Tables Champion 6th class

Fun General Quiz

Please use your correct name

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200907-the-remarkable-ways-animals-understand-numbers

Actor Murray Abraham who won an Oscar for the movie Amadeus was recently interviewed on Zoom by Mr. O Flynn’s class. You can read accounts of the interview by Faris and Joe by clicking here.

The Dodder is one of the best urban rivers in Ireland. Send your photos in to mrring@stjosephsterenure.ie . Click here for gallery.

We´ve had some great fun with the last two weeks- we had our Active Week, Biodiversity Week where the local plants and wildlife were explored and many boys have developed gardening green fingers. Finally we had our bakeoff and Mr. Reale has today annouced that Charlie from Ms. Tynan´s class is the winner with his “Social Distancing” Cake!! Well done everyone!

This duck family can be seen on the Dodder below the weir at Lr. Dodder Rd., Rathfarnham. They are now around a month old and have lost four of their number , maybe to predators. They also had to survive a few days last week when the river was in flood after very heavy rain.

And here’s an interesting video on ducklings leaving a nest box when they are just one or two days old.