SPACE WEEK : 4TH - 8TH OCTOBER 2021

Wow, what a fantastic week we had for Space Week.  The children in Junior & Senior Infants learned all about astronauts and rockets.  They had great fun colouring them in and cutting them out.  They made "silly solar systems".  They read stories and poems about space.  In first and second class they made supersonic rockets and my goodness they really did "blast off!"  They also wrote about their own, original planets and made some rocket art.  In third and fourth class, they learned about the science of "Thrust" and they watched their balloon rocket zoom across a string as the air escaped.  They too designed stunning planets.  In 5th and 6th class, the children were delighted to receive a beautiful picture of the moon taken for us by Blackrock Castle Observatory.  They made incredible 3D planets with papier maché.  The school "Conversation Coaxer" table had a 3D depiction of the planets in our solar system using fruit and vegetables.   Mind you, there was some problems with certain planets finding their way into some teacher's lunches!!!!!!