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School Tour Room 12
We had great fun in the Fun Factory today for our school tour! Thanks to all the volunteers who helped to make the day a great success.
SCMJ Twitter Project #Irishschoolsummer
We are setting up a Twitter project here in Scoil Mhuire. We want all teachers, parents and pupils to contribute to the project by taking a photo of our beautiful Irish summer and tweet it using the hashtag: #Irishschoolsummer. We want to get as many people involved as possible! Maybe you could take a photo of a school tour, a sunny day or more than likely a rainy day! There are lots of possibilities! Please join in!
Michael the storyteller
The children got a special treat today as Michael came to visit to tell old Irish legends. The children were enthralled listening to to story of Setanta and another story called The Three Thieves. The children really enjoyed the funny stories!
Coding for kids
There are some wonderful resources which I encourage you to try out at home. Coding sounds like a scary word but computer science is on the up and we are educating children who know more about computers than we do! They will be looking for jobs in years to come, which have yet to be invented! These apps and websites use coding to create simple animations or games. They encourage problem-solving and logical thinking. I am aiming to give all the children some experience in coding before the summer holidays. You would be amazed what children of this age can achieve when they put their minds to it!
HOPSCOTCH: is an iPad app which uses simple blocks to animate characters on a stage. Learn more about it here.
SCRACTH: is a website which allows you to use blocks to move “sprites” or characters around the stage also. You can learn more here.
CODERDOJO: is a club for kids. There is a club in Naas and I would imagine that it’s only a matter of time before more clubs open locally. More information here.
If you have any questions about coding for kids, or indeed any ideas or extra information, please speak up! 🙂
Handa’s Surprise Stop Motion Video
We made a stop motion video in Room 12. Stop motion means that the object or person in the video makes very small movements and individual photos are taken of each movement. This is the technique used to make animations such as Wallace and Gromit. We decided to make a video based on the book Handa’s Surprise. Handa puts seven delicious fruits into a basket as a surprise for her friend Akeyo. But thanks to seven hungry animals, it’s Handa who gets the surprise! Watch the video here to find out the surprise! We took almost 300 photos in order to put this video together. The children worked very hard to make this video! Well done to all.