3, 2,1…Blast off!!

The children in Ms Molyneaux, Ms. Mulhern and Mr.McDonnell’s third classes have been very busy at home creating Rockets and design their own paper airplanes. They based their designs on a flying creature of their choice!

We are very proud of the hard work and creativity taking place in your own homes!

Take a look at these lovely creations!

Enjoy!

Even though we can’t be in school, the children of 3rd Class, Rm. 28, have created some fantastic Norman projects. Their teacher, Ms. Molyneaux, is hugely proud of them!

Please have a look at our projects. We really hope you enjoy them!

Our very own school garden has become like a secret garden in the weeks we have been away from school.

While the school community has been in quarantine the garden has quietly grown and blossomed in our absence.

Thanks to Kevin, our fantastic caretaker who has tended to the garden so well, we have footage of how the school garden has been blooming. Click below where some students from Miss Molyneaux’s 3rd class and Mr. Kennedy’s 6th class, take us on a journey through our very own “Secret Garden”.

Remember, remember…. Back in November!

On Friday 22nd November 2019, Bishop Denis celebrated with us. He blessed and officially opened  our wonderful all weather pitch, as well as the fantastic community play ground and the new garden.

That same day we all wore Green & White: The Sallins Colours!

We also met in the Friday group and made Super Fruit Smoothies! Today, 24th April 2020 we are all home schooling. We can still remember friends and look back at hundreds of BLOGS over the past years. Send us your comments and let us know how you are!

Here is a repeat of that day’s recipe: 3rd Class in Room 18.

We followed the recipe in LET’S COOK!

ISBN 978-1-4075-0482-7

For the Berry Smoothie we need:

• 1 banana
• Fresh raspberries and strawberries
• Vanilla Extract
• Milk

For the Yoghurt Smoothie we need:

• 1 banana
• 1 pear
• Apple juice
• Natural yoghurt
• Runny honey

We started by chopping the fruits.

Next, we prepared two jugs: one with milk and vanilla and the other with yoghurt, apple juice and runny honey. Then we put the fruits into the two jugs. We took turns doing the jobs.

With the help of the adults we set up the BLENDER. It was really loud and we watched all the ingredients whiz and swirl together.

TASTING:

We tasted both smoothies. The milk smoothie was very smooth…. and the yoghurt smoothie was really tangy!

We all picked our favourite. Then some of us mixed them together!

It doesn’t have to be summer to enjoy smoothies with friends! Friday was a really wet day! We had all been out to the new all weather pitch in the rain! Bishop Denis blessed and opened the pitch.

Cheers! We are celebrating in Room 18!

NOW! Try these at home as the days are sunnier and we have time to be in the kitchen and the garden! Look back on your favourite blogs and share us your comments please!

Keep safe! Stay home! Wash your hands!

Walk this way…..

We miss being  in school and of course we would normally be planting seeds together and tending the school garden throughout the spring. The Infant classes would be starting to play in the garden at the break-times and classes would be working at the planting boxes and recording all the wonderful new growth… Sadly we cannot be there at present….

Kevin has been tending the garden for us and we send him a very special THANK YOU!

Garden Memories 2018-2019

If you would like to view archived GARDEN posts, type the word

garden

into the search box on the right-hand side of the screen. Click go

Now you can select and view some of our favourite garden blogs.

TAKE CARE!

National Scoot to School Week ran from March 9th to 13th 2020.

We are delighted to see so many people scooting to school especially during Scoot to School week. The Green Schools and Active Schools Committee have been encouraging everybody to travel to school in a green and active way. We are seeing so many more children walking, cycling, scooting, park and striding etc.

Wednesday March 11th was National Scoot to School Day and to mark this we invited all of the children who had scooted to school to join the Green Schools Committee for some scooter playtime in the schoolyard.

We all had lots of fun!!

Remember,

Walking, cycling and all the rest,
Being green is the best.

First Session

Second Session

Last month in our Friday group we made HEART shaped cookies. Your cookies can be any shape. Use the cookie cutters you have at home.

You can follow the recipe and make some lovely cookies for MUM. She might even like to help you in the kitchen!

You will need:

Cookie Dough:

• 250g Plain Flour
• 125g Butter or STORK
• 70g Icing Sugar
• 1tsp Vanilla Essence
• 1tblsp milk to bind
• OVEN 160C for 10 Mins….
• Decorations: Sprinkles, Coloured and Silver Baubles… 100’s and 1000’s!

Set the OVEN to 160C

Cooking Time 10 Mins

• Mix all the ingredients together to make the dough!
• A hand held mixer is great for this.
• Roll out the dough between two pieces of grease proof paper.
• This way the dough does not stick to the rolling pin!
• Cut your cookies: we used HEARTS
• Sprinkle the cookies with decorations
• Bake for 10 minutes!
• Share with MUM!
• HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY 2020!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you all from the Wednesday Band at Sallins National School!

Last Wednesday when the band met for after school rehearsal, it had been decided that the in-school Seachtain na Gaeilge concerts and Céilí would not be held on the Thursday or Friday. This was an important and necessary decision made in light of the Covid-19 situation. We came up with the idea to hold an impromptu concert and Ms. Hennessy recorded our performances!

And now… Specially for St. Patrick’s Day 2020…

Mountains of Pomeroy March

Éamonn na Chnoic

Dirty Old Town

Foggy Dew followed by The Minstrel Boy

The Minstrel Boy

Walshe’s Hornpipe: The Lunch-timers! Well done!

The Rookery Reel: The Lunch-timers:

All of us again!

Sweeney’s Polka & Kerry Polka

Tóg Amach Mé: Thanks to Mr. McDonnell for teaching us this one!

Míle Buíochas Banna Ceoil!

Tosóimid ag seinm ceoil le chéile arís tar éis na  Cásca.

FRIDAY GROUP ROOM 18

Last week we met to cook and complete a grammar quiz…..

While we are all home we can help in the kitchen. Here is a great Google Recipe for a SWEET OMELETTE…

Sweet breakfast omelette. Yes, really! It’s delicious!

Begin by separating the egg yolk and egg white…. Look at our easy way to do this! It works every time!

Whisk the egg whits to a meringue…. The TEST of a job well done is to hold them over someone’s head…. upside down! We did well!

Mix the egg yolks with yogurt and sugar, and then mix with the meringue. It is really fluffy…..

Fry for 5 minutes and place the pan under the grill till golden brown. Share using FRACTIONS! Top with yogurt, fruit and jam. Delicious! Try this at home

Here are the notes and lyrics for Dirty Old Town so you can practice them at home.

Here are the notes and lyrics for Tóg Amach Mé on the Tin Whistle so that you can practice them at home.

After a wonderful day out at The Sound of Music last Thursday we met again to play our pieces and set new goals.

In March we will celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge:

Here is our new SLIP JIG:

First time playing it today….. 🙂

Starting off slowly….. we will build up speed with practice. Thank you Mr Kelly.

Over the past few weeks the Friday Group have been meeting to cook and blog for you some warm snacks to cheer everyone up on the cold winter days.

On Friday last week some of us met to share Hot chocolate and freshly backed brioche.

This week we all met to grill mini Pitta Pizzas from The Book of Children’s Foods: Lorna Rhodes.

This is a step by guide that we followed to make our Pitta Pizzas! They were delicious. We each picked the toppings we liked. Some of us don’t eat meat so we knew to pick the toppings best for us.

TRY THESE PITTA PIZZAS AT HOME….. SO EASY TO MAKE AND DELICIOUS!

Last week some of us were at the Jui-Jitsu while the rest of us met in Room 18. We made hot chocolate and we baked Brioche.

We saved brioche for our friends who were having their turn at the sport. We had our sport turn earlier in the day. Bon Apetite.

Hot Chocolate and Brioche! Warming snack on a cold day!

The band met again: Wednesday 23rd January after school.

We have been working on our Trad Pieces the past two weeks……

Now it’s time again for “The Sound Of Music” Songs.

Next Thursday Choir and Band members will attend the musical at the Bórd Gáis Energy Theatre. We are learning some of the songs in band. So far we play:

• Edelweiss
• Do – A – Deer
• My Favoutite Things….

Today was our first time playing My Favourite Things!

We will be listening out for our favourite songs when we go to the theatre…..

Listen to how well we got on today! Our first time seeing the music and playing this together! Well done everyone!

We invite you to sing along together at home in preparation for the special occasion of the Ceremony of Light. 29th January 2020. We will be singing together on the night.

Opening Song – Gather Round

We gather in body, we gather in mind, In peace and in quiet together to find

God’s Holy Spirit round and about us, Through us, with us and in us.

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Psalm

The Lord is my Light, The lord is my Help, The Lord is my salvation. (X2)

Verse 1

The Lord is my light, My help, my salvation.

Why should I fear, With God I fear no one.

God protects me all my life. With the Lord what should I fear?

Refrain x2

Verse 2

There is one thing I ask of the Lord that I long for, All of my days with God to be dwelling,

Gazing with awe at the beauty of God, And in wonder look on God’s house.

Refrain x2

I know I will live to see the Lord’s goodness, Now, in this life I’m sure I will see it.

Trust in the Lord, be strong and be brave; Wait in hope for God, our salvation.

Refrain x2

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Christ Be My Light

Longing for light, we wait in darkness. Longing for truth, we turn to you.

Make us your own, your holy people. Light of the world to see.

Christ be our light!  Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness

Christ be our light! Shine in your Church gathered today.

Longing for peace, our world is troubled. Longing for hope, many despair.

Your word alone has power to save us. Make us your living voice.

Christ be our light!  Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness

Christ be our light! Shine in your Church gathered today.

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Moving On Up!

I was blind, But now I see! You made a believer,Out of me!

Said I was blind, But now I see! You made a believer, Out of me!

And I’m moving on up now, Out of the darkness!

My light shines on, My light shines on, My light shines on!

Verse 2

I was lost, But now I’m found! I believe in you, Ain’t got no bounds!

Said I was lost, But now I’m found! I believe in you, Ain’t got no bounds!

And I’m moving on up now, Out of the darkness!

My light shines on, My light shines on, My light shines on!

Yes I’m moving on up now, Out of the darkness!

My light shines on, My light shines on, My light shines on!

The Mountains of Pomeroy:

Everyone playing together.

This is our new piece WEDNESDAY 15th January.

Well done everyone!

We can practice at home!

See you next week: Trad Pieces and A new piece from The Sound of Music!

Today after school The Band met and started preparations for this term’s events. Mr. Kelly had 2 new POLKAS ready for us to learn. Some players who also play in Trad Groups know these pieces and helped us all!

A POLKA can be very fast! So… today we decided:

SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE! (Aesop’s Fables)

We recorded our slow polkas so we can all practice at home. ENJOY!

POLKA 1: Sweeney’s Polka

Polka 2: The Kerry Polka

See you all again next Wednesday!

Ms.Molyneaux’s 3rd Class’ Art can be seen in a recent post.

Blogged by Craig, Rm.28.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Today we decorated Christmas Tree Cookies for our families.

First we each counted the people in our family with cubes. Then we traded each cube for a cookie! Like shopping!

Some of us had less cookies than others so we decided to have a fair share ……. like in DIVISION. We are learning about division in Maths. It’s all about fair sharing….. sometimes there might be cookies left over!

So we looked at who had the MOST cookies and we all matched this number.

Now each of us has 6 cookies!

We saved 6 cookies for one of our friends who was not at school today.

Once we each had 6 cookies we melted the chocolate “Bain Marie” (in a bowl over hot water). Next we spread the melted chocolate on the cookies and decorated them with sprinkles. We prepared boxes and gift tags!

HAPPY COOKIE CHRISTMAS!

from Room 18

Christmas has arrived in Rm.28!

Blogged by Craig, Rm.28.

Léigh le chéile sa bhaile.

Photography and Blog by Craig Rm.28

Click on the video and you can practice our slow air for the concert.

Remember … it is SLOW 🙂

See you all next week!

Our practice pieces are:

• Slow Air
• Edelweiss
• Do a Deer
• Silver Bells

This week’s reading is brought to you by Rm. 28. This piece was read by Harry, Amelia and Oran.

Cabhraíonn sé go mór leis an léitheoireacht. Bainigí úsáid as!

Welcome to our blog this week.

Today we met to prepare fresh pasta and to play UNO.

See how we got on.

To make the dough you need: 3 eggs, 2 cups of plain flour, a pinch of salt and a tablespoon of cooking oil. Mrs Macnamara made the dough earlier and showed us the photos!

We flattened and stretched the dough by turning it through the roller machine. Then we attached the cutting rollers and rolled it through again and it came out in thin strips. It was fun to do!

Mrs. Clancy helped us cook the fresh pasta. While it was cooking we played a game of UNO. It’s a great card game. We have to get rid of our cards and say UNO when we have just one card left. Pádraig was first get rid of all his cards! 🙂 When play stops the rest of us add up our card numbers! Maths is everywhere! It is in the cooking and the card games!

Serve with cheese and tomato sauce and eat with friends! Bon appetite!

Room 18

Here are some examples of our procedural writing pieces ‘Making Rice Crispie Buns.’

We composed these with our partners but the next ones you will see, we will have written them independently.

We hope you like them!

Arrays are ways of helping you to count visually, in particular, for multiplication: repeated addition.

Léitheoireacht i Rang a Trí

Léamh le chéile sa bhaile.

We followed the recipe in LET’S COOK!

ISBN 978-1-4075-0482-7

For the Berry Smoothie we need:

• 1 banana
• Fresh raspberries and strawberries
• Vanilla Extract
• Milk

For the Yoghurt Smoothie we need:

• 1 banana
• 1 pear
• Apple juice
• Natural yoghurt
• Runny honey

We started by chopping the fruits.

Next, we prepared two jugs: one with milk and vanilla and the other with yoghurt, apple juice and runny honey. Then we put the fruits into the two jugs. We took turns doing the jobs.

With the help of the adults we set up the BLENDER. It was really loud and we watched all the ingredients whiz and swirl together.

TASTING:

We tasted both smoothies. The milk smoothie was very smooth…. and the yoghurt smoohtie was really tangy!

We all picked our favourite. Then some of us mixed them together!

It doesn’t have to be summer to enjoy smoothies with friends! Friday was a really wet day! We had all been out to the new all weather pitch in the rain! Bishop Denis blessed and opened the pitch.

Cheers! We are celebrating in Room 18!

Try these yummie smoothies at home.

Hello to all our BAND members!

We have started practicing again and we have lots of new members. We are all learning together and have started 3 new pieces:

• Éamonn an Chnoic – Ned of the Hill (A Slow Air)
• Do a Deer….. From: The Sound of Music
• Edelweiss: Also from The Sound of Music

We have just started! Listen to how we are doing and when we have more practices we will record again!

Thank you for Listening…..

Éamonn an Chnoic

Do a Deer!

Edelweiss (we have learned part of this piece)

We’ll be back soon…….

https://www.theydrawandcook.com/illustrations/4521-kids-french-toast

Today we gathered all the ingredients and things we need to make FRENCH TOAST. We decided to call it “Friendship Toast”. You can visit this website and you can follow our picture collages of how we worked together to make Friendship Toast! Try it at home. It’s YUM!

We needed:

• 4 eggs
• 2 cap fulls of vanilla extract
• A small jug of milk
• Slices of bread
• Butter for frying

STEP 1: Mix the eggs, vanilla and milk….

STEP 2: Cut the bread shapes and dip soak them in the egg mixture.

STEP 3; Fry and serve! Bon Appetite!

For serving we had:

• Jam
• Honey
• Powder Sugar

ENJOY!

Please comment on our recipe!

See you next time

3rd Class: Room 18

Friday 8th November 2019

Today our Make and Do Together group learned the game rules for PARTY Monopoly.

While learning and playing, we also popped POPCORN from kernels .

The old fashioned way.

The POT…. The KERNELS……. OIL…..HEAT!

It was fun to see the popcorn pop through the glass lid!

Party Monopoly is fun for all. Try out these activities at home!

Send us your comments!

3rd Class in Room 18.

Look through our photo gallery to see how we worked and played together…….

The Friday group met again to play UNO… our rules!

Today we baked some butter cookies while we played and are taking them home!

We did a taste test of course!Yum!

Walk along the 3rd and 4th class corridor and view the wonderful art work. 

Visit the GALLERY below to see some of our September/October Art Displays.

Send us your comments….

Enjoy our work….

The Garden Club:The Garden Club met this week to celebrate our work and taste the foods we are growing

Menu:

• Our Home Grown Potato Salad
• Leafy Green Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing
• Leek, Potato and Spring Onion Soup
• Strawberries and Ice Cream.

There are cabbages, kale and peas growing in the garden as well as the foods we cooked today.

We had a lovely afternoon………..

Come and join us next year……

We are learning some more pieces for BAND

We are getting there! We’ll practice altogether next week!

Here’s how we are managing ….

Click on the link to hear us play:

Also we can listen to George Ezra to help us with the pace for this piece….

We started “I Can’t Help Falling in Love…….

The Celtic Folk Rock Band version can help us with this one!

Wise Me Say…..

We are practicing for a final end of year performance!

This evening we gathered in the School Garden to remember our  friends  and family who are missed in Sallins National School.

They are forever in the Garden…..

We will never forget.

Today we played Monopoly Party. Following game instructions! Taking turns! Spending time with friends. Learning and having fun together.

Here are some moments from our game!

These are the rules!

Here is how our game looked when the time was up! We all did well and it was fun.

It would be fun to play with the family too.

Happy Holiday weekend everyone.

Friday Maths and Skills Group

Today is May Day. It is summertime in the garden.

The Garden Club met in the School Garden after school and got some great planting, weeding, drawing  and painting done! Very relaxing in the sunshine too!

View our GALLERY of today’s activities. We all had a lovely time. The garden is looking wonderful too!

In March and April we are planting out our , vegetable seedlings, potatoes, sunflower seeds and caring for and watering the new plants. There is so much work to be done and we are very busy on Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 4 pm.

Planting in March

Kevin helped us plant a SUNFLOWER THEATER!

A h-aon

A dó

A trí…..