Feb 19, 2019 | Green Schools, Junior Infants News
On February 4th we had a visit from Geoff Hunt who came to teach us about different types of duck. The first type of duck Geoff told us about was the mallard. Did you know that the mallard is the only type of duck that quacks?! Every other duck whistles. We had great...
Dec 20, 2018 | Active Flag, Fifth Class News, First Class News, Fourth Class News, General News, General News Archive, Green Schools, Junior Infants News, Physical Activities, Second Class News, Senior Infants News, Sixth Class News, Third Class News, Uncategorized
On Thursday 20th January, Scoil Iosaf started off fine and early! We met in the square at 8:30 and walked to school in our Christmas attire. Well done to all involved especially the Active Committee who organised the event for...
Nov 21, 2018 | Fourth Class News, General News, Green Schools, Physical Activities, Third Class News
The Green Schools committee were very busy organising “Walk around our world day”! Each class was given three countries to complete projects on. The girls worked in groups in each class and came up with amazing displays, posters, information , games and...
Nov 8, 2018 | Fourth Class News, General News, Green Schools, Physical Activities
Our Spooky Stroll was a great success this year! Both the Green Schools and Active Flag teamed up to organise this initiative. Some girls designed their own home made costumes and we had a competition for the top 3. We all met in the Square in Newcastle West and...
Oct 24, 2018 | Active Flag, Fifth Class News, General News, Green Schools, Physical Activities
Recently, Geoff Hunt came to visit. We explored the bug hotel in our green area. We collected many different bugs and examined them on the microscope. We had a great day exploring our local school environment and seeing all the different bugs that live in our green...
Oct 6, 2018 | General News, Green Schools, Second Class News
Second Class were busy looking for wildflowers with Jeff around our school garden and grounds. They found 13 different types of wildflowers and examined them in groups when they returned back to the classroom.They had a great time examining and learning about...
