The theme this year is “Christmas is for Sharing”.

This week the children in 4th Class have been exploring fractions and today they were looking at Improper Fractions. Using a game from Maths My Way book, the children played a game which helped them look at improper fractions using quarters (1/4).

This week, Mr Smyth’s 4th Class have been investigating Electricity and Simple Circuits.

Using bulbs, wire, bulb holders and a battery, they worked in pairs to try create a simple circuit and make the bulb light.

After that, they worked in teams with Snap Circuit kits to make circuits with switches, lights and motors.

Check out the photos below.

Yesterday, the children in 4th Class went on a guided tour on The Way We Wore exhibition in Collins Barracks Museum. They learned about clothes and how they have changed and how they have stayed the same over the past 300 years.

This week 4th Class were making their own angle measuring devices. They discussed different rotations and size of angles, acute, obtuse, straight, reflex and right angles. They displayed the different angles on their devices and measured angles in their Maths books.

Congratulations to the three pupils from 4th and 5th Class who were winners in the TUD “Women in Space” STEM poster competition. The children created posters about famous women involved in space exploration. One of the pupils won overall winner across all the schools who entered. We are extremely proud of the children’s efforts. Well done!

Using the stimulus of a spooky Halloween image from their class Music book, the children in 4th Class put together some lovely compositions in class using chosen percussion instruments and their voices.