Sixth Class Blog
16 more sleeps!
How the time is flying by in the 6th Class classroom. I hope everyone stayed safe during Storm Barra, I know the girls missed school a lot!!
In the past week we have been busy again in all areas. The girls enjoyed their Science class last week when we were learning about Solids, liquids and gases. To link in with this we did an experiment where the girls made their own ice-cream! In this experiment, a solid (ice) changes to a liquid (water) and liquids (cream, milk) change to a solid (ice-cream). The girls had cold hands as salt added to ice dropped the temperature, hence why the girls were asked to bring in gloves. Overall I think the girls enjoyed the experiment, as you can see here…
In Art the girls moved on to the next stage of our 3D Art projects. With a little bit of paint, these structures are starting to look pretty festive. Today the girls will start to decorate them and bring the alive.
Enjoy the build up to Christmas.
Best wishes,
Mrs. Power
Let the Christmas season begin…
It’s been a very busy first term and 6th class have hit the ground running. I’m delighted with all the work and effort that they are putting into their school work each and every day. I can’t believe it has come to that special time of year again. The next few weeks will fly in and the girls are getting excited.
There is such variety every week and here is a mention of just some of the work the girls have been doing.
In English the girls have come to the final stages of their Report writing genre. They have worked on this over the last 8 weeks and are currently writing it in the Publishing Copies and typing it on a document on our tablets to be saved to a USB.
In Maths the girls have been doing some interest graph relevant to their own lives: a bar chart on their favourite foods; a multiple bar graph on rainfall last year and this year; a bar line graph on absences in 6th class; and a trend graph on weekly covid cases. All very interesting data and recordings.
They have been working on their Christmas Art projects and I will keep you posted with photos as we go along.
1…Congratulations!
We made it! The girls are officially finished primary school and moving on to a new beginning. We had such a fantastic week and one that the girls will remember for ever more.
On Monday we went on our mystery tour to the Greenway. The girls had a blast playing ‘Heads up’ word/charade game. They sang their graduation songs and did some karaoke. They performed their Graduation dances and entertained passer-bys.
On Tuesday we had our end-of-year mass and attended church. Fr. Kieran said a lovely mass while the rest of the school joined in via webcam
On Wednesday and Thursday, there wasn’t a dry eye for our Graduation. It was very special and the girls had lots of happy and sad tears. But overall, the girls are finishing up with smiles on their faces.
The girls finished their scrapbooks which they started in Junior Infants. What a memory to have of their 8 years in Our Lady of Good Counsel.
The girls making their Confirmation finished their beautiful projects and will be looking forward to celebrating this sacrament on 28th August.
They also decorated their Publishing copies which holds their best work during English this year.
And finally, to finish off a busy week, the girls took some time out and had a nice relaxing facial!
Thanks to 6th class for a fantastic year and I will miss you but I’m also looking forward to hearing about your new adventure in Secondary school. Stay true to you, girls!
Best wishes always,
Mrs. Power x
Countdown 2….
We can’t believe the end is nigh!!! The girls are having a great time leading up to graduation. Although they may be tired, they are still full of ideas and fun, which makes this time of the year even more enjoyable.
We made good use of the outdoors this week. The girls were all hands-on when finding the area and perimeter of irregular shapes in our school environment.
In P.E. the girls worked up a sweat doing some ‘Outdoor and Adventure activities’. It was great fun and the main aim was to work as a team to finish the activity. Well done girls, good team work!
In Geography the girls were employees of Failte Ireland and found ways to promote tourism in Waterford. They will be presenting their discoveries next week.
And finally, our sunflowers are growing bigger and stronger, and just like all the girls in 6th class, they will blossom!
Today the girls are such a great time during Sports’ Day. Thankfully the weather has been nice to us.
We are looking forward to a fantastic final week next week with lots of activities each day…..and of course GRADUATION!
Take care,
Mrs. Power
Countdown 3….
Another busy week even though we thought things were slowing down. The girls are still busy bees and doing some final end of the year activities.
In Art the girls are working on something for an upcoming special day!
In English the girls finished typing up their final drafts and saving them on their USBs. It’s great to see the progression from start to finish. Well done girls.
In History the girls finished learning about manufacturing and factories in Waterford over time. Ask them about Waterford flour mills which is now but a memory in Ferrybank.
We learned about a Legend in Geography and how they are used. They discovered what symbols are used for garda stations, railway lines, post offices etc. They also learned to find locations using coordinates.
We have started learning about water safety in SPHE this week. All the girls were asked to find out what their Eircode is. Do you know??
The girls making their Confirmation are working on their Saint projects and looking forward to getting a date, hopefully soon.
Graduation preparation is well underway. And the girls are getting excited!
Have a great weekend,
Mrs. Power
Countdown 4…
The girls have finished a lovely lovely wall hanging which they completed over a number of weeks. They painted on hessian and sewed 3D objects which they stuffed with cushion filler. I think the theme works well for this time of year. Thanks to Mark for stapling it to the frame and to Miss O’Reilly for displaying it for all to see.
We have published our History book ‘Celebrating the lives of Women in History’. The girls did some fantastic research.
We had fun in maths during the week. The girls did some estimating and measuring in our chapter on Capacity. Thanks for all the photos and videos on Seesaw, and the activities in the classroom.
We finished our singing and dancing recordings for our Graduation. More to follow on this…
Enjoy the bank holiday, stay safe,
Mrs. Power
Summer countdown!
The summer is fast approaching and 6th Class are working away as busy as bees!
In English, the girls have finished their Procedures in English, published them in their copies and are now typing them as a document.
In History the girls finalised a photostory which we will save on our USB for the end of year.
Ask the girls about our local area in Geography – Coumshingaun, Ballyscanlon and the River Suir. Wonderful places to visit on family trips during the summer.
In science the girls have learned about germination, photosynthesis, pollinaton and dispersal. The looked put their knowledge to use also by planting Sunflower seeds and watching them grow.
The girls have been singing, dancing and doing some nice art activities for the end of the year…watch this space!!
