Operation Transformation
The children have been leading activities in the hall this week, working out for ten minutes at 2pm. This warms up our bodies and our brains. Each day a different child leads us with exercises and game ideas. Here is Daniel taking charge.
We made Christmas decorations in class this morning with the help of Erin's mum. These will be for sale at our Christmas Fair in the school hall.
Christmas Craft Evening
Many thanks to all the parents who came to help us with our Christmas Crafts. We decoupaged bottles and began adding the finishing touches to our Christmas Pinatas. We look forward to seeing these fly off the shelves at our Christmas Fair on Sunday 15th!
Titanic Writing
We worked very hard writing stories based on our History work on the Titanic disaster. This fascinated us as a class and we researched carefully to make sure that our stories, while fictional, were also factual. We used safe search engines to discover more about a variety of characters and developed our skills of planning, revising and redrafting when writing. Here is an example of one of our stories which was written by Asher.
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Sonnet Writing
We learnt the form of the Shakespearean Sonnet, including Iambic Pentameter, before having a go at writing one of our own. Here are some of our examples for you to enjoy;
| sonnet_by_ronan.docx |
| sonnet_by_daniel.docx |
| sonnet_by_conor.docx |
| sonnet_by_amber.docx |
| sonnet_by_bébhinn.docx |
Hurling
This half-term 5th and 6th have been benefitting from Hurling Coaching with Liam Gordon.
Science Exploration! |
Mr. Dervan challenged us to a Bake-Off Technical - we had all the ingredients we needed, but no recipe. This meant we had to work together as a team to find the perfect combination of ingredients to make exceptional slime. We were very impressed with our results and discovered that leaving them to heat overnight really helped the slime develop.
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Tag Rugby
All the children participated in two Tag Rugby tournaments, first in Ballinasloe R.C. before attending the Connacht event in Corinthians Rugby ground. As part of the competition we represented France. We learnt about our assigned country in class and on each day made a big effort, dressing-up as French as we could possibly be!
All the children participated in two Tag Rugby tournaments, first in Ballinasloe R.C. before attending the Connacht event in Corinthians Rugby ground. As part of the competition we represented France. We learnt about our assigned country in class and on each day made a big effort, dressing-up as French as we could possibly be!
