The children in the Junior Room really enjoyed hessian weaving last week.
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Category Archives: Arts & Crafts
Alan Nolan – Author and Illustrator
Author and illustrator Alan Nolan visited the children in Togher N.S. by webinar as part of our World Book Day celebrations. Did you know that Dracula is actually from Dublin? Author and illustrator Alan Nolan told the children all about the Dublin author of Dracula – Bram Stoker. Alan’s latest book, The Sackville Street Caper, imagines a young Bram Stoker and Molly Malone trying to thwart the evil Count Vladimar who plans to steal the Irish Crown Jewels from Dublin Castle. Alan Nolan has written and illustrated many books and comics for children and grown-ups, including Fintan’s Fifteen, Conor’s Caveman and the Murder Can Be Fatal series. During his live online visit Alan showed the children how to draw some of their favourite book characters.
St. Brigid’s Day
Imbolc or Imbolg also known as Saint Brigid’s Day is a Gaelic traditional festival. It marks the beginning of spring, and is the feast day of Saint Brigid, Ireland’s patroness saint. It is held on 1 February, which is about halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Imbolc is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals, along with: Bealtaine, Lughnasadh and Samhain. The customs of St Brigid’s Day include weaving St. Brigid’s crosses. We were delighted to keep this custom alive and the children enjoyed creating these beautiful St. Brigid’s Day crosses today. 
Spring Flowers
Today, February 1st, is historically known as the first day of spring in Ireland. The days are starting to get a bit longer and nature is awakening from it’s winter sleep. The children created these beautiful spring artworks to celebrate the return of the colourful flowers and the promise of longer, warmer days ahead.
Christmas Wreaths
Stephanie from the Heritage in Schools showed the children how to make simple Christmas Wreaths using willow from the school garden and greenery sourced by the children – a huge thank you to the parents for their help. The children made beautiful, locally sourced and sustainable Christmas decorations.
Tea light holder
The children in the Junior Room made these beautiful Tea Light Holders from clay this week.
Christmas Wreaths
The children were delighted to welcome Stephanie from Heritage in Schools to learn about crafting Christmas Wreaths. Christmas Wreaths created from natural materials like willow, holly, evergreens and ivy are both inexpensive and fun to make. A huge thank you to the parents that helped gather the greenery. The children created some wonderful Christmas wreaths.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
The children in Miss Daly’s class have been busy getting the classroom ready for Christmas. This week they made this wonderful Snowman Advent Calender.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Aoibhe and Sophie who both won fabulous hampers in the Dunmanway Credit art competition.
Winter Art
As the weather gets colder the children in the Senior Room were inspired to create some winter artworks.
