The older classes in SHNS celebrated St Brigid’s Day today by making St Brigid’s Day Crosses out of rushes. As legend has it, it is thought that the St Brigid Day Cross keeps evil, fire and hunger from homes it which is displayed…….

But aside from the legend, Brigid is said to have sat by the bed of an old pagan chieftain, consoling and calming him and it is here that she picked up the rushes from the floor and began weaving them into the distinctive cross pattern. Whilst she weaved, she explained the meaning of the cross to the sick Chieftain and it is thought her kind calming words brought him great peace.

As part of their thematic unit on Hook Lighthouse, 5th and 6th Class were learning about electricity in Science. As part of this they were experimenting with circuits and they designed electric quizzes for others to complete!

Ms Murphy’s class won’t ever starve, as they learned how to make their very only viking soda bread and butter. To make sure they wouldn’t forget these recipes, they also put pen to paper to practice their procedural writing!

3rd and 4th Class had the fun task of creating longships out of recycled materials as they studied The Vikings in History Class. They splashed into a Science lesson then to see if they could float……..

A very Happy New Year from Ms Murphy’s 3rd and 4th Class.

Check out these agamographs which were inspired by the Artist Yaacov Agam 🙂

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