Burren Beo School Tour- The children concluded their Burren Beo project with a tour of the Burren.

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The whole school took part in a ‘CLEAN UP’ of the surrounding school environment today Friday 12th June. The children have been working really hard to try and achieve the Green Flag for Boston N.S. We are now recycling  and reusing as much as possible, as well as ensuring the environment is litter free. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Projects by the Senior-room:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The children of Boston N.S. were fortunate to be asked by the Burren Beo Trust to meet Prince Charles yesterday 19-05-15 near Carron. Two children from Boston N.S. were chosen that had recently graduated from Eco Beo. The children shared some of their knowledge with Prince Charles about the flora, fauna and folklore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Senior room completed projects on World War 2, Egypt,the Pyramids and Volcanoes.Some children made posters, others constructed scrap books and one child made a fantastic powerpoint on Volcanoes. WELL DONE! The children learned many new interesting facts and presented their projects to the class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The children in Ms. Lees are preparing and planting their window boxes.

The children of Boston and Tubber N.S. graduated from Burren Beo, each group presented their projects on topics covered over the past 20 weeks. Thanks very much to Aine for all her help.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A great morning in Attyslaney woods finding native trees, learning how to keep our environment clean and we finished with an Easter Egg hunt linked to Maths. Thank you to Joan and Sean for all the information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today the 20-03-15 the children of Boston N.S. had the opportunity to experience the eclipse.

Powerpoints presented by Ms. Lee’s room about the Normans and Marie Curie.

 

 

 

 

The children in the junior room were learning about forces in Science this week. The main focus was on the force of wind and how it can generate electricity through wind turbines. Each child got the chance to make their own wind turbine and test it out by blowing on them. This showed the children the effect wind has on wind turbines and how they work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The children in the Senior room have created projects based upon countries in Europe. Each child presented their project to the class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week the junior room have being learning about Springtime, the farm and machinery/jobs that used to be done long ago compared to now. The children got to see how butter was made long along using a churn and then they got the chance to invent their own churn using a glass jar and make their own butter and buttermilk using just cream. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Boston begins its journey to secure a GREEN FLAG. Look at the posters and slogans the children have been developing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The children are participating in the Burren Beo project. They are learning all about the Burren and their local community.

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Lee’s class prepared and presented powerpoints on topics such as Thomas Edison, Magnetism, The Stone Age, Christopher Columbus, Rocks including information on the Burren and Ireland.

The parents and community were present in Boston N.S. for the presentations of the powerpoints.

 

 

 

The Junior Classroom learned about Static Electricity this week. They got the opportunity to work in groups to experiment and observe the effects static electricity has on paper, hair, aluminium cans and much more using balloons.