Dogs Trust visit

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Dogs Trust Visit

 

 

One day Aoife a Dogs Trust employee came to all classes, explaining about the rules of keeping a dog, and what you need to keep a dog healthy and happy!

Those things included:

 

Time

Money

 

Space

She also chatted about how dogs are chosen for families or the other way around.

We were given a mini quiz on paring families to dogs.

This included a slow and old dog for elderly people or peoples at home a lot, a bright and speedy dog for the more active family, a lovely cute puppy that loves car journeys.

These dogs all suited different family types.

 

A bit of History about Dogs Trust

 

Dogs Trust is Irelands largest dog welfare charity

They established their rehoming center in Dublin in 2009

In 2015 alone Dogs Trust rehomed 2,888 dogs!

 

Sean

5th Class

2,957 dogs rehomed last year

98,838 dogs neutered since 2006

8,596 dogs microchipped in 2015

1,535 education workshops delivered in 2015

 

Naomi’s Workshop of Sound

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Naomi’s Workshop of Sound

On the 22nd of November 2016 Naomi Lavelle (a sound scientist) came to our school. She came to tell us about the science of sound. It was really fascinating. Here’s what she told us.

Naomi showed us many experiments. She started off with an experiment involving 2 balloons. Inside the 1st balloon was a 1 cent coin. Inside the 2nd balloon was a hexagonal nut. She asked us to make a prediction that when you rub it off, which balloon would make the loudest sound. I said that the balloon with the coin in it would make the biggest noise. The balloon with the hexagonal nut made the most sound. This experiment was cool.

Our second experiment was about a cup and a wet string. The cup was used to amplify the sound. We then slide our fingers along the string. It made a loud sound but squeaky and quirky.

After that, we did a test with a large tube with mesh inside. Firstly she used a lighter to heat up the tube. When it was vertically turned down it made a huge sound. It did not make a sound when it was turned horizontally, because air could not move inside the tube. It was mind bobbling.

Next we had a vortex cannon. This proved that we can see as well as hear sound. Air came out (making sound) in a smoke like colour and knocked the plastic cups we had previously on our heads.

Finally the last experiment was with non- Newtonian fluid made from cornflour and water. She put it on a plastic plate and placed it on a sound speaker. We put sound through the speaker on volume 8. The hertz was 45. The mixture started rising from the plate and falling back down with the vibrations.

We are so grateful to Naomi for coming to our school. We learned so much. It was certainly fascinating. We thank you for coming to our school to celebrate Science week.

By Stephen

5th Class

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Dancing Blog

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Irish Dancing

We do Irish dancing every Wednesday with Louise Curran. She takes us down to the halla in the morning to practise our dances. The senior room are performing their dances on our panto night in Labane hall. But Adam has an amazing solo. He is doing the brush dance and is showing off his Sean Nos skills.  The rest of the boys have their own dance and the girls have a three hand, then the two dances join together. After that Adam has his solo and then we all do hop one two (a dance that we all had to learn) at the end. The other two classrooms also do dancing and are performing there dances as well. We are all practising our dances very hard for the big night but there are still some things that we need to work on. I hope we can get everything right. I love doing Irish dancing and I can’t wait to perform our dance on the big night.

By Grace

5th class

Dogs Trust visit

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In late October our school, Kiltiernan NS was visited by a Dogs Trust representative named Aoife. She taught us about safety around dogs and how to behave if we felt scared or threatened around them. For example the best way to approach a strange dog is to make a fist of your hand and approach the dog slowly.

She also explained what kind of work they do at Dogs Trust, which included training dogs, finding homes for them, matching them to potential owners and caring for them in general.

She gave us a worksheet where we had to match several dogs’ different personalities and needs to their potential owners. For example a young, energetic puppy might be matched to a family who could exercise him, or a bigger dog might go to a farm with lots of space. We all thought we had done a great job in our sample matches on just a few dogs. Aoife told us at Dogs Trust they have to do this with dozens of dogs.

Visit the dogs trust website at www.dogstrust.ie/

At the end of the day we proudly received certificates showing that we knew our stuff around dogs and we all said goodbye with a smile on our faces.

Alastair 6th class

 

All About The Science Of Sound!

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All About The Science Of Sound!

Today, on the 22nd of November Dr Naomi Lavelle visited our school. She is a scientist and she told us all about the science of sound!

We hear sound with the inside of our ears. Sound travels through the air as something called ‘sound waves’. Dr Naomi taught us how different sounds can be used in different ways.

In her first experiment she had two balloons. Inside one there was a 1 cent coin. In the other there was a ‘hex nut’. It is the nut which you put on a screw. She spun the balloons round and round and they each created a different sound.  Although the hex nut was smaller it created a louder sound. Before we knew this we guessed which object would create the louder sound. I guessed the hex nut would make the noisier sound and I was right!

 

The next experiment was made using a plastic cup, a paperclip and a wet string. There was one small hole in the bottom of the cup which was there for the string to go through. The paperclip was outside the hole and stopped the string falling through the cup. When you squeezed down the string while it was wet it made a sound like a duck or even something very rude! This happened when the string was being pulled it made the cup, the paperclip and the sound waves vibrating in the air inside the cup shake which made the strange noise.

For the next experiment Naomi did the same thing but       with different sized containers. Six volunteers came up and took a container each and in turn they squeezed and pulled the string. We observed and listened to the sound each made. We decided which container made the lowest, deepest noise. We learned the deepest sound was made with a long container, better still with a bit of cardboard and a bit of wood. I think Liam won the ‘deepest sound’ with his but there were some very deep sounds!

 

We had a great visit from Dr Naomi and we learned lots about the science of sound from her! She’s so good and she even has her own website. Check her out on sciencewows.ie! My most interesting fact was that the science of sound could be used in wars as a weapon! I am really glad she came to visit!

By Erin Fahy

3rd Class