Lockdown by Corey Taylor
Lockdown began on the 13th of March
No school, no meeting friends, no training,
And come on, it wasn’t even raining,
 
The sun was shining every day
but none of us could go out and play,
Lots of school work sent by teachers,
And our Moms and Dads became the teachers.
 
A new routine began at home
And looked forward to chatting to my friends on the phone,
Lots of exercise, fresh air and walks with my sister.
So many that I actually got a blister!
 
Kinsale looked so quiet, with nobody around
But there were lots of Kinsale rocks and fairy doors to be found.
More family time spent together,
A part of me wishes this could go on forever.
 
Lockdown has cut down on so much pollution,
Maybe mother nature thinks this is the solution? 


My Coronavirus Poem                            by Ela Dervish
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When coronavirus came                                                                                                          
We weren’t quite ready
The schools were shut
And everyone was unsteady
 
Everything stopped
One after another
Everything was cancelled
I can’t see my grandmother
 
We miss our families
We miss our friends
We chat to our neighbours more
Hope THAT doesn’t end
 
The roads are quiet
I am not allowed in the shops
No more Penney’s
makes me want to have a strop
 
There’s lots to moan about
We could go on and on
But let’s stick to the positives
Life goes on
 
We spend more time as a family
Learn to bake new treats
Listen to the wild life
It’s not as bad as it seems
 
Sometimes life is tough
But let’s not let coronavirus win
Come on just wash your hands
and throw the tissue in the bin !

Dreams by Max Roux 

Dreams are thought from past and present, 
Thoughts are your mind from then and now, 
Things that haunt you and make you smile, 
You don't know what's happening around you 
Only things that are in your mind.

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Dear Students, 

I hope you are all getting on well with your work so far. Well done to everyone who sent me in a poem. I am so impressed with all the work you have been continuing to do each week. Well done!  

Remember this is the last week of 'normal' assignments, as June will include lots of fun activities. 

Good luck with this week's assignments everyone! 

Slán go fóill mo chairde, 

Ms. O'Sullivan :) 

Dear Students, 

I hope you all had a good week. Here is the workbank for this week. I can't wait to read the poems you come up with, I know what an imaginative bunch you are! 

We have added in a new challenge this week, the weather forecast isn't quite as sunny so it might be a good week to give one of the challenges a go. This week we have set you all up to become coders. All the instructions are in the workbank and if you need any help getting started you can email me. 

Slán tamall! 

Ms. O'Sullivan

Check out Charlie's pie chart! 
He and his sister went for a walk in Kinsale, they tallied all the birds they saw and then Charlie represented the data on a pie chart. Well done! 

Well done to Rafael who did this fantastic projects about the blackbird, they migrate from Ireland to warmer countries in Autumn. 

Here is a bird feeder that Katie made, isn't it brilliant!
Maybe you could try it out too. 
Materials:
Nuts or bird food
Peanut butter
Ribbon 
Toilet paper roll 
​Instructions: 
1. Gather your materials. 
2. Cover the outside of your roll with nut butter.
3. Crush the nuts up and stick them to the toilet roll. 
4. Using a ribbon hang the bird feeder a tree. 
5. Watch and wait for the birds to enjoy their meal! 

Dear Students, 

Another week ahead of us! I hope you are all well into the swing of working from home. If there is anything you are unsure of or have questions about you can email me. 

Thank you to everyone who has sent me their work, I love to see that you are all learning so well at home - baking, teaching exercise classes, gardening, writing, painting, the list goes on and on! 

On Wednesday, RTÉ school hub will look at poetry for 5th & 6th Class, which will be very handy as we are moving on to poetry in Treasury this week also. 

Hope you all have a great week :) 

​Ms. O'Sullivan 

5th Class A&B had the option of entering a writing competition last week. Mr Murray and I received a number of very impressive entries but we could only pick one winner. The winning entry was by Islay. Well done to all those who entered. All entries can be seen below. They are definitely worth a read! 

Dear Students, 

Can you believe it is the beginning of Summer already! How the time is flying. I'm very disappointed that it is going to be a little longer before I get to see you all again, but when we do get back to school, we will have so much fun! 

Here is your work for this week. I hope you are getting out and about in the sunshine and now that we can go a little bit further this week I'm sure you will be able to explore lots more walks in your locality. 

Stay safe and keep up the amazing work! 

Ms. O'Sullivan