​As part of our ongoing work towards the Green Schools Flag, 3rd Class headed out last week equipped with gloves and litter pickers to clean up the school grounds. This hands-on activity reinforced our classroom discussions on waste management and civic responsibility. The students worked enthusiastically to remove rubbish, helping to protect local wildlife and showing great pride in their school environment. It was a practical reminder that small actions, when done together, make a big difference to our planet.

In PE, we have been focusing on gymnastics, specifically developing our rolling techniques. The class practiced maintaining strong body tension with Pencil Rolls before moving on to more dynamic variations like the James Bond and Wonder Woman rolls. These character-themed exercises are excellent for developing core strength, spatial awareness, and coordination, all while keeping the lesson fun and engaging.

​This week, 3rd Class turned into food scientists to investigate how a liquid transforms into a solid. We poured double cream into a glass jar and took turns vigorously shaking it to provide the necessary kinetic energy. We learned that cream is an emulsion—fat globules suspended in water. By agitating the jar, we smashed these globules together, breaking their protective membranes and causing the fat molecules to clump together. This process separated the solid butter from the liquid buttermilk. To conclude the experiment, we enjoyed our fresh butter spread on some traditional Bairín Breac.

This week, we had the absolute privilege of welcoming three grandparents into our class. We had been learning all about Ireland in the 1950's and had prepared lot's of questions to ask the grandparents. They told us all about school, what they did in their free time and how the television only came on at 6pm and there was only one channel! Zayn's grandad even sang us a song, it was amazing to hear such beautiful music being sung in Hindi. One of our students did a sketch of the grandparents, what a talent!

Recently, 2nd Class visited Lullymore Heritage and Discovery Park. We had a fantastic day! We got a tour around the park where we saw some very old houses and we learned about how people in Ireland used to live hundreds and thousands of years ago. We got to ride the train around the park and we went into the Bog of Allen. We learned all about the wildlife and creatures that live there. We visited the pet farm where we got to feed some of the animals and we had so much fun playing in both the indoor and outdoor play areas. ​

​Parents came to visit our classroom during maths week. We had so much fun playing maths games together! 

Recently, we tried out coding. We used the Lego wedo programme and it was so exciting building an electric fan! 

 Last week, it was our turn to perform at the Learn Together assembly. We decided that the theme of our assembly performance would be respect. Respect is currently the core value of the month at Esker ETNS and we had been learning all about respect in class. We showcased our learning in our performance. Check it out below!