5th Class Work 30th March to 3rd April

Hi everyone, Hope you are all keeping well. Please see below a plan of work for next week 30th March to 3rd April. Again there is no pressure with this work, it is totally up to you how much of it your child can get through.  I appreciate that circumstances are different for all of us – work commitments, access to Wi-Fi, number of siblings trying to access online material etc. and I do not want to add any further pressure. The work has been broken up into daily segments. There is core work...
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Class Work Wednesday 18th March – Friday 27th March

  Dear parents, As previously indicated the work outlined below is for children to undertake on school days March 18th to 27th. We appreciate that circumstances are different for all of us – work commitments, access to wifi, number of siblings trying to access online material etc and we do not want to add any further pressure. However, we are also aware that some further structure may be useful. Therefore please find below a suggested timeframe that could be followed each day at ...
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Science Blast

We had an absolute blast at the RDS Arena Dublin last Tuesday. 5th Class boys and girls worked extremely hard over the past 2 months on their science blast and fully deserved all of the accolades they received on the day. The kids really enjoyed presenting their project and spoke brilliantly to both the judges and to children from other schools. On the day the children also got the chance to look at other schools investigations and take part in many other science exhibitions. ...
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Our Rock Project

By: Max, Gavin, Katie & Ailbhe   In Geography we were learning about the formation of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and where they are located. We made our own sedimentary rock. Mr. Roughan told us to bring in the materials such as pebbles, sea shells, sand, plaster of Paris, salt and sugar. On the day, Mr. Roughan put us into groups of three or four, and then we got to work. It was really fun making the rocks in different groups. We learned that a sedimentary...
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Gaeilge i Rang a Cúig

By: Olivia, Dylan, Amy agus Ryan We learned a song in Irish called Cailín na Gaillimhe (Galway Girl). Cailín Na Gaillimhe  - link   Irish Cómhrá is something we do in Irish every day, we learn different sentences each week and practice them with our partners in class. Every month Mr. Roughan picks a different theme for us to do eg. this month we are doing Sa Bhail   We learned lots of verbs in Irish so far this year We have learned all of our Aimsir Chaite verbs...
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5th Class P.E.

By: Emma, Aurimas, Matthew, Luke & Alexandra In P.E. this year we have been learning a lot about our Fundamental Movement Skills. FMS are all our movements that are really important to us when we play sport. (Running, jumping, landing, sidestepping, catching, striking etc. 15 Fundamental Movement Skills - Link In October and November we focused on running. We recorded our partner running using our iPads to assess their technique. We uploaded the videos to seesaw for Mr. Roughan to look at...
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