Maths Week - Monday 31st January

Today we kicked off Maths Week by taking part in an introduction to maths Week power point. We discussed the outline for the week before taking part in some practical games. The first game we played was ‘Maths, Paper, Numbers. Similar to the traditional game of ‘paper, scissors, stone’, players hold one hand out in front but this time call out ‘maths, paper, scissors’. On ‘scissors’, they hold out any number of fingers. Players then have to race to add together the number of fingers they are holding out to the number of fingers the other player is holding out. The winner is the first player to call out the total.

We then played a game of number bond bingo. Each child wrote down 5 numbers under 20 The leader of the game then called out numbers. If a number was called out and players have the number which will make it a number bond to 10 or to 20, they crossed out that number. The winner is the first person to cross out all their numbers and shout ‘bingo’ 

Mr Kelly's Star of the Week

This week we had Kyra Rogers as one on our stars of the week for stepping in last minute to say a prayer at First Confession. What an amazing job you did, Kyra.

Our second star of the week went to Toirleach Lynch for the fantastic work he completed on column subtraction with exchange. Well done to both of you!

First Penance

On Tuesday, the boys and girls in Primary 4 made their First Penance. They all made us very proud here at St. Columbans and we would like to give a special mention to our readers on the day as they did the most amazing job! 

Grandparents Day 

Today in school, we celebrated Grandparents Day. We made cards for our grandparents and discussed the importoance of them in our lives. We also recorded short videos to wish our Grandparents a lovely day!

Acti Sport 

Today marked our second day of taking part in Acti Sport. The boys and girls love taking part in lall of fun activiies and we look forward to next week already. 

Star of the Week

This week, Freddy Roooney was our boy who got star of the week for excellent work on instructional writing – remembering to use adverbs and verbs.

Ella - May was our girl who received Mr Kelys star of the week for a fantastic effort at vertical addition with exchange. 

Check Out Our Completed Art Work 

Houses and Homes Art

Today in class, we completed an Art activity on our new topic ‘Houses and Homes’. The boys and girls chose different materials and resources to make a house of their choice. Some of the materials included twigs, spaghetti, pasta, sponges, paints and lollipop sticks. We are very creative in primary 4 and look forward to completing a project on designing our own house.

Star of the Week

This week in our class, Ella-Rose received star of the week or always persisting with her work and having a positive attitude towards her learning. Keep up the great work!

Aaron Haughian was our other star of the week for his great work on target setting and being ambitious in his learning. Well done to both children!