Category - Maths
Monday 14th – 18th October 2024
The children in Ballyconnell NS had lots of fun during Maths Week 2024, which this year, took place from 14th – 18th October 2024.
On 7th October 2024 we had our in-service day for the new Maths curriculum which provided lots of new and fresh ideas for the upcoming Maths Week.
Firstly, our school used lots of various websites in order to guide and assist our learning such as – www.mathigon.org, www.topmarks.com, www.twinkl.com, as well as Primary Maths Curriculum – Oide – Micro Maths – www.pmc.oide.ie
These websites formed the basis for our maths activities and games throughout Maths Week and provided a great insight into the elements of the new Maths Curriculum.
Junior Infants had great fun completing a Maths Trail. They walked around the school, with their teacher Ms McEvoy, and looked for different shapes in their environment. They found circles, squares & triangles. They then coloured in a shape worksheet in the classroom.
Senior Infants had great fun during Maths Week also! They did lots of repeating pattern’s activities and building houses using shapes. They also spent lots of time doing maths games on the iPads using the Topmarks websites. They played games called ‘Ladybird Spots – Matching, Counting and Ordering’, ‘Shape Patterns’ and ‘Teddy Numbers.’ Have a closer look at our photos below!
Some of the older students in the school had great fun in their various maths stations throughout the week. They did lots of sorting with lollipop sticks, conkers, spaghetti, counters, playdough as well as lots of cutting and sticking.
Some classes enjoyed engaging with MathsWeek TV this week also and enjoyed participating in the tasks and activities along with other schools.
Finally, children in every class participated in the whole school competition called ‘Maths Eyes.’ For this, the children were asked to take a photo in their environment at home and to put a Maths caption/question to it! Prizes were given for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place! Have a look at few of the examples below!
Maths Week 24 was a great success in our school!
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