Hi everyone! Welcome back to school! Follow our blog to see what we are doing in class.
When the sun shines
We have been learning about shadows in 2nd Class this week. We explored both opaque and transparent items and the shadows they create. We also looked at how to make shadows bigger or smaller and how the time of day can affect shadows. We headed out to the yard on Friday to explore the shadows […]
Musical Project 2018: Mary Poppins.
Children from 5th and 6th class were invited to take part in a musical production of Mary Poppins. Rehearsals got under way after Christmas, every Thursday after school. Parents, family, neighbours and friends enjoyed a music and dance filled evening in the school hall on Thursday last, as the children proudly presented the Le […]
Third Class Dance Show: Peter Pan
Laura’s 3rd class were working very hard over the last few weeks as we completed dance lessons with Jacinta. The theme of our dance was Peter Pan and we all got to be a character, pirate or fairy! We had great fun learning the dance and loved performing for our parents and the whole school. […]
Aistear Fun
Arianna and Emma’s Junior Infants have been busy the last few weeks learning all about people who help us. During Aistear time they have worked as doctors,vets,gardaí,firemen and many other jobs. On Wednesday we had a very special visit from a parent and he told us all about his job working as a prison officer. […]
What time is it?
We have been learning about time in 2nd Class. We are looking at both analogue and digital clocks. So far we know o’clock, quarter past, half past and a quarter to on both clocks. We also designed our own bespoke clocks.
Little Music Makers Magic – 11th Feb 2018
Parents of junior and senior infant classes were invited along to the school earlier this month to enjoy a concert performance led by Maria Sheil of Little Music Makers as part of an ongoing programme of musical projects and activities within Le Cheile. The packed hall was delighted by a medley of songs, the story […]
Second Class are Busy!
The children in both second classes have spent lots of time over the past few weeks learning all about China as part of the S.E.S.E. curriculum. We also integrated it into other areas of the curriculum such as R.V.E., Art and English. At the very beginning of our lesson we filled in the first two […]
Credit Union Quiz
On Friday the 26th of January two teams from fifth and sixth class represented Le Chéile in the first stage of the annual Credit Union Quiz held in the Drogheda Institute of Further Education. The eight boys and girls had been studying extremely hard in preparation for the big night. The quiz comprised of […]
Our first term in 4th Class
The first term in 4th Class has been a very busy one. We have completed lots of art work, started to learn recorder, taken part in GAA coaching and completed projects on E.U countries and Ancient Civilisations such as The Greeks, Romans and Celts. In SESE we completed a unit of work learning all about […]
Exciting Times: 10@10
Happy New Year Everybody! I hope you had a nice break and that the children are settling back into school. We had an exciting day yesterday following a request from the “Operation Transformation” team to involve our school in an exercise video. A group of children from third and fourth class traveled to Malahide Rugby […]