Fifth and Sixth Class Teachers

The children working hard on their Bronze Age projects.

Making Electricity

Santa visited Ms Flood's 5th class - great excitement for us all!

Which one would you steal?

It's Christmas time!

The Smyths catalogue helping us create word problems in maths €€€€€€€€

Some Halloween art.

 

'Autumn Drive'
A picture focusing on autumn colours.

'A Famine Cottage'
Children drew a Cottage from an image long ago in Famine Times.

Tablets:
A glimpse of the children teaching the Junior Infants the Scratch Programme.

Mr. O'Brien's class enjoying some lovely ice pops during our early summer.

Mr. O'Brien's class got the chance to admire a fox who visited our school garden on his travels.

Mr. O'Brien's class were visited by the FAI to practise their Futsal skills.

Mr. O'Brien's class were having lots of fun designing simple circuits and switched circuits. Each group experimented with the resources and were able to switch on the light bulbs without any support from the teacher!

Anastasia and Rebecca from Mr. O'Brien's put a lot of effort into their anti-bullying campaign poster. They also thought of some fantastic slogans.

The children in Mr. O'Brien's class have been having lots of fun over the last few weeks.
They had a visit from dance teachers and they practised some hip hop moves.

The class were involved in an interactive 'Maths Puzzles' zoom session with other schools from Ireland, where Sadie got to show off her math skills. They also competed in a maths quiz competition against other schools.

 

 

December:

We had two special visitors in our classroom this month as Santa and Mrs Claus paid us a visit. There was great excitement for all!

December:

December was a busy month for Ms Collier's 5th class as we prepared for our Christmas Play 'Caught by Christmas'. The children were all superstars on the day and should be so proud of themselves for all their hard work.

Also, well done to a few students in the class who created our 'Merry Christmas' sign to display in the hall for all of the Christmas plays in the school. It was a very creative and outstanding poster!

This month we also enjoyed some hot chocolate before we finished up for the Christmas holidays.

STEM:
Using PlusPlus boxes, in groups the children had to build a bridge that could hold weight. The children enjoyed working in groups for this tricky task and showed great teamwork.

We enjoyed using water paints in art to create our scary Halloween art.

The children made an excellent effort to dress-up for Halloween before going on Midterm break. Their costumes were amazing, well done!

We have had a busy month in September settling into Ms Colliers 5th Class. This month we were learning all about 'The Great Irish Famine' in History. For art, we used clay to create our Famine Cottages. The children really enjoyed creating these creative pieces using clay. We were also busy working with our buddy class down in Ms McFadden's Junior Infants. The children really enjoyed working with the younger children and we'll continue to work with our buddy class throughout the year.

Ms. Yore's class had a busy first week in March. On Wednesday 5th March the children had an Internet Safety and Cyberbullying Workshop with Paula O' Connor. The children learned valuable information from this workshop and really enjoyed it. On Thursday 6th March we celebrated "World Book Day". The children dressed up as their favourite character from a book or they dressed in comfy clothes. Ms. Yore's class visited their buddy class from Junior Infants. They read stories to their friends from Ms.Howlett's class. Everyone had a great time!

In January, Ms. Yore's class began Cycle Training with Dudley and Eoin. This course will take place for seven weeks. Children are learning how to cycle in complex road situations. They're really enjoying all the new skills they are learning!

In art, children in Ms. Yore's class made some clay monsters. The children used their creative skills to make some colourful clay monsters!

Happy Christmas from Ms Yore's 5th class who enjoyed a visit from Santa in school today

October:

Ms.Yore's class enjoyed working hard with Ms.Howlett's Junior Infants on Junior Scratch. There was great excitement working together! Each Thursday they work together to program their own interactive stories and games on the iPads.

September

Ms. Yore's class have settled back into school. They have been busy working hard on all subject areas. They enjoyed playing games during Maths to recall on place value, addition, subtraction, estimating and rounding. A fun and interactive way to revise our Maths facts!

During September, Ms. Yore's class celebrated Friendship Week by going on a mindfulness walk around the school campus. The children were very enthusiastic about their mindfulness walk!

Mr. O'Connor's class have had a busy few weeks. They've improved their attendance over the month of February, earning themselves extra games time. They've been learning all about length through Irish and English and created a pancake recipe together on Pancake Tuesday

In the lead up to Christmas, Mr. O’Connor’s class were busy completing their science projects for the Intel Mini Scientist competition. The children did themselves proud with 3rd and 1st place coming from our class. Well done to all the kids on their work.

The class took part in some debates. They debated topics such as ‘children under the age of thirteen shouldn’t have smartphones’ and ‘all children should participate in sport’. Some great conversation was conjured around the various topics and the children gained valuable life skills in public speaking and listening.

We were also lucky enough to welcome Mr. And Mrs. Claus to the class! Wishing all the children and their families a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

 

 

Mr. O'Connor's 6th class were having fun with place value card games in Maths.

For STEM, the class were given the challenge to create a bridge that could support a weight. Their creations were excellent and we discovered that bridges with an arch were the most efficient.

The class also explored the History and Geography of County Meath. They completed projects in groups and presented these projects to the class.

Students in Mr. O’ Neill’s 6th class showing off their well-crafted Titanic room projects.

The pupils in Mr. O’ Neill’s 6th class put their baking skills to the test as they made a delicious rocky road.

Attendance Award for Our Class - well done to all the children

January

It has been a busy start to the year for 6th class. We started off the year learning about the Titanic and recreating some rooms from inside the ship!
 

We also have been learning about World War 1.

February

In preparation for St Brigid’s day, 6th class had a go at making St. Brigid’s crosses from rushes after listening to the story of the first St. Brigid’s cross. Well done everyone!

 

December Fun

In December, we embraced the festive season with creativity and craftsmanship. We put our sewing skills to the test, making Christmas stockings and bags that we are incredibly proud of. We completed Ocean projects in groups. We also had a surprise visit from a special friend which brought great joy. We wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

November Highlights

November was a month of both learning and heartfelt goodbyes. We decorated 'Respect' posters as part of Anti Bullying Week. We also had the exciting opportunity to take part in the Mini-Scientist competition, which allowed us to dive into science, technology and innovation. We perfected our teamwork, critical thinking and presentation skills.

Looking Back at an Exciting Term

October Adventures

October was a busy and creative month for us. We started the month by showing off our dance moves during an exciting hip hop lesson. In the spirit of Halloween, we let our imaginations run wild as we painted some spooky art and got into the festive mood during our dress up day. We also created amazing designs using Plus-Plus blocks which challenged us to think outside the box and problem solve. We wrapped up the month with a much anticipated bake sale, which brought smiles (and sweet treats) to everyone.

Our 6th class has had a busy few weeks since returning to school. We got straight to work with some fascinating projects about landmarks around County Meath, using our creativity and research skills. In science, we put our thinking caps on and used problem-solving skills to design intricate mazes. We completed group projects on the circulatory system as preparation for the upcoming Mini Scientist competition later this term. Our art lessons have been fun, featuring autumn squirrels, Acrimboldo fruit art, and self-portraits that show our individuality. We can't wait to share more of our exciting activities throughout the year.

Ms. Mitchell and Ms. McCabe’s class loving the garden in the sun !

Supporting Mr. Curtis and the Meath team

A brilliant performance of an dán ‘An tEitleán’ agus an t-amhrán ‘Cúnla’ for our concert this year.

A great improvement on our attendance in 6th class - we won a certificate!!

Busy start to 2025 in 6th

Ms McCabe & Ms Mitchell’s 6th class met with Ms Foley’s Senior Infants to do some coding on Scratch Jr today!! It was great fun!

 

Busy start to 6th class 24/25!