Author: paddy
1st Class – People Who Help Us
People Who Help Us In Geography this month, First Class have been learning all about people in the community who help us in many different ways. We couldn’t believe the amount of help and support we receive from both the school and wider community…..the list was endless!!!! We took a deeper look at how milk […]
Read More...January Blog- Rivers and The Water Cycle
In Geography we were learning about rivers, where they start and where they end! We found out that the River Shannon is the longest river in Ireland. But don’t worry we didn’t forget to learn about our very own local river, the River Swilly! In Science we have been investigating the water cycle. We even […]
Read More...January Blog 5th Class – Create your own App!
To kick off the New Year with a bang and really challenge the class I asked the children to design their own app. I was truly amazed by the creative and unique apps that the children came up with! From Boot stop (an app about football boots) to TGH (The game hacker app) to apps […]
Read More...1st Class – Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year We have been learning all about the Chinese New Year. We read the Chinese Zodiac story and it also helped us to understand why each year is named after a different animal. The Chinese New Year takes place on the 8th February 2016. The celebrations end with the Festival of Lanterns. We […]
Read More...January 2016- 3rd Class
Our First Blog! Welcome back everyone, I hope you all enjoyed the holidays. The children are well rested and working extremely hard in their 2nd term. We have been learning about Britain, The Bronze Age and Insulators and Conductors since returning to school. We had an amazing time last week in P.E. with […]
Read More...December 2015- 6th class
What a busy month!! There has been plenty of learning happening in 6th class during the last few weeks. We are looking forward to a well-earned rest at the end of the first term! Winter concert- BEATLEMANIA!!!!! 6th class have been working their socks off in preparation for the winter concert. Here is a sneak […]
Read More...September 2015- 6th class
Rugby World Cup We spent a few weeks learning all about the ‘Rugby World Cup’. We tried to integrate our theme into as many subjects as possible! We completed projects in Geography on the countries participating in the World Cup. In Music we learned ‘Amhrán na bhFiann’ and ‘Ireland’s Call’ and in PE we played […]
Read More...Welcome to HSCL page
Hi my name is Máire and I am the HSCL teacher in Letterkenny Educate Together. HSCL (Home School Community Liaison) teacher is appointed every 3 – 5 years in a school. This is my last year as the school’s HSCL teacher 🙁 The aim of the HSCL scheme is to promote partnership and cooperation between […]
Read More...Principal’s Blog
Tuesday 2nd February – Open Day Today was our annual Open Day at the school and it was a huge success. Catherine, Edwina and I were busy all day showing parents and children around our wonderful school. It was definitely the busiest open day so far and it was great to see so many people […]
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