Folk Practices

Many of the cultural practices that were the norm in Cavan Town in the 1930s , such as the Wren Boys on St.Stephen's Day and the making of reed crosses on St.Brigit's Day, are still observed today (although not as widely anymore it would seem).
Another thing that we discovered from our investigation of the library's stock of microfilm is that the people of Cavan were obsessed with potato cakes and boxty. Much to our teacher's horror it was discovered that several of the class hadn't eaten either before. After swimming today we got stuck into some warm, buttered potato cake fresh off the pan

Dreamcatchers

We're back and there's no dilly dallying. We've been getting getting stuck into history and exploring Native American culture and the folktales of Cavan Town and its hinterland.
  Here's some dreamcatchers that we did. The Ojibwa tribe believed they prevented nightmares, by catching them in the webbing, and guaranteed dreams by allowing them trickle down the feathers into the ears of sleeping children.
   We also visited the library in an effort to find out more about the locality. Kathleen was very helpful and showed us the folklore collection on microfilm, gathered in the '30s, some of which was written by children from St.Clare's School!

Friday Maths Groups

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Monday of this week we went and visited the Institute for Science Week. We got a closer look at some of the discoveries about air, that we take for granted today, and the experiments that made them possible.

Halloween

We've been learning an excerpt from Witches' Song from Macbeth. Here's our frighfully spooky rendition

History Trail

At the base of the belfry, Fr.Ultan shows the children the walkway above the nave of the cathedral

Inside one of the cupolas

Descending the stairs to the crypt where many of the past Bishops of Kilmore are interred

View back up the steps

Here's a few shots of the girls of the girls on our History Trail of Cavan Town. We were able to include a fairly comprehensive tour of the cathedral thanks to Fr.Ultan which included a visit to the crypt and high above the roof of the nave to the small copper cupolas that can be seen from the street

The Lungs

We're back and believe it or not we haven't been idle. The girls have been very busy learning about the respiratory system, particularly the lungs. Here's a working model of the lungs ,that they made, showing how the diaphragm aids breathing