by Little Island National School | Jun 5, 2012 | Fifth Class
5th Class were learning about Europe in Geography and History. We all decided that each one of us should do a project on one of the countries in Europe. We all picked a country out of a hat for our project. On our first day of research, we used the iPads. We had great...
by Little Island National School | May 24, 2012 | Latest News, Third Class
As David Wallace is visiting our school , we decided to base our artwork on the game of rugby. We first painted some rugby figures, then cut them out and placed them on a playing pitch – what do you think??!! [nggallery id=20]
by Little Island National School | May 21, 2012 | Latest News, Uncategorized
The Scoil Inse Rátha hurling team are headed for Páirc Uí Rinn! We are to play Leamlara in the Sciath na Scol Final this Tuesday 29th at 1:30pm. The boys have had some very tough {mentally and physically} matches along this rocky road but have earned their rightful...
by Little Island National School | May 14, 2012 | Fourth Class, Latest News
Fourth class recently made novel use of some old rags and clothes by ripping, tearing, shredding and cutting them into many different pieces before creating unique miniature fashionable designs. It was an activity that involved close collaboration and...
by Little Island National School | May 8, 2012 | Latest News, Third Class
Here in Rang 3, we have been learning all about the Olympics – as we all know, the Olympics 2012 are being held in London so it is very exciting having an Olympic venue so close to us. We have learned all about the Ancient and Modern Olympics: Did you...
by Little Island National School | May 4, 2012 | Latest News, Third Class
Here in Third Class, we were delighted when the school received a visit from the Guide Dogs for the Blind. We listened very attentively as we were told about all the wonderful things that guide dogs do for both the blind and also people with special needs. At...
by Little Island National School | May 4, 2012 | Fifth Class
This week 5th class did their own version of the Mona Lisa. Here is how we made it. We got a plain white piece of paper. Then we cut squares out of the paper. We got a picture of the Mona Lisa on the internet. And then our teacher divided the Mona Lisa into squares....
by Little Island National School | May 3, 2012 | Latest News
Here are a few shots from one of our many, many (!!) practices for our musical Cinderella Spinderella – well done to all children involved for learning lines, dance moves, lyrics and songs. Everybody gave a super performance on the 2 nights of our show...
by Little Island National School | May 3, 2012 | Latest News, Uncategorized
First class were given the wonderful opportunity of performing a slightly changed song called “A Hard Knock Life” from the musical Annie. This obviously, was changed to fit in with our musical, namely, “Cinderella Spinderella”. The children...
by Little Island National School | Apr 30, 2012 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Hello all, We are very busy in first class and are doing wonderful work in our art classes. We made our own seascape using different colored paper. We think it turned out great for something that is so easy to make. Give it a...
