Category - Language
The children in Ms Clare’s 4th and 5th class have been busy learning about the Procedural Writing genre in English this week.
Firstly we listed where we would normally see or recognise procedures in everyday life i.e. recipes, game instructions, how to draw a picture etc. before writing a procedure together as a whole class on how to make a lava lamp! (Take a look at our lava lamps article on the school website also!)
The children then practiced writing the first draft of their own procedures in their free writing copies. Following editing and correcting the children then completed their final draft onto the procedural writing templates provided. Take a look at the photo of the writing wall display from our classroom.
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