Toy show night is one of the most magical nights in the life of a child. 3rd and 4th class took this to a whole new level on Friday, when we presented our very own toy inventions to the junior classes in our school.

We worked hard all week planning, designing, and creating our toys. We set up our very own studio and demonstrated our toys for the younger children. We created a Lego World Cup stadium model,  a sweet dispenser, a horse box, a party bus with flashing lights, a Pokemon robot, and we even made Santa’s Sleigh!

It was a very magical day in our classroom! Here is a snippet of our work!

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Last year the Junior and Senior Infants classes and Third and Fourth classes embarked on a creative journey with artist Tom Meskell. This was a fantastic opportunity for the children and teachers to work alongside an experienced artist and broaden our creative views while having so much fun expressing ourselves creatively. We completed many activities using a variety of mediums in a very hands on approach. This project was carried out during very challenging Covid times for our pupils so it was a ray of sunshine that carried us through this period of time in school. I hope you enjoy looking through our journey in the following link – Gortskehy NS Creativity in Lockdown 2021

Creativity in Lockdown

This is my Halloween Art.

It is a haunted house.

I used paint for my background.

I used chalk pastels for the background.

And I used a black page for the silhouette.

I cut out a house and tree on a hill, then stuck the pieces on to my coloured background.

This year, we undertook a whole-school project to bring our pupil artistic talents outside.  The goal was to enhance our outdoor space with impactful art- one which promotes our schools values, our vision and raise a smile!

We are proud of our school and all it represents and we wanted to communicate, through art, everything that’s positive and important to our school. Using our name GORT SCEICHE,  we picked a theme for each letter. Every class designed the artwork representing the theme as follows for each letter:

G – Animals in our Environment

O – Friendship

R – Learning at school

T – Religion

S – Place Names

C – Our School 

E – GAA

I – Music

C – Sport 

H – Digital/IT

E – Music

Here are some photos of our pupils designing & creating their art earlier this year:

A special thank you to Melissa Walsh, MW Design, Print & Signs for making the letters and adding our pupil’s art to each letter. Her enthusiasm and creativity brought this project from 70 A4 sheets of themed artwork to what’s now proudly displayed on our school wall.

The finished letters –

We are so happy with the finished art!  Thank you to our amazingly talented pupils at Gortskehy who have brought this art to life with their creativity and artistic flair. We hope it makes you smile!