4th Class Learning Adventure

From STEAM to rapping the boys in Múinteoir Mairead’s 4th class have had a varied and prosperous learning journey throughout this year. We’ve been active all year round from our first walk to Ballyannan Woods to investigate the local cars at the end and had fun showing the rest of theschoolhowwe madethem.

STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths

STEAM played a big part in our learning this year. We started the year hosting Maths Eyes where we got to see how Maths plays a part in our everyday lives and in the environment that we live in all around us. We then designed a touchdown for a satellite where we learned about forces and air pressure. Friction was the next hands on based learning experience where we used different materials on a ramp for dinkies to drive down to see the different effects that are made from different materials, slowing down the car with more friction and allowing the car to drive down easily and more quickly, less friction. Next up was the science fair where we designed and made a balloon powered car. We even got to race the

Incredible Edibles

We have a great classroom position in our school that faces onto the garden and has lots of sunshine all day long. Due to this our vegetable growing endeavours have been immense!! We grew everything from seed in our classroom and they are growing in our garden. We even got to taste some with Múinteoir Mairead showing us how we can use them with a salad. We look forward to tasting the potatoes and the strawberries..yum!

The Arts

Drama, singing and dancing also played a big part in our learning this year. We got to learn a rap and perform it for the school that highlights safety online. We got to do lots of drama in our outdoor learning area and we learned lots of different drama techniques. Music played a big part of our Friday afternoons where we got to dance and play music and learn about different artists from all around the world. Wehavemanyfantasticdancersinourclass to get involved. We even made a playlist of our favourite songs that we play every lunchtime as part of Wise Words Wednesdays. At Christmas we visited the Care Home in Midleton to sing for themwhich wereallyenjoyed. iPads

They got bigger and more interesting as the year went on!

We were very lucky this year to be one of the classes to take part in Animation with a local artist Belinda. We made clay figures and learned how to use the Stop Motion Pro app on the iPads to create an animation. For Creative Schools Week we studies Carnival. We learned about all the different carnivals that take place all around the world and made some masks. We also went on a heritage walk around Midleton taking in the local highlights. Creative Homework has been part of our homework this year where we got to complete projects at home.

We have completed lots of projects on the iPads using Keynote. The boys have become independent in recording their findings using this technology and have become proficient in researching online also using the internet. Planning their work beforehand to ensure they cover all aspects and typing it into sentences and paragraphs and inserting pictures. As well as this, we have also taken on a coding journey where we learned how to programthe computer to make it do things. We took part in Hour of Code also where we got to see how coding can be used in many different forms where we got to play games and even make updances.

Art

Some ofthe wonderfulart createdbythe boys in4th .

Literacy

The boys have been working hard this year to improve their writing skills and making the step to using apen!