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!
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
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Irish Dancing
/in 5th Class /by emerbIrish dancing
We have an Irish dancing teacher called Louise. Every week from the start of the first term until the end of the second term, she takes our class every Wednesday from 9:20 to about 10:05. We are working on a dance but it is a combination of some other dances. First we all do the hop one two and some do one two three which are quite easy but at the start it was a bit difficult. Later all the girls come in as some of the boys just stand aside. Last of all Adam comes and does a dance with a brush. He does a tap dance and he holds the brush in his hand and pulls it. Then he puts one leg over the brush and repeats it with the second leg. I think it is a very good dance.
By Luke
Mark’s Birthday
/in 6th Class /by emerbMARK’S BIRTHDAY
On the 7th of October, we were all happy to wake up to a warm, sunny day to celebrate our good friend Mark’s Birthday. It was a special day and we wanted to let Mark know that we were thinking about him. We got a big yellow obstacle course bouncy castle, which had a huge slide at the end, and loads of places to climb. Our classrooms were let out one by one on to the bouncy castle until 1 o’clock, when the party started. Hannah, Meadbh, Tara and I were on face painting duty. We made a poster and put it on a tree near our workshop at the back of the yard. We weren’t getting too many customers, so we moved to the basketball court. Then our business took off and we painted the faces of almost all the people in the whole school, even Ms Fenlon! Meanwhile, the adults were stuffing their faces in the Halla before the kids found out about the tea, coffee and goodies that were in there. We found out after a while, and although the adults tried to keep us out, most of us managed to sneak in and take some brownies, cupcakes and biscuits. We also got goodie bags with crisps and sweets that were kindly given to us by the parents’ council. I think it was a really nice, happy way to celebrate Mark, and I think he would have loved to be there.
By Ava
Science
/in 6th Class /by emerbScience Experiments
This year Science Week 2016 ran from 14th to the 25th of November .We have been celebrating science week by putting some experiments to the test. Everyone in fifth and sixth class were allocated into groups of three and then given an experiment.
In my group was Diarmuid, Grace and I .We got the experiment ‘Oily water bottle’ or ‘lava lamp’. We got to test our experiments the day before we showed them to the class. We were given the instructions and told to read them carefully .Next we got out all of are ingredients out that we needed to make the lava lamp. We got a 1-litre bottle and we also had a litre of vegetable oil .We then poured all of the oil into the bottle (forgetting we needed some for the following day!) next, we added a few drops of food colouring into the water and then we shook the bottle. As we, all thought we were very experienced scientists we forgot all about the instructions and ended up making something completely different to what it was meant to be.
The next day it was our last chance to do our experiment right. Therefore, we decided to read the instructions carefully and made a few changes. We used a smaller bottle and only used red food colouring and unfortunately, we had used all the vegetable oil so we decided to use olive oil, which according to Diarmuid’s mom is the same apart from a minor taste difference. The first thing we did using a funnel was poor some olive oil ¾ of the way. Then in a small plastic cup we mixed a bit of water with 5 drops of food colouring and then stirred until we got a vivid red colour. We then added it into the bottle. Do you know what happened? The oil and water wouldn’t mix because they are immiscible .Then to create a lava lamp we added a couple of rubex tablets and the water and oil started to fizz up making a lava lamp which lasted for about 5 or 6 minutes. We then presented our experiments to the class. I had lots of fun doing the experiments and I think that science week 2016 will go down as one of my favourites.
By Hannah
Science week experiments
/in 5th Class /by emerbScience week
As part of Science week we all did experiments in our classrooms. My group did a rainbow spinner. All we needed was cardboard, a battery pack, a motor, some wires and markers. First we cut out a circle of cardboard, next we coloured it, the seven colours of the rainbow. After that we attached some wires to a battery pack and hooked them up to a motor. Then we put our rainbow spinners on to the motors. They turned a bright white colour. We then thought they weren’t going fast enough so we hooked up three battery packs to each of our spinners. They went really fast! Then Sean wanted to make them cut paper, so he cut zig zags onto his circle. He called it a chainsaw. It only cut a bit of paper. Our science experiment was a lot of fun, I really enjoyed it.
By Emma
Science: Odd Ooze
/in 5th Class /by emerbBlog for Science Experiment: Odd Ooze
Last week was science week. In the senior room, we got into groups for science projects. In my group was Tara, Paul and myself. Our project was called Odd Ooze. We needed corn flour, water and food colouring for this project. You had to mix all those ingredients together in a large bowl. Let’s say you punched the substance in the bowl really hard, it would feel like punching a wall. But if you put your hand in slowly it would feel like it is a liquid. The ooze is made up of tiny, solid particles of corn suspended in water. This type of mixture is called a colloid. It behaves very strangely. I enjoyed making this substance and experimenting on it. I hope I get to do this all over again next year.
Toby 5th Class
Dogs Trust visit
/in 5th Class /by emerbDogs 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!
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
/in 5th Class /by emerbNaomi’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
Dancing Blog
/in 5th Class /by emerbIrish 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
/in 6th Class /by emerbIn 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.
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.
All About The Science Of Sound!
/in 2nd Class, 3rd Class, 4th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nAll 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