The children were inspired by Clarice Cliff, who was our Artist of the month for February.
St Brigid’s crosses - 5th and 6th class spent some time making St. Brigid’s crosses in preparation for St. Brigid’s day! The children who had experience of making crosses in the past helped their classmates make some in class
Mr Fitzpatrick’s class have been having a blast during gymnastics over the past number of weeks. The kids are really enjoying it!
5th and 6th class ‘Well-Being Wall’, which includes space for their own positive notes and a ‘concerns box’
Mr. Fitzpatrick’s 5th and 6th class for 2023/2024
Art
5th and 6th class have completed lots of art over the last number of weeks This work was inspired by the work of famous Irish designer Orla Kiely.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
5th and 6th class have started their third novel of the year, 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. We are getting the chance to read outside on the sunny days.
Berlin:
5th and 6th class are learning about Berlin, integrating their novel work with some History and Geography.
Our painting where inspired by Georgia O Keefe. She was an American modernist artist known for her paintings of enlarged flowers.
Daily Mile
5th and 6th class have been very active this month, completing a mile each day. We are also playing our own mini 5 aside soccer tournament.
5th and 6th class at the performance of the show “In The Mix”, performed by TY students from Loreto College and the Royal School Cavan.
Science Week
The children created a great selection of Hallowe’en masks for our competition. After a lot deliberation the top 3 masks were chosen. Our winners were: Kate Murphy, Anne Sanmartin and Cora Connolly. Well done to all that took part and especially to the prize winners.
5th and 6th class and having Hallowe’en fun.
5th and 6th class Hallowe’en Art
Maths Week
During maths week, 5th and 6th class completed some fun, hands on maths activities.
Maths Trail
We had great fun completing our maths trail. We worked in pairs to complete different maths tasks both inside and outside of the classroom.
Really only one minute?
We completed some ‘time’ activities, where each child stood up, closed their eyes and were asked to sit down when they thought a minute had passed. We also did this activity but instead of standing; we jumped up and down and sat down when we thought a minute had passed.
Kahoot.
We also used our tablets in maths class as we worked in pairs to complete a ‘kahoot’ quiz based on Place Value and Rounding up.
Visual Arts - Our Artist of the month for September was Frida Kahlo. As a class, we read about her life, and looked at some of her work. We also drew our own self-portraits based on Frida Kahlo's work.
As we are in the season of Autumn, 5th and 6th class also painted their own Autumn trees.
Drumlane - There has been great excitement in the school and parish over the last couple of weeks since Drumlane qualified for the county final. In preparation for the big day, our class wrote our own acrostic poems in support of the team.
PE - Throughout the month of September we have had lots of fun in our PE lessons. We played lots of games like dodgeball, soccer, rounder and basketball, as well as doing some relay races. We have also been doing some running in preparation for the upcoming cross country competition.
