Belgrove Senior Girls' School

We thought of those who are no longer with us, with this beautiful Garden of Remembrance. It made us smile to share happy memories of them during our Religion lesson.

In our English lesson, we read about the Moon landing in 1969.

We also learned about the Golden Record, which was sent into Space in 1977, with images and recording from Planet Earth. We wrote our own messages, and listed images and sounds that we would send into Space any aliens to interpret.

In Geography, we studied the Sun. We loved listening to this Storybots song.

Amelie and Layna learned all of the words by heart and performed an awesome dance to accompany the rap in front of the class.

We created a bright display of super facts about the Sun.

In History, we watched this great video about the Greek legend of Icarus, who flew too close to the Sun.

We played Summary Bingo, and then planned a written summary on our whiteboards. Our summaries were so good, that we just had to make them into Summary Storyboards. Here are just a few of them…

During Science Week, we conducted lots of Light experiments to explore Refraction.

We also investigated whether materials were opaque, translucent or transparent.

We did PE in the school garden and garden room, before the weather turned really chilly.

Rinne gach grúpa teach álainn sa cheacht Gaeilge! Cé mhéad seomra atá ann? Cad atá sa seomra codlata agus sa chistin?

Is breá linn éisteacht le amhráin as Gaeilge i rith am lóin sa seomra ranga. Is maith linn na trí amhráin seo.

The title of your next solo project is Great Britain. It is due on Monday 20th December. We will continue to research and read about Great Britain in school. You will be given time in class and homework time to complete it.

A good project is easy to read and the information is presented neatly.  Here are some guidelines to help you.

• Your project should be 3 or 4 pages of an A3 scrapbook.
• Choose 4 topics to write about.
• You can find your information in your SESE copy, ‘Small World’, websites, books, newspapers or magazines
• Your project information must be written in your own words, so paraphrase when you can.
• Your project must include a map of Great Britain, showing countries, cities, rivers and mountains. You should include at least 3 other pictures or diagrams. They can be drawn or printed.
• Include a bibliography at the end, which is a list of where you found your information.

Here are some ideas of topics to include:

1. What countries make up Great Britain? What are the capital cities?
2. Physical Geography: Rivers, lakes, mountains, seas
3. Famous landmarks or tourist attractions
4. Flag of Great Britain and of England, Scotland and Wales. What do they symbolise (what do the colours/pictures mean)?
5. Money
6. Sport
7. History that involves England, Scotland or Wales
8. The Royal Family (Monarchy)Famous people from Great Britain ( pop stars, politicians, sports stars, authors)
9. Animals
10. Food
11. Festivals and traditions
12. Brexit
13. School and education
14. Languages
15. Music
16. Industry and trade (what they make and what they buy/sell)
17. Transport
18. Communication (post, telephone)

Useful Websites:

• http://projectbritain.com/
• http://kids.britannica.com/
• https://www.greatbritishbucketlist.com/fun-facts-about-great-britain/

Please monitor your daughter carefully when using the Internet. These websites have been checked for suitability, but navigation away from them may not be safe for her.

We had another busy month of learning and having fun in Room 9.

In SPHE, we discussed our character strengths, and then created this lovely display.

Lots of girls displayed their determination, and completed their Art texture pictures, begun in September.

In our Irish lessons, reading as Gaeilge is a new challenge for everyone in 3rd Class. The whole class has show great progress and increased confidence, using their Funky Fuaimeanna page. Putting the stories into dramas is a great favourite in Room 9.

To help us to describe the books we are reading in DEAR diary, we have these awesome new bookmarks.

In Science, we did our very first solo project of 3rd Class. These wonderful tree projects are bursting with information and creativity. Each girl presented her project to the class, and reflected on her learning by completing a self assessment.

With Hallowe’en approaching, we listened to these cool songs to learn about the Skeleton in our Science lesson:

We used chalk pastels to produce these fabulous skeleton pictures. We also integrated Maths with our Art lesson, and created Spooky Symmetrical Shapes.

We worked together to create this fantastic Maths door for Maths Week 2021. We collaborated to create word problems, then drew a diagram on our whiteboards to demonstrate how you might figure out the answer. We have lots of languages in Room 9, and were proud to include them in our display. Well done to Sophie, who was our class’s Queen of the Tables!

We enjoyed our Hallowe’en Sponsored Walk around Clontarf, and were delighted to meet some parents along the route. We hope you weren’t too scared by our spooktacular costumes!