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Curious Minds Award 2024

  • Post author:gfarrell7917
  • Post published:17 June 2024
  • Post category:Curious Minds/Green Flag Award

We are delighted to announce that we received our Curious Minds Gold Award this year. Thanks to all the teachers and students for their fantastic attitude towards STEM this year!

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Junk Art (3rd-6th)

  • Post author:gfarrell7917
  • Post published:6 June 2024
  • Post category:Curious Minds/Green Flag Award/Mr. Farrell's Classroom - 3rd and 4th/Ms. Reynolds' Classroom - 5th and 6th

Our senior classes joined together in May to create their own 'junk art'. Recyclables and other materials were used to construct their art. Well done to all the groups. Click…

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Materials and Change (3rd and 4th)

  • Post author:gfarrell7917
  • Post published:29 May 2024
  • Post category:Curious Minds/Mr. Farrell's Classroom - 3rd and 4th

3rd and 4th class students were exploring the 'materials' strand of the science curriculum. They engaged in many experiments and investigations, including: which materials insulate and conduct heat, what happens…

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Donohoe’s Farm Visit

  • Post author:gfarrell7917
  • Post published:24 April 2024
  • Post category:Curious Minds/General Announcements/Ms. Smith's Classroom - 1st and 2nd

Dessie Donohoe kindly offered for us to visit his farm as we are learning about the farm in First and Second Class this term. We fed the sheep, saw some…

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Biodiversity Day 2024

  • Post author:gfarrell7917
  • Post published:12 March 2024
  • Post category:Curious Minds/Green Flag Award

We held our Biodiversity Action Day on Thursday, 7th March. Enjoy the video! https://youtu.be/f_oHBUv7oK0

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Magnetism (1st and 2nd)

  • Post author:gfarrell7917
  • Post published:7 March 2024
  • Post category:Curious Minds/Ms. Smith's Classroom - 1st and 2nd

We were learning about magnets. We had lots of fun checking if some repel or attract different items around the room.

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3-D Shapes (3rd and 4th)

  • Post author:gfarrell7917
  • Post published:1 March 2024
  • Post category:Blog/Curious Minds/Mr. Farrell's Classroom - 3rd and 4th

3rd and 4th class students were exploring the strand of 3D shapes this week.

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Green Schools – Bird Feeders

  • Post author:gfarrell7917
  • Post published:22 December 2023
  • Post category:Curious Minds

As part of our Green Schools Winter Challenge, we have designed and created bird feeders to encourage more birds to come into our school yard. They are working a treat.…

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STEM Buddies (Science Week)

  • Post author:gfarrell7917
  • Post published:1 December 2023
  • Post category:Curious Minds/General Announcements/Mrs. Glynn's Classroom - Junior and Senior Infants/Ms. Reynolds' Classroom - 5th and 6th

https://youtu.be/6mRv0-lygSA

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Science Week 2023 (1st and 2nd)

  • Post author:gfarrell7917
  • Post published:27 November 2023
  • Post category:Blog/Curious Minds/Ms. Smith's Classroom - 1st and 2nd

First and second class completed six different experiments for Science Week. We learned how plants drink water, we made a lava lamp, a volcano and a walking rainbow which showed…

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Contact Us

Principal: Dr Ciara Uí Chonduibh

St. Fiach’s National School
Ballinacree
Oldcastle
Co. Meath
A82 X448

Phone: 049 8541913
Email: Click Here

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