Another enjoyable term in Sixth Class. In January, the children presented excellent digital projects on a variety of subjects relating to World War 2.
In February, we learned about the diversity of background in our own local community. We are very thankful to Robert Grzadzielski, father of Nikka and Tatjana Pizane, mother of Gabriella, who came in to visit the children and answer a range of questions on growing up in Poland & Latvia and the challenges posed by emigration. They also shared their favourite things about Ireland. This was a very enlightening event for the children.
I Mí an Mhárta, chuir na páistí Seó Faisin ar siúl do Sheachtain na Gaeilge. Bhí na páistí an-fhaiseanta agus galánta sna héadaí agus bhain siad an taitneamh as!
On 25th March, the children of 6th Class received the Sacrament of Confirmation from Bishop Kevin Doran in St Peter & Paul’s, Athlone. This term, many children participated in swimming lessons in the Regional Sports Centre as part of the Aquatics Strand of the PE Curriculum.
Esdras Neto, engineer with ARM in Monksland has been doing weekly visits as part of the Junior Achievement Ireland programme, lending his expertise to teaching of Science. Many of the children in Sixth Class have been very active this term, demonstrating leadership qualities on the Student Council, Green Schools, Active Schools, Gaelbhratach, Tech Team and Wellbeing Committees. They have also represented school teams with distinction in basketball and soccer. Well done to all!
We’ve had a very busy Term 1 in 6th Class. We held our Student Council Elections in September. Many children in both classes gave excellent presentations to their peers and eight pupils were elected. Congratulations to Max Walsh, Ryan Keenan, Cian Nugent, Nathan Behan, Saoirse O’Reilly McCrossan, Niall Duignan, Matthew Brydone & Cerys Mimnagh Reilly.
In October, inspired by Austrian daredevil, Felix Baumgartner, we designed parachutes and tested their effectiveness. We also teamed up with Junior Infants for some fun Maths Week Activities.
For Science Week in November, Sinéad Mimnagh, microbiologist in ALCON and mum to Cerys came in and worked with the children on collecting samples from surfaces in the school and testing them for bacterial levels, with some surprising results! The children also completed informative and eye-catching projects on the geography and history of China.
In December, we decked our desks in Christmas themed decorations and read Christmas stories around our digital campfire with 2nd Class. We will be busy this term preparing for our Confirmation Day on 25th March.
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6th class have had a fantastic first term. We recently took part in Maths Week. We also created some fabulous Halloween art pieces during our Arts and Craft Day. We learned about the Titanic and took part in history trails Read More … - Term 1- Sixth Class 23/246th class have had a fantastic first term. We recently took part in Maths Week and invited Senior Infants and First Class to our classroom where we played maths games, which we had created, with them. We also created some Read More …