Category - Science
Science Week 2020 was a great success in Ms Clare’s 4th & 5th class this year. We had great fun, working in groups of 3/4 to create lava lamps! All we needed was cooking oil, water, a clear plastic bottle, Alka Seltzer tablets, food colouring and a jug/funnel to transfer liquids into the bottle!
All you have to do is pour the water into the clear plastic bottle and then use a funnel or a jug to carefully pour the oil into the bottle until it is nearly full. You may have to wait for a few minutes for the oil and water to separate.
Then, add a few drops of food colouring, any colour will do! We used red/blue/green mainly! You will see the drops pass through the oil and then mix with the water below.
Then for the real magic – break an Alka Seltzer tablet in half and drop the half tablet into the bottle. Watch it sink to the bottom and watch the blobby greatness begin!!
To keep the effect going, just add another tablet piece! We placed them on the windowsills then to see the light shine through the bottom of the bottle!
By doing all the above stages together, step-by-step as a whole class, really helped to build the excitement of the end result! Why not take a closer look at the photos below to see how they all turned out!
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