Well done to all the boys and girls in the Daisies for working so hard at home. Summer holidays are finally here so you can relax and enjoy them. I have to congratulate all of the boys and girls for their participation in the final Student Council Active Challenge and I was not surprised to see that the 2nd and 3rd class team, the Ravens, won!!! Well done to everyone who took part. This year has been a crazy one and it was hard not getting to see everyone and finish 2nd class together but you have all done so well in dealing with the changes and staying positive. I have had an amazing year as your teacher and I'm very proud of you all!

Have a look through the blog to get a reminder of everyone's activities and all of the fun games and projects you have gotten involved in this year. I hope you all have a lovely summer break with your families!

Ms Hassett

Matthew really enjoyed active week at home and got plenty of exercise while having lots of fun too. He wants to say hi to everyone and he hopes they all have a great summer break. He can't wait to see you all again and catch up on everyone's news!

Yacouba had a fantastic active week at home and loved being able to run and play all day with his brothers. Yacouba enjoyed learning all about the heart and made his own experiment to record his pulse before and after exercise. He also did races at home as well as the long jump with his brothers. Yacouba walked a mile with a smile everyday, to the school and back. Well done Yacouba! Yacouba wants to with everyone in the Daisies a summer full of sunshine and fun! He is really looking forward to seeing all of his friends again when he goes back to school. 

Hello to everyone in the Daisies,
I miss you all and hope you have a nice summer.
I can't wait to see you all in September!
Kenaya

Hi everyone,
I can't believe it is our last week in 2nd class and your last week learning from home. What a crazy year this has been! You have all made me so proud over the last few months and you should be proud of yourselves too.

Our value this week is 'self-belief' which is one of the most important values and one of my favourites to learn about. The poster below shows positive affirmations which we should practice telling ourselves each day. Practice reading the sentences out loud to your parents, your siblings, your grandparents, your pets and even your toys. I have also added a video below that is linked to our value called 'Remarkably You! by Pat Zietlow Miller.

Hello to everyone from Yacouba! Yacouba is looking forward to his summer holidays and has also made a bucket list of fun activities to do with his family. Yacouba has done a great job at his maths activities this week and enjoyed learning about position and direction as well as right angles. He made his own angle monster to find right angles in his home. Yacouba enjoyed the ice activity so much that he did it twice! His brothers helped him to find different ways to melt the ice. They tried breaking it first but then realised it was alot easier to melt it. Well done Yacouba for all your hard work this week! :) 

Hello to everyone from Kristine! Kristine has been working hard for the last few weeks and is looking forward to her summer holidays! she drew another lovely picture for us and made her summer bucket list. Kristine has been working super hard at her maths and has completed extra pages in her mental maths books to challenge herself. Well done Kristine! She also enjoyed learning about position and direction, angles and doing her problem solving tasks. Kristine wrote a special prayer for her family in her Grow in Love this week. Great work Kristine! 

Sweta says hi to everyone in the Daisies. She enjoyed this weeks activities alot and has made a bucket list for the summer. Sweta also entered the Student Council Challenge this week and made an origami version of the pet she would love to have - a dog!  Wow that is brilliant Sweta, very creative! Sweta also enjoyed the science ice challenge this week and tried different ways of freeing her toy from the ice. Great work Sweta! :) 

Hello to everyone in the Daisies, from Maisie! Maisie has been very busy at home with her family. She had a nice day to mark the date of her Communion Day by having some delicious cake at home and she also got dress up and wear her communion shoes for a while. They are beautiful Maisie! Maisie has been keeping up with her school work every day and really enjoyed the 'Figure Me Out' poster for maths. She made a kite and also enjoyed some bird watching outside. When the weather is nice, Maisie enjoys spending time in the pool with her sister. Maisie has been learning lots of new skills at home and can make her own breakfast - Granola with some yoghurt and fruit. That looks very tasty!
Maisie has been a great helper at home with looking after her baby brother Archie and she loves being a big sister! She said he has gotten so big and has even started to smile. She really misses her friends and she looks forward to seeing them out and about playing!
Thanks for the update Maisie! :)

Hi everyone,

Can you believe we only have 2 weeks left of school? I hope you are all looking forward to your summer holidays and you are keeping busy with activities at home until then. Make sure to send me any news you have or if you want to share any art activities or projects you are working on at home with your friends, you can email me at r20mshassett@snu.ie.

I found a nice story for you that links in with our value of perseverance this week. Who remembers the story of Humpty Dumpty? This story follows on from that one and tells how Humpty Dumpty showed perseverance and courage to pick himself back up again. 

Have a nice week,
Ms Hassett

Kristine would like to say hi to her friends in the Daisies. She has enjoyed the activities this week and has been doing lots of colouring. Check out her positive quotes that she has coloured in. She is keeping busy at home with her work. Well done Kristine! :) 

Lexi would like to say hello to all of her friends in the Daisies. She is having a busy week and enjoyed playing maths games at home and making a 'Figure Me Out' poster. She found out some very interesting facts the sun this week. Lexi has taken part in the Student Council Baking Challenge and made delicious rocky road. Yum! Lexi also enjoyed doing bird watching activities this week and a nature quiz. Well done Lexi for keeping up with your work! :)

Yacouba wants to say hi to everyone and show them his delicious cookies that he baked with his brothers. He had so much fun and is also entering them in the Student Council Baking Challenge. They look very tasty Yacouba, well done! Here is the recipe for anyone who would like to make them at home:
​https://www.sweetestmenu.com/dark-chocolate-marshmallow-sea-salt-cookies/

Katie would like to say hi to all of her friends. She is having fun at home playing swing ball outside and keeping busy. She has been looking after plants over the last while and they have recently grown into beautiful flowers. They are beautiful Katie, well done!

Sweta wants to say hi to everyone and show her work from this week. She has made a wonderful playground out of cardboard and has work her on her Jolly Grammar and maths this week. Well done Sweta! :)

Matthew wants to say hello to everyone in the Daisies. He is enjoying his time at home and is keeping very busy with his activities. He visited the rock trail in the Curragh and found some beautifully decorated rocks that he wanted to share with you. Matthew is going on lots of walks with his family and is making the most of the weather when it is sunny. Thanks for keeping us updated Matthew! :)

Yacouba wants to say hello to all his friends. He is enjoying all of his activities this week. He did a shape hunt with his friend and brothers on Monday. They found lots of different shapes but noticed that the main 2D shape they could see around the house were rectangles. Yacouba really enjoyed learning about different birds he could see in his garden and taught his brothers some of the names. They spotted many different birds but the rook was the one they saw the most. Well Yacouba on another busy week! :)

Hello to everyone in the Daisies! I hope you have all had a lovely week, even if it was a short week. Thank you for keeping me up to date with all of your news and fun activities at home. You all sound like you are making the most of the time with your families which is great! Send on any photos you have for the blog or any messages you would like to send to your friends in the Daisies. 

I found a nice story for you that links to our value of 'Perspective' this week. The story is called 'Who is Melvin Bubble?' by Nick Bruel. This story shows how people can have difference perspectives and how it is important to listen to other opinions and see things from someone else's point of view.

Have a lovely weekend everyone,
​Ms Hassett

Janet celebrated her birthday last week and had a wonderful day at home with her family by having a mini pool party and barbeque with her uncle and cousins. She got lots of lovely toys and clothes as presents and an amazing unicorn ice-cream cake! Janet was also treated on the morning on her birthday with 'birthday cake' ice- cream for breakfast and pizza for dinner. Yum!! She has been making the most of the amazing weather by spending it outside having fun with her family. We hope you had a lovely birthday Janet, from everyone in the Daisies! :) 

Sweta has been busy in her garden this week making sure all of her plants are watered and taken care of. She has been keeping up to date with her work this week and has been out enjoying the sunshine and going for walks too with her family. Well done for keeping your handwriting so neat and for continuing to practice your cursive writing! Sweta told me to say hello to everyone in the Daisies and to let them know she has made some more of her delicious scones that she gave us the recipe for. She can't wait to see everyone again in September! :)

Yacouba has had a busy week and really enjoyed the bank holiday weekend! On Monday 1st of June he celebrated 'National Children's Day' (Medzinárodný deň detí). Yacouba celebrated this with his family by taking part in a treasure hunt at home that his mom organised. To get all the pieces of the treasure map, Yacouba had to solve some hard problems. When he found all the pieces of the treasure map he quickly found the treasure with his brothers, which was Pokémon cards! They had lots of fun at home! Yacouba has also been working hard at his maths and is getting much better at problem solving. Super work! :) Yacouba misses everyone in the Daisies and is looking forward to seeing you all again.

Rebecca has been busy being creative at and has been making interesting characters from toilet paper rolls. She now has 12 characters and is soon going to begin making homes for them to live in. That is a very creative idea Rebecca! She also told me all about her flower pressing activity. She has a flower press but was also using heavy books to flatten different flowers from her garden and created some art pieces using these flowers. They are beautiful, well done Rebecca! Rebecca has been practicing her rollerblading at home and likes to skate near her estate with her sisters! She wants to say hello to everyone in the Daisies and she can't wait to see you all again! :) 

Kristine has enjoyed another busy week of activities at home. She is keeping up with her arts and crafts and made some interesting pieces that she wanted to show everyone! She has also done some mindful colouring pages for summer and enjoyed learning about water safety this week. Well done for keeping busy Kristine and for showing us your activities. :)

Katie would like to say hi to everyone and let them know she had a lovely day in the park at the weekend. She is really enjoying spending time outside and going for walks in the sunshine! 

Lexi has had another busy week at home. She really enjoyed learning about water safety. Lexi got a new basketball net and has been outside practising her skills everyday.  Last weekend she was very excited to watch the Space X and NASA shuttle launch to the International Space Station! She had so much fun watching them prepare to launch and she learned so much about astronauts and space. On Sunday Lexi watched as they finally made it to the Space Station after 19 hours... Wow!!  Lexi wants to say hello to all of her friends and she is looking forward to seeing them again.