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Tom, Anthony and Darragh here. We will tell you about Spain. Spain is a hot country. The Spanish name for Spain is Espana.

Have a look at the map below.

The capital of Spain is Madrid.

.....Can you find it on the map?

Spain produces a large quantity of onions.

Spain has bullfighting. Bullfighting is dangerous as people get on top of the bulls.

Here are some photographs.

Tapas bars are very popular in Spain. You get many small dishes of food. Foods like olives, peppers, prawns, chorizo, anchoives and cheeses.

We learnt about Paella. Thanks so much to Doireann who brought us in the receipe! We might try it at home. Have a look.

Here are some photographs of tapas.

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Spain- Rachel, Ruth, Sally

27/3/2014

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Hi our names are Rachel, Ruth and Sally and we are going to tell you about Spain.

Three countries border Spain. In the North East you find France and Andorra. To the west of Spain you find Portugal.

Find them on our map.

Read our facts about Spain.

1. In Spain there is a tooth mouse in stead of a tooth fairy .

2. In Spain they have bullfighting. In bullfighting when the bull gets tired the men have to kill it.

3. Spanish is not only spoken in Spain but across they hole wide world.

4. In Spain there are Flamenco dancing.

5. In Spain they have green light on the taxi's roof.

6. In Spain they have Siestas. Siesta is when you go to sleep and rest during the afternoon. They go inside because this is the hottest time of the day.

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Caitheamh Aimsire - Doireann, Albina, Ayushi

26/3/2014

Hi our names are Doireann and Albina and Ayushi.
In Irish we are learning about Caitheamh Aimsire.

Is mise Doireann.
Is maith liom bheith ag damsha.
Is aoibheann liom bheith ag camogaíocht.

Albina is ainm dom.
Is maith liom bheith ag snamh.
Is brea liom bheith ag éisteacht le ceol.

Is mise Ayushi.
Is aoibheann liom bheith ag seinm ceol ar an bpiano.
Is maith liom bheith ag rothaíocht.

Is aoibheann linn bheith ag scríobh agus ag léamh i rang a haon.

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Ireland V Australia - Megan, Holly, Emily

26/3/2014

Hi it's Megan, Holly and Emily here and we are here to talk about Ireland and Australia.

Here are some differences .....

1. When it is morning in Ireland it is night in Australia. Ireland is in the northern hemisphere. Australia is in the southern hemisphere.

2. In Australia it is hot and in Ireland it is cold.

3. Australia and Ireland are two different countries. Australia is a bigger country than Ireland.

We are from Ireland and Holly is from Australia. We have another boy in the class from Australia and his name is Tom.

Look at the map below to learn more about Australia ....

Let's talk about school ....

We are going to talk about school in Australia. Holly thinks school is very different here in Ireland than it was when she was in Australia.

1. You only get homework on Monday and you have the whole week to get it finished. In Ireland we get homework every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We have to do it that night and bring it into teacher the next day.

2. In Australia we go to school when people in Ireland are asleep.

3. In Australia we go to school at 8.30am but in Ireland we go to school at 8.50am.

4. In Ireland we learn Irish but in Australia they only speak English.

If you know any other differences please let us know by posting a comment!

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Easter - Karl, Luke, Thomas

25/3/2014

Hi our names are Karl, Luke and Thomas. We are going to tell you about Easter. Here are some words we learned about Easter.

eggs
bunny
hunt
chocolate
nest
basket
burrow
rabbit
Easter Sunday
Good Friday

Here are some photos associated with Easter.

We are getting Easter eggs. We are getting two weeks off school. Easter is now just over two weeks away.

Next week we are getting an Easter tree into our classroom. We will decorate it with eggs. We will also learnt about Jesus and the Easter Story.

How much do you know about Easter?

Click on the buttons below to try some quizzes .

Easter Quiz 1

Easter Quiz 2

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Gaelic Football - Matthew, Gavin, Harry

24/3/2014

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Lots of our international visitors to our blog have been asking us what G.A.A., hurling and Gaelic football are.

We decided we would write three blogs post about the G.A.A. this week. Here is the first about Gaelic football.

Hi my name is Matthew. My parthner's names are Gavin and Harry. Gaelic football is a sport by the G.A.A. They are the Gaelic Athletic Association. They look after all the sports in Ireland.

Gaelic football is played by using a ball. If you kick it into the goal you get 3 points. You can also kick the ball over the bar for 1 point.

Each team wears a jersey. On the field there will be two jerseys, one light and one dark colour.

Look below to see the crest of our local G.A.A. club St. Brigid's. This is the crest we have on our jerseys when we play a match.

Here is Croke Park. All the important matches are played here. It is in Dublin.

This is the Sam Maguire cup. You get the cup when you win the All Ireland football final. We won the Sam Maguire in 2014 in the final in Croke Park.

This is the Dublin crest. This is the symbol that the Dublin team wear on their jerseys.

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Hurling - Philip, Finn

24/3/2014

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Lots of our international visitors to our blog have been asking us what G.A.A., hurling and Gaelic football are.

We decided that we would write three blogs post about the G.A.A. this week. Here is the second about hurling.

Our names are Finn and Philip. Hurling is a sport only played in Ireland. You have a hurley and a helmet. You play with a really small ball. It's called a sliothar. Look down to see them all in the picture.

You play against your opponents. We do hurling at our club. Our team is called St. Brigid's. This is the crest.

In a hurling match you play for 70 minutes. We play for shorter because we are young. There are two halves in a match. We have a break between the halves. Our manager is called Ronan. We train during the week or in the mornings.

We play matches at the weekends. Here is a picture of a hurling match.

Like Gaelic football if you hit the ball into the goal for 3 points. If you hit it over the bar you get a point.

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Camogie - Amy, Jessica

24/3/2014

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Lots of our international visitors to our blog have been asking us what G.A.A., hurling and Gaelic football are.

We decided we would write three blogs post about the G.A.A. this week. Here is the third about camogie.

Hi Amy here. Camogie is another Irish sport. Camogie is also part of the G.A.A. just like hurling and Gaelic football. Camogie is a great sport. It is just like hurling but it is for girls.

I will show you the logo for camogie. It is on the sliotar. This is a small ball we play with.

We need hurleys and helmets to play. Have a look at Philip and Finn's blog post on hurling and you will see photos of these.

I like camogie. Do you? I like playing matches at the weekends and training with my friends in Castleknock.

Have a look at this video of some girls playing camogie!

Hi I am Jessica. G.A.A. is not the only sport in our area.I like to play gymnastics. It is fun. Every Saturday I go to my classes. I like it. I go with my friends. I have learned lots of moves. I can split my legs and do lots of different types of rolls. What is your favourite sport?

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Columbus' Ships

22/3/2014

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...explore with Christopher Columbus.

Today we started to learn all about Christopher Columbus.

We have a useful rhyme to remember his first voyage!

We created the three boats he used for his first expedition.

1. The Nina
2. The Santa Maria
3. The Pinta

Have a look ↓

You will enjoy this video clip from the BBC'S 'Horrible Histories' about Columbus!

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Primary Languages

20/3/2014

Here are excellent links to a really great website which will help you practice your language skills!

Firstly, you can listen to stories and rhymes.

Then you can play fun activities.

<------ Make sure you click on this to hear the audio.

<------- Make sure you click on this to see the text.

1. Click here for 'Houses and Homes'

Houses and Homes

2. Click here for 'Bugs, Birds and Beasts'

Bugs, Birds and Beasts

3. Click here for 'Weather'

Whatever the Weather

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Student Blogging Challenge - Week 2

19/3/2014

Task 2 - Introducing Our Area

This week's challenge is to tell everybody about the area we live in - our town, our county and our country.

1. Our town - Castleknock
2. Our county - Dublin
3. Our country - Ireland

We have added some widgets to our sidebar to give you information about the time, the weather and the news here in Dublin. ----------------->>>>

Have a look at this slideshow of photographs from Castleknock before reading what our class wrote.

Welcome to Castleknock, Dublin 15.

Hi Karl and Sasha here. We live in Castleknock. There is a golf club in Castleknock. We have a very nice hotel beside it. We often don't get nice weather in Dublin. Today it is 7 degress and rainy. Check out our weather widget.

Its Doireann and Luke. We are going to tell you about Castleknock. Castleknock is a very big place. We are going to talk about transport. You can get a train in Castleknock. It comes from Sligo and passes through Maynooth in County Kildare. The stop before Castleknock is Coolmine. I get on the train here when I am coming to school! The stop after Castleknock is Ashtown. Luke goes horse riding here at the weekends! You can also get a bus in Castleknock. The route 39 goes to the city centre.

Hi it's Harry and Jasmine. We love living in Dublin. We will write about five 'must see' places in our capital city!

1. Phoneix Park

2. Stephen's Green

3. Trinity College

4. Croke Park

5. Dublinia and Christchurch

Hi Darragh and Albina here. Ireland is a small country in Europe. We are an island. That means we don't touch any other countries. We are learning about Spain at the moment. It touches France, Portugal and Andorra.

There is 32 counties in Ireland. Dublin is in the east. It is also the capital city. It has the biggest airport in Ireland. In Ireland we speak English. Irish is our national language and we love learning it in school. Saint Patrick is our patron saint and we celebrated his feast day on March 17th.

P.S. Check out our previous blog posts on Seachtaine na Gaeilge and St. Patrick's Day!

Hope you enjoyed reading about our area :)

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Welcome to Holly

19/3/2014

Today we received a new student into our class.

Ms. Glynn and all Room 12 would like to give a huge welcome to Holly. She has come to us all the way from Australia.

We all can't wait to make friends! We hope she enjoys the rest of the year with us.

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Teidí agus Ainmhithe na Feirme

17/3/2014

Táimid ag léamh an leabhar seo an seachtaine seo.

Cad a fheiceann tú ar an bhfeirm?

Feicim .....

1. bó agus lao

2. capall agus searrach

3. caora agus uan

4. muc agus banbh

5. madra agus coileán

6. cat agus piscín

7. cearc agus sicín

8. gé agus goislín

9. turcaí agus éan

10. lacha agus lachan

Seo é an fheirm !

Bain triail as an cluiche seo .... ↓

- Try this farm game.
- Match the words to the pictures.

Ainmhithe na Feirme

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Spring is here!

17/3/2014

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We have been learning about the season of Spring.

Have a read of our acrostic poems.

We have been learning lots about flowers.

Here is our classroom daffodil.

Have a read of our facts about flowers.

Have a look at the spring scenes we painted.

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Happy Saint Patrick's Day

14/3/2014

Here are some photographs of everybody in Room 12 before Saint Patrick's day.

We made shamrocks and wrote messages inside :
1. Is maith liom Lá Fhéile Pádraig.
2. Is maith liom Naomh Pádraig.

We also have some Irish mascots ...

Hope everybody has a super Patrick's weekend!

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Our stories of Saint Patrick

14/3/2014

Listen to Matthew and Karl as they tell you the story of Saint Patrick's life!

Matthew - The story of Saint Patrick

Karl - The story of Saint Patrick

Matthew and Karl mentioned the Irish counties Antrim, Down and Wexford.

The hill of Tara is in Meath.

Can you locate these counties on our map?

Here are some words we used when talking about Saint Patrick.

Can you put five of them into sentences?

Post your sentences as a comment!

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Our timelines of Saint Patrick

13/3/2014

We listened to the story of Saint Patrick.

We worked in groups of four to create a timeline of Saint Patrick's life.

We used our Recounting words.

1. First
2. Next
3. Then
4. Finally

Have a look at our work.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Our classroom display turned out like this!
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An Ceolchoirm - Seachtaine na Gaeilge

12/3/2014

Táimid ag ceiliúradh Seachtain na Gaeilge i Scoil Naomh Bhríde. Chuamar go dtí an ceolchoirm sa halla inniú.

Rinne na páistí on rang a haon, rang a dó agus rang a trí damhsaí, amhráin agus dánta as Gaeilge.

Rinneamar amhráin. Feach ar na pictuirí. Bhí craic agus spoirt againn.

Tá Ms. Glynn an bhródúil.

Tá gach duine sa rang ag déanamh sár-iarracht agus táimid go léir ag úsáid Gaeilge.

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Student Blogging Challenge - Week 1

12/3/2014

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Task 1 - Introducing Ourselves

We updated the information on our 'About Us' page for this weeks challenge.

Check out our introductions by clicking on the tab in the top right-hand corner of this page!

If you have any questions you would like to ask us about our school, our work or where we are from in Dublin please post them as a comment! We will get back to you.

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Éadaí

11/3/2014

Rinneamar an ábhar 'Éadaí' sa rang Gaeilge.

Léamh an leabhar 'Cuir Éadaí ar Teidí'. Féach ar Teidí. Tá sé ag fáil réidh don scoil.

Brúigh an cnaipe seo thíos.
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Cuir Éadaí ar Teidí

- To read the book click on the button above.
- Meet Teidí he is a happy go lucky bear who will help children learn Irish in a fun and interactive way.
- Follow him on a reem of adventures as he goes through his day to day activities!

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Cluiche Dathanna

11/3/2014

Tá na dathanna ar fholais againn.

corcra bán-dearg bán donn dubh dearg glas buí gorm oraíste

Tá an cluiche seo thíos bunaithe ar na dathanna.
(....It took us 21 tries in class to fill the grid. Comment if you do it in less! )

Brúigh an cnaipe.
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Cluiche Dathanna

-Here is a game which will help improve memory skills while teaching us the names of colours in Irish.

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Seachtain na Gaeilge

4/3/2014

Is é Seachtain na Gaeilge atá ann.

Ta sé ar siúl ón 1 - 17 Márta.

Éisteamar le seanfocail agus tarring muid pictiurí.

Tá na páistí ag úsaid an ealaín seo le haghaidh comórtas ealaíne Seachtaine na Gaeilge.

Seo iad!

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Pancake Tuesday

4/3/2014

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Today we celebrated Pancake Tuesday.

We brainstormed the procedure for making pancakes and tomorrow we will write it!

At the end of the day we enjoyed some pancakes topped with lemon, sugar and honey! Here are some photos of us :)

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Student Blogging Challenge 2014

3/3/2014