Grandparents' Day

Before Christmas we were learning about procedural writing. To celebrate grandparents' day we wrote procedural pieces; 'How to be a Grandparent'. Have a look at some examples:

Our grandparents came into our classroom today 30/01/19 and we surveyed them on what life was like when they were in school. We also did word-searches with them and played games together. A huge thank you to all the grandparents who came in!

One-point perspective art

In art we learnt about how if you put a dot in the middle of your page, and then divide your page into quarters, it looks like your art is vanishing. We sketched our piece first, drawing trees on one side, buildings on the other, the sky and a road or river. We love how we all used the same technique but all our pieces are different. We painted our drawings when they were finished. Here are some examples:

Challenge to Change

Fourth class are taking part in Challenge to Change. Challenge to Change 'seeks to raise awareness and understanding of development issues and global inequality through the exploration and engagement in issues surrounding as (in)justice, human rights, fairtrade, racism, exploitation, etc.'
We are learning all about food waste as our Challenge to Change. Fourth class learnt about the environmental impact of food waste and created posters encouraging others not to waste food. Have a look at some examples: 

                               







We will weigh our food waste each day and will add this to our class chart to see how much food we waste as a class:

European countries projects

Fourth class have been learning all about Europe.

The first thing we did was learn about the continents of the world. We learnt that Europe is the continent Ireland is in. We learnt the names of some other countries that are in Europe. We also learnt about the European Union. We know now that it is like a club that the governments of European countries choose to join. They join in the hope of receiving benefits in return for money (mostly from taxes).

Then it was time to find out if anyone in our class is from a different European country other than Ireland. It turns out there is a lot of girls in our class who are from other European countries! We divided up into groups and started to research and compile projects on:

• Lithuania
• Poland
• Slovakia
• Romania
• Belgium
• Moldova

These countries were chosen because they are the countries other than Ireland that girls in our class are from. We used the school Chromebooks and atlases to help us find information. 

Here are the finished projects:

In art, we learnt about the life and work of the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. We learnt that his work was abstract and that he worked mainly with the primary colours. We created our own pieces of art inspired by his. Have a look:

 

                                  

Beebots

Beebots are small robots that can be programmed to move in a variety of ways. Last month, we completed tasks with Beebots such as helping them escape a maze and having them write a certain letter. Have a look at our pictures: