Sallins National School

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Lego is a great way to follow picture instructions!

The LEGO City directions booklet is a great way to follow instructions step by step. It helps us to organise our work and complete a task in a set time!

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63rd Texaco Children’s Art Competition Winners Announced ​

CONGRATULATIONS to AOIFE & EMILY!

Both girls are in Senior Infants, Sallins National School and they entered the 63rd TEXACO Children’s Art Competition along with lots of the pupils in the school.

Aoife and Emily both won Special Merit Awards in Category F – 6 Years and Under.

We are very proud of you, Emily and Aoife! Congratulations from EVERYONE here in Sallins National School.

To view the winning pictures on the TEXACO ART COMPETITION WEBSITE CLICK:

Texaco Childrens Art

Aoife and Emily have shared some lovely photographs of the Awards Ceremony. Ryan Tubridy presented them with their certificates and prizes, on May 25th, at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Well Done Girls

 

Many of us will remember that Alicja, who is now in Senior Infants too, won a special merit award this time last year in the 62nd TEXACO Children’s Art Competition.

To look back at Alicja’s Winning Picture and Celebrations Click on the link below

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Jack and Conor: 3rd Class, Room 27 working with Aoife and Emily: Senior Infants, Room 5

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Students Teaching Teachers! Swiss Roll Cake for Special Occasions.

SWISS ROLL!

READY! STEADY! COOK! … WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM US!

Today we had a plan!

We made a Jam Swiss Roll. We photographed every step!

Isabelle was our official photographer today. This blog is for our teachers.

Everyone has special days to celebrate and we promised some teachers we would make a step by step

‘How to make a special cake!’

We presented this cake to a teacher who asked for our help!

Good Luck making this at home EVERYONE!

Celebrate!

To see the recipe we followed click on the cake …..                                       

Now view our photo gallery to see how we made the celebration cake!

We used MATHS to change the recipe to 4 eggs, 100 g sugar, 100 g flour and baking powder and vanilla essence.

STEPS:

  • Mix eggs and sugar until creamy and full of bubbles
  • Use the sieve to add the flour
  • Fold in the flour with a metal spoon
  • Pour into the lined/buttered Swiss roll tin
  • Bake for 12 to 15 minutes
  • Turn out onto sugared paper
  • Spread on the filling
  • It can be jam, fruit, cream…..
  • Roll up and decorate!
  • Enjoy 😊

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Thursday Computer Club!

HI!

Over the past few weeks the After School Computer Club members have been designing and programming virtual fidget spinners using SCRATCH! Here is one design that has been uploaded to the SCRATCH website.

If you CLICK on the Fidget Spinner below you will link to view one of our team’s Virtual Fidget Spinners in action:

Watch the Sallins School Blog for more SCRATCH projects!

Don’t forget to post comments!

 

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Garden Club Gallery of Growth 24th May 2017

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Summer Sun and planting at the Garden Club: 24th May 2017

On Wednesday 24th May we planted out lettuce and cabbages and we started sprouting seeds: cress, mustard, lettuce mung beans and chickpeas. We also collected herbs from the sensory garden to make bouquet garni. Our potatoes are growing so well in the bins. See us at work in the GALLERY of the Garden!

 

 

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LEGO CREATOR 3 in 1: THE HELICOPTER!

We made the BOAT! We made the PLANE!

We made a 3 in 1 HELICOPTER today!

Room 18:  Seán and Isabelle.

Follow our picture gallery.

LEGO is great for friends!

  

 

 

 

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A Trip to the School Garden!

A Trip to the School Garden!

We were at the school garden today and took some pictures of plants and flowers. Look at the variety  of beautiful colours!

by Sophie and Eiryn

 

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STRESSED? FEELING FIDGETY? MAKE THESE STRESS BALLS IN BRIGHT COLOURS… WE DID!

Ms Kelly told us about this video.

After we watched the video we worked together and we each made a stress/exercise ball of our choice. We picked our colours first!

Look at our photo log to see how we made them. They turned out great! We think you will like them too!

Try them at home.

You need:

  • Plastic bottles
  • Balloons
  • Flour
  • You can make a paper cone to put into the bottle top and spoon the flour into the bottle through the cone.

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1st class investigate minibeasts in the school garden.

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Advice form the Garden Club 17th May! “Be Like a Sunflower! Grow like a Pumpkin!”

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Advice form the Garden Club 17th May!

“Be Like a Sunflower! Grow like a Pumpkin!”

Today in the Garden Club everyone planted a sunflower seed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also! We planted pumpkin seeds!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It didn’t rain, So we were able to do our planting out doors. We put our seeds in the poly-tunnel and our potatoes are growing big outdoors in the bins! We planted out our beetroot seedlings in the new raised beds. We checked our tepee-peas!  All well! See you next time!

The Gardeners!

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Summer Comes Indoors to Sallins 3rd Class Corridor!

SUMMER IS INDOORS ON THE 3rd CLASS CORRIDOR!

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DEBATING TRIP TO MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY

On the 10th of February the debating team (Orla, Sophie, Gillian, Conor, Ailbhe and Bernard) went to Maynooth University to watch the debating final. When we first arrived the hall was not available so we got a tour of the university first. After about half an hour we went to the Aula Maxima where the debating would commence.

The first debate was the plate final. The topic was ‘Should child labour be a necessity in developing countries’. The opposing team won this debate. The second debate was the cup final also on this topic. The proposing team won this debate. It was a very tight debate and both the teams had brilliant points. After the debate we were presented a certificate for our school and individually.

It was a great day and a good learning experience for the whole team!

– By Orla ,Gillian and Sophie. Rang a 6.

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What’s Happening At Garden Club? 10th May 2017. Take a Look!

THE GARDEN CLUB!

WEDNESDAY 10th MAY 2017

Hello again!

Today we planted peas in ‘Half Pipe Flower Beds’!

 

We collected summer garden colour swatches!

 

We went walking in our school garden and looked at all the planting and growing! We checked how our potatoes, tepee-peas and mangetout are doing. We saw that lots more planting is going on at school every day…… strawberries and sunflowers!

We checked out the poly-tunnel and can see that the plants are growing so quickly in the heat! 

WAY TO GROW SALLINS!

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The Garden Club: Peas & Tepees!

On Wednesday 3rd May, The Garden Club made tepees from garden canes, and planted out the pea and mangetout seedlings that we started with on our first garden gathering.

First we built the tepee! Six sticks standing strong! Tied together at the tips!

Tie twine tightly to the tepee from the base to the top! Like a web.

Dig planting holes at the base of each tepee stick and plant the pea and mangetout seedlings, biodegradable pots and all.

Make sure the seedlings are settled and secure in the soil. Now water them!

Job well done! Now we will care for them and watch them grow!

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May Day! Garden Club Summer Swatches!

 

On Wednesday 3rd May The Garden Club went walking in the beautiful School Garden. Look at the colour swatches we collected! Summer has arrived in Sallins!

 

 

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Rag Day Fruit Kebab’s (And a Fruit Feast.)

Enjoy the fruit kebabs!… We did!

 

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POSTER COMPETITION!!

To promote awareness and support of our campaign for an All Weather pitch at our school, we are having a poster competition.

The competition is open to all pupils in the school.

Be sure to include our Field Campaign slogan;

‘Soccer, Gaelic, rugby and all the rest, an All Weather pitch would be the best!’

Entries will be collected by committee members next Monday, 8th May. Posters can be A4 or A3 size (preferrably A3).

Go n-éirí an t-ádh leat!

P.S. Don’t forget to ask your friends and family to support our online petition.

 

The Field Committee.

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Building a LEGO plane!

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Cross Country – History in the Making!

Our cross country teams made school history at the County Kildare Cross Country Championship on 6th April when they took home their first ever team medals at this event.

 

The boys race was first and two teams represented the school against over 150 boys from across the county. They all ran a fantastic race. The boys ‘A’ team came first overall and got our first ever cup in this event.

The girls race was up next and they ran against over 150 girls in a very competitive race. They did great as well with the girls ‘A’ team coming in second place overall. 3 of our girls even came in the top ten!

Well done to all of the boys and girls who took part, as well as those who were injured and who trained for the event but weren’t there on the day. St. Laurence’s Abú!

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The Garden Club: April Scavenger Hunt: See What We Found!

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