We went to Corkagh Park on Tuesday, 27th September. It was a sunny day and there were no clouds in the sky. It was one of the warmest days of the year even though it was Autumn. We did a tree survey. We looked for seeds and leaves and we tried to match them to the trees using a chart.  We drew a picture of a tree and we had to answer some questions like was it an evergreen or decidious tree.

Busy identifying trees

After the tree survey we went to the Pet Farm. We saw a playful parrot that danced for us.  We saw a colourful peacock standing proudly on top of the big, fat, black pig’s house. The pig didn’t seem to mind as she was fast asleep at the time. We saw a chinese duck. He was white with a little mark on his head. We saw and learnt a lot, especially that animals need to be respected and they don’t like to be petted.

Our sleepy friend

When we finished in the Pet Farm, we had an orienteering challenge. Most of us had never done orienteering before but we all enjoy outdoor pursuits. We had to find cones that had shpes and numbers on them and record the shapes and numbers on a grid. The first team back with the completed grid was the winner.

Finally it was lunch time and we went to the playground. We scoffed our lunches so that we would have more time for play. We played on the slides, swings, roundabouts, monkey bars and climbing frame.Soon it was time to go home. We walked back to the school, feeling happy, tired and very very hot.  We had a great day and we are looking forward to going back.

Orienteering champs!

parrot

Report by Mr. Bergin’s class.

Maths week is coming up on 17th of October. Second Classes are of to the Helix for a talk on magical maths on the 17th and Sixth are off to Castletown House in Celbridge to do a Maths Trail. Check out the website www.mathsweek.ie for more information.