Sallins National School

On the 15th of June 2016 our second green flag was risen. The weather was not ideal at first but it managed to clear just in time to start our ceremony.The ceremony took place at the front of the school.Some of the children’s parents came to see the raising of the green flag.Three members of the green schools committee made speeches for the event. Our caretaker Kevin gracefully raised our second green flag, it was very exciting. As it reached the top everyone cheered at the top of their voices. Then the junior and senior infants concluded the ceremony with an energy saving song.

Written by: Sophie Daly , Justine Dolan , Katie Culligan and Jacques O’Beirne 🙂

Hi Its, Amber, Grace, Luke, Orla and Sufti here!

Last week made Magical Creatures for Bloom! We were asked to make magic creatures to put up in a  Bloom garden .

We had a lot of fun making all sorts of creatures!We made gnomes, fairies, frogs , toadstools etc.

They were out in a garden in Bloom hanging on trees and stuck on walls! We used paint , markers and crayons .

We were overjoyed that Bloom asked us to design enchanted creatures!

Many thanks to Bloom ,

from Amber, Grace, Luke, Orla and Sufti 🙂 🙂 🙂

On Wednesday we went to a Lego workshop.We learned to programme a car to move through a maze of different obstacles. There were two instructors. Their names were Rob and Nicole. We started building the car. We failed half way through and had to start again!!  We then put the controller on the car. After that we had to measure the length of the maze and how far the car needed to travel. Then we had to go back to the computer and programme the car to move through a maze. We had lots of great fun!!! We also learned a lot!!!

On Wednesday, April 13 our class got the opportunity to create a Lego robot car. Rob and Nicole gave us the equipment and a manual to make the robot. There were 46 steps. We finished this in a short amount of time.

After we made our robot car, Rob showed us how to programme our robot car by using a computer. This was a bit complicated but Rob helped us.We then had to measure the maze.

The maze was flat on the floor. We measured the maze then we typed it into the computer to programme the car. We then had to turn the robot on and we got to see it move for the first time!

This was a great experience for everyone , we would definitely try it again!

By Sophie, Orla and David

On the 13th Of April ,we did a Lego workshop in the P.E. hall. We split in to groups. Rob & Nicole (engineers) from  LearnIt , explained what to do and about all the Lego pieces. On the computer there were instructions  on how to build a Lego car. We followed the steps and then about 20 minutes later Rob showed us how to programme it . 

There was a maze for us to navigate after programming the car using the computer. It was a bit like Scratch. After 10 minutes of programming practice we started the challenge through the maze !!

We had to measure the width and length of the maze. Gillian was our math magician for the programming. Ella and Reuben were the people who measured the maze for Gillian, WE MADE IT THE FURTHEST :-)!!!!       It was great FUN :^)

Made By ELLA , REUBEN, GILLIAN :^}

On Wednesday we went to the big hall and met two electronic engineers, Rob and Nicole. They told us that we were doing something like Lego except electronic. They showed us how to start the computer programming. There were online instructions. We made the legs and connected them to the wheels. Then we put on the brain of the robot and connected the legs to the brain. After that we connected the USB to the robot. We then programmed the robot to go around the mat that had a duck tape maze. This was great fun! We got half way through the maze but then we had to go home. We really enjoyed this lesson on electronics and we learned a lot about other robots that can help us in different ways.

Thank you for reading,

Sufti,  Aoife, Katie, and Rebecca.   🙂

This weekend, our three 2nd classes receive their First Holy Communion! They have spent months preparing for this very special time in their lives.

We wish them a wonderful day. We know they will be singing beautiful hymns and the school choir will be supporting them. I wish them the best! God Bless Everyone!

By Conor Murphy

Today, March 9, we did a Seachtain na Gaeilge  event from 1:oo to about 2:30. The band and the audience, and,  of course, Alexandra College were great! I was there playing the keyboard in the band and I thought everybody played and sang Greatly, with a capital G!!! My personal favourite instrument was the harp.  What was yours (if you were there)? Unfortunately, the concert didn’t last  until 3:00 🙁 . However, the concert itself was great. I can’t wait to update you with more info from school!

Today, March 8, was Green Action Day, where we have had one WHOLE HOUR without electricity. HOW DID WE LIVE!?! Anyway,  we had a No Energy Hour which lasted from 11:15 to 12:15. On Monday (yesterday), the Green Schools Committee gave out “GREEN ACTION DAY!” posters which were very,very green ! We hung them up around the school to remind us to save energy! During the day, most 5th classes did the Energy Quiz. I personnelly found it quite hard! I’m interested in learning more about saving energy and the planet!

Fair enough, we’ve only learned the first two parts of the dance but if you look at the photos you can clearly tell that we really are doing very well!