We love Wednesdays as we have Larry coaching us in our G.A.A. skills!
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We used all the fruit we bought at the supermarket to make a delicious fruit salad! We had such a great adventure today! The sun was shining and we were all wrapped up in our winter clothes as we headed off on our supermarket field trip. We walked down to Tyrrelstown village, putting all our road safety knowledge to excellent use. When we got to Lidl - we firstly walked around the various areas or zones of the shop - diary, fruit & vegetable, bread, meat etc. We discussed what foods we would find in each section and what type of storage is used for different types of food - shelves, fridges or freezers. We identified whether foods were natural or processed based on what we had learned in class. We also listed the people involved in making various types of food - e.g. a farmer and a baker are involved in making bread. We also listed the types of foods that we get from certain sources e.g. Animals: pork - sausages, bacon, chorizo etc; Crops: wheat - bread, cereal, pastries, etc. We examined information labels to find out when foods would go off and we identified the price tags on food so we would know how much they each cost. Then we got into three shopping teams - Aoife, Jen & Conor led one team each. Every team was given a shopping list and €10 to buy the items on the list. We had to start off by getting a shopping basket and then we read our shopping lists - we discussed which zones in the supermarket we would find the items on our list and off we went, taking turns holding the basket and the shopping list. When we were finished we went to the checkout and asked the shop assistant if we could buy the items in our basket. We used excellent manners, speaking and listening skills to buy our food. Then we walked back to school taking turns to carry the shopping bags. We can't wait to use all the food we bought for some fun History, Science and English activities over the next few days!
Today we learned all about the traditional way butter was made:
We tried our hand at some buttermaking by shaking some cream as hard as we could until it turned from a liquid into a solid. It began to separate into butter and buttermilk, so we took the butter out and spread it on some bread - it tasted delicious! We say no to racism in the Birch Class and P.E.T.N.S. We showed our support for the Show Racism the Red Card by wearing red today to school. Well done everyone.
The Birch Class are amazing performers!!! We have been working on a song about the 'Days of the Week' and decided to perform it at assembly! We did a fantastic job - check out our rehearsal and assembly performances below! Rehearsal performance: Assembly Performance: We are working hard on our sight words to develop fluency in our reading - well done everyone, keep up the good work!
On Friday 25th November we will be saying no to racism by wearing red as part of the Show Racism the Red Card initiative. Click on www.theredcard.ie/ to learn more. So don't forget to wear red on Friday to show your support.
Movie Night was a great success! We really enjoyed watching Zootropolis on the big screen in the hall. We can't wait for the next Movie Night in term 2
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