Happy Ladybugs

We made some pencil holders out of clay today.
First we got used to the clay by banging, rolling and pinching it. Then we made a big ball and a small ball. We pushed the big ball into the table to get a flat bottom on it. Next we got some water and used a crosshatch design to try to help the head stick firmly onto the body. At this stage we drew in our lovely happy faces, and put the patterns on their backs.
We left our happy ladybugs by the radiator and we hope that they will be dry by next week so we can paint them.
As a class we decided that the world needed a bit of cheering up, so they all have really happy faces!
We hope you like them.

UPDATE:  We finished our lady bugs today. We painted them a different colour for each group.
We think they look seriously cool.... :)

Australian Dot Paintings

We have been examining Australian dot paintings, like these...

They are very bright and colourful. We tried make some of our own. Here are a few of them, we hope you like them...

Swimming

We had great excitement last Friday as we started our first swimming lesson. We will be going to Cavan Leisure Complex every Friday morning until the end of this term. All children are asked to bring their swimming costume, swimming hat, a towel and their swimming money that morning. We will be leaving at 9am sharp, so please don't be late!