At Our Lady of Consolation, our aim is to create a welcoming school, committed to educating children in a caring environment in partnership with the community.
November has been another busy month in room 4. We are working really hard and developing so many new skills. Ms Cullen is so impressed with all our work. Here is just some of the things we have gotten up to. Fine motor skills are very important and we have been working very hard developing […]
We had fun acting out the story of Little Red Riding Hood. We worked in our groups to bring the script to life and did a really great job!
We had such a fantastic time carrying out experiments for Science Week 2020. We completed a STEM challenge, building houses for the three little pigs using just marshmallows and skewers. We also had great fun making a rainbow using skittles and water! As part of Science week and our ongoing work on mindfulness, we each […]
We had great fun doing a Skittles Exeriment for Science week. Well done to all the children for doing their own science experiments at home.We also had fun with Larry in GAA today. We all got very messy doing art. We painted food and did some great printing. Well done the children who have gotten […]
Thank you so much to everyone who participated in our Science Week At Home experiment competition and sent in videos or photos of the fantastic experiments that went on around Donnycarney last week. Below is a gorgeous photo of the winner of the draw and a few videos of some experiments.
The girls and boys in Room 7 had great fun last week carrying out their own science experiment. They investigated the effects of different liquids on Gummy bears. The children set up and recorded the experiment, made predictions and took careful observations of the changes. The results after 3 days in the liquids!
This week we had great fun exploring invisible forces and learning about static electricity and magnetism We used static electricity to try and pick up different items like feathers, tissues and paper. Science is fun!
I have been very impressed with all of the experiments that have been conducted at home this week. Looks like there have been many successful experiments. I hope you’ve all had fun working together at home!
The girls in 2nd class have been very busy this week as they have been learning all about magnets for science week. They first played with and explored the magnets and learnt about the different magnetic poles. After that the girls made predictions about different items in the classroom and whether they would be magnetic […]
It’s science week this week so the boys and girls in room 4 did the rainbow experiment today. We talked about the equipment we needed and predicted what would happen to the skittles when the warm water touched the skittles. When the experiment was over we inspected the skittles to see how colour from the […]
