It’s certainly beginning to feel a lot like Christmas here at Togher N.S. This week the children in the Senior Room made beautiful Christmas Wreaths with Stephanie from Heritage in Schools. A massive Thank You to all those that provided the willow and greenery required. The children made beautiful Christmas Wreaths.
We had a lovely creative evening here at Togher N.S. making these beautiful Christmas Table Decorations. A huge thank you to all that supported this wonderful evening.
The Fanlobbus Union of Parishes is holding a Christmas Tree Festival from Friday 1st December to Sunday 3rd, in St Mary’s Church, Dunmanway. The Festival seeks to tell the story of Christmas and the story of the local community through the medium of Christmas trees. The children have been busy working on our Christmas Tree – Togher’s Tree of Peace.
The children in the Junior Room really enjoyed salt painting as part of a STEAM (Science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) project. Adding salt to a painting project creates a terrific raised painting effect and it also allows children to explore science. Raised glue and salt painting with watercolour paint is an excellent example of a STEAM project for children because it integrates both science and art. On the scientific side, the magic of this project lies in the reaction between the salt and the liquid colors. Children explore absorption, crystallization, and the dispersion of pigments as the liquid interacts with the salt, providing a hands-on lesson in basic chemistry and physics. They also created these wonderful artworks.
Halloween originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain – used to celebrate the passing from summer to winter. People disguised themselves using animal skins to protect against evil spirits on the prowl and lit fires to guide the good spirits during Samhain. We love the festival of Samhain at Togher N.S. The children in the Senior Room celebrated the spooky season by creating these wonderful Halloween artworks this week.
Baking with Karen was all about Halloween this week. The children learned about baking gooey and crunchy marshmallow, rice crispy and chocolate cakes with a spooky theme. The children were fascinated by the spooky spider in the middle of the web on top of the delicious gooey marshmallow, rice crispy and chocolate bake. They were delighted to learn about the artistic techniques that can be used in baking to achieve both beautiful and tasty results.
Hallowe’en began as a celebration over 2,000 years ago in Ireland as part of a festival known as Samhain. This celebration marks the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or “darker half” of the year. The children in the Junior Room created these spooky Hallowe’en witches this week.
