Sixth Class Blog
The girls have been very busy this week again. In Maths the girls were putting their knowledge and skills to practise when learning about length. The girls were set some targets in class to estimate and measure items in our classroom. We progressed on to Perimeter after this. Following this, we took a look at scale drawings. As you can see, they were very busy!
In Irish the girls have been focussing on na Briathra Neamhrialta (irregular verbs). The girls pass a ball around the class practising these verbs and changing from Aimsir Chaite, Aimsir Laithreach, Aimsir Fhaistineach (past, present and future tense).
This week we finished our Clay structures in Art. We painted our Humpty Dumpties and our Historical masks. Take a look below. Nice memories to have and remind the girls of 6th Class.
These are just snippets of all the work the girls do each and every day. Well done girls, keep up the great work.
Mrs Power
Term 2 begins!
Welcome back to all the girls in 6th class. We are looking forward to a new term, full of fun and learning. After hearing about the wonderful break that everyone had, we eased ourselves back into the routine of school.
The girls have started researching some facts for their new English genre ‘Persuasive’ writing. Our title is ‘Screen time is bad for children’. After doing some research, the girls are finding out that there are two sides to this story! Let’s wait and see who agrees and disagrees with this motion.
The girls learned about directed numbers in Maths and how positive and negative numbers are used in our daily lives. They play a ‘Scratch’ game and a board game based on a hot air balloon. The girls can explain more.
We have been busy modelling clay in Art. Last week the girls made humpty dumpties and learned some clay techniques – slip, score, blend. This week we are making clay masks linking to our History and Geography- Aztecs, Egyptians, Aborigines and Maori. We will post some finished products soon.
More updates next week.
Thanks,
Mrs. Power
The last 4 sleeps!!!
Christmas is nigh and the girls will let out a sigh at 12.30pm tomorrow. It’s been a fantastic Term 1 and though we all need to recharge over the Christmas, I’m already looking forward to Term 2 and many more adventures.
We’re finishing up this week with some work on the Tablets. The girls are tessellating polygons online and using what we’ve learned in class and applying it in the games.
We started learning about computer coding in Scratch. We will try to do our own codes tomorrow and continue this in the new year.
Today the girls are playing board games as Gaeilge. It’s lovely to see the girls having fun in Irish. Here are some of the girls playing Biongo.
Finally, I would like to wish you all a really happy and fun-filled Christmas and a safe return in 2022.
Happy Christmas everyone.
Mrs. Power and 6th Class
8 more sleeps!!
Time is flying by so fast and the girls are excited but also exhausted at the end of the Term. We are all looking forward to the Christmas break. Today the girls will have a Zoom with their parents and this will be a lovely way to finish up before our holidays next week. The girls will be showcasing a variety of genres today: singing; playing recorder; making connections with their families around the world; showing how 6th class have been leading up to Christmas with our Fitmas Advent calendar, Wellbeing calendar and our Jesse Tree; displaying the stages involved in our Christmas 3D art projects; and our Christmas crib winner will show her backdrop to our school crib. Will we fit all this in our Zoom today??? I hope so!
Our final Art projects turned out pretty good and they are brightening our classroom in the lead up to Christmas. Well done to the girls on their team work and creativity.
Also this week, the girls discovered in Science that gas has weight. There was a little balloon popping to find this out but the girls discovered that gas (air) does have weight, as you can see here. There were two balloons balanced, when one was popped, the other weighed down proving that air does in fact have weight.
In our second experiment, the girls were given materials and they had to work out how they could use these materials to make an ‘Air-powered rocket’. Through a lot of discussion and questioning, we put all our ideas together to come up with this…
Only 2.5 more days of school, let’s make it a safe and peaceful one.
Best wishes,
Mrs. Power
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
