Sixth Class Blog
We have lift off!!
Houston…..we have lift off!
The Sixth Class girls had the privilege of being the first to try out the school’s new tablets. The girls worked in pairs to do their World War 2 project and some even worked on their Irish project
This week in Sixth Class!!
This week Sixth Class have started their new class novel “Carries War” by Nina Bawden. It is a book set in World War Two and follows a girl and her brother who were evacuated from London during the Blitz to the countryside in South Wales. The girls are working very well in small groups to discuss each chapter and are eager to find out what happens next.
In order to understand the background to “Carrie’s War” , we have being learning all about the Blitz, the Great Evacuation and the Holocaust through Letters by Evacuees, Witness’ account and reading extracts from “The Diary of Anne Frank”. Ebony was inspired so much that she got her own copy of “The Diary of Anne Frank” so we hope to hear feedback from her when she gets through it.
Here is some of the artwork produced in relation to the Blitz and also, Remembering Children of the Holocaust.
In PE, we are inspired by all the Active Week activities from last week where we put a great effort into walking to Prague with the rest of the school, played dodgeball, learned a Polynesian Slap dance with Rhythm and Shakes, practiced our Irish dancing, hip hop and Salsa with Dawn and Denise, had hurling coaching in the Ferrybank GAA pitch and started learning basketball skills in PE. This week we are continuing on with basketball, we were practicing different types of passes and improving our shots in the basket. We now like to finish the PE lesson with a few loops of the Active school Walkway!!
Stay tuned for a lovely Irish project the girls are taking on.
Thumbprint Presentation
Yesterday, Thursday 19th April, we were visited by Mary and Catherine from SMA who gave us a talk on climate change. It was a very colourful and interesting experience. The children learned how the earth is being damaged at a fast rate, how we are producing way too much waster and using up the earth’s natural resources as if there is an infinite supply. We learned how 1 person in Ireland could produce the same waste as 100 people in Africa but are paying the highest price for what we are doing to the earth.The idea behind the thumbprint presentation was for the girls to commit to their best in the campaign against climate change. They added their thumbprint to give the “thumbs up for climate justice” and to commit to the following promise.
“I promise
to take greater care of the earth, our
common home, and, to use energy and
the materials of this world wisely
and carefully.
I place my thumbprint here as a sign of
this pledge and I ask you Lord for the
strength to put it into action in my life
and in the example that I give to others!”
Monday April 16th
Despite their Big Day on Saturday, the girls turned up to school bright and early Monday morning to have a nice day together.It was a nice day to be together and finish the Confirmation celebrations and wind down after a lot of hard work.
First, the girls made friendship bracelet, teaching Mrs Foley a thing or two. Later in the morning, we had a visit from the 6th class boys and Mr. Nagle who kindly collected all our artwork and posters from the church. Both 6th classes gathered in the hall and Miss O Reilly and Tracey provided hot chocolate for them. It was great to see both girls and boys enjoying each other’s company after completing the Confirmation journey together. They were having so much fun that the boys stayed for small break and played in the our yard.
After 11 o clock, it was spa time!! a face mask made from bananas and honey was whisked up. The girls had spa day partners who applied the face mask for them.
After Lunch, came the slumber party with sweets, treats and movies galore!
Confirmation 2018
On Saturday, 14th April, 21 girls from our school and 21 boys from St Mary’s Boys School, Ferrybank made their Confirmation. It was new Bishop Dermot Farrell’s first Confirmation and what a fantastic bunch of young people he got to celebrate this first for him. As you entered the church on Saturday, it was plain to be seen how much preparation both Sixth Classes had put in. Looking around you could see their beautiful artwork, their doves and their frames. You could see the Project that they completed on their taken Saint. What was most impressive however, was their participation in their ceremony. Every response was clear and confident. The readers were great, the gift bearers were great and each and every child confidently presented themselves to the Bishop to be anointed. They were a credit to their parents, family, friends and their schools.
The girls and boys had practiced hard all the previous, making several trips up to the church to ensure a seamless ceremony for all. Thank you to Fr. Crotty and Fr. Dempsey for all their help. Special thanks to Mrs. Fenton who made the trip up with us on Friday to display all the posters and artwork with hep from girls from 6th and 4th Class.
Sixth Class Authors and Illustrators
The Sixth Class girls’s latest project was to write and illustrate their own children’s bedtime story. The girls presented their book to the class last Friday and received a lot of thumbs up from the visiting 2nd Class!!! The stories were imaginative and very colourful. Some have been providing some lunchtime entertainment for the Junior Classes and have been going down a treat. Well Done Girls!!
Here is just a small example of fully illustrated bedtime story books we now have in our classroom.
Friendship Week
This week is intercultural/friendship week in the school. Ms 0’Reilly asked the girls to write poems about friendship. The response was wonderful and Mihaela, Ana Paula and Vicky wrote poems in their native language as well as English. Well Done Girls!!
Friendship
Friends are funny, sweeter than honey!
Always full of glee, which makes me happy to see!
Many are different in lots of ways but you’ll get that always.
Some friends move away but the best ones stay!!
by Leah Breen
Friendship
(Spanish)
La amistad es tan fuerte
que ni siquiera una bomaba
la puede destruir
La amistad es como una montana
que ube y que baja
(English)
Friendship is so strong
that not even a bomb
can destroy it.
Friendship is like a mountain
that goes up and down.
by Ana Paula Molina
