Fáilte chuig Rang 5
February
St. Brigid's Day
January
Grandparents' Day 2023
Garda Visit:
Thank you so much to Garda Chris for imparting so much knowledge on us as to how to be safe and act as good citizens in our communities.
Gymnastics
December
Secret Santa
Maths: length
The cold weather and fog did not stop us measuring the school yard while we looked at the topic of length in Maths.
The World Cup 2022
We learned all about the 2022 World Cup during November and December. We researched the countries of the teams involved and held a sweepstakes to see which team would win. We even managed to fit some time in to watch some matches. It was very entertaining overall!
Christmas Art
SNOW DAY!
Santa visit:
Thank you so much to our local Gardaí for bringing Santa to us on Monday the 6th of December. A festive start to our week!
Buddy Class Playtime:
Winter Art:
November
In November, we remember:
5th Class created a 'Garden of Remembrance' at our sacred space to remember all of those who have died that are important to us.
SCIENCE WEEK
We love Science in 5th Class. During this week we investigated to best substance to clean coins, we extracted protein from milk and we discovered whether Coca Cola or Diet Coke work better to form a reaction with Mentos.
October
INTEL 'MINI SCIENTIST' COMPETITION 2022
A massive congratulations is in order for 5th Class who spent the first eight weeks of the school year preparing for the Intel 'Mini Scientist' Competition 2022. This competition involves groups or individual senior primary school students investigating a scientific question and presenting their findings through a written booklet and oral presentation. Unlike the past few years on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were visited by judge, Patrizia Odierna, from Intel who chose one project to represent Scoil Mhuire in the regional finals of the competition in January. She highly commended the calibre and hard work that went into all the projects. She was highly impressed by the topics investigated also. As a teacher, I am so proud of each student's work and delighted to have been part of the process. The hard work and preparation were most definitely worthwhile.
Topics investigated include how chewing gum affects concentration, crystals, what car type is best to buy, gravity, black holes, oobleck, differences between dogs and humans, the effect of coconut oil on hair growth, which milk goes off quickest, the effect caffeine has on sports performance and whether blue light glasses should be used in primary schools.
The winning project, 'Crystals', will go forward to the regional finals.
In joint second place were the projects 'Does caffeine affect sports performance?' and 'Gravity'.
Congratulations and well done to all in 5th Class. :) Comhghairdeachas libh go léir! :)
Topics investigated include how chewing gum affects concentration, crystals, what car type is best to buy, gravity, black holes, oobleck, differences between dogs and humans, the effect of coconut oil on hair growth, which milk goes off quickest, the effect caffeine has on sports performance and whether blue light glasses should be used in primary schools.
The winning project, 'Crystals', will go forward to the regional finals.
In joint second place were the projects 'Does caffeine affect sports performance?' and 'Gravity'.
Congratulations and well done to all in 5th Class. :) Comhghairdeachas libh go léir! :)
Project Winners and Runners-Up.
5th Class Mini Scientists 2022
Our Projects^^^
The Judging Process.
Showcasing our projects to the school.
Behind the scenes^^^
HALLOWE'EN
DRESS-UP
MUMMIES
PUMPKINS
Hula-Hooping with Sarah Brennan
Last GAA Session
Thanks to Coach Ciarán for 6 great weeks of GAA. We finished off the series with a glorious Tuesday morning of match playing.
Art Snippets
MATHS WEEK 2022
5th Class have been enjoying completing daily puzzles and challenges to celebrate Maths Week 2022.
We estimated how many laps we could run around the school and challenged our predictions. We achieved an amazing 244 laps in 10 minutes!!!
We completed a Maths trail in groups around the school. It was very enjoyable!
PE
GOAL Jersey Day 2022
GAA with Coach Ciarán:
We have enjoyed touching up on our GAA skills this term with Coach Ciarán.
September
Visiting the library:
5th Class have been enjoying a weekly trip to the library.
Visiting the garden:
This month, we visited the garden and dug up the carrots we had planted last year. It was very fun and we were delighted with the results.
September Art:
This month we have been focusing on colour.
