Fourth classes were out looking for signs of winter last week in the school grounds. They heard rooks, house sparrows and seagulls, saw holly, birch, dogwood and hazel trees and rubbed the bark on the birch trees. In another sign of winter, the day was cold, with temperatures around one or two degrees Celsius so pupils could see water vapour when they breathed out. The sap has gone from trees now so they will be dormant over the winter months.
Continue ReadingSlane Air Pollution and Bypass News!
We were delighted to hear the news that Slane may, at last, get a road bypass. Recently, pupils have been measuring levels of Nitrogen Dioxide, a gas which comes from car exhausts, outside the school on the N2 Slane to Collon road. The laboratory results are not good. Slane N.S. levels of Nitrogen Dioxide were the 16th highest out of 160 schools in the GLOBE research project. Also, the schools with higher levels were all in bigger towns and cities….
Continue ReadingSchool Self-Evaluation Pupil Survey – Music
Dear Pupils, One part of running the school is to look at areas we could improve pupil learning and pupil wellbeing. This process is called School Self-Evaluation (SSE). This year the staff has chosen music as an area that we could improve at. Before we look at how we might do this we have to gather the opinions of people in the school. One of the most important people in the school are the pupils. Your opinions are very important…
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