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22 Dec Christmas Art
Room 7 has been doing a lot of Christmas art this year. First, we decided to make some Christmas carol singers because this year we were not able to take part in a carol service as normal. The St. Francis' Carol service looks a lot different...
10 Dec Christmas Art inspired by Van Gogh
We've been busy with Christmas here in Room 2 We studied 'Starry Night' by Van Gogh. We discussed the colours, shapes and lines he used to create texture and dimension. Then we took what we learned and put paint to paper! Here are the final results! ...
20 Nov Learning how to be Fashion Designers!
We learned how to be fashion designers this week! We were so lucky to be visited by Ms. McDyer, a real fashion designer. She told us all about her time working for the fashion industry. [caption id="attachment_1079" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Ms. McDyer showing us her design[/caption] We started off...
23 Oct Our First Zoom Awards 2020
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Congratulations to the boys and girls that won Best and Most Improved pupils of this term, September to October. This week, we had our first zoom awards and due to current restrictions ,we can no longer enjoy assembling in the hall for our termly awards ceremony....
20 Oct Halloween in Room 1
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We have been busy in Room 1 learning about Halloween and the skeleton. Did you know that Halloween originated from The Celts that lived in Ireland over 2,000 years ago? However, they did not call it Halloween like we do today, instead they referred to it...
19 Oct Demonstration of Procedural Writing
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The children of room 15 enjoying their milkshakes, while Mr. Mulgrew explains the procedure in making a Kinder Bueno Milkshake. It was a fun filled treat for the class. A lot of happy faces....
17 Oct Halloween Art from room 14
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Room 14 of 3rd class have designed some scary and happy pumpkins for our display this month. We also learned how to sketch and colour a haunted house scene using black to create the silhouette effect, as well as the use of different colours to create...
16 Oct How To Carve A Pumpkin
6th Class in Room 2 have continued learning how to write procedures. This week, we wrote instructions on how to carve a pumpkin! Using a real pumpkin, Ms. Gale listened to all the children as they instructed her how to carve it. They used their knowledge of...
14 Oct Room 3 Science Experiment Video
Science Experiment How To Make A Gas [video width="960" height="540" mp4="https://stfrancissns.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/science-experiment3low.mp4"][/video] Following on with Procedure Writing Room 3 decided to have some fun in Science Class. If you would like to try out the experiment at home watch the video first. The materials you will need are small plastic bottle ...