We had such a lovely afternoon in our classroom! We have been learning all about restorative practice during our Friendship Keeper lessons. Last week, we learned about love bombing which is when we can surprise people with little bursts of love and kindness. We planned a big love bomb for our teacher Andrea from second class. We prepared cards, messages and posters for her and then invited her to our classroom to surprise her with a big cheer and our gifts! Andrea had a lovely surprise and we really enjoyed spreading love to our community! We can't wait to spread more love and kindness in our community! 

Our Friendship Keeper mascot is the giraffe because the giraffe has the biggest heart of all the land animals and a long neck to see things from others' perspectives. Check out our mascots and giraffe drawings.

We have been working hard on some different projects in our classroom. During our art lessons, we have been working on creating some positive portraits using a cool tie dye effect from crepe paper. Check out the steps below if you want to try it at home. 

We have also been having great fun using the chromebooks in our class every Friday. We are learning to use Book Creator at the moment and are in the middle of writing short books about giants. We will keep you updated on our progress. 

Finally, we are very proud of Pranav in our class. He entered an art competition during the summer and his art was selected in the 67th Texaco Children's Art competition and he was awarded a Special Merit Certificate. His artwork is currently being exhibited in Highlanes Gallery in Drogheda,co Louth until 2nd October. Here is his lovely picture. Congratulations Pranav!