can be very tricky at times!
In English, we have been doing lots of work on our persuasive genre. We have studied the structure of a persuasive writing piece (our acronym "OREO" is a great reminder for this) and we have been practicing some important phrases used in persuasive pieces, including oral debates. We have been learning about new grammar and punctuation rules too - do you know the difference between "it's" and "its", because we do!
January has been a very musical month for us. Along with 5th & 6th Class, we participated in Peace Proms in U.L. on the 21st January. We spent lots of time preparing for this performance since the autumn, but it really was worth all the hard work. We had an amazing time. We haven't just been singing though, we have also been learning about timbre in music. Timbre is the "flavour" of sound made by an instrument, for example, brassy, sharp, or bright.
We are continuing to learn about the Ancient Egyptians in history. These people lived thousands of years ago and are fascinating to study. We tried to write our names in hieroglyphics, how do you think we did? This topic linked in nicely to the story of Moses, which we listened to and discussed in religion.
Another highlight for us this month was learning about our lungs and our breathing system. We learned about all the different parts of our body that make up this system, and even created our own lungs using balloons, straws and plastic bottles. This is was so interesting to learn about and lots of fun to make.
That's only some of what we've been up to, can you believe? We've been so busy, but we're having lots of fun too. Roll on February!
Home Sweet Home 🌸
We have been learning about the different buildings in our locality, and in other parts of Ireland. We have also been learning about the various types of homes that people live in. It is amazing to see how many different homes there are! We built many of these homes using origami. This was challenging but great fun. Take a look at some of the homes we built.
Our Nature Table 🍁
Our autumn nature table is coming along very well. It is so exciting to see how much beauty exists all around us!
A special thank you to Rhys for bringing in his young oak tree for us to see 🌳
A special thank you to Rhys for bringing in his young oak tree for us to see 🌳
The World Through Our Eyes!
Look closely to see what some of our favourite things about life are...
Back to School!
Welcome back to of all the wonderful girls and boys in 3rd & 4th Class! It has been a pleasure getting to know you all over the last two days. I hope you are as excited about our year ahead together as I am!
Here are some photos of your first day in your new classes:
Here are some photos of your first day in your new classes:
2021/ 2022 - Ms. O'Brien's Room
Congratulations to our gorgeous 3rd and 4th class of 2022. I am so proud of the progress that each child has made this year. They have been the most wonderful class to teach, and I know they would agree that we have had a fantastic year of fun and memories. Have a fabulous Summer everyone!!
3rd Class Graduates 2022
4th Class Graduates 2022
A special mention to Saoirse Ryan and Shania Carthy who couldn't be at school today, but also graduated from 4th class. Well done girls!
Final Week Fun!!
Skittles Science!!
Sports Day !!
Tug of War
Sponsored Walk 😁😁
Today, the children participated in an 8 kilometre sponsored walk as part of active week. Each and every single child in 3rd and 4th class completed the full walk. I am so proud of them!!
Zumbaaaaaa 🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼
Darts with William O’Connor 🎯🎯🤩🤩
Thank you so much to William O’Connor for coming in and visiting the kids today. It was certainly one of the highlights of the year! Lots of kids have been inspired to start throwing darts and also to always do their Maths homework!! 😉
⚽️ Soccer with Shane Ryan ⚽️
Today, the 3rd to 6th class children were extremely lucky to have Shane Ryan from Treaty United come and visit them for some training. The children had a fantastic day doing drills, playing games and learning lots of soccer tips and tricks. Thanks a million to Shane, and to local soccer stars Cara and Naoise for visiting too!! 🥅 ⚽️
River Clean Up 🌈🌈🌈
The Liam McCarthy Visits 3rd & 4th Class🏆💚🤍
School Tour 2022 🌊🏹
We had one of the best days EVER last Friday on our school tour in Ballyhass Adventure Centre!! The children did everything from high nets to archery, and of course, spent lots of time on the AMAZING aqua park obstacle course. Each and every child took part in all of the activities, and got to enjoy pizza and sweet treats for lunch 🤩 The children even managed to get the teachers involved 🤔😉
🐝 All About Bees 🐝
On Friday, Dale from the ‘Heritage in Schools’ initiative visited the kids to teach them all about bees, bugs, birds and dinosaurs. The children really enjoyed all of the fun activities that Dale did with them throughout the day!
Maths in the Sunshine
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Today, we enjoyed our Maths lesson outside in the sunshine. What better place to learn than in our natural environment. The children did a great job finding different types of lines and angles all around the school!
Happy Easter 🐣🐣🐣
Happy Easter from everyone in Ranga 3 and 4. We hope you have a lovely relaxing break and we’ll see you in two weeks!!
Marine Week 🐬🐳🐋
We have had the most fun celebrating ‘Marine Week’ in school this week. We’ve been lucky enough to attend marine webinars and complete various activities throughout the week learning all about marine life. We also attended a number of ‘Draw with Rob’ sessions, where we learned to draw a new marine animal every day! Muirne’s seal ‘Brownie’ even came to our classroom for a visit! 🦭🦭🦭
Happy Mother’s Day 🌸🌸🌸
Happy Mother’s Day to our gorgeous mammies!! What would we do without ye?! Today, we made bouquets of flowers and wrote down some of the things that we appreciate the most about our mothers. It would melt your heart to read some of the things that the children wrote. Have a fabulous day mammies of Ranga 3 and 4 ❤️❤️
Maths Trail 🟣🔶🟩
We had lots of fun trying to find some real life examples of 3D shapes around the school today. Some of the findings were very impressive! 🤩
Book Fair 📚📚
How lucky are we to have such a gorgeous book fair right at the back of our classroom. We are spoiled for choice with all of these lovely books!
Sunflowers for Ukraine
To show our support for Ukraine, the children each painted some gorgeous sunflowers, which is of course the national flower of Ukraine. They are just beautiful ❤️
Litter Picking 💪🏼
Today, our class went litter picking around Cappamore and managed to collect three bags of rubbish on our way. This was part of our Green School’s initiative for this year. Each child was fantastic, no litter is safe with us!!
Happy Pancake Tuesday
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There may be a few sore bellies going home this evening, the pancakes were so good we just couldn’t stop eating! Special thanks to Mrs. Nally, Leon and Breda for providing us with all of the yumminess!
Up Cappamore!!!
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Muireann Creamer of the Limerick Camogie team brought the Intermediate County Championship winning cup to us today. Muireann even spent a little extra time with 3rd and 4th class, where they gave her the congratulations posters that they had made for her earlier in the week! 🎉
School Bake Sale 🧁
Look at those for happy faces!! They have never been so quiet. Thank you so much to everyone in Ranga 3 and 4 for your bake sale contributions. You were all so generous!
Love Is In The Air
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Today we painted our heart shaped tea light holders to celebrate Valentine’s Day. There will be some very lucky people receiving one of these today 😄
World Harry Potter Day 🤓🤓
Today we celebrated Harry Potter Day with a range of Harry Potter themed activities. There was one very important rule - Witches and wizards only, no muggles allowed!!
Christmas is HERE!!!
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Christmas is here and we are so so excited! Have a wonderful Christmas everyone, from Ms. O’Brien’s 3rd and 4th class ❤️
Christmas Panto 🎵
We all had a great boogie to the Christmas Panto today 🤩
🏀 Basketball 🏀
Thank you so much to professional basketball player Manny Payton for teaching us so much over the last six weeks. The kids enjoyed every minute!
Showing our Support for William O’Connor 🎯🎯
We are William O’Connor’s biggest fans here in Ranga 3 and 4, and not just because he’s Liam’s dad ;) We spent the day making signs and a video cheering William on for the World Championships. Best of luck with all of your tournaments this year William!
Christmas Tree Time
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We have had such an exciting day putting up our Christmas tree and decorations. Santa, we’re ready for you!
✨ Rudolf ✨
Spooky Season 🎃🎃
Halloween has arrived and the children have been getting very creative with their spooky art.
Go Fly Your Kite 🪁🪁
The children in 3rd and 4th class took part in the ‘Go Fly Your Kite’ initiative that was run by Mary Immaculate College this year. Each child designed and constructed their very own kite, and we had so much fun doing it!!
