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Log Book 2022/DSM/

Renmore, Galway 2021/2022

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Classes Involved:

Featured on our log book:

 Mr. Lawless (JI), Ms. O’Looney (JI), Ms. Molloy (JI)

Ms. Lavery (SI), Ms. Cunningham (SI), Ms. Ferguson (SI)

 Ms. McLoughlin (1st), Ms. Kyne (1st), Mr. Faherty (1st), Ms. Moran (1st), Mr Fahy/Ms. Bohan (1st)

Ms. Groarke/Ms. McCaul (2nd), Ms. Flannery (2nd), Ms. Lally/Ms. F.Kavanagh (2nd), Ms.Halliday (2nd)

Ms. Coade (Hearing impaired unit), Ms. B.Fitzgerald (Language unit), Ms. S.Kavanagh (Special Class)

Also involved:

All 1st and 2nd class took part in the launch of foam, air and water rockets during Space Week.

All 1st classes, a JI class and a 2nd class were treated to The Puking Pumpkin show for Halloween thanks to Ms. Moran’s 2nd class.

5 First and Second classes had a zoom learning class given by Ms. McLoughlin’s 1st class on the making of musical instruments.

All classes took part in Pilot Kathan Dudhela’s Virtual Visit with the Aviatrix Project.

(4 hands-on science investigations, with at least one from each of the four strands)

Living Things:

• See a Sneeze 1st class (Sept 2021)
• Funny apple twins 1st class (Sept 2021)
• Looking at nests 1st class (Sept 2021)
• Looking at fingerprints 1st class (Sept 2021)
• Bee in class 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Learning about hedgehogs Junior Infants (Oct 2021)
• Learning about our senses 1st class (Jan 2021)
• Healthy eating Special class (Feb 2022)
• Watching wasps 1st class (March 2022)
• Look at how our seeds are growing 1st class (April 2022)
• Potting spider plants 1st class (May 2022)
• Plants drink water 1st class (May 2022)

Energy and Forces:

• Launching projectiles 1st class (Sept 2021)
• Making a colour wheel with food dyes 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Dancing ghosts, Static electricity 1st class (Oct 2021)
• The science of sound 1st class (Nov 2021)
• More musical instruments 1st class (Feb 2021)
• Hearing sound in space 1st class (Nov 2021)
• Balloon ring and Bernoulli 1st class (Nov 2021)
• Pop Up Santa toys 1st class (Dec 2021)
• Fun with magnets 1st class (Dec 2021)
• Learning about electricity 1st class (Dec 2021)
• Dragons, Chinese lanterns and flying teabags – heat  1st class (Jan 2022)

Materials:

• Materials pass the parcel 1st class (Sept 2021)
• Testing insulation 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Making gloop with cornflour 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Testing for acids 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Pumpkin investigating and carving 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Melting ice and road safety 1st class (Dec 2021)
• How to keep warm in cold weather Senior Infants (Dec 2021)
• Floating boats 1st class (May 2022)
• Mopping up spills: Checking for absorbency 1st class (May 2022)

Environmental Awareness and Care:

• Looking at autumn leaves Junior Infants (Oct 2021)
• Autumn Nature Walk with Ms. Coade hearing unit (Oct 2021)
• Shell hunt 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Autumn fun Senior Infants (Oct 2021)
• Autumn nature walk 2nd class (Oct 2021)
• Autumn reflected in art Special class (Oct 2021)
• Autumn walk, leaf and bark rubbings 2nd class (Oct 2021)
• Autumn nature walk JI (Oct 2021)
• Autumn trail 1st class (Nov 2021)
• Reading thermometers 1st class (Nov 2021)
• Spring Walk Junior Infants (Feb 2022)
• Making a bird feeder Junior Infants (Feb 2022)
• Spring walk 1st class (Feb 2022)
• Spring planting 1st class (March 2022)
• Outdoor learning in spring 1st class (March 2022)
• Budding gardeners Special class (March 2022)
• Planting seeds in Room 13 1st class (March 2022)
• Budding gardeners, task 2, Special Class (April 2022)
• Learning outdoors 1st class (May 2022)
• Watching the weather 1st class (May 2022)
• Walk on Wednesdays whole school (May 2022)
• The water cycle and clouds 1st class (June 2022)
• Beach Safari 1st classes (June 2022)

  (and also 2 or more examples below)

  Science Speakers:

• Pilot Kathan Dudhela’s Virtual visit (January 2022)

Science Week Events:

• Colourful skittles Fun for Science Week Senior Infants (Nov 2021)
• The science of sound 1st class (Nov 2021)
• Science Week experiments 2nd class (Nov 2021)
• Making foam 2nd class (N0v 2021)
• Training dragons to balance 2nd class (Nov 2021)
• Science week skittles experiment Senior Infants (Nov 2021)
• Magic milk experiment Senior Infants (Nov 2021)
• Science week lava lamp Senior Infants (Nov 2021)
• Making foam rockets for science week 1st class (Nov 2021)

External Science Week Events:

• Sue McGrath’s The Science of Dragons 1st class (Nov 2021)
• The science of dragons with Scientific Sue 1st class (Nov 2021)

Space Week Events:

 

See all our Space Week 2021 events here

Event registered with Space Week Ireland 2021

• Making foam projectiles/rockets 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Making air projectiles/rockets 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Launching air, foam and water projectiles/rockets 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Making and launching straw projectiles/rockets 1st clas (Oct 2021)
• Launching fizzy rockets 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Launching balloon projectiles/rockets 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Watching rocket launching 2nd class (Oct 2021)
• Space Week straw rockets 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Launching our straw rockets 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Launching foam rockets 2nd class (Oct 2021)
• Making astronauts for science week Ms. Fitzgerald’s Language unit (Oct 2021)
• Craters and what happened to the dinosaurs? 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Volcano demonstration 1st class (Oct 2021)
• All about gravity 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Sound projectile 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Stomp and elastic projectiles 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Designing astronaut suits 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Space 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Straw rockets 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Amazing photo of last night’s full moon 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Space SI (Oct 2021)

Other External Event/ Programme:

•  “Flight…Up, Up and Away” cross border project with St. Mary’s Primary School, Fivemiletown, Co.Tyrone, Northern Ireland

STEP 2:  Technology

(2 or more examples of the children using ICT)

• Coding with Bee Bots 1st class (Sept 2021)
• Using tablets in our classroom 1st class (Oct 2021)
• EU Code Week in our school 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Our world through a microscope 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Using iPads and tablets to help us record our reading 1st class (Jan 2022)
• Coding with Blockly 1st class (Feb 2022)

STEP 3: Engineering

(2 or more examples of the children investigating engineering in class or in the local area)

• Constructing strong houses 1st class (Sept 2021)
• Building schools in Junior Infants (Sept 2021)
• Making space boxes 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Homes in our locality 2nd class (Oct 2021)
• Sound: Making instruments 1st class (Nov 2021)
• Designing and making Christmas/winter boxes 1st class (Dec 2021)
• Engineers Week 2022: Engineers Eyes 1st class (March 2022)
• Engineers Week 2022: Learning about bicycles 1st class (March 2022)
• Engineers Week 2022: Constructing flood defences 1st class (March 2022)
• Engineers Week 2022: Investigating traffic lights 1st class (March 2022)
• Engineers Week 2022: Paper playgrounds 2nd class (March 2022)
• Engineers Week 2022: Creating catapults 1st class (March 2022)
• Engineers Week 2022: Building bridges 1st class (March 2022)
• Engineers Week 2022: 3D playground 1st class (March 2022)
• Floating boat 1st class (April 2022)
• Floating our boats 1st class (May 2022)
• Designing and making an aquarium 1st class (June 2022)
• Design and build a sailboat 1st class (June 2022)

STEP 4 : Maths

(2 or more examples of the children using their maths skills as part of their science work)

• Shapes around us 1st class (Sept 2021)
• Making rockets with 2D and 3D shapes 1st class (Oct 21)
• Space and planets data charts 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Reading thermometers and looking at heat sources 1st class (Nov 2021)
• Fruit and vegetable tasting day 1st class (May 2022)

Event registered with Maths Week Ireland 2021

See all our activities for Maths Week 2021 here

• Maths Week target boards, card and domino games 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Survey of the day 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Marshmallow maths 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Estimating and measuring in Maths Week 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Maths trail in Room 1 Senior Infants (Oct 2021)
• Maths eyes activities Senior Infants (Oct 2021)
• Maths trail in Room 9 1st class (Oct 2021)
• In-class activities for Maths Week 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Maths week in the special class (Oct 2021)
• Maths week fun 2nd class (Oct 2021)
• Maths week in R15 2nd class (Oct 2021)
• Maths trail Senior infants (Oct 2021)
• Maths trail 2nd class (Oct 2021)
• Maths week 2nd class (Oct 2021)
• Maths week, maths trail 1st class (Oct 2021)
• Maths week shapes 1st class (Oct 2021)