Halloween Fun

We had so much fun celebrating Halloween in 3rd class. We carved out our own pumpkin, attended our school Halloween disco, dressed up in spooky costumes and played fun Halloween games in school.

Violin lessons

In our music classes we have been learning how to hold the violin correctly and the names of the four notes.

Cake Sale

The PTA organised a 'Welcome to Juniors Cake Sale' on Friday, 11th October. The children in 3rd class were delighted to support it.

Autumn Art

We took inspiration from Georgia O’Keeffe’s Lake George NY Landscapes to help create our own Autumn Landscapes.We discussed the colours and tones that this artist chose to create an autumnal landscape. We also learned about the art element of space.

Music Generation

We are participating in Music Generation, Ireland’s National Music Education Programme. 
Every Monday morning we have our music lessons with Ciara and Ingrid. We have learned many new songs and taken part in musical literacy games. 

Maths Tips for Parents

TOP TEN TIPS FOR PARENTS TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILDREN IN MATHEMATICS

1. Help them to learn their tables and have quick recall of all tables up to 10 x 10 and related division problems – eg how many 6s in 42?

2. Practise number bonds – eg what do you add to 45 to get 100?

3. Encourage them to show all working out when doing homework

4. Encourage them to complete homework to a good standard

5. Ensure they have all the correct equipment for maths lessons

6. Use every day situations to practise maths – eg estimating the bill when in the supermarket: is the large size better value etc

7. Encourage a positive attitude to maths. Make maths fun!

8. Reinforce where maths is used in everyday life including in the work place

9. Make use of interactive online activities for revision, practise and fun!

10. Encourage children to get involved in solving puzzles – eg Suduko, Logic puzzles, games of strategy. Puzzles can be found on the NRICH website www.nrich.org

Websites and Apps:
www.ncca.ie

www.khanacademy.org

www.pdst.ie

www.mangahigh.com

www.mathplayground.com

www.scoilnet.ie

www.mathsisfun.net

www.mathsisgoodforyou.com

www.math-drills.com

www.numeracyworkout.co.uk

www.mathsweek.ie

www.seomraranga.com

Apps :

Mathmaster Free

Squeebles Times Tables

Symmetry School

Numerosity

Mathmateer Free

Kids Math Ace Games Lite Free

Number Monster

Operation Math

Math Bingo

Maths Stations

We love participating in Maths stations in our class. This week we have been learning all about time. We revised reading the time in hours, half-hours and quarter-hours and we used a calendar to find important dates. We then focused on reading the time in 5 minute intervals on analogue and digital clocks (12 hour).

Here is a link to an interactive game that we played this week at school. It would be fun to try this game at home. 

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time

Jersey Day

Well done to the children in 3rd class who dressed up for Jersey Day in aid of Tomorrow for Tomás.

Fun in the September Sun

We earned 500 points in our class dojo so we chose to go to the playground as our reward. We had lots of fun.

Frida Kahlo inspired self-portraits

We have been learning about the Frida Kahlo in visual art. Frida was a Mexican painter most known for her self-portaits. We took inspiration from her work and created our own self-portraits.

Helping your child in 3rd class

Parents,
Here is a link to the booklet Helping your child in third and fourth classes

https://www.ncca.ie/en/primary/resources-for-parents

You will also find some useful tip sheets on helping your child with Mathematics at this class level.

Thank You,
Múinteoir Danielle

Welcome to 3rd class

Welcome to 3rd class.

There are 27 children in our class. We are all looking forward to an exciting year ahead filled with lots of learning and fun.