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MLD Class 2024-25

Sports Day:
We had our Sports Day and what a Sports Day it was!!! The sun was shinning which made it even better, we integrated into our mainstream classes to take part. We had to race, bounce on hoppers, dress up, balance eggs, tug a rope and much more. We have a couple of snaps from the day to share with you all! 
Our Sunflower Seedlings:
We are learning about the Life Cycle of a Plant. We've learnt that when you plant a seed that it takes 10-14 days to germinate which means the plant grows some roots and sprouts out from the top. We are super excited to watch our seedlings grow, they have grown so much already. 
Our Gummy Bear Science Experiment:
In Science we did an experiment with gummy bear sweets, our aim was to answer the question "What will happen when we put a Gummy Bears in different liquids?". We chose four liquids, water, salt water, vinegar and 7 up.
 
We put the liquids into plastic cups and popped a different coloured gummy bear into each one. We made predictions about how we thought the liquids might change the appearance of the gummy bears. We put the cups onto the window sill and left the gummy bears for 4 days. After four days we drained the liquids and observed how the gummy bears changed or not. We recorded our findings and then compared them to our predictions. 
Bubbling Magic Potions:
Today we made our own bubbling foamy potions. We used vinegar, washing liquid, food colouring, glitter and bicarbonate soda to create our fantastic potions. We had a lot of fun!!!! 
Our Trip to Airfield Estate:
We visited Airfield Estate as part of Science Week. We had a lot of fun and learnt so much about how to run a farm. A couple of things we learnt about on the farm was: How Nature Cleans Our Water, The Eggshellent Adventure - how eggs are made up, Agroforestry, Soil Types Under the Microscope, Compost, Solar Panels and Organic Gardening. We got a big surprise when we visited the farm yard where the cows are milked. There were four baby calves which we were able to pet which was so much fun. 
Halloween Dress Up Fun! 
Today was our Halloween Dress Up Fun day. We all dressed up as different characters, we had a really fun day. We baked some Spooky Halloween Cupcakes, had a Halloween Disco and our class party. 
Maths Week
This week was Maths week in the school. We played a variety of different Maths games. In the hall there were jumbo sized games of Connect Four, Jenga, Snakes and Ladders, X's and O's and Dominoes. 
Our Autumn Leaves & Trees
Taste of Tennis (Active Week)
This week we were so lucky to get take part in the Taster of Tennis with Karl. We played different types of games that challenged our tennis skills and knowledge. We played a game where every time we hit the ball over the net got a point which a lot of funny, we had to really focus to get our points. 
Our Garden:
Last week when the weather was fantastic we took got our gardening tools and sorted out or flower bed outside our classroom window. We used the tools to de weed our flower bed and we made bamboo teepees for our sweet pea flowers to grow up. We then loosened the soil and planted two lavender plants. 
Gymnastics:
We have been taking part in weekly Gymnastic lessons with Alejandro. Alejandro has been teaching and showing us how to do cartwheels, tumbles, crabs and pencil rolls. We are really enjoying our lessons with Alejandro and we are becoming more confident at doing the different moves. 
Our Christmas Art:
We are very proud of Christmas Artwork, we created Kandinsky styled Christmas Trees using crayons, markers and watercolour paint. We drew and painted Snowy Scenes and stuck cotton wool on to create snow on the ground and the roofs of the houses. One of our favourites were our Grinch's Hands. 
Our 3D Globe Puzzle:
Over the past couple of months, we have worked incredibly hard on completing Our Globe jig saw puzzle. Finally, today was the day that we completed it. The boys have worked on it in the afternoons separating the pieces by numbers and slowly connecting them to create the dome shape. We are so happy and proud of the work the boys did. Happy FRIYAY!! 
Spooky Halloween Cupcakes
Our Spooky Halloween Art
Rathfarnham Castle
Today we went on our Sponsored Walk. We walked to Rathfarnham Castle and all around the park. The weather was lovely and dry, all the Autumn leaves were crispy to walk on and so colourful.