Welcome back everybody, this month we have been very busy!

In maths, we have covered place value looking at numbers all the way up to tens of millions! We have enjoyed playing lots of games using materials from our maths boxes and making notes in our maths journals. We particularly enjoyed looking at prices of super cars and rounding them to the nearest ten, hundred, thousands and ten thousands.

In English we looked at recount writing. We read all about outstanding animals and then researched an animal of our choice and wrote about their story. We then read all about Malala and her life, we were very inspired by her courage and bravery. 

In Irish we covered 'Me Féin' and enjoyed learning our ceisteanna cómhrá all about ourselves. We played guess who and played 20 questions in Irish about celebrities of our choice. 

In SESE, we read all about plants and animals. We got to invent our own animal and decide how they would adapt to their environment. We also researched Ireland's native trees and made fact files about two trees of our choice. We then dissected a flower and learned the functions of each part. In history, we enjoyed learning about museums and extinct animals. We did a 3d Virtual Tour of the Natural History Museum of Ireland. 

In art we looked at Picasso's continuous line drawings and Matisse's cut outs. We also painted camels which linked with our other history topic 'African myths and legends'. 

We also were very lucky to participate in a mock trial thanks to Barry Ward TD. It was an amazing experience to turn our classroom into a courtroom and take on the roles of solicitors, prosecutors, defenders and the jury.