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.
