Fifth Class Blog
Halloween Maths Week- Conkers
The girls wrote the digits 0-9 on conkers, we had collected during our Daily Mile. The activity involved picking out 4/5 conkers, putting those numbers in order, to create the biggest and smallest numbers. Who would have thought, so much fun could be had with conkers? ☺ The girls explored all the mathematical operations with the conkers.
Halloween Maths Week- Writing word problems, adding and subtracting money
Halloween Maths Week- Creating 2D and 3D shapes using spaghetti and marshmallows
Halloween Maths Week- Measuring Pumpkins 🧙
To celebrate Maths Week, we split into six groups to complete Halloween themed Maths activities. The first station, involved estimating the height and circumference of four large 🎃. We used cubes to help with our estimations. We used string to gage the height and circumference. Using rulers, we measured the string to find out that Ms Hall has the widest and tallest pumpkin.
Puimcín🎃
In maths, we have been learning about lines- horizontal,vertical, perpendicular, parallel, oblique. The class were tasked with the challenge of creating different lines in each section of a pumpkin. Autumn leaves, from our nature walk, were glued to the bottom, so that our pumpkins look like they’re nestled amongst the leaves. What types of lines can you see?
Autumnal Art 🎨
We have been taking inspiration from the beautiful autumn colours, that we see in our landscape at this time of year. Our autumn forest landscapes were painted on horizontal strips of paper.
Camogie Fitness and Fun
The girls in 5th class have been very lucky to be able to take part in a six week camogie training programme, thanks to Mrs Shanahon. Mrs Shanahon organised with generous volunteers, John and Sarah, a weekly camogie training session for the girls. With only two sessions completed, we can already see an improvement in their ability, confidence and team building skills. We already look forward to next Wednesday’s training session.
