Our Maths Week trail was great fun! We were busy counting, adding up and looking anywhere and everywhere for different numbers and shapes. The trail took us around the school grounds and finished up in the hall.

As part of Maths week in 5th  class, we are guessing how many jelly beans there are in the two tubs in this picture. We will count the jelly beans on Friday afternoon. How many would you guesstimate??

Abbey Jade and Zara were closest in the guesses for the jelly beans, and get to enjoy them all. There were 43 sweets in the small tub, and 121 in the larger tub. Enjoy, ladies!

On Thursday, the 8th of October, 2 army officers visited our school.  Their names were Lieutenant Deirdre Molloy and Sergeant John Maloney. They came to present us with the Irish Flag and read the Proclamation.  For 10 minutes, they asked us to pretend that we were in the army too which was fun.  That meant we had to sit up straight and answer with "Yes M'am" and "Yes Sergeant".  Sergeant Maloney told us some rules about the Irish flag and Lieutenant Molloy presented the flag to Hannah, Taylor and Mya, who received the flag on behalf of the whole school. Hannah's great grand uncle fought in the war, Taylor's great grand father witnessed the war and Mya's birthday is on the day the rising began.  The Irish army are our heroes.

By Emily D & Lauren R16.

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We had a fun filled day in room 7 on Tuesday morning. We began the day with Cheerios for breakfast. We had a colouring competition and had a guess of how many Cheerios were in one box. Afterwards we made necklaces and bracelets from our left over Cheerios. We also used our empty boxes to make castles, boats, robots, phones and much more. It was a fantastic day. Thanks to everyone in room 7 for raising a whopper €50 for Childline. 

On Friday 2nd October we got busy baking in Room 11. The girls had earned enough Dojo points for a reward and they decided they wanted to bake! We baked chocolate muffins. To avoid any consequences to allergies the muffins were egg, dairy and nut free!! We also made butter icing and sugar icing to decorate our muffins when they had cooked and cooled.

Check out the recipe below if you want to try making your own muffins :)
 
Chocolate Muffins
(This recipe is egg, dairy and nut free)

Ingredients:
1 and a half cups of plain flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 cup white of sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened of cocoa powder
1 teaspoon of baking powder
5 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1 tablespoon of vinegar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 cup of cold water

Method:
​1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees C. 

2. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, sugar, cocoa powder, and baking soda.

3.Mix well with a fork, then stir in oil, vinegar, and vanilla extract.

4.When dry ingredients are thoroughly moistened, pour in cold water and stir until batter is smooth.

5. Pour batter into muffin cases..

6. Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a rack.