We had two Math Quizzes in the hall on Thursday as part of Maths Week. The teams were all mixed, with children from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th all being on teams together. Ms Geraghty, Ms Donnellan, Ms Ferguson and Mr Brown’s classes took part in the first quiz. Ms Carmody, Ms Walsh, Ms McNicholas and Ms McMahon’s classes took part in the second quiz. Everyone had a great time!
The winners of the first quiz – a draw!
The winners of the second quiz.
Our sixth classes took part in the Active Ireland “Taking on the Teachers” challenge. We did basketball relays, tug of war, a penalty shoot out and golf (which everyone found hard!) At the end of the challenge, it was a draw but sixth class won after a basketball shoot out. Everyone was delighted, especially when they got a night off homework as a prize!
In even better news, we just learned that our school, along with another school in Donegal, won the competition so we have won €150 of sports equipment for the school.
We are all looking forward to the rematch!
Some lovely paintings by the 6th Class Children with much appreciated help from Colette
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We are getting ready to decorate the Hall for the Parents Council Coffee Morning on the 9th December.
We held a Goal Jersey Day on the 16th September, the Friday before the All Ireland of Dublin v Mayo. We all enjoyed dressing in our favourite jerseys and each pupil was asked to donate to GOAL. We collected €720 and today,Louise from the Goal organisation, visited our school.
In the morning she facilitated two Drama workshops with 6th classes which were great fun and made us think about the work of Goal and life in a developing country. In the afternoon she spoke to 5th & 6th class about the work undertaken by GOAL in countries worldwide. We learned a lot about the work of GOAL and how we helped contribute to it through our donation. We will continue to learn about global citizenship, climate change, migration, the refugee crisis, conflict and natural disasters in our SPHE work in class.
Our Snowmen are real characters. Look at their faces !! Made from old socks and rice. We had great fun today in Art.
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I wonder what stories they will have to tell us ? ……..
The Sun
The sun is like a ball of fire
Frozen in the sky
The sun is like yellow paint
Spilt by a passer by
The sun is like a glowing ball
Whizzing out of sight
The sun is like a lightbulb
That God turns off at night
Shauna and Brenda ( 5th Class Ms Mc Mahon)
The Stars
Stars are like diamonds
So precious to hold
Stars are like sparkling
Specks of something gold
Stars are like little people
dancing around the night sky
Stars are like immortal dreams
They will never die
By Sophie (5th Class Ms Mc Mahon )
The Stars
Stars are like glittering sparkles
That light up the midnight sky
Children stand outside and watch
The shining stars fly by
Stars are like lights
shining above the earth
Stars are like bright sparks
burning in the cosy hearth
By Eneasa, Caitlin, Carla, Kate, Mark and Chinedu(Ms. Mc Mahon 5th Class)
The Sun
The Sun is like bright
Colours burning in the sky
The Sun is like a giant
Firing Flame floating by
The Sun is like a cluster
Of stars drifting through the air
The Sun is like a glowing
Globe that twinkles through the ‘speir’
By Amber Saoirse and Raymond ( 5th Class Ms Mc Mahon)
The Stars
The stars are like little angels
Dancing in the sky
Around the planet of earth
While they sing a lullaby
The stars are like shining diamonds
That guide us on our way
To the heavenly angel
That makes us play and pray
By EMMANUEL RABIU, JESSIE HEALY and ANA –DANIELLE ( 5th Class Ms Mc Mahon )
The Sun
The sun is like a volcano
That keeps the world alive
The sun is like a radiator
That always flies by
The sun is like a diamond
That follows the sky
By Keith Denis and Luigi
The Stars
The stars are shining brightly
Like diamonds in the sky
The stars are like children playing
While the sun is passing by
The stars are like droplets
Falling from the sky
The stars are like glitter
That has been put there in the sky
Victoria, Aaron and Ronan ( Ms Mc Mahons 5th Class )
The Stars
The stars are like stairs that climb
Gently up to the moon
The stars are like light bulbs
That will be turning off soon
Ellie, Avril, Dearden, Jake and Joshua ( Ms Mc Mahons 5th Class )
Click on the picture below to see the powerpoint.
The 5th classes held a cake sale today to raise money for the people of The Philippines. Ms. Ferguson’s 6th class also made friendship bracelets which they sold to raise money too. Ms. McMahon’s class also held a raffle. The day was a great success.
Thank you to all the bakers and everyone who bought cakes and tickets.
Today Gemma taught us about the Native American people. She had lots of interesting artifacts with her, we were allowed to hold most them. Can you remember any of the interesting facts that Gemma shared with us? Post a comment below.
It is really not nice to swear,
It makes people feel that you don’t care,
It sounds really really bad,
And it makes people so sad,
So I would say please please don’t swear,
Up in the air, down on the ground, swinging around wherever you are please just don’t swear,
It really isn’t fair to other people who are there,
So please be nice and I say it twice,
PLEASE PLEASE don’t swear.
Joshua
On Weds 27th February we went to the library to an engineering workshop. This week is Engineering Week. Ross Maguire spoke about engineering all around us. He put us into groups of 5 and gave us a task of making ‘Lego’ car launchers. There were two parts to build. One was the car and the other was the launcher. We followed the instructions and built our launchers. It was fun to do. These are our photos.
Click on the link below to see and hear our Graduation Song