Ms Armstrong's Third Class

Our classroom has been filled with the beautiful colours of autumn! The children began by painting vibrant backgrounds using warm shades of red, orange, and yellow to show the changing season. These colours remind us of the leaves that fall from deciduous trees in autumn. Once the paint was dry, the children carefully cut out tree shapes from black paper and glued them onto their colourful backgrounds. The dark tree silhouettes stand out beautifully against the glowing autumn skies they created. This project helped us learn how deciduous trees change through the seasons. The results are full of colour, contrast and creativity!  

Third Class have enjoyed practising a range of tricks with their new skipping ropes during PE, including double hops, jumping jacks, criss-crosses, shuffle hops, high knees and even backwards skipping!  

At our school, we were very lucky to welcome a special visitor from the Burrenbeo Trust . She shared lots of knowledge with us about place, geology, archaeology, and people. The Burrenbeo Trust is a group based in County Clare that works to protect and celebrate the Burren, a very special landscape in Ireland. We started by learning about the idea of “place.” We discovered that the Burren is more than just a location – it is a whole environment where every stone, plant, and animal has an important role. Next, we explored the geology of the Burren. We saw and touched different kinds of rock, like limestone, sandstone, granite, and shale, and learned how they were formed over a very long time. We also learned about archaeology . Karen told us stories about the people who lived in the Burren long ago. We imagined their lives as we heard about stone forts, wedge tombs, and other remains that they left behind. From this visit, we now understand more about the importance of conservati...