1st Class Christmas Performance 2014

1st Class are very excited about their Christmas Performance tomorrow morning at 10.15am.
We have practiced very hard over the past few weeks and we hope to have a big audience watching us.

Frosty the Snowman

First Class have been learning some new Christmas songs for their performance on the 17th of December.
You can sing along at home.

Sleepy Animals

First Class have been learning all about hibernating animals. As the days grow colder some animals,  like the hedgehog, dormouse, frog and bat will prepare for a long sleep by eating lots of food. When they hibernate their heartbeat slows down. We look forward to seeing these animals again when they wake in spring. 

In Drama we pretended we were hedgehogs eating lots of food and collecting leaves in preparation for hibernation. 

Let's get the Yellow Flag for Ravenswell!

We are delighted to announce that Ravenswell is one of 15 schools in Ireland taking part in the Yellow Flag Programme 2014-2015.

 

What is the Yellow Flag Programme?

The Yellow Flag is a year long programme that celebrates diversity and different cultures.

Over the year we will be working through the 8 Steps of the programme to further develop our welcoming and diverse school. 

 

The 8 Steps of the programme are:

 

 

1. Intercultural and Anti-Racism Training for Staff and Management
   2. Going beyond the School’s Walls: Engaging with the Community
   3. Establishing a Diversity Committee
   4. Conducting an Intercultural Review
   5. Formulating an Action Plan for a Diverse School
   6. Monitoring and Evaluation and Information Dissemination-
   7. Curriculum work-
   8. Production of a Diversity Code and Anti Racist Policy for the school

We are currently on Step 4-The Intercultural Review. Children from 2nd-6th as well as every parent in the school received a questionnaire- thank you for completing these! :)

Keep an eye on the class blogs as well as the Yellow Flag Noticeboard (outside Room 5) for the results of the questionnaires. These will help us in our next step- creating an action plan for a diverse school.

It is sure to be an exciting year as we work towards achieving our Yellow Flag- there will fun events and opportunities for parents to get involved as we celebrate our multicultural school.

Amazing Attendance!

Well done to all the boys and girls in Ms O'Brien's class who received certificates for full attendance during the month of October. Super stuff!!!

Halloween Fancy Dress

Well done to all the children in Ms. Keane's class who dressed up on the last day before midterm. We raised lots of money for Temple Street.

Well done Ciara!

We are very proud of our classmate, Ciara Gorman,  who won a prize in the Bray Drug Awareness Competition.  Ciara drew a gorgeous picture with a positive life message and received her prize at a ceremony during the week.

Happy Halloween!!!

Friday was a very exciting day in Ms O'Brien 's class! We celebrated Halloween by holding a Trick or Treat party for Temple Street. Well done to everyone on the huge efforts put into the costumes - everybody looked fantastic!  A special mention must go to Tristan and Séan who won Best Dressed for their Boxtrolls costumes! We had a special treat in the afternoon when we made chocolate apples!  Have a great mid-term everyone!

Halloween Night

Here is our favourite Halloween song in Ms. Keane's class

The lifecycle of a Pumpkin

Have a look at what Ms. Keane's class have been learning this week about Pumpkins.
We even learned a song about how they grow. The link is below

Halloween Preparation

1st and 2nd class had a talk from Garda Suzanne and Jennifer on Monday about keeping safe around Halloween. Some things we learned were;
1. Keep a safe distance from the Bonfire and don't touch sparklers or fireworks.
2. Go Trick or Treating with an adult
3. Always look left and right when crossing the road, especially when wearing a mask.

Maths fun in 1st Class

Well done to our Friday Maths Champ from Ms. Keane's class. We all had a really fun week doing fun maths games, trails, and art work.

Pizza Party

1st class were so lucky to have a pizza treat today.

Thursday Maths Champ

Well done to our 1st class Maths champ for Thursday. Maths week is very exciting here in Ravenswell.

Shapes and numbers everywhere!!!

Ms O'Brien's class have been spending lots of time out of the classroom this week - it has been great fun! We followed up our '2-D Shape Hunt' with a Maths Trail. Who knew maths was so important - it's everywhere! Check out the blog on Friday to see a picture of our 'Maths Week' champions.

Wednesday Maths Champ

Well done to Wednesday's Maths Champ in Ms. Keane's class. Keep up the good work everyone!

Days of the week

Ms. Keane's class love this song!

Tuesday's Maths Champion

Well done to today's Maths Champion in Ms. Keane's Class
We are all trying our best this week in Maths and we hope to have more news tomorrow on Wednesday's champion.

Maths Fun

Congratulations to Faith, our Maths Champion for Monday. We all tried our best today and had lots of fun with some new maths games in class.

Maths Week

We are going to have so much fun this week with Maths. We are experimenting with maths art, we are playing lots of maths games and singing lots of songs involving maths. Here is a song that Ms. Keane's class enjoyed today.

Abstract Artists!

In art class we learned about Wassily Kandinsky, a famous Russian artist. He wanted people to enjoy colour and shapes in his art. He believed that art didn't need to look like things in real life and he was the first famous abstract artist. We used watercolours and circles to create this colourful painting. Isn't it beautiful?!

Autumn

Ms. Keane's 1st class are learning lots about autumn this month and are learning lots of songs and poems. We are listening to autumn stories and we are collecting leaves and autumn fruits for our investigation area. Have a look at some of our autumn artwork.

New skills

Ms. Keane's 1st class were learning lots of new skills in GAA this week. We learned how to do a GAA rabbit jump and we also learned how to catch the ball using our "W" hands. Have a look at how good we are ...