Making Computer Games!

Everyone has been really busy in our after school club looking at Scratch Programming. In groups of 2/3, children made versions of the classic game 'Pong'. I've been amazed at how everyone has used teamwork and computer skills to help make their games. You can play them below! Use the mouse (or keyboard on Shane and Eomann's) to move the bat and stop the ball hitting the floor! If you would like to see all of our games, please click here. Kieva and Niamh Learn more about this … [Read more...]

NETNS Garden – a very busy week!

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We're making great progress on the NETNS School Garden.   Thank you for all of the kind donations and we are now very well stocked for seeds, bulbs and planting trays. If you have any spare tools, we would love to have a hoe or a rake and few more hand trowels and forks. We have planted the donated blackcurrant, redcurrant, raspberry and blackberry plants along the fence. Hopefully we should get our first crop this year! This week at gardening club we turned over the soil to break it … [Read more...]

Look at our caterpillars!

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Another great week in the After School Club!!!

This week we have spent time discussing our families, friends and feelings.  We discussed where our families are from and what kind of things we like to do together.  We each drew a picture representing each member in our family.  This led us to the topic of ‘around the world’.  The children had great fun discussing countries around the world and where their families originated from.  The children told us fabulous stories about trips they have been on.  Next week we will learn … [Read more...]

Train set, winter wonderland and much more!!!!!!

This week was another great week in our After School Club.  First of all we would like to thank the teachers in the school for the loan of their fantastic train set; fully equipped with trains, bridges, lights, emergency services and lots more.  We were very excited about getting the new toy and had great fun putting the parts together and assembling the track in all different ways.  This is the now one of the new main attractions in the room. Since Monday was the first day of winter we … [Read more...]

After-school Facility

Dear Parents, Just a little note to let you know that we had a fantastic Week 1 of After School.  The children thoroughly enjoyed their first week and made lots of new friends. The children are all getting on very well together.  There are a number of play areas laid out in the room for the children to explore at the leisure.  These areas are: Water Sand Kitchen Block Book and story Arts and Crafts The children have also been very busy creating some fantastic art work, … [Read more...]