St Philomena's Primary School

3rd & 4th Class

Visit our class blog site: www.philomenas3and4.blogspot.com

3rd Class

Teachers:

Ms McHale (Room 17)

3rd Class Booklist (Click here to download)

3rd Class Homework Policy: (Click here to download)

4th Class

Teacher:

Ms McHale (Room 17)

4th Class Booklist (Click here to download)

4th Class Homework Policy (Click here to download)

Project for January: The Arctic and the Inuit Culture

We will be working on a new project in January. We will be studying life in the Arctic, and the Inuit culture.

All our work will be stored on our project blog: www.arcticandinuit.blogspot.com

One of the tasks for the month is our new Art at Home project - to design and build an Arctic themed diorama. You can download these information sheets to learn more about the details of this project.

Art at Home - January: Life in the Arctic Diorama - Project Outline

Life in the Arctic Diorama: Self-Assessment Rubric

It's a great topic and we're planning on learning loads.

A BIG change for 3rd and 4th:

This year 3rd and 4th class have been put together into a composite class. There are 34 girls in the class: 20 from 3rd and 14 from 4th. This is a big change for all the girls, and for their teacher Ms McHale. We have just finished our first month. It was tough going getting used to all the new pupils, all the new routines, and learning to work on our own and work together. We've had a great start though, and we think we're going to have a great year.

We've already been on lots of fun outings. Here are a few pictures from our trips so far.

Visit to Bray Harbour and some research in Bray Library:

A Birdwatching fieldtrip to the People's Park

Nature Day in Knocksink Wood, in Enniskerry

First we got into our groups. Each group got their equipment, like cameras, binoculars and notebooks. When we were ready we got on the bus.

When we arrived we climbed the long driveway. At the top we waited for the staff to arrive.

Eventually they came and we went into the Education Centre. It was full of stuffed animals, bones, games, feathers, models, insects and fossils. We did lots of fun activities during the day.

First we went on a treasure hunt in groups. We had to follow the arrows and find pictures of animals and their footprints. When we got to the end we matched the pictures. Dave met us at the end of our treasure hunts.

Next we were broken into two groups. Each group did different activities. The activities were a bird watching challenge, a sound map, and making birds using natural materials.

After that we had our lunch.

After lunch we did a bird call test with Hugh. He played bird calls and we had to guess the bird.

Finally, we were split into three groups. Two adults went with each group. We did:

Smell bombs and perfumes
Scavenger Hunts
Interesting tiny thing hunt with magnifying glassses
Bird watching

We had lots of fun.

At the end of the day we packed our bags and went down the long driveway to the bus. Eventually we got back to school and went straight home.

We felt tired but happy. We had a marvellous day in Knocksink Wood.

(A whole class recount)

Multiplying and Dividing - Colourful Maths

We are using cubes and squared paper to help us with our multiplication and division. We use our cubes to create colourful multiplication and division stories.

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