Our trip to the New Street Gardens
Mystery Skype
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Our last Mystery Skype of the year took place on Thurs 19th June with Ms Sajaf's class in Draguignan, France. We got the country quickly but there are a lot of cities in France that start with D - it took us a few guesses to find the city!
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Turas Scoile
Lá breá gréine atá ann. Tá an turas scoile ar siúl inniu. Tá na páistí agus na múinteoirí bailithe os comhair na scoile. Tá siad ag dul go Dunmore East Adventure Centre. Tá sceitimíní áthas ar na páistí.
Is ionad eachtraíochta é Dunmore East Adventure Centre agus is breá leis na páistí cluichí uisce. Tá mála acu go léir. Istigh sa mhála tá athrú éadaí, culaith snámha agus lón.
Is turas leathuair an chloig é go Dunmore East Adventure Centre. Faoi dheireadh, shroicheann siad an áit. Briseann siad I ngrúpaí agus téann múinteoir le gach grúpa. Téann grúpa amháin go dtí an áit boghdóireachta, grúpa eile go dtí an mballa dreapadóireachta, grúpa eile go dtí na cadhcanna agus an grúpa deireanach go dtí na bháid bheaga agus wibits. Tar éis tamaill athraíonn siad agus bíonn seans acu dul ar gach rud.
Ag deireadh an lae, bíonn gach duine tuirseach traochta. Téann siad abhaile ag a ceathair a chlog agus iad go léir ag caint faoin turas scoile is fearr a bhí acu riamh.
le Aaliyah Owalaye
Is ionad eachtraíochta é Dunmore East Adventure Centre agus is breá leis na páistí cluichí uisce. Tá mála acu go léir. Istigh sa mhála tá athrú éadaí, culaith snámha agus lón.
Is turas leathuair an chloig é go Dunmore East Adventure Centre. Faoi dheireadh, shroicheann siad an áit. Briseann siad I ngrúpaí agus téann múinteoir le gach grúpa. Téann grúpa amháin go dtí an áit boghdóireachta, grúpa eile go dtí an mballa dreapadóireachta, grúpa eile go dtí na cadhcanna agus an grúpa deireanach go dtí na bháid bheaga agus wibits. Tar éis tamaill athraíonn siad agus bíonn seans acu dul ar gach rud.
Ag deireadh an lae, bíonn gach duine tuirseach traochta. Téann siad abhaile ag a ceathair a chlog agus iad go léir ag caint faoin turas scoile is fearr a bhí acu riamh.
le Aaliyah Owalaye
Our School Tour
On Wednesday 11th June, the two 6th classes went to Dunmore East Adventure Centre. In the morning we had land activities like archery and rock-climbing. After lunch we had the water activities like canoeing, kayaking, and inflatables in the water. We had a fantastic, super, amazing day, and returned home from Dunmore slightly sunburnt and extremely exhausted :)
Report on World War 2
World War 2 happened between 1939 and 1945. The Axis Powers were Germany, Japan and Italy. The “Big Four” were UK, France, USA and Russia. Ireland stayed neutral during World War II. We called it “The Emergency”. Life was hard during the war for both soldiers and civilians.
Rationing
Rationing started in 1939 in England when food had to be shared out equally between everyone. Adults and children had different rations, even pregnant women had different rations. The people who brought extra food from the countryside were called “Wise Men.” Adults got about 1 oz of cheese, 2 oz sweets, 4 mugs of milk, 1 jar of jam (per month) two chicken breasts, 1 steak and 8oz of sugar per week. Clothes were also rationed for material to make uniforms for the soldiers.
Civilization
At those times, everybody knew everybody and everybody helped everybody. For example when someone had a spare bed they would give it to someone that needed a bed. Or when there was a bomb explosion nearby, whatever house you were next to they would pull you inside. If you didn’t come back after school, your parents didn’t worry about you because they knew you would be safe.
Keeping safe
During the war about 150,000 people slept on wooden platforms in underground stations because houses were bombed and people didn’t have beds. At home, people had blackout curtains so no spies from other countries could look in. On the first night of the Blitz, about 500 bombs were dropped and 100,000 people died that night.
Children
Some children were sent to Canada from London. About 400 children were sent by boat over, but only 120 survived. Other children got brought out to the countryside of England, Scotland and Wales. They went out on trains, but sometimes there was no way back when all the railway lines were bombed. Children had lice and scabies so they had to get covered in this powder that was called “ginger and violet.” Parents were scared to leave their children at home if they had to work at night. So they would bring their children to work with them. If you worked in a coffin factory, the children would grab their pillows and sleep in coffins.
Ireland
In Ireland, people didn’t get affected much by bombs. However, Phoenix Park was bombed in 1941. DeValera sent up 13 fire engines to Belfast when he promised that he wouldn’t help any country. The bombs smashed the windows in “Áras an Uachtarán” so the Irish got mad. But one afternoon in 1958, they got an apology letter from Germany to say sorry for smashing the windows and a cheque for £327,000 (which at that time was a lot of money)
by Laura Kucharska
Mrs Lundon
On 6th of June, the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France, Mrs. Lundon came in to speak to us. She grew up in London during WW2 and was evacuated out to Wales before returning to live in London. She showed us rations and spoke about things like air raids, evacuations, houses, her family and her childhood. She even brought in old ink pens for us to try to write with them. She was an excellent, interesting visitor.
Our class photos
Our mural for the New Street Gardens
Our Confirmation retreat
Our amazing 3D shapes
Mind your manners! - French coffee shop
Here's the website about the French coffee shop charging extra for not speaking politely.
http://www.dailyedge.ie/coffee-shop-politeness-scale-1217733-Dec2013/
(Image: Twitter/tokai06)
http://www.dailyedge.ie/coffee-shop-politeness-scale-1217733-Dec2013/
(Image: Twitter/tokai06)
Concert with The Three Tenors in Theatre Royal
Well done to Aaliyah, Brona, Sarah, Zainab, Kate, Kate, Molly, Kaithlin and Lauryn who sang on stage with The Three Tenors in Theatre Royal on April 5th.
Our Explanation writing: The Course of a river
Definition: A river is a long flowing course of water from a mountain to the sea.
Description: There are three parts to a river; a young river, middle age and old age river.
Process: The river starts from the middle of a mountain. This is the source. From there it is said to be a young river. The young river is fast moving and very slender.
As the young river moves on it comes into the middle age, also known as the mature age. There it begins to become more broad and starts to slow down a bit.
When the river starts to become a lot wider and sway from side to side it is called meandering. It also slows down even more and that it is the last stage. It is called the old age.
When the old age river is coming towards the ocean it might start breaking off into many tributaries in a triangular shape.. This is called a river delta or else it might stay flowing out normally and enter the sea. This is called the mouth (the end of the river).
Application: Rivers are all over the world. The longest one is the River Nile in Africa. My local river is the River Suir. It starts at the Devil’s Bit and the mouth is at Waterford Harbour.
by Kate O'Donnell
Description: There are three parts to a river; a young river, middle age and old age river.
Process: The river starts from the middle of a mountain. This is the source. From there it is said to be a young river. The young river is fast moving and very slender.
As the young river moves on it comes into the middle age, also known as the mature age. There it begins to become more broad and starts to slow down a bit.
When the river starts to become a lot wider and sway from side to side it is called meandering. It also slows down even more and that it is the last stage. It is called the old age.
When the old age river is coming towards the ocean it might start breaking off into many tributaries in a triangular shape.. This is called a river delta or else it might stay flowing out normally and enter the sea. This is called the mouth (the end of the river).
Application: Rivers are all over the world. The longest one is the River Nile in Africa. My local river is the River Suir. It starts at the Devil’s Bit and the mouth is at Waterford Harbour.
by Kate O'Donnell
It's Carnevale! Our Venetian Masquerade masks
Our basketball players
Well done to our five girls who represented our school in the basketball blitz, one team winning a silver medal. Congratulations Aaliyah, Ciara, Kate, Kate and Lauren on great behaviour, participation and basketball skills.
Our History artefacts table
We've been learning about what life was like in Ireland around 1900. After hearing about Conradh na Gaeilge, GAA, Home Rule, Dublin Lockout and what Waterford was like around that time, we constructed this artefacts table.
Gaeilge - sa Bhaile
Sin é an youtube link don celebrity houses. http://www.youtube.com/user/KLRussn
Our debate team
The 6th class debate team put up a great fight against Glór na Mara in the County Final. Unfortunately we didn't win on the day but each girl should feel proud for their great performance on the day. Felicity was absent that day but there in spirit :)
Our 2nd Mystery Skype
A new year means a new Mystery Skype, this time with a school in Ottawa, Canada on January 21st.
Our repetitive animals paintings
After each designing a stencil, we covered the page with animals of sea, land and air. Can you spot the odd one out in each painting?!
Mystery Skype
As a treat after all of our hard work (and dojo points!) this term, we had a Mystery Skype with an elementary school from Pleasantville, Delaware on December 17th. Asking yes/no questions, each class had to find out where the other class were from, and we were the winners!
Winterval concert
Some girls in our class took part in the Wallace Choir Schools concert at the Christmas Tree stage at Winterval on Friday 13th December. Well done Brona, Kaithlin, Róisín, Lauryn, Sarah and Grace :)
Cool to School
On Friday 6th December, the Beat 102-103 Beat Fleet brought Felicity and Ciara to school. When they arrived at school, they gave every girl in the class a cup full of goodies and we went on the radio to wish Niall and Vinnie a "Merry Christmas." There was great excitement in the room and we're delighted that Felicity was nominated for this treat.
Our debaters
Well done to our debating team for winning their first two debates. For our first debate against Mount Sion, we opposed the motion that "Homework is a waste of time." For our second debate against St. Declans, we proposed the motion that "Climate change is not my problem." We're now through to the County Semi Final which takes place in January. Congratulations Lyndsey, Caoimhe, Zainab, Aaliyah, Bami and Felicity :)
Happy Hallowe'en!
Maths Week 2013
Maths Week runs from October 12th - 20th and we celebrated it with a trip to WIT and a table quiz. We walked to WIT on Thurs 17th October to see a show called "Magical Mathematics" from a Spanish mathematician called Fernando Blasco. Some girls in the class were even chosen to take part in his experiments. On Friday 18th we had a maths table quiz in the classroom.
The First Tee
We're lucky enough to be getting lessons in life skills and golf skills at the moment. It's something new and exciting for us. We even had to design our own golf course.
October websites
TG Lurgan - na hamhráin Gaeilge ón youtube
Primary Debating Ireland
Egyptology - Children's University of Manchester
Electricity and electrical circuits
Planet Earth in Space - Kids Astronomy
Test yourself in Maths - HCF and LCM
Primary Debating Ireland
Egyptology - Children's University of Manchester
Electricity and electrical circuits
Planet Earth in Space - Kids Astronomy
Test yourself in Maths - HCF and LCM
Our Autumn Leaf bowls
With the leaves falling from the trees around us, we used them for an art project to create clay bowls.
September websites
Some websites to help with your schoolwork in September:
TG Lurgan - na hamháin gaeilge on youtube
Europe and the EU
Alien angles - estimating angles
Primary Debating Ireland
TG Lurgan - na hamháin gaeilge on youtube
Europe and the EU
Alien angles - estimating angles
Primary Debating Ireland
We're milliners in the making!
Well after 6 weeks, our hat constructions are finished! We looked at the work of Philip Treacy, a famous milliner from Galway and then began to design our own hats under a chosen theme. Working in pairs or in trios, we then constructed and designed our hats. Here are our works of art :)
Our School tour
On Friday June 7th, we went on our school tour. First we went to the Workhouse Studio's in Kilmacthomas for a history tour and two art workshops. We made dreamcatchers and worked together weave some fabrics on a loom. Next we went to Annestown beach for a picnic and a scavenger hunt. The weather and the girls' behaviour was excellent, we had a great day :)
Our hat constructions
We've been busy the last few weeks designing and constructing our hats in the style of Philip Treacy. Papier mache, cardboard and plastic cylinders seem to be the most popular materials. Here are some photos of our works in progress!
May websites
An Teilifís - Féach ar Tg4
Philip Treacy's website
Siobhán Parkinson - the author of "Amelia"
Experiment with maps and map making
Match fractions, decimals and percentages (f, d , p jigsaw)
Philip Treacy's website
Siobhán Parkinson - the author of "Amelia"
Experiment with maps and map making
Match fractions, decimals and percentages (f, d , p jigsaw)
Ar Scoil
Dé Mháirt, bhíomar ag scríobh rialacha agus clár ama don scoil nua. Sin iad cóipleabhar Róisín agus Kaithlin.
3D shape constructions
We've been busy constructing 3D shapes with cocktail sticks and chickpeas. Can you name each shape?
Half portraits
Step 1: Cut a picture or poster of a person's face from a magazine
Step 2: Cut the picture of the face in half vertically
Step 3: Keep one half, finish the other half by observation and sketching.
Step 4: Take a look at the amazing results!
Step 2: Cut the picture of the face in half vertically
Step 3: Keep one half, finish the other half by observation and sketching.
Step 4: Take a look at the amazing results!
April websites
Some websites to help our schoolwork in April:
Read some more about 17th century Ireland
Practice your 24 hour clock
Ar Scoil - an interactive crossword and quiz
Read, listen and write about transport
Read about the man, Roald Dahl and play some games
Read some more about 17th century Ireland
Practice your 24 hour clock
Ar Scoil - an interactive crossword and quiz
Read, listen and write about transport
Read about the man, Roald Dahl and play some games
Our Concert Performance
On Monday the 4th and Wednesday the 6th of March we performed our play in the school concert called "The Titanic Panic." The girls were only brilliant each time, and we learned a lot about the iceberg disaster. Here's some videos and photos of the cast.
March websites
Get some more practice at adding and subtracting fractions
Revise your 24 hour clock
Experiment with friction in this BBC Science activity
Find countries on a map of Europe and label their capital city
listen to poets read their poems aloud.
Revise your 24 hour clock
Experiment with friction in this BBC Science activity
Find countries on a map of Europe and label their capital city
listen to poets read their poems aloud.
A Treasure hunt -watch out for the rhyming couplets!
We started at Wreck Point as we came along the cliff,
Sharks came along and we nearly got bit.
We went around to Captain Connolly’s Gully,
‘till we came to a massive scully.
Its’ eyes were red as we went away in a wagon,
Suddenly we got into the Temple of Dragon.
He was red and massive with yellow spikes,
We were paralyzed saying “Yikes.”
He breathed out fire and we went away with a zoom,
Until we entered the great massive Forest of Doom.
There were lots of branches full of bugs,
And we were moving along, all in one hug.
Rats were coming and led us to some places,
Then we came to a village with scary faces.
Sharp, long teeth and pale skin,
Let me tell you, it gave us a sting.
We were in a vampire village that gave us a creep,
Then we rolled down a hill that was quite steep.
We landed in Petrifying Forest; that wasn’t so bad,
Then Alligator Alley and an alligator ate my Dad!
Then he came out the bottom and seemed unharmed.
It seems like the alligator was unarmed.
We moved onto Nessy View,
Looked over the edge and nearly flew.
It was luck that I didn’t hit,
But just in case we moved to Yellow Sand Pit.
At first we didn't know what it was,
‘till our feet started burning; then it was solved.
Luckily we got out, then saw nothing ahead,
Because it wasn’t visible so we read.
So we went on, and you wouldn’t believe,
There was an X behind the trees.
We became rich and would no longer grunt,
We became millionaires over a treasure hunt!
by Kate O'Donnell
Sharks came along and we nearly got bit.
We went around to Captain Connolly’s Gully,
‘till we came to a massive scully.
Its’ eyes were red as we went away in a wagon,
Suddenly we got into the Temple of Dragon.
He was red and massive with yellow spikes,
We were paralyzed saying “Yikes.”
He breathed out fire and we went away with a zoom,
Until we entered the great massive Forest of Doom.
There were lots of branches full of bugs,
And we were moving along, all in one hug.
Rats were coming and led us to some places,
Then we came to a village with scary faces.
Sharp, long teeth and pale skin,
Let me tell you, it gave us a sting.
We were in a vampire village that gave us a creep,
Then we rolled down a hill that was quite steep.
We landed in Petrifying Forest; that wasn’t so bad,
Then Alligator Alley and an alligator ate my Dad!
Then he came out the bottom and seemed unharmed.
It seems like the alligator was unarmed.
We moved onto Nessy View,
Looked over the edge and nearly flew.
It was luck that I didn’t hit,
But just in case we moved to Yellow Sand Pit.
At first we didn't know what it was,
‘till our feet started burning; then it was solved.
Luckily we got out, then saw nothing ahead,
Because it wasn’t visible so we read.
So we went on, and you wouldn’t believe,
There was an X behind the trees.
We became rich and would no longer grunt,
We became millionaires over a treasure hunt!
by Kate O'Donnell
When Skies are Low and Days are Dark - Visualisations
When skies are low and days are dark,
and frost bites like a hungry shark,
when mufflers muffle ears and nose,
and puffy sparrows huddle close -
how nice to know that February
is something purely temporary.
by N.M. Bodecker
and frost bites like a hungry shark,
when mufflers muffle ears and nose,
and puffy sparrows huddle close -
how nice to know that February
is something purely temporary.
by N.M. Bodecker
Eason Spelling Bee
Congratulations to Sarah who will be the SCHOOL representative at the Eason Spelling Bee. We wish her good luck as she takes part in the County Final next on March 1st.
February websites
Poetry - listen to poets read their poems aloud
Watch and practice our tin whistle tune
The Titanic
Try this adding and subtracting fractions board game
Try this "Sa Bhaile" Irish crossword
Watch and practice our tin whistle tune
The Titanic
Try this adding and subtracting fractions board game
Try this "Sa Bhaile" Irish crossword
Massive Mona LisaAs part of our chapter on the Renaissance, we looked at the work of Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa is his most famous painting. We split the painting into 24 squares and each girl took one, drawing from observation. Girls had a choice of using twistables, oil pastels or chalk for this mixed-material Mona Lisa!
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Bronze handwriting awards
10 girls have achieved their Bronze Medal in cursive script and were presented with their (chocolate) medals on Friday 25th January. Remember girls, even homework copies can be chosen so write everything in cursive script, rule up your copy, write your title.
Special Olympic Flame
5th class were very lucky to be invited to Presentation Secondary on Thursday 24th January to see the Special Olympic torch flame. The Special Olympics Winter games are on in South Korea this month and 3 men from Waterford are on the floorball team. They have been training in the Presentation gym every week and this is why they visited the school with the flame. The Mayor, Jim Darcy also spoke a few words. We were very excited to be chosen to represent the school and to see the brand new secondary.
Our Clay Cupcakes
Our first art project of 2013 was clay cupcakes, and they're almost good enough to eat. We crafted these by making a pinch pot for the bottom and a coil pot for the icing.
Fun with fractions
We've just finished our second fractions chapter, and we're getting the hang of these sums. Here's our wordle and our graffiti walls about the important things to remember.
January websites
Here's some websites linked in with our schoolwork in January
Poetry - click to listen to poets reading their own poems out loud
Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Mona Lisa
Maths - Changing mixed numbers to improper fractions
Maths - Changing fractions to decimals
Poetry - click to listen to poets reading their own poems out loud
Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Mona Lisa
Maths - Changing mixed numbers to improper fractions
Maths - Changing fractions to decimals
Christmas greetings
Happy Christmas everyone! Here's our giant collages. Christmas post was delivered on December 20th and we re-used envelopes in this shared art activity. Have a happy, safe Christmas and New Year and see you on 7th January.
Updated cycling photos
Here's the photos from the last few weeks, particularly when the photographer came to our school.
Our Advent wordle
After discussing Advent, watching a video and creating our wreath, we each had to write down three words connected to the theme of Advent.We typed them out on the laptop, put them into Wordle and got this out. The bigger the word, the more times it was typed by the girls.
Our trip to Winterval
On Wednesday the 5th of December my class and I went to town to go to Winterval and to hang decorations on the Giving Tree.
The first place we went to was George’s Court to hang our decorations on the Hasbro Giving tree. We lined up around the tree. Ms Harte took out the decorations and called out our names. When Ms Harte called my name I gave my decoration to a man on a ladder called Frank. We had to put our decorations on the bottom of the tree because they were made out of clay and were too heavy to put on the top. After hanging our decorations on the tree we got lollipops and jellies.
Next we went to the Medieval Museum. On the way we met Abbie. Before we went into the museum we had our little lunch behind Bishop’s Palace. When we went for our tour inside the museum we saw a bird’s eye view of Waterford in the Medieval times. We also saw a wax statue of King Henry. After that we saw a book that took over 400 years to write. Then we saw golden vestments that were hidden under Christchurch Cathedral for 123 years. Next we watched a short movie about what we saw.
After the museum we went to Waterford Crystal. We walked into a dark room with lots of mirrors, two screens and lights. Music started playing and everyone started dancing. On the screens they were showing people making glass. Next we saw people cooling the glass and shaping it. After that we were split into two groups. Next we saw people cutting the glass. We went to a table where you can throw glass that had mistakes into a bin. Ms Phelan threw the glass into the bin. Then we went into a room where they draw the designs onto the glass. After that we went into another room where they carve the designs onto the glass. Then we went into a room where they glue and dry the glass. When we were in this room we sang ‘Jingle Bells’. Next we went into the showroom where we saw lots of different kinds of class and took some pictures.
After Waterford Crystal we had our big lunch. After we had our lunch we went to the Toy Museum. Inside, there were lots of big toys. There was a giant Furby, a giant chess set, a giant Guess Who set and giant Jenga. There were also old dollhouses, dolls, Nerf and foosball.
After the Toy Museum we went back to school, then home. My favourite part was the Toy Museum because there were lots of cool toys and it was really fun.
By Sarah Adeleye
December websites
Some useful websites for our schoolwork in December. Just clicking on your chosen link will bring you straight to the website. In the 'Useful Websites' section there's even more websites which you can check at anytime.
Reading some narrative writing from another 5th class
Some narrative writing tips
Animals - Vertebrates and invertebrates
The Normans
Banana hunt angles - estimating angles
Online Advent Calendar
Reading some narrative writing from another 5th class
Some narrative writing tips
Animals - Vertebrates and invertebrates
The Normans
Banana hunt angles - estimating angles
Online Advent Calendar
Our Waterford crests
We've been busy recently designing and creating new Waterford crests. After painting the background and planning our design, we created a mixed media crest, using lots of fabrics, sticks, stickers and glitter.Everything on every crest is there for a reason and was chosen carefully during the planning stage.
Science Graffiti walls
This week in Science we learned about the sense of smell. Here's the graffiti walls where we recorded our opinions and predictions before Friday's lesson.
Science Week 2012
12th - 16th November is Science week this year and we celebrated it by trying a few science experiments in the class. We've recently been learning about the senses, and today's four experiments were all for the sense of sight. Here's Ms Harte's PowerPoint that shows the different puzzles and some pictures of the groups doing different experiments. We found our blind spot and our dominant eye. We noticed the Stroop Effect in reading colour words and realised that two eyes are better than one.
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"My favourite experiment was the Stroop Test because it was really hard to name out all the colours. It was tongue twisting" Kate O'D
"My favourite experiment was the blind spot because it was magic" Laura
"My favourite experiment was the dominant eye because when you closed one eye but kept the other open it moved" Abbie
"My favourite experiment was the blind spot because I didn't know I had a blind spot" Kate T
"My favourite experiment was the blind spot because it was magic" Laura
"My favourite experiment was the dominant eye because when you closed one eye but kept the other open it moved" Abbie
"My favourite experiment was the blind spot because I didn't know I had a blind spot" Kate T
Cycle safety
We're taking part in a 6 week course for cycling and road safety. On Tuesday 20th November we were cycling in the yard. After completing our three safety checks (clothes check, helmet check, bike check) we practiced emergency stops, left indicators and steering in between obstacles.
November websites
Some useful websites for our schoolwork in November. Just clicking on your chosen link will bring you straight to the website. In the 'Useful Websites' section there's even more websites which you can check at anytime.
Reading some narrative writing from another 5th class
Some narrative writing tips
Waterford City Council - our local history
The Senses - Kids Health
The Earth and Beyond - Children's University of Manchester
Reading some narrative writing from another 5th class
Some narrative writing tips
Waterford City Council - our local history
The Senses - Kids Health
The Earth and Beyond - Children's University of Manchester