Citywest & Saggart

Community National School

Junior Infants Room 3: The Balloon Rocket

It’s Science Week this week and we are all celebrating in Citywest & Saggart CNS by taking part in lots of science related activities.  Today in Room 3 we completed The Balloon Rocket Experiment.  The boys and girls had lots of fun predicting what would happen when the air was left out of the balloon.  They counted down from 5 and we left our balloon rocket blast-off! BUT the rocket didn’t reach the end of the track! We had lots of discussion and varied the experiment in lots of different ways to try and make our rocket go even further.  In the end, the boys and girls came to the conclusion that the more air that was in the balloon, the further the rocket reached.  This was because the air was pushing the rocket forward when it was escaping from the balloon. https://cscns.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/My-Movie.mp4 If you would like to carry out this simple experiment at home, the instructions are...

Senior Infants Room 5: Athletics

Monday mornings mean P.E – a great start to the week! We are learning about different types of jumps – we can jump in five different ways. We are racing in teams. It is very important to be in the starting position and ready to run before Ms Harney says ‘On your marks, get set, GO’. Please click here to see some more...

Junior Infants Room 2: Fruit & Veg. Shop

This week, the children in room 2 have started to take on the roles of customer and shopkeeper in their own fruit and veg. shop. This role play will be a great way for us to learn to work together, communicate, as well as build up our vocabulary. We are also learning about fruits and vegetables through our big book, Handa’s Suprise. Ask us about this story if you get a...