Mr o'dwyer's
5th & 6th class
Final week at Cheeverstown
Today was our third and final week at Cheeverstown. As it was also the day before our midterm break, we were all in our Halloween costumes!
Exploring chance with counters
Children's Book Festival at Ballyroan Library
Today we visited Ballyroan Library to attend an event organised as part of Children's Book Festival. We had a talk from new children's author Sinéad O'Hart, the writer of 'The Eye of the North'. She told us about the process of writing a story and getting it published. The pupils were also given an opportunity to write their own adventure about sled dogs!
Show Racism the Red Card
Our FAI coach, JJ, came to class today to provide a very interesting talk on an initiative called 'Show Racism the Red Card'.
Maths Week: Maths Trail with the Infant class
Nature space
Science: Potato Power!
We conducted two experiments using potatoes.
1: We explored the role of a potato's skin in keeping its moisture. We observed the change in a peeled potato versus an unpeeled potato over several hours. The peeled potato dried out.
2: We cut a potato in half and hollowed out both halves with a spoon. Salt was added to one half but not the other. We observed that the salt drew out the water from the potato's cells. The other potato (our control condition) remained unchanged.
1: We explored the role of a potato's skin in keeping its moisture. We observed the change in a peeled potato versus an unpeeled potato over several hours. The peeled potato dried out.
2: We cut a potato in half and hollowed out both halves with a spoon. Salt was added to one half but not the other. We observed that the salt drew out the water from the potato's cells. The other potato (our control condition) remained unchanged.
Edmondstown NS on news2day
In Fifth and Sixth Class we love to watch RTÉ's children's news programme, news2day, each day. We even featured on it last year when our fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society made the news! This term, one of our class's answers to the Question of the Week was read aloud on air!
Volunteering at Cheeverstown
Nature trail with Junior and Senior Infants
Lego WeDo 2.0 STEM projects
Over the past week, pupils in Fifth and Sixth Class have been working together in their table groups to create challenging Lego models. These projects link with our STEM learning and pupils get to programme their creations using a 'smart brick', motors, a laptop and Bluetooth technology. In the photo above, the pupils created a rescue helicopter with a movable winch to rescue a cute panda!
100 word stories
'Graham's Glasses' by Gemma
There was once a tiny, spotty blue monster called Graham. Graham's eyesight was failing. He rushed to the opticians as fast as he could. When he arrived, he was seen right away. "You have got to help me!" exclaimed Graham in a panic. "What's the problem?" asked the lady. "My eyesight is fading, everything is blurry!" Graham started to panic. The lady relied, "I would love to help you but I'm not an optician. I'm a waitress, you've walked into a restaurant." "Oops!" said Graham, feeling very embarrassed. Graham blushed and hurried out to find the right place. The End.
'Summer' by Leo
For summer I went to Portugal. I flew into Faro and then we got a taxi to Portimao and we stayed next to Oasis Parque. Every day we would go to the pool with our friends and stay there for a long time. Some nights there would be band nights and fish and chip nights. The day we arrived it was my Mam's birthday and we had a barbeque and a pool party that night. It was really fun and our friends were all there as well. It was a really, really fun holiday and I really did not want to go.
There was once a tiny, spotty blue monster called Graham. Graham's eyesight was failing. He rushed to the opticians as fast as he could. When he arrived, he was seen right away. "You have got to help me!" exclaimed Graham in a panic. "What's the problem?" asked the lady. "My eyesight is fading, everything is blurry!" Graham started to panic. The lady relied, "I would love to help you but I'm not an optician. I'm a waitress, you've walked into a restaurant." "Oops!" said Graham, feeling very embarrassed. Graham blushed and hurried out to find the right place. The End.
'Summer' by Leo
For summer I went to Portugal. I flew into Faro and then we got a taxi to Portimao and we stayed next to Oasis Parque. Every day we would go to the pool with our friends and stay there for a long time. Some nights there would be band nights and fish and chip nights. The day we arrived it was my Mam's birthday and we had a barbeque and a pool party that night. It was really fun and our friends were all there as well. It was a really, really fun holiday and I really did not want to go.
National Children's Choir rehearsals commence
Rehearsals began this week for the National Children's Choir, a remarkable programme which sees thousands of pupils across the country learning a rich, enjoyable repertoire of songs. In preparation for Space Week 2018 in October, the first song the children began this week was David Bowie's iconic 'Starman'.
Sport in Fifth and Sixth Class
As the first full week of Term 1 came to an end, pupils in Fifth and Sixth Class enjoyed their first Gaelic football training session of the year with our school's new coach, Larry from Ballyboden Wanderers. We look forward to applying the skills taught by Larry not just in Gaelic games but in other sports as part of our PE curriculum this year.
The class has also undertaken the Daily Mile challenge. This initiative allows pupils 15 minutes each day to run, jog or walk. The aim is to increase physical fitness as well as to improve concentration and well-being among pupils in the class. Well done to everyone for an excellent start today!
The class has also undertaken the Daily Mile challenge. This initiative allows pupils 15 minutes each day to run, jog or walk. The aim is to increase physical fitness as well as to improve concentration and well-being among pupils in the class. Well done to everyone for an excellent start today!