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Tuesday 15th March 2016 was Proclamation Day. On this day every school in the country was invited to share their Proclamation for a New Generation.

Here in Slatta N.S. we savoured the chance to learn more about The 1916 Easter Rising as we prepared for Proclamation Day.

The Senior Classes completed a project on the history of The Easter Rising which can be viewed on the noticeboard in the hallway of the school. (Pictures below)

The Junior Classes incorporated The Easter Rising into their Aistear play sessions – role-playing in the GPO and having a mini rising with their smallworld village and army. (Photos on website)

On Tuesday 15th we had a flag raising ceremony for the Irish flag we received back in October.

6th class read the 1916 Proclamation then 3rd and 4th class read Slatta’s Proclamation for a New Generation. The Junior classes waved their flags as they watched with great interest.

Proclamation for a New Generation

Slatta School – Our wishes for the next 100 years

1. World Peace
2. Provide everyone with a home
3. More respect for the environment
4. That people respect each other more and each others differences
5. Everyone should have a job and feel valued
6. More focus on child-welfare
7. End animal cruelty
8. More medical research and advances 

Flag Raising Ceremony 

1916 Easter Rising Project

This month (January 2016) we have been focusing on the Supermarket/Farm Theme during our Aistear Play Sessions. We had different stations to have fun in

1. Supermarket (role play area)

We really enjoyed writing shopping lists and spending lots of money in our classroom supermarket.

2.  Farm (smallworld)

It was a very busy time on our farm ad we tended our animals and grew crops.

3. Games (co-operative play)

We had fun playing games with a shopping theme together. We used English and Gaeilge vocabulary.

(Photos to follow)

The Junior Room went to see ‘Monday’s Child’ performed by the Barnstorm Theatre Company in the Backstage Theatre on Tuesday 23rd February.

We were very lucky to get a picture taken with the cast of the play. We all enjoyed the play.