The green schools committee were delighted to show the rest of the school our new green flag! Well done to the committee, Ms Heaphy and all the children for their continued commitment to biodiversity in our school.
Million Step Challenge
Nun’s Cross are delighted to be taking part in the Million Step Challenge this year in partnership with the Wicklow Local Sports Partnership. Over the course of the week the children will take turns to wear step counters in an aim to collectively reach a million steps. Will we do it? Watch this space to see…
Procedural Writing
2nd class are working on their procedural writing skills this week and used our Crazy Hair Day as their inspiration. The children designed crazy hair models from play-doh and then wrote the procedure involved in their creation. I am sure you will agree that they are a very creative bunch!
Reflecting on Active Week
The children have been reflecting on Active Week and we are delighted to see, through their creative writing, how much they enjoyed the weeks activities!
Read the feedback from 1st, 5th and 6th class
Green School Award Ceremony
On Wednesday 22nd May, 3 representatives from the Green School Committee travelled to the Helix in DCU for the Green School Award Ceremony. There were over 60 schools represented with a total of 81 flags presented this year for different Green School categories.
Nun’s Cross were working towards the biodiversity flag, the fifth in the Green School series.
It was an engaging and inspiring day with speakers from Irish Water and Climate Change ambassadors who spoke of their desire to encourage and inspire each person to make a change no matter how small. This was a powerful message reiterated many times throughout the ceremony – one person really can make a difference and through communication we can make these impacts even bigger by working together.
It was interesting to see what other schools have achieved for their flags and it has given us some ideas as we begin working towards the Global Citizenship flag.
Crazy Hair Day
Nun’s Cross celebrated crazy hair day today and it sure was crazy! We had some really wild hairstyles and we raised over €255 for Crumlin children’s hospital. Many thanks for your kind donations and well done to all for the creativity!
International Bee Day
International Bee Day took place this week and 5th and 6th class discovered just how important bees are to us. We worked together to make a collaborative bee display and designed some important notices to help people learn why bees are important to us and to help people learn how to save bees.
Pirates in aistear
Junior infants were welcomed by senior infants for aistear this week. Areas included the pirate ship, small world out at sea and construction was based on building ships out at sea. They had great fun playing pirates with each other.
Active Week Diary
Running Club
Did you know that Nun’s Cross have a running club? Ms Heaphy and Mrs Pearse are dedicating their Wednesday lunch time to showing the children a range of skills in running. We hope to enter the children in all sorts of running and athletic events over the coming year. Children from 3rd class up are welcome to join at any stage but must commit to coming each week!
Paired Reading
We have recently set up a paired reading system in Nun’s Cross. Each week children from the older classes will meet with their reading buddy from a younger class and both children will have the opportunity to read with their buddy. The children from 5th and 6th paired up with the junior and senior infants today and enjoyed some reading time in the sun! We look forward to more reading time with our friends!
Active week 2019
Hoping the weather for next week will be as good as promised to make our active week 2019 even more enjoyable.
Under the sea in Junior Infants
This week in Junior infants we were working on the ‘under the sea’ theme. We have been so busy.
During aistear, our big project has been building a submarine. It has taken lots of team work and patience all week and there are still lots of finishing touches to add to our structure. We made lots of fish to decorate the submarine.
We enjoyed our water play earlier in the week, where we studied capacity and floating and sinking. We also explored waterproof materials, where we looked at the different professions and the clothes they may wear.
In science we have been working with magnets. We explored our classroom to find magnetic items. We also learned how magnets are used in metal detectors and in waste management. Today we designed and made a fishing game using magnets, straws, string, paper clips and paper. We had lots of fun catching fish.
Ashford Fair 2019
Today at the Ashford fair the ‘Nuns Cross Carnival’ was a hive of activity. A variety of fun games and activities welcomed young and old to our tent. Take a look inside:
Cá bhfuil….?
5th and 6th class took their Irish lesson outside today to learn the compass points as Gaeilge. We each drew a compass in the yard with chalk and played a variety of games involving running, skipping, hopping etc to the different compass points!
Microsoft Dreamspace Trip
5th and 6th class had a very exciting trip to the Microsoft offices today and got to take part in the Dreamspace programme. Read all about their day!
We were greeted like royalty when we arrived with our name on the huge screen in the entrance hall. We got a tour of the ground floor of the building. The people who work there have five restaurants, a hairdressers, a yoga room and a gym with four personal instructors! They even have a fridge beside their offices that they can help themselves to all day long. No one in Microsoft has their own desk, they just use which ever desk is free and they always work as a team. I like the way that no one is ever on their own.
Following the tour of the main floor we began our Dreamspace experience.
We had a demonstration for our guide, Ben, and he explained some things to us about artificial intelligence and clever ways that technology is used in today’s world to help improve and make peoples lives easier. We saw how AI can help people who have vision or hearing impairments and we had a chance to think about how technology could possible help us in the future. We had a hands on session where we got to explore some features of the Microsoft coding program and really enjoy exploring the endless possibilities of the program.
We had great fun, but it wasn’t over yet. We got treated to a yummy lunch and got a goodie bag each before we left. It really was a fantastic day out and we want to send a huge thank you to Microsoft for treating us so well!
Get your copy of Nun’s Cross Tales
Nun’s Cross Tales is a book of short stories, poems and musings by the children of Nun’s Cross National School. We are so proud of the work the children have done. The books are flying off the shelves in the office and our wonderful PTA have already had to re-stock. There is a limited print run on these so get your hands on a copy, you will need to drop 10 euro in to Sandra in the office. If children are bringing money in, please ensure it is secured in an envelope with the child’s name clearly indicated on the outside.
Yard painting teaser
Take a look at the transformation our yard is currently undergoing! This wonderful burst of colour on our yard is thanks to the money we raised in our Race to Galway during active week last year. We would like to say a huge well done to the children and also to their families and friends whose sponsorship is making this possible.
This is just a snippet of what’s in store for when we get back after Easter. Such an exciting time at Nun’s Cross NS.
Switzerland project displays
3rd and 4th class have been working hard learning all about Switzerland over the last few weeks. The class put on a great display of all sorts of interesting information on Switzerland. Each group covered a different topic and the whole school got the pleasure of visiting to see their work.
Happy Easter
We have had a fantastic day in Nun’s Cross celebrating the Easter holidays with an amazing Easter egg hunt thanks to the PTA and by creating lots of beautiful and bright Easter art. We hope you all enjoy the break!
