Sixth Class Blog
Snow Day!
Good Counsel GNS is closed for the snow today. I know the Sixth Class girls love to be busy and when they are all finished enjoying the snow outside, here are suggestions for some activities to continue the fun inside.
- Do a sketch or animation for the “Beast from the East” . What do you imagine this beast to look like? How is it taking over Ireland?!!!
- Keep a log/diary on this weather event.On the news, “Beast from the East” is being compared to a weather event that occurred in 1982. How would you account your experience of this event for someone in 36 years time?!Listen to news reports to get your information.
- Write a poem about the snow. For example, what can you do in the snow? The movement of the snow etc etc
- Play Games!! and I don’t mean computer games. Play board games like scrabble or pictionary. Play charades, cards, make snowballs from socks and have a snowball fight. The possibilities are endless.Use your imagination!
- Bake! A nice activity to do together at home today. Remember, we are doing Weight in Maths this week, so you are to take charge of the weighing scales and measure out those ingredients.
- Reminder! Your project to write and illustrate a children’s bedtime story is due on the 9th of March, why not take this time to work on it and read it to your family!
- Read – catch up on reading time. Snuggle up with a book and relax.
The main thing is to Stay Safe girls.
See you soon girls,
Mrs Foley
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Sixth Class have had a very busy day today. We attended 10 o clock Mass today to mark Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.
When we got back to the classroom, we had our Valentine’s Verse competition. The girls were asked to finish “Roses are Red, Violets are blue……” and they had to make it as “sickly sweet” as possible. Our winner was Rosa, who won it by class vote, not just on the content but how she presented it.Here is the winning verse:
Roses are Red
Violets are blue,
When I count to two,
I will kiss you.
Rebecca also won a prize for her lovely, heartfelt poem.
Daffodils grow very Spring
Roses bloom just like my love for you
It gets bigger and bigger each year
and in Spring we watch the flowers bloom.
I really hope it stays this way
Because I love no-one more than you.
Finishing touches were also put on some of our Valentine’s card. Some lucky people received theirs early this morning while for some, there is a surprise ahead!!
In the afternoon, the girls presented the project they had been working on with the title”The Best Invention Ever”. The girls did great work on their posters but also a great job at presenting them to the class. They all spoke very well and gave lots of extra information.
Best Invention Project included Stents, Medicine, Antibiotics, Penicillin, the telephone, the mobile phone, headphones, boats, computers, aeroplanes, cameras, braille, Morse Code, television, chocolate,Wifi, trains, electricity, clocks, paper and the onesie!!
Hope all the girls in 6th Class enjoy their Mid Term break and come back happy and safe on Monday 19th February!!
Congratulations, Mrs Power!
6th Class were very excited to hear the news of the arrival of Mrs Power’s baby daughter, Roisin. They would like to say congratulations to Mrs Power and her husband, Ian and wish them lots of fun times ahead! There is a beautiful array of cards made by the girls, nearly ready , to be posted to Mrs Power as they wish all the family well.
Dancing with the Stars – Sixth Class Style.
Since the beginning of January, the Sixth Class girls have been doing the Dance Strand in PE which the girls really got into the swing of!! We started with the Irish Country Jive, which the girls quickly got into. They were surprised of how much of a workout it was!!
We moved on then to the Charleston Dance and after a few weeks training, we just had to do a dance video with Libby Jo as camerawoman. The girls enjoyed watching themselves on the big screen in our classroom.
Between PE class and Dancing on a Tuesday with Dawn and Denise, the girls have learned Irish Dancing, Line Dancing, Hip Hop, Salsa, the Jive, the Charleston and will be moving on next week to the Cha Cha. What dancing stars we have!!
More Alice in Wonderland Dioramas
Alice in Wonderland!!
After completing “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll together, the Sixth Class girls have produced amazing artwork for some of the most infamous scenes from the book.
Here’s a sneak peak of some of dioramas that are being worked on at the moment:
“You’re mad, bonkers, completely off your head. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.” Alice
Attendance Award
Wow!! Sixth Class were presented with a certificate for the best attendance in January 2018! Congratulation girls on the major effort in attendance for last month!!Hers’s to a happy and healthy February!
