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Junior Achievement Climate Change Workshop
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This month we took part in a Junior Achievement Climate Change workshop via Zoom. We learned about how lots of our choices affect our carbon footprint and some of the consequences of these for the earth. Chiara taught us about a cyclic economy rather than linear so that we reuse, repurpose
Science Week in 5th & 6th
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Maths Week 2021
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Maths Week this year ran from October 10th - 18th. In 5th & 6th Classes we did an escape-the-room type challenge in our pods. Some of the challenges were really tricky but Mrs Kelso and Mrs Berry were amazed at the determination and inventiveness of some of our pupils who just would not give up until they cracked the final code! Super work!
National Tree Day
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As part of our work on Plant life in Living Things in Science we took part in National Tree Day's big campaign to plant 1,500 native tree saplings in schools around Ireland. Our wild cherry arrived last week as a tiny sapling and is now safely planted in the science garden. Hopefully, it will be strong enough to weather the winter and grow big and strong!
Maths Workshop is Back
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5th & 6th Classes are loving Maths Workshop! We might not be able to move around stations and share resources as we used to but with lots of problem-solving challenges, drills, DT, games and teaching stations there's lots of fun and great mathematical learning going on every fortnight on our Maths Workshop days. Well done, Boys and Girls! Keep up the great work!
David Walliams Zoom Interview
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On Monday 20th September we took part in a Zoom interview organised in association with Tralee Teachers' Centre with author David Walliams. It was a great opportunity to join with lots of other Irish schools and chat live to this famous author whose books so many of us have really enjoyed reading.
Welcome Back!
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Welcome to 5th & 6th Class! It's great to see everyone looking so rested and relaxed and full of enthusiasm for a new term together! We are looking forward to getting to know everyone better.
Nice or Naughty List?
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Sadly, this year we were unable to have our usual Christmas celebrations with parents. We did have great fun however in adapting, performing and recording a play for the other classes to watch. Mince-pie obsessed Santas tried to sneak treats under Mrs Claus' watchful eye and unfortunate foxes, a frugal Goldilocks, misunderstood wolves and many others all tried to persuade Santa to move them to the Nice List!
Advent Calendar
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December was the season for bringing a little festive cheer to all our lives with an advent calendar full of treats. Under each beautifully illustrated date of the month were lots of treats to encourage us through the dark days and dreary headlines.
With good co-operation and reaching targets we enjoyed a festive hot chocolate, painting the windows, a movie, some extra PE and lots more!
Christmas Decorations
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We were delighted to take part in a project to make Christmas table centres for Blackwater House. The children were glad to be doing something to bring a little Christmas spirit to the residents and had great fun make the table centres. We think they looked super!
The Golden Salamander
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In September we tried out a new way to communicate our learning in History - making a movie! Each group was set one aspect of the story of how a gold salamander found on the Antrim coast tied in to the story of the Spanish Armada.
I was amazed at how creative the children were in each telling their part in all sorts of ways. We had wee old gentlemen fishing for
Back to School
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School in September was very different than we knew it before but
we were delighted to be back meeting our friends and enjoying a
'new kind of normal'. Words like pods and bubbles took on new meanings
but we soon settled in again.
Music
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Click on the link here to hear Camille Saint-Saen's Carnival of the Animals
Click on the link here to hear Offenbach's Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld. The original version was a very fast dance, rather different than the version Saint-Saen recreates.
Letter to Parents 20th April 2020 & New Closure Work
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Letter To 5th & 6th Pupils & New Closure Work 20th April &
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Music
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The links to each of these activities have been set up on the Symbaloo page.
To access your tin whistle music click below.
A Final Note Before the Easter Holidays
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Dear Parents,
Thank you for your help and support for your child at this time when we are having to do things a little differently. If you have not yet had a chance to send us an email to the address Mrs Mills sent you please do when you can as we cannot sent login details until then.
For the typing club please Click here. I have set the same individual login details here as for iknowit maths. This will be available from tomorrow and although it is not set as classwork, typing is a useful skill which will stand to children in the future when working on projects or assignments and some children enjoy doing the activities just for fun. If your child already has a login previously set by Mrs Berry please continue to use this as otherwise you would lose your progress to date in the program. If you cannot remember the details please email me and I will ask her to re-send them to you.
We understand that this is a very challenging time and for various reasons you may not be able to help out with schoolwork as you would like. Please do encourage your child to do their best and get in touch with any questions or queries they may have. Details of work children can photograph and send to us by email are included below but again I would urge you to do what is manageable for you in this situation.
Above all, we hope you enjoy the Easter holidays. Try to keep the children exercising and getting fresh air safely. I hope you can find some positive things to do as a family like board games, funny tv shows/ movies, baking, art activities etc that keep them smiling despite all that's going on as older children's minds are often very busy hiding what they are thinking. We hope to add a few ideas of fun things to do on the symbaloo page over the holidays as we come to them so keep an eye on it and the website.
New work will be posted for the week after the holidays. Keep up the good work!
Happy Easter,
Lorna Kelso and Melissa Heaslip
P38 Lightning & Spitfire Exhibition
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In November 5th & 6th Classes visited the museum's wonderful exhibition on the P38 Lightning that crashed in Co. Monaghan in 1942. We had a very enjoyable morning examining artefacts, video simulations
Library Visit
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On Wednesday the 9th of November, 5th & 6th class were delighted to be invited to a writing workshop in Monaghan library with author Cathy Cassidy. She shared
Lego Spitfire Competition
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Adam's hard work
We were delighted to find that Adam's hard work and design skills had earned him a prize in the Museum's Lego Spitfire design competition in November! Not only that, but there was another winner in the same house!
Maths Week
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For Maths Week in October this year we focused on Fractions. We played lots and lots of games, puzzles, activities, built pizzas and completed tasks on computers all with practising our fraction knowledge in mind.
Visit to World War 1 Exhibition
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Planning a New Playpark for Rossmore Forest Park.
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5th & 6th class had the privilege of taking part in a Monaghan Co Council initiative to give local children a voice in planning for a new playpark in the development plans for Rossmore Forest Park.
Read more: Planning a New Playpark for Rossmore Forest Park.
Junior Infants 2017-2018 Review
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Aistear – The Supermarket. As part of our Health Promoting Schools Project we explored the topic of ‘Healthy Eating’ through our play activities. We opened our very own supermarket in the Role Play area. The children were encouraged to make healthy choices as they did their shopping. We discussed all the healthy options available for breakfast, lunch and dinner and offered alternatives to some less healthy choices.
2017 - 18 Senior Infants Review
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2017 - 18 Senior Infants Review
A Big Hello from Senior Infants!!
We have had a fun and challenging school year learning lots and exploring many new things. See the photographs below to find out a little about what we have been up to.
Junior and Senior Infants 2010
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Walk this Way! Road Safety Awareness
This page comes from our old website. On that website we combined Junior and Senior infants . That year we welcomed 18 new Junior Infants to our classroom.
They have all settled in beautifully with the help of 7 very capable and friendly Senior Infants. Infants have been busy painting hand prints.