Author: Cliona Marley
Active School Week 2019 Launch
On Friday 5th of April The Minister for Education and Skills, Joe Mc Hugh, launched Active School Week 2019 in Letterkenny Educate Together National School. We were very proud to host the launch and it gave us an opportunity to showcase all the great work we are doing in our school to promote our active […]
Read More...Autism Awareness Day – 02/04/19
Letterkenny Educate Together National School is Autism Aware Today is World Autism Day. It’s all part of Light it Up Blue, a campaign spearheaded by the autism community that aims to foster understanding and acceptance for those with autism. Supporters are encouraged to wear blue clothing and post to social media using the hashtag […]
Read More...February / March Junior Infants – Nakita’s Class
Nakita’s Class have been working hard on narrative this month. We have been learning all about different stories and doing drama, art and reading based on the stories. Here are some stories we worked on: Jack and the Beanstalk Goldilocks Gingerbread Man The Little Red Hen For maths we focused on measuring. We went outside and […]
Read More...Titanic Project – 6th Class
6th Class created models of the Titanic as a homework project this month. We spent time researching all about the Titanic and collated our information to present in groups to the class. We built models with the help of our families at home and came up with many different ideas and designs. It was hard […]
Read More...Peace IV Project – 6th Class
6th Class spent a fun & energetic day at the Aura, Letterkenny as part of the peace IV project. The project is an initiative implemented to encourage schools to collaborate and work together to form links & friendships.
Read More...Junior Infants – Nakita’s Class – January in Review
January in Review Welcome back to a New Term and a New Year! We have had so much fun already this year and January has been action packed with lots of learning and play. Have a look at our video to see all the exciting activities we have been doing. We wrapped up warm and […]
Read More...Nakita’s Class – Family Friday
What’s in my Head – Nakita’s Junior Infant Class On Family Friday this month we presented our projects – What’s in My Head. Well done to the brave children in Nakita’s class. It’s not easy to stand up in front of an audience and the children were brilliant. Thanks so much to the parents for […]
Read More...Nakita’s Class – Triangle Hunt
We have been learning all about 2D shapes in Junior Infants. Last week our 2d shape was triangles. We used our Maths eyes and went on a Triangle hunt. Watch the video to see how many we found !!
Read More...Science Week – 6th Class
6th Class researched some science experiments as part of their homework this week. We brought in our ideas and experiments to school and demonstrated them for the class. We had a fun day teaching and learning lots of different experiments.
Read More...6th Class Visit Central Library, Letterkenny
On Thursday 6th Class went to visit the Central Library in Letterkenny. We listened to guest storyteller Siobhan Parkinson read 2 stories in a vibrant, entertaining and stimulating way. The storytelling session was recorded and will be aired on Highland Radio in early 2019. The project is part of the Night Night North West radio series which the Library […]
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