There was a lot of dodging and diving this week with record rainfall but we managed to have a very productive week all the same.

In English the girls have been finishing their final draft of persuasive writing on the tablets/laptops and saving these on their USB. We have moved on to our next genre which is Procedural writing.

It was International Women’s Day on Tuesday and the girls learned about some impressive Irish women in History. Kay McNulty was a skilled programmer. She was effectively doing the work which computers do for us now. Alicia Boole created Polytopes which we even use in our class when learning about 3D shape!

We had fun with our Kahoot quizzes in Geography. What a fantastic way for the girls to assess their own learning.

The girls are producing some lovely Music on their recorders and singing songs – Oro se do bheatha ‘bhaile, Amhran na bhFiann and Ireland’s Call.

To finish, take a look at the girls’ fantastic Pointillism Art display in our classroom. Can you even distinguish between the original and the girls’ creations??

Helen from our local library very kindly read two stories as Gaeilge to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge. Bhí na scéalta go hiontach ar fad!

In Maths today, Fifth Class enjoyed weighing out their ingredients for their pancake batter!

Well done to everyone for participating in a wonderful World Book Day 2022.

First Class were busy reading their favourite books, having a fashion show and making beautiful book marks.

We ended our day by testing our pirate ships to see if they float. This marked an end of many weeks on ‘Pirates’ in Team Teaching.

Spring is well and truly underway in Our Lady of Good Counsel and the girls definitely have a spring in their steps. Here are a few snippets of just some of the activities 6th Class have been engaging in over the last number of weeks.

The girls are having regular fun with our ‘Cluiche Clair’ in Gaeilge. Who says Irish has to be hard, it can be fun when you’re learning in a variety of ways.

We have been learning about our senses in Science and to finish off, we did some experimenting! The girls had to try and guess what liquids were from sight and smell. We also did some taste experiments to demonstrate the different areas of our tongue which experience sweet, sour, salty and bitter.

The girls used their knowledge of coordinates in Maths to draw images and also used pegboards.

Finally, happy world book day everyone from 6th Class