On Wednesday , 19th of November, Mrs. Mooney’s 2nd Class went on a trip to The Museum of Country Life in Turlough. They travelled by bus in the morning and were split into two groups when they got there. Both groups had a tour of the museum and attended a workshop on weaving. Each child even made their own bracelet! The class had some time to play on the grounds as well and did some active learning in the museum before they went home . In small groups they had to find answers to some questions by reading the displays around them. It was a great day!
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- Sea Fishing- catching the basking shark for it's oil.
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- Cutting Turf
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- Machine for turf
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- Some of the jobs that the woman of the house had to do
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- Machine pulled by horse and used to break up ploughed ground after sowing wheat.
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- Coopers tools
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- Used to carry potatoes when harvesting, designed to fit between drills
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- Spinning Wheel
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- Tom explaining how to 'figure of eight' weave
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- Brendan guiding us around the museum
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- Currach for sea fishing
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- We had our second break outside and had time to grab another snack!
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- Gathering leaves and seeds
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- Getting the instructions
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- Active Learning- working in groups we had to read the displays and answer question about professions and life in the home in the past
