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"If everyone started off the day singing,
just think how happy they'd be." - Lauren Myracle

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember,
involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin

"Education is the most powerful weapon which
you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

"Educating the mind without educating
the heart is no education at all." - Aristotle

"The best teachers are those who show you where to look,
but don't tell you what to see." - Alexandra K. Trenfor

"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood." - Fred Rogers

"Reading gives us some place to go when
we have to stay where we are." - Mason Cooley

"Every student can learn, just not on the
same day, or the same way." - George Evans

Swimming for Second Class!

January 24, 2019

Swimming begins for second class on Thursday 24th January 2019.

Recent Tweets

Mr. Hackett's class responding to their reading material through Art this week as part of their homework...fab results! pic.twitter.com/1s4q…

RT @ZapTower Spinning art courtesy of Saoirse and Donal’s homemade spinning boxes! pic.twitter.com/nd4E…

RT @aivalikli_ms Recount writing is our genre this month. We’ve been reading some of Anne Frank’s diary looking at some of the common features. Today we used thesaurus.com to find interesting adjectives to describe what we know of Anne so far! @followstannes pic.twitter.com/hHjP…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Spring is arriving in the school gardens. @followstannes pic.twitter.com/4NtB…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Head over to our blog to find out what we've been getting up to in Senior Infants! blog.stannesshankill… @followstannes

RT @MsHughesclass Brainstorming and drafting some ideas for the ‘Write a Book’ competition. We are fantastic authors and illustrators already! pic.twitter.com/pRBJ…

RT @MsHughesclass Partitioning nine this week. ‘9 is the same as 7 and 2, 8 and 1, 9 and 0, 6 and 3, 5 and 4. #activemaths #learningbydoing pic.twitter.com/11DD…

RT @aivalikli_ms Our topics this month are weather, climate change and heat. We began our study in science this week looking at how heat moves. We used a thermometer to record the temperature of water and watched how food coloring spread as a result. pic.twitter.com/KbqZ…

RT @MsHughesclass We were talking about the uses and dangers of electricity this week. Huge thanks to our pals in @aivalikli_ms who came to show us some cool circuits and electrical items! pic.twitter.com/TlNG…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Cycling progress ..... what a difference eight weeks of training has made. Road safety awareness in action today. Thank you for working with us. @followstannes @dlrcc pic.twitter.com/rTgn…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Well done everyone. Great work done with cycle training and road safety awareness. @followstannes @dlrcc pic.twitter.com/uYCa…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 If you believe in miracles, they do happen! Everyone in our class cycled at the end of our cycling course. Thank you to our amazing and patient tutors for their hard work. We appreciate it. @followstannes @dlrcc pic.twitter.com/1dhn…

RT @aivalikli_ms We were so excited to start GAA with Steve again this term. Looking forward to learning and improving our GAA skills and having lots of fun too! @ShankillGaa @followstannes pic.twitter.com/XkRG…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Friday mornings just became busier. Week 1 of our ball skills module. A great way to wake ourselves up. @followstannes @ShankillGaa pic.twitter.com/n30t…

Happy Holidays from John and all the staff at St. Anne's N.S. pic.twitter.com/zVgm…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Here are the yellow table and the green tables’ toys! A book and a remote control car! #SeniorInfants #ActiveLearning #Materials #Groupwork pic.twitter.com/MUXR…

RT @MsOlsonsClass And last but not least the blue table’s toy! A robot! #SeniorInfants #ActiveLearning #Materials #Groupwork 3/3 pic.twitter.com/AzcT…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Yesterday we designed toys in groups and presented them to the class! First we drew our designs and then we were allowed to use any materials that we could find in the classroom! Take a look at the red and orange tables’ toy! A robot and a Lego hotel! 1/3 pic.twitter.com/3Bx6…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Today we made snow out of polysodium acrylate (the stuff you find inside nappies 😂😂) It was a lot of fun and snow easy to make!!! #Science #MaterialsandChange #SeniorInfants pic.twitter.com/JFSp…

RT @MsOlsonsClass A lovely sing-song to end our first term in #SeniorInfants. Thank you to all the children and parents for the most generous gifts and well wishes! I have been spoilt rotten and am so grateful! I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎄🎅🏻🎁🎉💖 pic.twitter.com/JvOz…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Celebrating the shortest day of the year. Happy holidays everyone. pic.twitter.com/6r96…

RT @MsHughesclass Thanks for the in class entertainment @aivalikli_ms Christmas Dramas written and performed by 6th class! We were all enthralled! pic.twitter.com/QQQ9…

RT @aivalikli_ms Happy Christmas from 6th Class! Hope you enjoy a fun filled festive season, see you all in the New Year @followstannes pic.twitter.com/1VPv…

Special post.... pic.twitter.com/ZALr…

Heard all about it.... twitter.com/MsHughes…

RT @MsHughesclass An important envelope sent in today’s post. Our class ‘nice list’ signed by all of us, Ms Hughes, Deva and Mr Fingleton! Santa is sure to get the message that we are a kind and hard working bunch! pic.twitter.com/CUhb…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Yesterday we made 3D shapes out of marshmallows and cocktail sticks! It was great fun! #activelearning #Maths #SeniorInfants pic.twitter.com/WGWs…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Very imaginative children in #SeniorInfants! They set up this puppet show for us to enjoy during free play today! It was very funny! 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/NGJc…

RT @aivalikli_ms Winter Art; with a focus on tone, shade and depth through colour @followstannes pic.twitter.com/xLzg…

RT @ZapTower It’s a Zaptower Christmas!! pic.twitter.com/AiQC…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 The egg update...... the egg shell dissolved in the vinegar and we ended up with bouncy eggs (and a very strong smell of vinegar in our room). @followstannes

RT @RangMrsLennon Making Christmas Trees today @7MJB @followstannes pic.twitter.com/kFEX…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Progress in motion ! Well done everyone for great listening, stopping and starting today. @followstannes pic.twitter.com/2rlU…

RT @aivalikli_ms Christmas Sing Song on a bright winter’s yard @followstannes #christmascheer pic.twitter.com/RYBl…

Rudolph in paint and in lights... pic.twitter.com/HWi0…

RT @MsHughesclass Busy creating our own handmade wrapping paper using inks and rollers. #makeyourown #festiveart pic.twitter.com/twNg…

Love Rudolf... twitter.com/ZapTower…

Cool. Is that salmon? twitter.com/aivalikl…

Completely agree and your poem was a lovely ending.... twitter.com/msrigbys…

RT @MsOlsonsClass We also found lots of cuboids and cylinders on our 3D shape hunt! #Maths #SeniorInfants 2/2 pic.twitter.com/A994…

RT @aivalikli_ms Our Christmas dramas are almost ready. We have been busy brainstorming and writing short scripts in our drama groups. @followstannes pic.twitter.com/Tuo2…

Beautiful twitter.com/RangMrsL…

Check out our new news items from around the school on our blog.... blog.stannesshankill…

RT @MsOlsonsClass New blog post out now at blog.stannesshankill… or via stannesshankill.com. Go check it out! @followstannes

Well deserved....hope it wasn't just you and Deva though! twitter.com/MsHughes…

RT @MsOlsonsClass One of our own lighting the advent wreath this week! #11sleepsuntilChristmas #Advent #SeniorInfants pic.twitter.com/7JmT…

Fab.... twitter.com/RangMrsL…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Here we are singing jingle bells at our assembly performance! Great singing from the audience too! #11sleepsuntilChristmas #SeniorInfants @followstannes pic.twitter.com/AKwD…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Well done to all the children in #SeniorInfants for our assembly performance. We performed a version of Jingle Bells and #SantaShark!! Once again thanks for the shout out @christmasfm @followstannes pic.twitter.com/aeYN…

Listen to Christmas.mp3 by St. Anne's N.S. #np on #SoundCloud soundcloud.com/user-…

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RT @MsOlsonsClass Last week we designed toys in #Aistear and this week we constructed them out of Lego. Have a look at some of our creations! We also made these cute Christmas cards for our families. #12sleepsuntilChristmas #SeniorInfants pic.twitter.com/myKT…

Super fun whilst learning.... twitter.com/MsOlsons…

True twitter.com/MsHughes…

RT @MsHughesclass What a talented bunch! Here’s the before and after the show photos... pic.twitter.com/S0mX…

RT @RangMrsLennon Fun STEM challenge today- can your group make the tallest freestanding balloon structure? @7MJB @stkevinsgns @StAnnesShankill pic.twitter.com/ywcK…

Kids look totally 'engaged' twitter.com/aivalikl…

Great door as always Ms. Olson! twitter.com/MsOlsons…

Nor should they.... twitter.com/MsOlsons…

I am sure he is... twitter.com/MsOlsons…

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