Friday 21st October

19/10/2016

This week everything has turned super spooky in Rm 5! As Halloween draws nearer we have been practicing our magic potions and of course dropping into the witch's costume shop to make a few purchases!

Building Spider nests...

Below is a snap shot of some of our morning work stations.

This week we made Fireworks Play-doh! It was sooo much fun and super easy to make! Maybe you could try making it at home, it's cheap and easy and lasts for ages!

Here's how we made it...

Add the flour

Add salt.

Add Cream of Tartar

Add vegetable oil.

And the magic ingredients... Colour and sparkle!!!

Add about 1.5 cups of boiling water and mix...

It will start really sticky but as you knead it with your hands, it will cool and come together in a nice soft ball!

Home Made Play-doh from Zara Murray on Vimeo.

Well done to all the girls and boys. They were so well behaved during this messy task! I hope you enjoy going it a try at home. Remember to keep it in the fridge when not using it.

To finish off this weeks blog I want to introduce you to this lovely book we've been reading, 'Silly Billy'. While most of the time our little ones are super happy they do at times have their little worries that to them can seem very big. So did Billy until his clever grandma gave him some little worry dolls who he could share his troubles with before bedtime and then place them under his pillow while he slept. Billy was sleeping like a log in no time!! After experimenting with some sample dolls myself, I now have a very long order list... it seems like they all have worries now!! lol

Happy Weekend,

Ms. Murray

22 Comments

Noah Dunne

21/10/2016 06:57:26 pm

My favourite part of the week was the halloween witch shop. Noah

Ms Murray

21/10/2016 07:37:09 pm

Well done Noah for being first to comment! double gold star for you Monday!! Enjoy this week's blog! We had great fun.

Caoimhe Scott link

21/10/2016 07:13:22 pm

Absolutely fantastic wonderful to be able see all the children enjoying school do much.Thanks do much for sharing this with all the parrnts

Ms Murray

21/10/2016 07:35:28 pm

Thanks for commenting! It's nice to see what they get up too. Hope you enjoy this week's blog.

Donal

23/10/2016 10:12:07 am

Great to see what Julia H has been up to all week looks like room five are all set and ready for Halloween

Sean Owens

22/10/2016 11:18:47 am

Thanks Ms Murray what a great spooky video, looking forward to making the play dough at home. Loved building the shop and looking for the spiders.
Sean

Ms Murray

22/10/2016 11:41:41 am

Well Done Sean! Make sure you let know how your play doh making goes! You can experiment with adding some different smells (spices and oils)

John & Vanessa Divilly

22/10/2016 06:44:59 pm

Absolutely fantastic work by Ms Murray and all the children. We look forward to every weekend when we get to view all their new projects. Happy Halloween everyone !!

Ms Murray

22/10/2016 07:09:39 pm

Thanks. Glad you're enjoying the blog! Nice way to keep up with how well they're doing ?

Ray Waldron

22/10/2016 07:29:48 pm

Layla found it hard deciding between making the fireworks play dough and the Halloween shop. But we think the play dough just about wins... Great work everybody. We really enjoy looking at the pics & vids each week.

Ms Murray

23/10/2016 10:43:27 am

I complete understand Layla's dilemma! It's a difficult decision, it's all great fun!

Julia H

23/10/2016 06:43:05 pm

Hi Ms. Murray Julia H here had a great weekend in Donegal look forward to the week ahead

Ms. Murray

23/10/2016 07:20:04 pm

Look forward to hearing all about your trip to Donegal in tomorrow's News Julia! Well done!

Catherine Maher

23/10/2016 09:18:50 pm

It is great to see all of the hard work Maisy and all of her pals in room 5 have done.

Saoirse Lohan

24/10/2016 09:17:17 pm

Well done Ms Murray, we really enjoyed watching the video clips, it's great to see what is going on during the day & how beneficial it is. Saoirse's doll is now part of the family! keep up the really good work & thank you, Serene & Ray

Ms Murray

26/10/2016 07:02:09 pm

Delighted Satires likes the doll! Hope the eyes stay on this time lol!

Mary Jane

25/10/2016 04:02:40 pm

Well done Ms. Murray and kids!Myself and Brian enjoyed watching videos and pics from previous blogs til the latest. Excellent idea having this class blogs 😊Brian's fave was play-doh making and had fun in halloween shop.Can't wait to see this coming week's blog 😊Two thumbs up!

Ms Murray

25/10/2016 05:49:15 pm

Thanks you for the fantastic comments! Great to get such positive feedback, they work so hard!

Marcin link

26/10/2016 09:41:35 am

Ms. Murray, I said from the start that this blog is a fantastic idea and a brilliant way to see what the children have been up to during each week :)
The Halloween week's video is very nicely edited.
All the posted videos and pics are fun to watch.
As some of the children have grandparents outside Ireland this blog is a very good way to show them how their grandchildren educate through fun school activities (even if for some of grandparents it's only through pictures or videos).
The recipe for the play-doh is defo something I need to try to make at home :)
Keep up the good work going and make videos and pictures coming through this blog.

Ms Murray

26/10/2016 06:59:36 pm

Thanks for the lovely comment. I'm absolutely thrilled to hear that our blog is being viewed by grandparents who are living abroad! It is so lovely for them to have an opportunity to feel part of their grandchild's learning. They will be able to chat all about their school when they Skype! Great Stuff!

Lisa Harte

26/10/2016 05:18:13 pm

Great work with the blog Ms Murray, it's great to be able to view how Sean gets on during the week and how much fun he has! Look forward to viewing more, keep up the good work.

Ms Murray

26/10/2016 06:55:13 pm

Thanks for the comment. The children also love to look back on their work and it really get them self evaluating what they've been learning.

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