Maths Trail

                      SCOIL BHRIDE MATHS TRAIL 2016

                          Now you're in your team, get ready and best of luck!!!

1. Start at the front door. Walking in a clockwise direction, 
(a) count the windows you can see (b) count the doors you can see (c) name 4 right angles, (d) 1 obtuse angle, (e) 1 acute angle, (f) 1 circle, (g) 1 rectangle, (h) 1 square.

2. On your trail, write down the letters you see stuck on the walls and unscramble them to reveal a word as Gaeilge!!

3. Collect various shaped and coloured leaves, pebbles and hidden objects on your trail in your bucket. Make a pictogram with them on your large card at the end.

4. Work out how many children could stand side by side along the white line at the centre of the big yard.

5. Estimate the height of the school from Mrs Coyne/Mrs Clarke's back door.

6. Use your metre stick to measure the length of the big yard.

7. Count the steps at the back of the school. If a snail climbs up 3 steps each day and falls back 1, how long would it take him to reach the top?

8. Work out the area of one of the squares on the alphabet snake. What is the total area of the letters which make up SCOIL BHRIDE?

9. Look at the number plate on the red Audi car. Add up the digits on it. Where can you find 4 more digits on the school building to make the total add up to 35?

10. Add up all of the digits on the glass on the front door.

11. Go to the cubes puzzle board in the gym. Using 12 cubes, make a design which is one third blue and one third green.

12. Use your marker and the bucket of objects you found and create your pictogram on your card in the gym.

CONGRATULATIONS!! 
You've completed the 2016 SCOIL BHRIDE maths trail!!

                                        

Healthy Eating

We are eating very healthy lunches in this class.

Here are some photos of our lunch boxes.

Well done 1st and 2nd class!

Our rain gauge

On Friday we made a rain gauge with Mrs Clarke. We used an empty plastic bottle and a small round container. We will check it every day to see if it collects any water.

Christmas Art

This week we did some Christmas Art.  

We made mangers, antlers and Christmas trees. 

We had great fun.

Science Week Floating Coloured Water

Tracey and James did an experiment using Water and salt. Here is their experiment.

1. In one glass put some salt and add warm water.
2. Stir until salt is dissolved
3. In another glass put some food colouring and add warm water.
4. Slowly pour the coloured water into the salt water.

Now watch and see how the coloured water sits on top of the salt water. 

This is because salt water is heavier than tap water.

Science Week Match in a Glass Experiment

Science Experiments

This week we did some experiments in the classroom. We showed the other classes this morning. We held a science show in the GP room. Here are our experiments.

Match in a glass

1. Put blu-tac in middle of plate
2. Add some food colouring to the water and pour around the match.
3. Light the match.(ask an adult to help with this stage)
4. Place the glass over the lit match carefully.
5. Watch the water getting rising up inside the glass.

The match creates hot air inside the glass and it pushes to the sides of the glass. This creates a vacuum effect, which sucks up the water.