Month: December 2016

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Christmas Wishes

At this time of year, I would like to thank the students and teachers of Mount Hanover for their hard work and dedication. A special

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Festive Playdough Fun

Today we did some playdough activities. The children had to use their playdough to finish Santa’s hair, beard and hat. They also had to decorate

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1st Class

A Wriggly Nativity

Today the children performed their Christmas Play for the children in 1st-6th class. They put on a great show and we will do it all

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Christmas Raffle

A little peek at our fantastic prizes! The raffle takes place on Wednesday before 11am. Get your tickets in ASAP!!  

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Christmas Art

The Infant children created these fantastic pieces last week. They used the pointed end of the paintbrush to decorate the tree. The Christmas lights were

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Christmas Holidays

School will close at 12 noon on Thursday December 22nd for the Christmas Holidays. Please note, this is not a non-uniform day so school uniforms

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Digital School of Distinction

We are delighted to inform you that Scoil Cholmcille, Mount Hanover has been awarded the Digital Schools of Distinction Award. Digital Schools of Distinction is a flagship

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Parachute Games

On Wednesday the children in the Infant classroom played some parachute games for PE! They really enjoyed it!  

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Senior Infants Class

Art Class

Here are a selection of pictures of the work Vanessa did with the children in her art class. Senior Infant Work: Tuesday evenings class: Wednesday

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6th Class

Baking

Ms. Martin and some of the 6th Class boys did some lovely baking in the GP Room this week. They made chocolate cupcakes! Well done

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Carol Singing

Thank you to all those who came and supported the carol singing in Scotch Hall at the weekend. It was a lovely day and the

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Infant News

This week our theme in Gaeilge is “An Nollaig”. Our Grow in Love lesson is called “Gifts for Baby Jesus.” Our Aistear theme is “The

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Christmas Raffle

The annual Christmas Raffle will take place on Wednesday December 21st before 11am. Our top prize this year is an X-Box! Please make sure to

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Christmas Play

The Infants Christmas Play, “A Wriggly Nativity” will take place on Tuesday December 20th at 10am in the GP Room. Looking forward to the show!

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5th Class

Duleek First Responders

Well done to the children in 5th & 6th class who took part in thedesign a logo competition for Duleek Cardiac First Responders. This competition

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Dance Mat

Using the BBC Dance Mat to learn how to touch type! There are four levels to play, each divided into three stages. You start by

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Carol Singing

Busy practising our carol singing for tomorrow! Children are to wear their school tracksuit and a Santa hat! Adults to wear their 5k t-shirts (if

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Paper Plate Animals

Art today was making some Paper Plate Animals to display for our Christmas Nativity. Great work everyone!  

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ICT to Support Learning

Children learn in a variety of different ways here at Mount Hanover. These children are using a talking dictionary on the tablet to learn new

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ICT in the Classroom

We use the ActivInspire software in the Infant classroom to reinforce the learning of our “Tricky Words”.   The children have to complete little activities

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1st Class

Scratch

Scratch is a platform where you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically,

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5th Class

IWB Work

Here are the children in 5th & 6th class busy at work on the Interactive Whiteboard (IWB). They are using PlanetMaths online to learn about

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3rd Class

ICT in the Classroom

    A snapshot of the research projects completed by the children in 3rd/4th class recently. Each group had to complete a project and fact

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Post Office Play

  Our play stations for this week are: 1. Role Play 2. Oral language 3. Printing 4. Construction

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Tricky Words

The children in Juniors and Seniors have been learning their Tricky Words. These are high frequency words that have to be learnt off by heart.

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