We started our week with a lovely trip to visit the Residents in The Little Sisters of the Poor.  Here is a little write up from Aoife, Sophie and Marie Kate.

“On Monday 1st October, we visited the residents of the Little Sisters of the Poor for Positive Ageing week.  While there, we found out some interesting things about them, as they did with us.  We learned a little about their past lives.  One man used to slaughter pigs in Clover Meats; another lived on a farm and made their own puddings and gave them to their neighbours; and there was also a hotel Manager!  Rose showed us around the building and we saw the beautiful Mary Altar made by one of the Residents.  It was a great experience for the class, as well as the residents, and we hope to see them again.”

The girls have been busy working in teams to assemble a History project on our church.

In Science, we have been learning about Forces.  And we discovered that there are a lot of simple machines all around us i.e. The handle of the door uses an axle; the window blinds use a pulley; screws are used all around us.  Did you know that the force of Gravity is measured in Newtons and we used some spring balances to discover the strength of the force of Gravity with various objects in the classroom.   To finish off the lesson, a visitor came to the class.  Her (Its!) name was Nelly.  But Nelly was in fact a bicycle!  The girls linked what they had learned in class about simple machines to the many simple machines used on a bike.  Below you can see that the girls found a “lever” (brake)  and a “screw” (to raise and lower the saddle).

We have some prize winners this week.  Finally, the teacher was able to pick some winners of the ‘Sound’ Challenge.  We had a joint 1st place–  Congrats to Ruby who created the ‘Slap Pipes’, and Aoife invented the ‘Hair Grip Piano’, 2nd place – Olivia designed and made an ‘Elas-Guitar’.  And finally in 3rd place – Dzesika invented a ‘Drum-Shaker’.  Well done also to Alex who made a ‘Base’ and Brianna created a ‘Bell’.  The girls received some certificates and treats for their hard work and participation.  Well done girls!