On the 23rd of May, 5th and 6th class went to the Green Schools award's ceremony in Athlone. We left at 12 o clock and went by car. When we got to the Green schools presentation we were told to go get dinner. We had chicken and  mash potatoes with extra vegetables, and we had chocolate profiteroles for dessert. When we had the dinner over we went into the room where the Green Flag award's ceremony was . When they called out the 'Global Citizenship- Litter and Waste' flag, we were so excited because that was the flag we were getting. When we got the flag, we took pictures with it. Afterwards we went to the ice cream van. When we went back to the car Kate asked if we could go on the Go Carts. We had 5 minutes to go on the Go Carts. We got home at 5:15 from Athlone.
I really liked it and it was a good experience.

 
On the 14th of June 2018 at 8:30 we were heading off on our school tour to Roscrea Cistercian College, the Fun Academy. Pupils from Juniors to Sixth class were going. When we arrived there we left our bags in the changing room and went out to the field to do orienteering. It was great fun to find all the answers to the questions. Kate and I came joint first with Jason and Ben. Next we did an outdoor obstacle course, we were split into teams to do a relay around the obstacle course. When we were finished we went back to the changing room for a small break. After that we went swimming. The pool was freezing and we had only one ball to play with. I don’t think anyone really liked the pool. Meanwhile the juniors and seniors were playing games outside. After we got changed we went back to the changing room and had big lunch. We then went and did the bouncy castle obstacle course, Knockout and multi-ball. We got a bit more lunch after that and started to make egg rockets. Moya and Lily came first, me and Ava came second. Next we went on the water slide. Juniors and Seniors weren’t old enough to go on it. Everyone else had a few goes on it. After a while we had to go get changed and dry and get ready for the nightline. In night line we had to put on blacked out goggles and hang onto the rope. Soon we had to go back down and get our bags and go home on the bus. We arrived home at 5:15. I really enjoyed the tour. I would definitely recommend it to everyone.    
 
By Kate Houlihan
5th class 15 /6/2018        
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In Redwood N.S. we go on laptops to write blogs to help us learn.

We write blogs in Redwood school. I write about different stuff like Running in Thurles and Pancakes.

Redwood are entering a competition for a certificate. We do the blogs on laptops. We can also go on Prezi, Story bird, Kahoot and Geosstr.

I think ICT is a very good idea for learning. I think every school should do it.
By Sophie Houlihan. 3rd class.  In Redwood N.S.

In Redwood N.S. we use ICT to help us learn.
We use ipads to help us learn. 
We use maths splat to help us with our tables.
We use loads of maths games to help us.
I like playing maths games on the ipads, it is fun.
By Jason Houlihan 3rd class.

Redwood NS use a wide variety of websites to bolster our education.

Firstly, the equipment we use to access the internet are, five laptops and four iPads. We often use these throughout the day to use the internet.

At Redwood NS we have our own website with a blog which we update frequently. We have a massive selection of topics ranging from match reports to events in school. The blogs I am most proud of are my Argentina vs Ireland match report, my Man Utd report and my Leicester City season report. I love posting blogs on our website.

We use a lot of websites in school. We use sites such as Kahoot, a quiz website where you make a quiz and play other people's quizzes, Storybird, a website where you can create your own book. You can import pictures off the internet to your story too. Another website is Geoguessr, a website where you have to guess where you are in the world judging off a picture. I love using these websites but my favourite is Prezi, a presentation website where you choose your template and make a presentation from there.

In school we have submitted an application for DPSM. We are very hopeful that we can achieve the certificate. 

By: Rory Duffy 6th Class

In Redwod N.S we use ICT to expand our education. We use ipads, laptops and websites.

First of all Redwood has a website to post blogs. Recently I posted about how to make butter. If something important happens in the school we would post a blog on the laptops.
 
In Redwood we play and make various games such as Storybird, Prezi, Kahoot, and Geogussr. In these games you can create multiple presentations, stories, and quizzes.

In school we have entered a competition for an ICT certificate and to show all the technology related work we do.

In Redwood N.S. We use ICT to improve our eduction. We use it to learn new things and to help us with our different subjects.

In class we would use the laptops to type in our blog about recent happenings at the school.              
We use Geoguesser and Geosetter in geography.  

​During maths we use a large amount of websites on the laptops and on the ipads there is plenty of maths games to pick.

​We also present projects on prezi, Make up quizzes on Kahoot and type stories  on Storybird.

ICT is very eductional and a fun way to learn. This year our school hopes to be awarded a certificate in S.T.E.M. Everyone really likes it in our school.

 In Redwood N.S. we use ICT to broaden our education. We use it for maths, english, history (ect).

We use ICT for websites like: Quizzes on Kahoot, presentations on Prezi, making stories on Storybird and maths on Planet maths and Cracking maths. We also have our own school blog. 

In school we also have 4 I-pads and 5 laptops. On the I-pads there are many english and maths games to choose from. My personal favorite on the I-pad is Maths Bingo.

This year we are hoping to receive a certificate for S.T.E.M. We have worked very hard using the technology we have been given to use. It is brilliant even the younger classroom loves it. I think every school should use ICT. 

In Redwood N.S we use ICT to help us  learn. We use laptops ,Ipads and the Internet for some websites.

We use ICT for Prezi, maths, our class blog, kahoot and lots more. Prezi is a website for doing a presentation on a country, places and any other things you want to explain. For maths we use a few different websites,  my favourite maths game is Cracking Maths . A blog is a website where you can write about different things. Everyone writes on the blog when it's their turn. Kahoot is a quiz game. We  sometimes make our own quizzes.

We are working towords a certificate for S.T.E.M.

By Dermot Houlihan 5th class 8/5/17.

Last Friday in school we planted some veggies.
We planted lettuce, tomatoes, turnips and carrots.
In school we watched a powerpoint presentation showing us what to do.
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First we put soil into litle cups. We then watered the soil before we put the seeds in. We each had our own cup and made three holes in the soil, when we got the seeds we each put a couple of seeds in each hole and covered them up again with soil.
We put lables on the cups so we knew which one was which and put them on the windowsill.

Growing tomatoes:
We water them every 5 days. After 9-12 weeks a small leaf will appear that means you now have to move the tomatoes into a pot 30cm in diameter make sure the top of the plant is sticking out of the soil. Still water every 5 days. Weeks 13 - 20 a yellow flower will appear. Now you hane to water every 3 days. Week 16-20 the flower will die away and the fruit will appear as a small green ball keep watering every 3 days. Around 22-25 weeks later the tomatoes should be a bright red colour. There are your beautiful, juicy and Homegrown tomatoes!

We are still in the process of growing all of our fruit and veg.
​Mabye at the end of the year we will make some soup.   
                            All of our vegetables and fruits.