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Special Visitor to St Gabriel’s this week
This week we had a surprise visitor from the North Pole pop in to say hello to the children.
Check out Mr Smyth’s 1st Class meeting Santa. Happy Christmas to all the children and their families.
Christmas Stencils
This month the children in Mr Smyth’s First Class have been looking at print in Art.
The used stamps and rollers and even created their own stencils.
Check out their cool art below
Shocking times in First Class
This month in Mr Smyth’s First Class the children were learning about static electricity.
The children carried a number of experiments using balloons.
Check out what happened when they rubbed a balloon on a wool jumper and brought it close to running water. We made it bend magically!
It shows the power of static electricity!
Greening Stoneybatter
Hi all
Suzanne from Dublin City Council Parks came to talk to 5th and 6th class about an initiative being run by DCC which aims to make parts of the city greener and more environmentally friendly; this could be through planting trees, bushes, flowers or other plants, or simply by making a few changes to make our neighbourhoods greener, safer and nicer places for children and adults to play and live in.
Stoneybatter Greening would like to hear family ideas; full details and submission form is available here. http://www.dublincity.ie/greeningstoneybatter Feel free to chat with your children about how your area could be greener! Submissions deadline is the 3rd of December.
Spooky Poetry
Using the language we have been learning in Oral Language lesson about Halloween, the children in Mr Smyth’s Class wrote this lovely acrostic poem- that spells out the word Halloween. Enjoy!
Click on the image to view it in larger format
A Splash of Colour with Henri Matisse
This months Art theme is Paint and Colour and 1st Class have being studying the art of French Artist Henri Matisse, who loved colour. When he was old and no longer able to hold a paint brush he began his famous cut-out art, where he cut and arranged pieces of coloured paper in wonderful arrangements. Check out the children’s Matisse inspired creations below.
