Category - Maths
Students recently tried out a super cool maths resource called IZAQ-9 cubes. Emily in Rang a 4 tells us more.
The I-ZAQ-9 cubes are a stack of 27 blocks.
When looking at one side you will see 3 rows and 3 columns.
My class and I found the I-ZAQ-9 cubes a really fun way to learn maths. Our teacher would put activities up on the board. Some of them told us a certain way to arrange the blocks and others told us to stack the blocks in 3 rows of single digit numbers and the sum of the three numbers would have to add up to a certain number.
Our teacher would also split the class into groups of 3/4 and we would have 2 full IZAQ-9s among the whole class and each group would have 9 cubes. Our school rented the I-ZAQ-9 cubes so we only had them from September to October. I loved the I-ZAQ-9 cubes and I know my class did too.
*Junior and senior infants used the cubes to measure their heights.
*1st class used the cubes to practice ordering numbers.
*6th class managed integrate maths, French and Gaeilge while using them.
Check out the pictures below!
4 th class have spent the year in St Mary’s Hall. They thought it a good idea to find out a little bit more about this important building in our parish and to share what they learned with their school mates.
Our Spelling Bee Champion, Sara O’Grady, recently took part in the Carlow County Final of the Eason Spelling Bee. Read her account below.
We were delighted to welcome our former student, Rosealice Byrne, back to Ballyconnell NS last week to regale our 4 th , 5 th and 6 th class students with details of her recent trip to The Gambia in West Africa.
Cathal and Peter tell us all about their day at the Credit Union All-Ireland Final, Ballyconnell NS’s first appearance at the finals since 2001.
Rang a 4 recently did some planting with Ms Ryan. Sarah tells us more!
Rang a 5 student and team member Florrie Cosgrove regales us with the nerves and excitement of Ballyconnell NS’s recent Credit Union Quiz triumph