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World War Two Podcast

World War II   We have just finished a class project on World War II. We divided up into groups of three. Each group had a different topic to research. We used the laptops to do our research and type it up. Then we presented our findings to the class. Finally we made a podcast of our findings. It was good fun!   Here
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6th Class Identity Day

6th Class Identity Day 7th October 2011   On Friday 7th October, 6th Class had an ‘Identity Day’. An ‘Identity Day’ is where everyone in the class tells the class something about themselves that no one else knows. We got the idea from a school that we are following on Twitter @Gill_Villeans. They are fromCanada.   Some people brought in photographs and various objects
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Singing at the Hospice Celebration of Life

Last night we were invited to sing at the Model for the North West Hospice.              There was a great turn out; forty-one pupils attended the celebration of Life. Eoghan, Stephen and Kevin were playing the guitar. Miss Hynes was playing the flute and Carla was playing the violin. We sang three songs,’ Let it be’, ‘Journey of a soul’ and
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6th Class Graduation Song

6th Class decided today that they would like a graduation song to sing at their school leavers assembly on Wednesday! We had great fun putting this together this afternoon!! Click on the link to listen to the song: 6th Class Graduation Song


6th Class Visit to The Helix

    6th Class were Runners-Up in the Xperience Enginnering Challenge       The Helix On the 9th of June, Meadhbh Kenneally, Vita Gethin, Oisín Staunton, Seán Callaghan, Ms Hynes and Mrs Clarke went to the Helix in Dublin to present the Xperience Engineering Project. We left at 07:00 on a train and arrived in Connolly Station at 10:10. When we got to
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6th Class in Delphi – Day 1

Delphi day 1!! On day 1 we arrived at the school at 9:20 to get on the bus. Before we got on the bus a lot of people were taking pictures. We had a 2 and a half hour bus ride to get to Delphi, everyone was very excited. When we arrived Maura was waiting for us she brought us to the conservatory where
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6th Class in Delphi – Day 2

The next morning we did kayaking. We did kayaking for two and a half hours. We played fun kayaking games. We played cops ‘n’ robbers game like ‘Sharks and Minnows’. We did pier jumping and played on our kayaks. Afterwards we did team building. Some games were confusing! The first one was called ‘Spiders Web’. It was ropes all tied together which we had
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6th Class in Delphi – Day 3

Delphi Day 3   The Great Adventure We woke up and took everything out of the room and put them in the sports hall. Next we had breakfast we had cereal, tea and toast. Soon we headed for the zip wire .We climbed up a ladder joining to a pole. On top of the pole there was a wobbly platform and a very nice
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6th Class Art Project

6th Class have been involved in planning and designing a mural for our school bike shed. Karen Webster:    On the 5th of May 2011 an artist called Karen Webster came into our classroom and talked to us about the sea. She then told us about a mural we were planning to do and that we would be having different sessions with her. She
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6th Class qualify for Xperience Engineering National Finals

The boys and girls in 6th class are delighted that all of their hard work has paid off! Our Xperience Engineering Project has been chosen in the top 20 in the country and we have been invited to the Helix in Dublin on June 9th to present our project to the judges. Four children from our class will get the opportunity to travel to
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