6th Class

The Choir went on an end of year hike in Knocksink Woods today. The children loved paddling in the river. All enjoyed pizza, drinks, crisps and treats in the shade. Our thanks to Mr Lynch and Ms Seoige for leading the choir this year and to Peter and Luke for delivering the pizza into the … Read more

Congratulations to all the children who represented the school at the Cumann na mBunscol Sports Day in Charlesland on Wedneday 13 June! Competition was stiff among the 20 participating schools, with three heats in most races. All of our athletes performed admirably in both field and track events and we were delighted to come home … Read more

Sixth Class are currently looking at and exploring the uses of ‘Pulleys’ in everyday life. As a first experiment, they had to design a ‘Simple Pulley’ using objects/materials in the room. They quickly discovered that using gravity, by pulling down, helped pull the object upwards!

On Friday sixth class worked in groups of three to produce entertaining digital books using our new iPads. They used the app ‘Book Creator’ to add text, images, drawings and sound. Great fun was had by all. We look forward to using the iPads over the next few weeks!

Over the past few weeks, many of the children in sixth class have been designing their very own ‘Games’ following our work on Procedural Writing in English. It is wonderful to see how creative and innovative these children are, when they presented their projects last week. After their presentations, the class got a chance to … Read more

For the past few weeks sixth class have been investigating Gravity and Air Resistance and how it effects the way objects fall to earth. This week the children worked in small groups to design a helicopter  which would be the slowest to fall to the ground!