Welcome to Our
5th and 6th Class Page!
World Book Day
https://animoto.com/play/W81kPUI7goxr5yF942slBA
Engineers Week
Please see link below to view for Engineers Week
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Laundry Art Challenge
We took part in the Laundry art remote learning challenge where we were challenged to create a picture using our laundry. Click here to see some more of our creations.
Chain Reaction
We designed and made chain reactions based on Rube Goldberg machines.
Click here to see some of our chain reactions.
Boat STEM Challenge
We learnt all about how boats float and were challenged to use the knowledge we had learnt to design and make a boat that floats. Here is one of our boats in action
Click here to see some more of our designs.
3D Name STEM Challenge
This week we were challenged to create our name in 3D. Here are some of our creations
For more click here
Nativity
We narrated the story of the Nativity.
Christmas Art
We have been busy completing lots of different art projects. Click here to see some of them
Window painting
We painted these lovely Christmas scenes on the windows at the front of our school.
Penguins
Our Charcoal penguins
E-book Projects
We have been learning all about the harmful effects of plastics on our oceans. We researched the effects and created e-book projects. Click on the links below to view our projects
Microbeads by Caoimhe and Adam
How Long does it take plastic to degrade in ocean by Christopher an Robbie
Sources of Marine Debris by Niall, Patrky and Amelia
The effects of plastic on Marine Life by Olivia and Alyssa
How long does it take certain materials to degrade in the ocean by Pat, Daithí and Nikola
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Eoghan, Serena and Hazel
Microbeads by Calum, Dominik and Naomi
Sources of Marine Debris by Diarmuid and Angela
Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Robbie, Zofia and Bartosz
Science Week
We had great fun taking part in lots of different activities during Science week 2020.
Water Pollution and oil spills
We learnt all about water pollution. We learnt about oil spills, how they effect the environment and the various methods that are used to clean up oil spills. We then conducted an experiment to investigate the different ways of cleaning up oil spills. We also investigated the effect oil can have on birds feathers.
Virtual Workshop:
We also took part in a virtual science workshop and took part in lots of fun experiments where we learnt about
-the cohesive and adhesive properties of water which create water tension,
-capilliary action in plants and
-how water gets to our taps
Show and tell
We concluded the week with a fabulous ‘Show and Tell’ session where we showed off some of our really cool science projects experiments.
Click Here to see see more pictures of our activities from science week
Class Presidential Election
We have been following the American Election closely this year, and decided to have our own election for class president.
Candidates worked hard to perfect their election speeches and manifestos. They ran very successful campaigns coming up with excellent slogans, and tag lines. Their classmates worked hard to ensure their campaigns were successful producing election posters and flyers.
Prior to our ballot, our candidates went head to head in an election debates.
Well done Eoghan Conroy who won the election and is our new class president. He is already working hard to fulfill his promises and has already begun his work on organising lunchtime leagues for our 5th and 6th class.
Mathletics
We are really enjoying using our new online maths programme, Mathletics. Well done to everyone who has earned mathletics certificates for all their hard work solving maths problems.
Green Fingers
We have been getting involved in a few gardening projects this term. We planted window boxes with winter bedding plants.
We are also really proud of our minion planter which stands proudly at the front of our school. Keep an eye out for him if you’re passing our school over the coming weeks!
Hour Of Code
We took part in Hour of Code where we were introduced to computer coding.
Halloween
A huge effort was made for our Halloween dress up! Well done to everyone. Here are some of our costumes
Autumn Leaf Art
Leaf Art
We were very creative and made these fabulous leaf art creatures. To see more click here
Maths Week
We had great fun participating in an array of exciting and fun activities to celebrate maths week this year.
Firstly we completed a maths trail around our school grounds. We went out and about to solve maths problems around our school grounds. Click here to see some pictures of our maths trail.
We also participated in a live maths workshop where we learnt some really cool magic tricks and the maths behind them.
We also took part in the ‘Guess how many sweets in the jar’ competition.
Well done to Hazel and Zofia who were are Mathletics of the week.
Cartoon Art
Click here to see more pictures of our cartoon art paintings.