Piet Mondrian art work

We looked at some paintings by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian and responded with some of our own art work in his style.

Here is what some of the girls wrote about this artist & how they did the pictures:

• What you need: Red, blue and yellow paint, black paper or a black marker and a rule.
• What you do: Draw squares and rectangles, big and small on the paper. Paint in the squares. Then get black paper and cut it into strips, or if you want to go for the marker, you can use a ruler and a marker and line the page.
• What I liked: It is colourful, it is nice, I like the squares and rectangles.

(Sophie L)

• Who is the artist: The artist is called Piet Mondrian, he is a Dutch artist, from Holland.
• How did we do the art: We got a ruler and carefully did lines to show the rectangles and squares.  Then we painted the squares and rectangles in red, blue, black, white and yellow.  We used them because they are the primary colours.  Then when they were dried, we got a black sheet of paper, but them up, but them in between the squares and rectangles, and then we were done! 
• What I liked: I liked everything about Piet Mondrian's art.

(Ciara B)

Hallowe'en Dress Up Day

The girls looked amazing in their Hallowe'en costumes!

Croke Park

We will be going to Croke Park tomorrow, Wednesday 25th Oct to support the Johnstown A team.  Girls should bring a packed lunch as usual and a drink. If possible, it would help to bring these in a smaller bag to carry on the bus. Don't forget a coat!

Maths Day!

Last Friday we had Maths Day in the school.

The class used their 'Maths Eyes' to find Maths puzzles in the school garden:

We then brainstormed questions to ask for the junior, middle and senior end of the school:

The girls had great fun dressing up for Maths Day and asking each other questions about their Maths clothes:

Tree Day

As part of Tree Day recently, we collected leaves and printed with paint. We even found a tiny snail!

 

A bad case of stripes!

We read the book 'A Bad Case of Stripes' which tells of a girl who was afraid to be different to others - she didn't want to tell anyone she liked lima beans! She went through lots of changes until she was brave enough to say she liked them, and to be proud of being different. The class painted some pictures of their 'bad case of stripes'.

 

Mixing colours

Our recent art lesson was on the colour wheel - the girls were given paints for the 3 primary colours, and mixed them to get a spectrum of colour - have a look!  Well done to Alicia and Ciara B on winning the prize for the most imaginative names for the colours.

Alicia's names:
Greens: Shrek, army green, lime green
Oranges: Juicy orange, flame, bright red
Purples: A bad day, pretty purple, violet

Ciara's names:
Greens: Deep sea green, broccoli green, lime and cucumber
Oranges: Crisp gold, fire orange, gentle red
Purples: Mum's jacket, grape juice, blackberry pie

Tag Rugby

The class will be doing Tag Rugby for the next few weeks.  This will take place in school on Friday, if the girls can wear their tracksuits this day (as well as Tuesday & Thursday).  This starts on Friday 15th September.

If I was an animal...

The girls thought long and hard about what animal they would compare themselves to, with interesting results....

We pressed flowers!

There were some beautiful flowers growing in the school garden, so the class picked some of these, and we then pressed them in newspaper. We hope to use them later in the year to decorate vases....

PE timetable

GAA and PE will be on Tuesday and Thursday respectively, starting week of the 18th September.  At the moment, the girls will be doing PE with me on a Tuesday. 

Welcome to Third Class!

Dear Parents/Guardians, welcome back and I hope your daughter is well settled into school. 

Reading
In the class, we will use a mixture of novels and stories from the class reader.  The more reading they do the better, and the local library is a great resource.  If any girl brings in her library card, and a library book she has taken out, she gets a homework pass as a reward!

Spellings
Class spellings will be based on letter sounds and patterns and high frequency words.  We encourage the children to identify the sound/pattern in each of the words as this makes them easier to learn. One of the most useful spelling strategies is the “Look, say, cover, write, check” method for learning spellings.  It can be useful to have a spare copy at home for spellings work (also useful for Gaeilge spellings).

Homework

While children in 3rd Class are often now working more independently, it is still very important for parents to continue to check their homework.  Homework should take no more than 30 minutes.  If your child is unable to do homework for whatever reason, please write a note to let me know.

Please also write a note when your daughter is absent.

A watch with the analogue clock face (with all the numbers) is a great help for learning the time in 3rd.  

Friendship

A new Anti-Bullying policy issued in the past few years, and I would encourage you to have an ongoing discussion with your daughter about this (particularly safety when online).  We are having Friendship Week shortly and we will be focussing on friendship in our class and in the school.

Thank you for your help and cooperation and I look forward to the year ahead.