• Try and re-trace Miss Blade's steps and do your own historical tour of churches in Creagh.
• See can you draw a trail map of your tour. 
• Can you think of something else you could explore?
• Do the Kahoot quiz on your class platform. 

Miss Blade: our historian/ teacher; has created another brilliant tutorial for us. this one focuses on the history of churches in Creagh. You will see how Miss Blade used her history skills to research all about the different churches in Creagh over the years. Thanks so much to Miss Blade for sharing her skills and expertise with us! 

It has become a tradition in creagh National School that Mr Lohan brings a group of children, usually in second class, to Gleantán bog at this time every year to teach them about how turf is saved and all about the flora and fauna natural to the peat land habitat. This year Mr Lohan has gone 'Virtual' so we can all join in! Many thanks to Mr Lohan for creating these videos to share with us all! 

Why don't you see if you can use some history skills like Miss Blade? Maybe you can create some primary sources for historians of the future to use! 

• Draw a map of the Creagh area today or as it might be in 100 years.
• Make your own Time Capsule. 
• Try the Kahoot on your class platform. 

Miss Blade is not just a teacher, she is also a historian. When historians are researching history, they use lots of different sources to make sure that the information is complete. In this video, Miss Blade shows us how she found out all about the history of Creagh National School using Primary sources. 

Many thanks to Miss Conway for creating this fantastic video of her farm for us! 
The next time you are in the countryside, try and identify some of the things that Miss Conway has shared with us. If you have a farm yourself, why don't you share some photos and stories to your class platform. 

Miss Conway brings us on a tour of her farm. ​In this tutorial video. You will see:

• Several different breeds of cattle.....and a bull!
• Miss Conway's chicks
• ​Sheep and future prize winning rams.
• Tractors, bales and lots more!!

This Week there will be lots of tutorials based on Our Local Environment. Thanks so much to Miss Larkin, Miss Conway, Mr. Lohan and Miss Blade for creating this wonderful content. Don't forget to tune in every day and explore your own local environment! 

Miss Larkin has an amazing hobby!! She is a bee-keeper. Watch this wonderful video and learn loads of fascinating facts all about bees. You will see how honey is collected, find out how the bee keeper keeps herself safe and learn about honey and lots more!

 Today is the day that we get to check in and see our eggs hatch. Click on the incubator to watch this magical  video clip.
​You will see baby chicks emerging from their eggs. it really is a spectacular and special sight! 
Huge thanks to Miss Blade and Miss Power (and not forgetting Adam) for putting together this amazing week full of brilliant activities!
We will be keeping you posted with regular chick updates on the website!

​Click on the incubator to see what happens to the eggs next.  Adam uses a method called candling to discover which eggs have chicken embryos in them Watch the video and see can you find the answers to the following questions.

• How many of the eggs have chicks in them?
• What did Adam use to 'candle' the eggs?
• What did they discover about the water level?
• How long have the eggs been in the incubator?

​Every day you will receive a link to the 'chick classroom'. This virtual classroom has a range of interactive activities for you to engage with. Today explore the classroom and check out some of these terrific activities:

• Find out how to how to make french toast.
  
• Guess who laid the eggs in Dublin Zoo.
  
• Learn all about the chick embryo.
  
• Read a chick based book.
  
• Discover some fun-facts and lots more! 

Click on the incubator to find out what happens to the eggs next. Discover how an incubator works. Watch the video and see can you find the answers to the following questions.

• What will the average temperature in the incubator rise to.
• How many mls of water  a day will Miss Power add?
• How many days will the chicks stay in the incubator?
• How many eggs are put into the incubator?

In this lovely address to the sixth class pupils of Ireland, President Higgins invites the children to remember their primary schooling with affection while looking forward to the next 'new and exciting chapter' in their future lives.