Welcome to 2nd class.  We have 19 very hardworking girls in our class. Have a look at our page to see all of our hard work.

Friday 3rd April

Good morning everyone. Well done on completing another week of great work. I hope you are all keeping well and I am looking forward to seeing you all once we are back at school. As you know today marks the beginning of our Easter break (April 6th-20th). During this time, I will not be listing daily work on the website. You have all worked so hard and deserve a break from your school work. You can still keep busy by reading your favourite book, doing some art, exercising, or following any of the great links on our homepage.
Wishing you all a safe and happy Easter break,
Ms. Morrissey. 

​Work for today: 
P.E
Today you can choose which PE lesson you would prefer. You can choose between PE with Joe, or a dance from go-noodle. Just remember to have fun! Spelling workbook :
  •  Unit 13 p.50. Ask an adult to help test you on your spellings this week. (digging-seventeen). Best of luck!
  • Write a poem based on the theme of 'Easter'.
Read at home: 
  •  Read 'Ellie's smelly wellie jelly' on p.103
  • Write the answers to the questions into your copy.
  • Ellie wrote a very strange recipe on p.103.  Create your own recipe for something strange and wonderful! 

Jill's New Rollerblades:
  • Read over p. 29 and also read p.30.

Mental Maths :
Gaeilge: An Aimsir (The weather)
  • 'Cáisc shona duit!' means Happy Easter in Irish. Make a card for someone you love wishing them happy Easter in Irish. 
Religion
  • We are coming up to a very important time in religion, Easter time. Today's video is called 'The Women at the tomb'. Watch the video. Afterwards, take some time to say a quiet prayer for someone you care about. https://vimeo.com/207599749
  • Optional work: Take this time to catch up on an unfinished page from your communion scrapbook.

Art:
Follow this link for some great art lessons. Watch the video 'Draw along with Patty, Poppy Parrot'. Before you start, make sure you have some plain paper, a pencil and a rubber. When you are finished, try and make this picture as colourful as possible! https://www.facebook.com/DeepSpaceSparklePage/

Thursday 2nd April

Good morning everyone. This week we are going to follow the structure of our daily class timetable.  That means I will be listing work daily for Spelling workbook, mental maths, read at home, Jill's new rollerblades and Gaeilge (Irish).  On Thursday's in school we normally have a music lesson, so I have included music today. I am aware there is a lot of work listed, so just do as much as you are able for. Don't forget about all of the great links on our homepage also!
Work for today: 
 Spelling workbook :
  •  Unit 13 p.50. We have learned our 9 spellings for this week (digging-seventeen). Use today to go over these spellings. Use the space beside each word on p.50 to test yourself if you have not already done this.
  • A lot of our spellings this week were compound words. Remember compound words are when two words join together to make a new word for example lady + bird = ladybird. Make a list in your copybook of as many compound words as you can think of. Aim to find 6 compound words!
Read at home: 
  •  Read 'Antarctica the frozen continent' on p.102
  • Write the answers to the questions into your copy.
  • Follow this link to learn more about Antarctica. After reading, write in your copy why you would or wouldn't like to visit Antarctica. Give 2 reasons for your answer. https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home#article/ar830070

Jill's New Rollerblades:
  • Read over p. 28 and also read p. 29.

Mental Maths :
Gaeilge: An Aimsir (The weather)
  • Conas atá an aimsir inniu? (How is the weather today?)
  • Pick a sentence or two to describe the weather today and draw a picture to show its meaning:
  • Tá an ghrian ag taitneamh (sun is shining)
  • Tá sé ag cur báistí (raining)
  • Tá scamall sa spéir (cloudy)
  • Tá sé fuar (It is cold)
  • Tá sé te (It is hot)
  • Tá bogha báistí sa spéir (There is a rainbow in the sky)

Religion
  • We are coming up to a very important time in religion, Easter time. Today's video is about Jesus being betrayed by one of his friends. Follow the link to watch the video. After, imagine you have been betrayed by one of your best friends. Maybe you told them a secret and they told the rest of the class. How would you feel? Write a diary entry about this telling what happened and how you are feeling. https://vimeo.com/206577679

Music
Today we are learning all about body percussion. That is when we make sounds using just our bodies. A simple body percussion sound is clapping our hands. Can you think of any others? Watch this video to get some ideas. When you have watched this video, make up your own body percussion sequence and try teaching it to someone in your house. Write it down in your copy so that when we come back to school you can teach it to everyone else!

Wednesday 1st April

Good morning everyone. This week we are going to follow the structure of our daily class timetable.  That means I will be listing work daily for Spelling workbook, mental maths, read at home, Jill's new rollerblades and Gaeilge (Irish).  On Wednesday's in school we normally have a science lesson, so I have included science today. I am aware there is a lot of work listed, so just do as much as you are able for. Don't forget about all of the great links on our homepage also!
Work for today: 
 Spelling workbook :
  •  Unit 13 p.50. Learn the next 3 spellings (ladybird, eighteen, seventeen)
  • Write these spellings into sentences
  • Complete q.9 p.53.
  • Optional activity: Complete Additional Activities q.11 (a).
Read at home: 
  •  Read 'School tour' p.101
  • Write the answers to the questions into your copy.
  • Today we are going to be doing some creative writing. Write a story called 'The school tour'. Remember when writing a story, aim for a copybook page. Don't forget your capital letters and full stops.

Jill's New Rollerblades:
  • Read over p. 27 and also read p. 28.

Mental Maths :
Gaeilge: An Aimsir (The weather)
  • Read  this poem 'Bogha Báistí'. Remember Bogha báistí means rainbow in Irish. Write this poem into your copy. If you like, you can decorate it. There are lots of colours mentioned in this poem. Wherever you see a colour word, shade that word in with a colour to show you know what it means. For example, buí means yellow so I will use a yellow colour to shade over the word buí in the poem.
Bogha Báistí
​Bhí bogha báistí sa ghairdín aréir
Buí, dearg, agus glas ó thalamh go spéir.
Oráiste agus gorm ag lonradh go glé
Níl sé ann inniu, cé go raibh sé ann inné.

Religion
  • We are coming up to a very important time in religion, Easter time. Follow this link to watch a video all about a time when Jesus was betrayed by one of his disciples. When you are finished, draw a picture on a blank A4 page to show what happened in this story.  Put this picture in your religion scrapbook when finished. https://vimeo.com/173788247

Science
  • Today in science we are talking all about the environment. In 2nd class we know how important it is to care for the world around us. Complete the activities on this page into your copybook. 

Tuesday  31st March

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Good morning everyone. This week we are going to follow the structure of our daily class timetable.  That means I will be listing work daily for Spelling workbook, mental maths, read at home, Jill's new rollerblades and Gaeilge (Irish).  On Tuesday's in school we normally have a geography lesson, so I have included geography today. I am aware there is a lot of work listed, so just do as much as you are able for. Don't forget about all of the great links on our homepage also!
Work for today: 
It's Tuesday today so let's start the day with P.E. Follow this link and complete the daily PE class with Joe Wicks: ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX05HHni9Wk
 Spelling workbook :
  •  Unit 13 p.50. Learn the next 3 spellings (bluebird, pray, death)
  • Write these spellings into sentences
  • Complete q.9 p.53. As this is the word search, you can split this question between today and tomorrow if you like.
Read at home: 
  •  Read 'Galapagos Islands' p.100
  • Write the answers to the questions into your copy.
  • Follow this link to read lots more interesting information all about the Galapagos Islands. Write down 4 new facts in your copybook. Put the heading and the date at the top of your work as we do in school. https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home#article/ar830700

Jill's New Rollerblades:
  • Read over p. 26 and also read p. 27.

Mental Maths :
  • Complete Tuesday p.54.  (Don't forget Monday's Problem solving p.55)
  • Revise +3 and +4 tables. (Stapled in front of purple notebook).
  • If you have access to a phone or tablet, play the daily 10 today. Why not challenge someone in your house to join in? https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
  •  - www.mathsweek.ie/2019/maths-at-home/ Maths Week website have great daily Maths activities.
    www.mathsweek.ie/Maths-at-Home/targetboards/#/targetboard/Maths-at-Home Here is the link to Target Boards.  Read the instructions and then try to get on the leaderboard each day!  Our class target boards code is: ZMJ8344
  • Gaeilge: An Aimsir (The weather)
  • Copy this table into your copy. Write the sentences into the boxes and draw a picture to show the type of weather in each. The last box 'Tá tintreach ann' might be tricky. This means 'There is lightning'. 

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`Geography:
Today we are thinking all about the different people who work in our community and how their jobs help us. 
  • List the jobs you, your family and other people around you do to help each other in the community. For example shopkeepers help us have food to eat and gardaí help keep us safe. Try and list as many jobs as you can. When you have finished this task, write a few sentences about, or draw a picture of, the job you would like to have when you grow up!

Monday 30th March

Hello everyone, I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend. It's the start of another week of home learning. Don't worry if you are not getting all of the work done, I'm happy once everyone is trying their best and staying happy and healthy. Missing all of you and looking forward to seeing you all back in school.

Don't forget to check the home page for all of our useful links, as well as RTE school which starts today!
Work for today: 
  •  Spelling workbook :
  •  Unit 13 p.50. Learn the next 3 spellings (digging, dragonfly, Christ)
  • Write these spellings into sentences
  • Complete q.8 p.52 & q.10 p.53
Read at home: 
  •  Read 'Granny Skype' p.99
  • Write the answers to the questions into your copy.
  • This story is all about Emma skyping her Granny who she misses. Ring someone who you miss for a chat today.
Mental Maths : Jill's New Rollerblades:
  •  We are starting a new story today- 'The mobile phone' on p.26. Before  you read this story, write down your predictions in your copy. 
  • Read p.26
 
  • Pick two of the following activities for today :
  • Write your news from the weekend in your copy. I want you to really try and write with your best handwriting, using capital letters and full stops.
  • Draw a picture of one thing that made you smile this weekend.
  • Write down three things you plan to do this week. (For example 1. I will make my bed every morning. 2. I will be kind to everyone in my house 3. I will read a book). 
  • Maths time: Ask an adult if  you can use the calendar on their phone. Look at the month of April. Answer the following questions: 1. How many days in the month of April? 2. On what day does April start? 3. How many Monday's in April? 4. What day of the week is the 23rd April? 5.  On what day does the last day in April fall?
  • Complete the picture below:
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Friday 27th March

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Good morning girls. Happy Friday! Check out the website homepage to see a sample timetable with lots of great links that are loads of fun! Read at home: 
  •  Read 'Tim and the Tiger' p.98
  • Write the answers to the questions into your copy.
Mental Maths : Jill's New Rollerblades:
  •  Read p. 24 and 25 aloud
  • Now we have finished the story of Androcles and the lion. Write a review in your copy of this story. Write down whether you liked the story or not, what your favourite part was, and what you would give the story out of 10.
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Pick one or two of these spring activities  to complete today: ​​​





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​Pick 2 of the following activities and complete them in your copybook:
  • Keep a diary. Each day record a mixture of information about outside your home and inside your head.
  • Do a go-noodle dance or meditation (link further down this page or on the homepage)
  • Complete some work in your communion scrapbook.
  • Today is Friday so let's do some art! We have all been spending lots of time in our houses so lets create our dream house. How many rooms does it have? Maybe it has a special sweet room or a slide instead of a stairs! Be as creative as you like.
  • Follow one of the links from the suggested timetable on the home page for some fun!
  • How many ways can you make the number 37? You can use + or -.
  • Don't forget to check the website homepage for more news and websites!

Thursday 26th March
Good morning girls. Hope you are all keeping well and trying your best with the work. Check out the website homepage to see a sample timetable with lots of great links that are loads of fun!
  •  - www.mathsweek.ie/2019/maths-at-home/ Maths Week website have great daily Maths activities.
    www.mathsweek.ie/Maths-at-Home/targetboards/#/targetboard/Maths-at-Home Here is the link to Target Boards.  Read the instructions and then try to get on the leaderboard each day!  Our class target boards code is: ZMJ8344
  • https://soundcloud.com/harpercollinspublishers/the-worlds-worst-children-2-3/s-zHZPQlifKuV I know we all love World's Worst Children in our class. The author David Walliams is reading a story from his book every day. Get comfy, click the link, and relax 
  • Work for today: 
  •  Spelling workbook :
  •  Unit 13 p.50. We have now learned our 9 spellings for this week. Today go over these spellings and if you haven't already, write them out in the practise section in your book. (Easter-butterfly).
  • Complete q. 4 p.51 and q.5 p. 52
  • ''It was Easter morning. I woke up suddenly. What was that sound coming from the garden? I looked out the window to see......'' Finish this Easter story in your copy. 
Read at home: 
  •  Read 'Earthquake' p.97
  • Write the answers to the questions into your copy.
Mental Maths :
  • Complete Thursday's panel p. 53. (Don't forget the problem solving also)
  • Revise -1 and - 2 tables. (Stapled in front of purple notebook).
  • If you have access to a phone or tablet, play hit the button to practice your addition or subtraction.
  • https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Jill's New Rollerblades:
 Read p. 23 and 24 aloud
Pick one or two of these spring activities  to complete today: ​​
​Pick 2 of the following activities and complete them in your copybook:
  • Keep a diary. Each day record a mixture of information about outside your home and inside your head.
  • Do a go-noodle dance or meditation (link further down this page or on the homepage)
  • Ring an older person you know and have a chat
  • Look for and draw some patterns in your house or garden. (Tiles, furniture etc).
  • Tidy your room and when you are done, use the link on the homepage to relax with our loving kindness meditation.
  • Think of your favourite character from a book. Write down 10 questions you would like to ask them.
  • How many ways can you make the number 25? You can use + or -.
  • Don't forget to check the website homepage for more news and websites!
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Wednesday 25th March

Morning everyone. Hope you joined in with Joe Wick's youtube workout yesterday. He will be doing a workout every day so just follow the link on the homepage for today's exercise class. Read at home:  Mental Maths :
  • Complete Wednesday's panel p. 52. (Don't forget the problem solving also)
  • Revise -1 and - 2 tables. (Stapled in front of purple notebook).
  • If you have access to a phone or tablet, play hit the button to practice your addition or subtraction.
  • https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Jill's New Rollerblades:
  •  Read p. 22 and 23 aloud.
Gaeilge
  • 'An Cháisc' is the Irish for Easter. Divide a page in your copybook into 4 boxes. Write one new word in each box and draw a picture to show its meaning.
  • sicín= chicken
  • ciseán= basket
  • lus an chromchinn= daffodil
  • an tEarrach= spring
Pick 2 of the following activities and complete them in your copybook:
  • Keep a diary. Each day record a mixture of information about outside your home and inside your head.
  • Do a go-noodle dance or meditation (link further down this page or on the homepage)
  • Make a card with a kind message for someone at home 
  • Complete a page in your communion scrapbook
  • Ms. Cukur was teaching us about the planets when we were in school. Pick one planet and research it using the following questions: 1. What does the planet look like? 2. What are it's neighbouring planets? 3. Does your planet have a water source? for example a river or sea. 4. How many moons does your planet have? 5. Any other interesting facts. Write the answers to these in your copy and draw your chosen planet.
  • Have some fun on studyladder or ducksters.
  • Don't forget to check the website homepage for more news and websites!
​Keep up the great work :) 

Tuesday 24th March

Good morning! Let's get moving today. It's good to keep active. Follow this link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8 and complete today's P.E with Joe. I will be doing it too. Best of luck.
Spelling workbook :
  •  Unit 13 p.50. Learn the next 3 spellings (crocus, grass, green)
  • Write these 3 new spellings into sentences in your copy.
  • Complete q. 3 across p. 51
Read at home: 
  •  Read 'Easter Eggs' p.95
  • Write the answers to the questions into your copy.
  • There are lovely patterns on the Easter eggs surrounding this story. Draw and design your own Easter egg. 
Mental Maths :
  • Complete Tuesday's panel p. 52. (Don't forget the problem solving also)
  • Revise -1 and - 2 tables. (Stapled in front of purple notebook).
  • If you have access to a phone or tablet, play hit the button to practice your addition or subtraction.
  • https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Jill's New Rollerblades:
  •  Read p. 21 and 22 aloud.
Gaeilge
  • 'An Cháisc' is the Irish for Easter. Divide a page in your copybook into 4 boxes. Write one new word in each box and draw a picture to show its meaning.
  • uan= lamb
  • seacláid=chocolate
  • ubh=egg
  • coinín=bunny
Pick 2 of the following activities and complete them in your copybook:
  • How many ways can you make the number 20? Write all of the sums in your copy. They can be addition or subtraction.
  • Go into your garden. Draw what you see.
  • Keep a diary. Each day record a mixture of information about outside your home and inside your head.
  • Imagine you are writing a letter to your parent, convincing them that it is a good idea to let you stay up late and eat all the sweets you like! What would this letter say? How would you convince them to let you do this?
  • Do a go-noodle dance or meditation (link further down this page or on the homepage)
  • Make up a dance
  • Imagine you have a pen pal in another country. Write a letter to them explaining what your life is like in Ireland, where you live, all about your friends, and much more!
  • Don't forget to check the website homepage for more news and websites!
​Keep up the great work :) 

Monday 23rd March

Hello everyone! Happy Monday. Hope you all had a good weekend and are recharged for the week ahead. Here is our work for today:
Spelling workbook :
  • We are starting a new unit today! Unit 13. First learn your 3 new spellings (Easter, bonnet, cloud).
  • Write these 3 new spellings into sentences in your copy.
  • Complete q. 1 + 2 p. 50
Read at home: 
  •  Read 'Spring to life' p.94
  • Write the answers to the questions into your copy.
Mental Maths :
  • Complete Monday's panel p. 52. (Don't forget the problem solving also)
  • Revise -1 and - 2 tables. (Stapled in front of purple notebook).
  • If you have access to a phone or tablet, play hit the button to practice your addition or subtraction.
  • https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Jill's New Rollerblades:
  •  Read p. 20 and 21 aloud.
Pick 2 of the following activities and complete them in your copybook:
  • Write your news from the weekend. Don't forget your capital letters and full stops! Draw a picture when you are finished
  • Complete some more work in your communion scrapbook
  • It is important to always be kind :) Write a list of three kind things you are planning to do this week. (Maybe help with some jobs around the house, or tell someone a nice compliment!) 
  • Make a puppet out of an old sock
  • Write a poem about the theme 'Springtime'. Use your new spellings to help you!
  • Maths hunt! Find anything in your house that has 4 corners. Make a list.
Don't forget to check the website homepage for more news and websites!
​Keep up the great work :) 

Friday 20th March.

Good morning everyone and happy Friday! Hope you are all keeping busy and helping out at home. Our work for today is:
Studyladder:
If you can, log onto your studyladder account using your username and password from school. (Remember they were stapled in your homework journal). I have created 2 quick addition tasks for you to try.
Spelling workbook :
  • Learn the next 3 spellings on p. 46 (everywhere, centimetre, metre).
  • Write these 3 new spellings into sentences in your copy.
  • Complete q. 9 p. 49
  • It's Friday so let's try a spelling test. Ask an adult to call out this weeks spellings (something-metre) and write them in your copy.
Read at home: 
  •  Read 'Spring lambs' p.93
  • Write the answers to the questions into your copy.
Mental Maths :
  • Complete Thursday's panel p. 51 (Don't forget Thursday's problem solving p.51)
  • Complete Friday review p. 51
  • Revise +1 and + 2 tables. (Stapled in front of purple notebook).
Jill's New Rollerblades:
  •  Read p. 19 and 20 aloud.
Pick 2 of the following activities and complete them in your copybook:
  • Write your news. Don't forget capital letters and full stops!
  • List all of the 3d shapes you can find in your home. 
  • Make a tricky word search using our spellings this week.
  • Write a movie review of your favourite movie.
  • ​Draw a spring picture on a blank A4 page. 

Thursday 19th March.

Hello again! Hope everyone is keeping well and managed to complete yesterday's work. Here is our work for today:
Spelling workbook :
  • Learn the next 3 spellings on p. 46 (everyone, everything, everybody).
  • Write these 3 new spellings into sentences in your copy.
  • Complete q. 8 p. 48 & q. 10 p. 49
Read at home: 
  •  Read 'Easter Island' p.92
  • Write the answers to the questions into your copy.
Mental Maths :
  • Complete Tuesday's panel p. 50 (Don't forget Tuesday's problem solving p.51)
  • Revise +1 and + 2 tables. (Stapled in front of purple notebook).
Jill's New Rollerblades:
  •  Read p. 18 and 19 aloud.
Communion Scrapbook:
  • Complete one of the new colouring pages in your communion scrapbook.
Pick 2 of the following activities and complete them in your copybook:
  • Describe your favourite toy. Write a persuasive piece to explain why this is the best toy ever.
  • List all the 2d shapes you can find in your house. 
  • How many sums can you make with the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. You can use + or -.
  • Make up a gym routine with 5 different exercises. Try it out! Write these exercises down in your copy. Maybe you can ask someone in your family to try these too!
  • With an adult's help, make something tasty in the kitchen! Write down what ingredients you used and the steps you followed for this recipe. 

Wednesday 18th March.

Good morning everyone! Here is some work to be completed today. Try your best and enjoy!
Spelling workbook :
  • Learn the next 3 spellings on p. 46 (something, sometimes, somebody).
  • Write these 3 new spellings into sentences in your copy.
  • Complete q. 6 & 7 p. 48
Read at home: 
  •  Read 'Tommy's Tummy' p.91
  • Write the answers to the questions into your copy.
Mental Maths :
  • Complete Monday's panel p. 50 (Don't forget Monday's problem solving p.51)
  • Revise +1 and + 2 tables. (Stapled in front of purple notebook).
Jill's New Rollerblades:
  •  Read p. 17 and 18 aloud.
Creative writing & Art:
  • On a plain A4 page, draw your dream St. Patricks day parade. What floats would be in it? Would there be dancers? Gymnasts? Music bands?  Use your imagination. Make sure to colour this picture in when finished.
  • In your copy, write about 6 or 7 sentences (more if you like!) describing this parade. 
Helpful websites and interactive games:
  • https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ - This is a great website with lots of maths games.  You can find 'hit the button' to practice your addition and subtraction tables and also 'The daily 10'. Why not try the daily 10 with your brothers, sisters, or even parents!
  • https://www.twinkl.ie/ - This website is offering free membership for parents at the moment. You can sign up and find worksheets, powerpoint presentations and a lot more on a wide variety of topics.
  • https://www.gonoodle.com/ - A fantastic resource to get some exercise- even if its raining! There is also lots of meditation and yoga available on this website. 

Lets all try this together:

Buddy reading for World Book Day

We celebrated world book day by dressing up as a character from a book. We enjoyed buddy reading with 6th class. We also decorated potatoes as characters from a book. It was a fantastic day. 

Athletics

We enjoyed six weeks of athletics with Janet from Runner beans. We learned lots of new skills including the long jump, relays and even the shot put! We have many future athletes in our class-watch this space!

Maths week 2019

In October we celebrated Maths week. We took part in lots of fun maths activities throughout the week. One of our favourite lessons was making pictures using tanagrams. 

Hot chocolate party. 

A huge thank you to our wonderful SNA's Kim, Tanya and Michelle who organised a hot chocolate party as a reward for all of our hard work.We really enjoyed the treat!

All Ireland Champions 2019!

We were delighted when the Sam Maguire cup visited the school. Up the Dubs!!

Buddy reading

6th class kindly came into our classroom to do buddy reading with us. We chose our favourite books and the 6th class girls read them to us. It was fantastic.

Crazy Hat Walk 2019

Our crazy hat walk was a great success. We had a great time. Thanks again to everyone who supported us. 
We are talented artists in 2nd class! Have a look at all of our beautiful art.

 Become familiar with the wonderful world of hogwaRts!  
https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home

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