Holiday Wishes!

Today was our last day at school, and we had a great time! I really hope you all had a good year and I would like to thank you all for your cards, notes, drawings and gifts. You were all so thoughtful! I am really going to miss the very special class I had this year!!  I hope that  you all enjoy the holidays!!

P.S. Keep watching the blog during the week. I'll be putting up our school tour video!!! 

Slan Anois,

Mr. O' Regan

The Solar System

This week we are learning about all the other planets that are around the Earth. These planets are in our solar system. Here is a website that will show you all of the planets. Click here to learn about them. Mommy or Daddy might have to help you read about the planets.

World Book Day 2012

To celebrate world book day we dressed up as some of our favourite characters from books. From Batman to Bieber everybody had great fun. We talked about our favourite books and then we went to the library to hear a few stories.
Can you remember the name of the books we read at the library?
Who were the characters in them?

Each child has been been given a book voucher to celebrate world book day. This voucher can be used in most book stores, so get out and start reading!

Here is a video of how the day went. Hope you enjoy

Random collections.

This week we began to sort random collections. We used bottle caps to sort collections into different groups.
One property collections - these were collections of caps with one thing in common.
Two property collections - these were collections of caps with two things in common.
Three property collections - these were collections of caps with three things in common.
Four property collections - these were collections of caps with four things in common.

There are four rules for sorting collections, they are;
Size

Colour

Texture

Shape


Why dont you collect different things at home and sort them into collections using these four rules??

A world of Imagination. Sketching and painting the playground using pointillism.

Pointillism is a new way of painting we discovered this week. It is simple to do. All you need is some paint and some cotton buds. Then you dot your picture to fill in the colours you like. Simple!! Hope you enjoy the video!

Update on our flowers.

In class we have planted flowers. They have began to bud. Do you know what our flowers look like??

We have also brought home our won sunflowers. You can e-mail your teacher a picture of your sunflower as it grows to scoilbhrideteacher@gmail.com and it will be put up here on our blog.

Flower power.

This week we learned all about a flower.  We found out that a flower grows from a bulb and needs lots of light and water to grow. We are going to plant out own sunflower in class next week and we will keep you updated on how it grows.  Here is a link to a game we play in class. There is also a quiz you can take. Try it and tell Mr. O Regan what score you get in school tomorrow.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants_fs.shtml

Mó Lollipop.

Pizza time.

This week the Scoil Bhríde Smarties made pizza in class. We used ingredients to make the dough. These were strong flour, olive oil, yeast and water. We were very careful when making the dough and made sure to wash our hands before we kneaded the dough.
Here is a good song that might help you remember how to wash your hands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxlQn7KaCNU

Here is how we made the pizza... hope you enjoy!

Our favourite.

This week we talked about about favourite things in maths. Here are three charts that we made during the week. Why don't you ask yourself these questions about each chart?


How many children liked each thing on the chart?
What was the most popular? 
What was the least popular?
What was your favourite?

Maybe you can make your own chart at home by counting up how many knives, forks and spoon are in the cutlery drawer? Please bring it in to school and we will have a look at it in class.
Enjoy,
Mr. O' Regan

Halloween 2011.

This last week we had a very good time at school. It was Halloween and we got to dress up as monsters, ghosts, witches and all sorts of scary people. Teachers turned into pirates, vampires werewolves and witches. It must have been the scariest day ever at Scoil Bhríde!!

Here is a little video of how our week went.

Readers beware...you're in for a scare!!!!

2nd and 3rd Class football league in Tullamore.

This week saw Scoil Bhríde Primary School boys play in the schools first ever football blitz. Scoil Bhríde picked a team of second and third class boys to compete against the third and fourth class children from around the county. This age gap didn’t seem to bother our boys however, as they put on an excellent display of football and showed an admirable amount of discipline. Tullamore Town Football Club hosted the event which took place on their astro-turf pitches.

Scoil Bhríde got off to a flying start against Clara with scores coming from Adam 
McGlade, Joe Bergin, Jim Bergin and Séan Mustapha, while Robbie Rolandi and Mark O’ 
Leary stood like a brick wall in the line of defence. Gavin Kelly, Jake Connolly, Jason McNamara, Stephen Davey and Aleksss Dinsbergs all played a vital role as they freshened up the side. However the final two minutes saw the tides turn when Clara managed to slot away two goals, enough for them to take home the victory and beat Scoil Bhríde by one single point.

The next match saw Scoil Bhríde play Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada. Scoil Bhríde began with much the same style and charisma as they did in the first game. Joe Bergin slotted in a couple of early goals, however it was the solid hands of Jacob ‘Kuba’ Golack that drove the Edenderry side on. Goals and points came sailing between the Gaelscoil posts from all angles, as Jack Hooper hit one of the scores of the match. There was no doubt that Scoil Bhríde were the better side and they proved this on the day.

Scoil Colm Poil would prove to be Scoil Bhrídes toughest opponents, however the sides traded scores for almost the whole match. Gavin Kelly came on to put away an inspirational goal, but even this was not enough to put away the home side. Scoil Bhríde narrowly missed out on the victory.

An enjoyable day was had by both teachers and children attending the blitz. We would like to thank the second and third class of Scoil Bhríde for their excellent behaviour on the day. The referees were very impressed that the discipline that the school showed on and off the field. We would like to thank Alan Mulhall for all his efforts in organising the blitz and we would also like to thank all the boys and girls who are playing on the lunchtime league. During the year all of these children will get a chance to shine and hopefully represent the school in more football competitions.

Mr. O’ Regan and Mr. Spain

Scoil Bhríde mini sevens team 2011.

Is crann láidir mé.

Is crann láidir mé, mo chosa sa chré,
Mo ghéaga ag luascadh,
Go bríomhar sa ghaoth.

Na duilleoga glasa ag damhsa go gasta,
Is mé atá sásta,
Is crann láidir mé

Rógairí ag Spraoi

Feach ar seo.
Ár fiseán Gaeilga nua.

Mom or Dad might help you remember the poem. These are the words...

Aon, dó, aon, dó, trí -
Rógairí ag déanamh spraoi.
Aon, dó, aon, dó, trí –
Piliúirí ag na rógairí.
Siar is aniar leis na pilliúirí,
Sall is anall leis na rógairí
Umf! Amf! Hí! Hí! Hí!
Seachain, seachain na piliúirí.
Aon, dó, aon, dó, trí -
Rógairí ag déanamh spraoi.
Aon, dó, aon, dó, trí –
Piliúirí ag na rógairí.
Féach anois, Phléasc na piliúirí!
Cleití, cleití ar fud an tí.
Umf! Amf! Hí! Hí! Hí!
Rógairí ag déanamh spraoi.

Trees.

Last week we went out into the field to look at some trees. We found a big tree with big roots going into the ground. The tree had branches and twigs and leaves. The tree had a bark that made up part of the trunk.

If you want to learn a little more about trees there are some great worksheets here on the Coillte website.
Click here------ http://www.coillte.ie/coillteforest/environment/learn_about_trees/junior_and_senior_infants/
Best of luck,
Mr. O' Regan

Edenderry, the senior football county champions!!

Last week the Edenderry football team came in to visit us in Scoil Bhríde. They had just won the senior football county final. That means that they are the best team in Offaly. They brought in the Dowling cup that they won and talked to all of us.
The Scoil Bhride Smarties would like to wish Edenderry football team the best of luck when they play Athy next month.
Thanks for coming,
Mr. O' Regan

The cat in the hat.

Attention all Scoil Bhríde Smarties!

If you click below you will find a link to the cat in the hat website. We have been reading all about this crazy cat in school, here you can play games about the cat in the hat and discover lots of new characters. All of the books recommended on this website are fun way of learning to read. If you see any of these books in shops they would be well worth picking up! :)

P.S. cat in the hat is also on D.V.D.

Enjoy the game.

Mr O' Regan

http://www.seussville.com

European Language day 2011

This week we made designs using three colours of paint, yellow, red and blue. If you look closely you can see the different colours that these paints made when they were mixed together.

We also learned to say some of our favourite things in Polish. If you take a look at the video you will see just a few of these.

School Tour to 'Tayto Park' 2011

From rope ladders to ab-sailing the smarties did it all on their school tour, and we even had time to learn a little bit about the 2 million Taytos that are made in Ashbourne Co. Meath each day!!
We all enjoyed the day, and had our fill of Taytos too!

Take a look at our video and maybe you can tell you're parents a little bit about your day.
Why dont you write a recount story about the day, dont forget to use the our headings;
Title;
Setting,
Event
Conclusion.
Hope you enjoy the video....
p.s. you can practise you're shuffling at home to the music!!

Intercultural Day 2011

Today Scoil Bhríde Primary School celebrated 'Intercultural Day'. Each class leraned about some of the different cultures from continents accross the globe. Can you remember anything about the following cultures;

The Mafi Tribe

The Egyptians

South Africa

Australia

America

China.

Then each class was put under the spotlights, as they sang an read poems from all the different countries we had learned about. Take a look at this video we have made to see more!!