Anita Walshe, Author at Belgrove Senior Girls School

18th Century Ireland, in Room 9

by Anita Walshe | May 22, 2023 | 3rd Class Blogs, Class Blogs, Ms Walshe's Blog

The Georgian era is named after four kings of Britain, all named George, who ruled over Britain and Ireland between 1714 – 1830. During the Georgian period, towns and cities were growing very quickly. Builders created terraced houses as a way of fitting lots of grand...

Bird Study in Room 9

by Anita Walshe | May 9, 2023 | 3rd Class Blogs, Class Blogs, Ms Walshe's Blog

This month we will study two garden birds: the Blue Tit and the Song Thrush. The Blue Tit Read these two articles about the Blue Tit https://www.petmania.ie/the-blue-tit-a-guide-to-irelands-garden-bird-species/ Blue Tit Fill in the Blue Tit fact sheet (bullet points)...

Awesome April in Room 9

by Anita Walshe | Apr 27, 2023 | 3rd Class Blogs, Class Blogs, Ms Walshe's Blog

We created shops during our Maths lesson. We practised adding up bills, and then using subtraction to calculate change. We used Money and our Fraction Walls to investigate Decimals. Ms McDermott visited our class to help us investigate Length (cm and m) during Maths...

Marvellous March in Room 9

by Anita Walshe | Apr 27, 2023 | 3rd Class Blogs, Class Blogs, Ms Walshe's Blog

We started off March by celebrating World Book Day. We wrote amazing book reviews. We wrote about the characters, setting, and plots of a book we read. We have practised summarising a lot in Rang a Trí, and our reviews contained awesome summaries of some of our...

Fabulous February in Room 9

by Anita Walshe | Mar 1, 2023 | Class Blogs, Ms Walshe's Blog

We have been working hard on Time during our Maths lessons. We worked in groups to create television station names and schedules. Then we created questions about our TV schedules to challenge the rest of the class. We also worked in groups to create bus companies and...