We are very excited to be taking part in Children’s Books Ireland shadowing scheme for this year. As part of the scheme, we have the chance to rate the finalists for the Children’s Book Awards and we’re looking forward to sending our votes in so we can help choose the winner! Today we read a […]
In Our Lady of Consolation, we pride ourselves in our warm, inclusive school environment. In keeping with this, 2nd Class have been doing a lot of work leading up to today, World Down Syndrome Day, 2019. They have listened to, discussed and read beautiful books about diversity, they have been learning sign language since September, […]
As part of Engineering Week, Second and Third Class took part in a Lego Workshop today. Each girl was given a Lego kit and instruction manual and set about constructing a swing boat. The girls showed great focus and determination throughout the workshop. The results were fantastic. I think there are some future engineers in […]
We have been very busy working on our literacy skills over the past few months. Teacher is very impressed with our progress in reading and writing! We are literacy superstars! Have a look at what we have been getting up to: (more…)
The girls in Second Class have been doing some excellent work in Maths. We have been working on self assessment and we also had great fun dressing up as 2D shapes! We loved our 2D shapes so much that we didn’t want to take them off! We also showed off our excellent moves when we […]
It’s hard to believe that we are now at the end of 2nd Class and preparing ourselves for the move to 3rd! When we started in September we were two classes coming together, but you would never know that now! We have gelled beautifully and are such good friends and classmates that it is difficult […]
Just one more sleep until the girls in Second Class make their First Holy Communion! They have been working so hard for months now and are really looking forward to having a super day tomorrow. We had a little celebration today in school and it was great fun. On this really special […]
We are both excited and a little nervous about making our First Confession on Wednesday! This is a very big day for us and we are feeling very grown up as we prepare to receive the next sacrament in our Catholic faith. We are very grateful to Father John for all the help he has […]
We had a lovely time today making Rice Krispie buns! As part of our new language curriculum, we used this time as a way to further develop the children’s ever-expanding vocabulary in a fun, interesting and tasty way! We really enjoyed eating our treats! This week we also learnt about the conservation of water, did […]
Today, 2nd class attended The Sean O’Casey Theatre in Eastwall. We travelled by bus to watch a very funny play called The Curse. We had a great time on the bus, singing Christmas songs and chatting with our friends. The play was great. There was lots of dancing, singing and even a talking dog. We […]
