Scoil Chrónáin

St Cronan's Senior National School, Swords

I rith Seachtain na Gaeilge 2016, bhí céilí againn. Rinneamar go leor cleachtadh roimh an céilí agus d'fhoghlaim an rang Balla Luimnigh, Ionsaí na hInse, an Domhsa Mór agus Cur Crúb ar an Asal. Bhaineamar go léor taitneamh as an ócáid agus bhí spóirt agus spraoi ar gach duine. Thángamar ar scoil don céilí gléasta suas mar 'Geeks agus Jocks'. Tá sé soiléar go bhfuil go leor Geeks againn sa rang seo!! Nach bhfuil siad go h-álainn ar fhad?!

We sketched portraits of the signatories of the Proclamation in Art using the smudging technique.

We learned a lot of history.
All of us learned about China.
In maths we learned about long multiplication.
Now we know how to do long multiplication, like 78 x45=3410.
In Irish we learned ‘Fáilte Isteach’, a song with actions and it is on the school blog.
We wrote a story about an adventure.
By Gavin and Rossa
 
We learned about China this year in school. We learned lots of interesting things about China. We also made Chinese passports. We made dragon heads in art based on China. We learned about Mount Everest and that it grows 1cm every year. We learned about seasons in Irish. Seasons is Na seasuir in Irish. An t-Earrach is spring in Irish.
By Neil and Kelli
 
We started doing book club!
The books we are reading are:
The Diary Of A Killer Cat,
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit &
Charlotte’s Web.
     
In Irish, We learned about Houses,
The Houses We Learned Were:
Arasán (Apartment)
Teach Dhá Stór (2 Story House)
Teachín (Small House­­­)
Teach (House)
Bunglo (Bungalow)
By Ryan and Seán

We have been learning all about life in Ireland in the 1950s. We learned lots of new information, including plenty of information about Primary School in Ireland in the past. 

From watching the video above did you learn anything you didn't already know?
Click the link below to find out even more information about Primary school in the past!

We love singing in Room 13. It's our favourite thing to do! We love singing all types of songs from Adele to songs from musicals like the Sound of Music. Here we are singing a new song we learned recently called 'Fáilte Isteach'. We hope you enjoy it!

We have been very busy in Room 13 over the past two weeks creating sock snowmen. We had great fun making them and we loved designing funky hats and scarves for them from old or odd socks we had at home.

They look really cool and we are very proud of our hard work! We hope you like them!

Here are the instructions you can follow to make them at home yourself!

In November, we worked on the theme of food - mmmm! For one of our Art lessons, we practiced sketching and drawing from observtion inspired by the work of Henri Matisse, a famous artist who drew and painted iconic pictures of fruit. We paid great attention to detail by including shadows and shading. Have a look at some of our work!

This month we learned all about scratch painting. It was so much fun to make. 
​Here are the steps we followed:

1. First we covered paper with oil pastel shapes until the entire sheet was full of color.
2. Then we painted over the oil pastel with a layer of black Acrylic paint.
3. Finally, we scratched our pictures and designs through the surface of the wet paint with matchsticks and lollipop sticks.

We dressed up to celebrate Halloween before our mid-term break. We were very creative with our costumes and everyone made a great effort. Ms. Morrissey was terrified!!!

​Take a look at our costumes. We're a very scary bunch!