Tag Rugby
We are lucky to have a tag rugby coach from Munster Rugby working with 6th class over the next few weeks. It is a great opportunity to learn a new game that many of us may not have tried before.
Science Week
For Science Week pupils came up with their own science investigations and demonstrations. We also investigated how sound travels and made our very own telephones.
US Presidential Election
6th class have been looking closely at the upcoming United States presidential election. Students created their own political cartoons with a particular focus on one of the candidates. Can you figure out who?
Halloween
For Halloween we created a spooky Halloween Flashlight Scene. We also dressed up in Halloween costumes for the final time in Scoil Naomh Eltin .
Maths Week
For Maths Week we completed a maths trail using our school environment. 6th class worked hard in their groups and completed a number of fun activities. Pupils also had the opportunity to learn and play some new maths games during the week.
REELlife Science Competition
Check out this video on black holes that some of our 6th class pupils created for a science video competition
Stem Activities
Since September we have engaged in a number of STEM and engineering projects. We have created paper tables, windmills, bridges and marble runs. Check out the pictures below.
Halloween Webquest
40 Fun Facts about Halloween: www.factretriever.com/halloween-facts
• History of Halloween Facts for Kids: fun.familyeducation.com/history-of-halloween/72770.html
• Halloween Trivia and Fun Facts: www.halloween-website.com/trivia.htm
• Fun Halloween Trivia for Kids:
www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/parent-child/fun-halloween-trivia-kids
• History of Halloween Facts for Kids: fun.familyeducation.com/history-of-halloween/72770.html
• Halloween Trivia and Fun Facts: www.halloween-website.com/trivia.htm
• Fun Halloween Trivia for Kids:
www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/parent-child/fun-halloween-trivia-kids
Wonders of the World
Scheme of Work June 15th
Dear Parent/Guardian and Students,
Active WEEK
This week is Scoil Naomh Eltin Active Week which means no books, no writing – just focus on getting active. This weeks challenges are attached to this message. All links have also been put together in one unique Padlet for ease of access for students and parents. https://padlet.com/alicegosnell/rafxv5l473598bsl I would appreciate any photos or videos of your child being active so they can be posted on our school website.
Graduation
Our online Graduation ceremony will take place this Friday June 19th at 11am. As per the instructions for last week’s Zoom call I would ask that you once again send a short email by Tuesday June 16th stating that you have permission to join the online meeting.
My name is ________________and my child’s name is ___________________.
I have explained the meeting etiquette and will be present in the same room as my child during the meeting.
I have explained to my child that excellent behavior is expected at all times.
In preparation for our Graduation I would as that all students email me their "hope for the future" as they will read this out to the group on the day. If any pupil is interested in reading a short poem they can email me a poem they would like to read. This needs to be done by Tuesday June 16th.
Book Rental
Please note that the school will organise for the collection of books on book rental this week. You will receive a message from the school office regarding a drop off time.
For 6th class students, these books include:
• Busy at Maths 6
• Reading Zone
• History Quest
• Geography Quest
• Grow in Love
• Dictionary and Thesaurus
Active WEEK
This week is Scoil Naomh Eltin Active Week which means no books, no writing – just focus on getting active. This weeks challenges are attached to this message. All links have also been put together in one unique Padlet for ease of access for students and parents. https://padlet.com/alicegosnell/rafxv5l473598bsl I would appreciate any photos or videos of your child being active so they can be posted on our school website.
Graduation
Our online Graduation ceremony will take place this Friday June 19th at 11am. As per the instructions for last week’s Zoom call I would ask that you once again send a short email by Tuesday June 16th stating that you have permission to join the online meeting.
My name is ________________and my child’s name is ___________________.
I have explained the meeting etiquette and will be present in the same room as my child during the meeting.
I have explained to my child that excellent behavior is expected at all times.
In preparation for our Graduation I would as that all students email me their "hope for the future" as they will read this out to the group on the day. If any pupil is interested in reading a short poem they can email me a poem they would like to read. This needs to be done by Tuesday June 16th.
Book Rental
Please note that the school will organise for the collection of books on book rental this week. You will receive a message from the school office regarding a drop off time.
For 6th class students, these books include:
• Busy at Maths 6
• Reading Zone
• History Quest
• Geography Quest
• Grow in Love
• Dictionary and Thesaurus
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Scheme of Work June 8th
Dear Parent/Guardian and Students,
We hope you are all keeping well, and it was great to see so many of you on our Zoom call last week. For anyone who missed out we will try to contact you this week to check in and I would also encourage you to try join us on our next Zoom call this week if possible. We are hoping to have a teacher from Kinsale Community School available for the Zoom call to speak to you all. We will let you know during the week when this is happening.
We hope you are all keeping well, and it was great to see so many of you on our Zoom call last week. For anyone who missed out we will try to contact you this week to check in and I would also encourage you to try join us on our next Zoom call this week if possible. We are hoping to have a teacher from Kinsale Community School available for the Zoom call to speak to you all. We will let you know during the week when this is happening.
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6th Class Poetry
Scheme of Work June 2nd
Dear Parent/Guardian and Students,
We hope you are all keeping well and got an opportunity to enjoy the long weekend and the fine weather we have been having. As we approach the last few weeks of the school term we will be lessening the amount of assigned work but we would encourage you to continue to complete it. In the coming weeks we will enjoy zoom meetings, sports/active home week and graduation – one like we’ve never had before…we’re making history!
We hope you are all keeping well and got an opportunity to enjoy the long weekend and the fine weather we have been having. As we approach the last few weeks of the school term we will be lessening the amount of assigned work but we would encourage you to continue to complete it. In the coming weeks we will enjoy zoom meetings, sports/active home week and graduation – one like we’ve never had before…we’re making history!
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Scheme of Work-May 25th
Dear Parent/Guardian and Students,
We hope you are all keeping well and are getting an opportunity to enjoy the nice weather. As we are approaching the last few weeks of the school term we would encourage you to keep engaging with the assigned work. It will stand you in good stead for next year. We would also like to ask all pupils to have their yearbook profiles and memories completed and emailed in by Friday at the latest.
I am available via email to answer any questions or queries you may have.
We hope you are all keeping well and are getting an opportunity to enjoy the nice weather. As we are approaching the last few weeks of the school term we would encourage you to keep engaging with the assigned work. It will stand you in good stead for next year. We would also like to ask all pupils to have their yearbook profiles and memories completed and emailed in by Friday at the latest.
I am available via email to answer any questions or queries you may have.
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The Ganges by J.H.
Scheme of Work- May 18th
Dear Parent/Guardian and Students,
For many of you, this week should have been one of celebration, where you made your Confirmation in the presence of family and friends. However, we would encourage you not to be too disheartened as you will have many great celebrations in the years ahead.
This week we have included less written work on ‘War Horse’ to enable the students to complete Year Book work & activities. We would encourage you to ensure that all Year Book assignments are completed and returned by Thursday please.
For many of you, this week should have been one of celebration, where you made your Confirmation in the presence of family and friends. However, we would encourage you not to be too disheartened as you will have many great celebrations in the years ahead.
This week we have included less written work on ‘War Horse’ to enable the students to complete Year Book work & activities. We would encourage you to ensure that all Year Book assignments are completed and returned by Thursday please.
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Project Work- Andy Warhol
Scheme of Work May 11th
Dear parents/guardians, boys and girls of 6th class,
I hope you and your families are keeping well.
I have uploaded work to be completed this week with a separate document containing questions based on the novel 'War Horse' - I hope you're enjoying reading it! The answers/solutions are included in an Aladdin message which your parents/guardians will receive on May 11th.
I have also included a pdf document on the War of Independence that I would like you to read this week.
There are some helpful videos for maths this week that can be found using the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6_TELbSA5pnJYllCa-kcew?view_as=subscriber
Finally can you please try and complete your yearbook profile and email it back before Friday.
I hope you and your families are keeping well.
I have uploaded work to be completed this week with a separate document containing questions based on the novel 'War Horse' - I hope you're enjoying reading it! The answers/solutions are included in an Aladdin message which your parents/guardians will receive on May 11th.
I have also included a pdf document on the War of Independence that I would like you to read this week.
There are some helpful videos for maths this week that can be found using the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6_TELbSA5pnJYllCa-kcew?view_as=subscriber
Finally can you please try and complete your yearbook profile and email it back before Friday.
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| war_of_independence.pdf |
| home_school_plan_1_may_11th_6th__class_b.pdf |
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Project Work 6th Class
Scheme of Work May 5th
Dear parents/guardians, boys and girls of 6th class,
I hope you and your families are keeping well.
I have uploaded work to be completed this week with a separate document containing questions based on the novel 'War Horse' - I hope you're enjoying reading it! The answers/solutions are included in an Aladdin message which your parents/guardians will receive on May 5th.
Please take care of yourselves,
I hope you and your families are keeping well.
I have uploaded work to be completed this week with a separate document containing questions based on the novel 'War Horse' - I hope you're enjoying reading it! The answers/solutions are included in an Aladdin message which your parents/guardians will receive on May 5th.
Please take care of yourselves,
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Scheme of Work April 27th
Dear Parent/Guardian,
I hope you and your family are well and I would like to thank all the parents who emailed me samples of their child's work last week. This week's work bank has been attached in two formats (Word, Pdf).
Solutions/answers to this week's work has been sent to parents using aladdin.
There are also some additional websites that may be of use and these can be found at https://padlet.com/michaelobrien452/wh8gbv0djxd
If you need any assistance or further clarification please do not hesitate to contact me on my school email address.
Is mise le meas,
Micheál O'Brien
I hope you and your family are well and I would like to thank all the parents who emailed me samples of their child's work last week. This week's work bank has been attached in two formats (Word, Pdf).
Solutions/answers to this week's work has been sent to parents using aladdin.
There are also some additional websites that may be of use and these can be found at https://padlet.com/michaelobrien452/wh8gbv0djxd
If you need any assistance or further clarification please do not hesitate to contact me on my school email address.
Is mise le meas,
Micheál O'Brien
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A Letter to Confirmation students from Fr. Young
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The Shadow's that move by ROR
A wonderful descriptive story about a boy's refusal to stop believing in magic and fantasy
Scheme of work- Week of April 20th
Dear Parent/Guardian,
I hope you and your family are well and are coping with the current situation. Let's hope that we are getting closer each day to some kind of return to normality. This week's work bank has been attached in two formats (Word, Pdf)
There are also some additional websites that may be of use and these can be found at https://padlet.com/michaelobrien452/wh8gbv0djxd
If you need any assistance or further clarification please do not hesitate to contact me on my school email address.
Is mise le meas,
Micheál O'Brien
I hope you and your family are well and are coping with the current situation. Let's hope that we are getting closer each day to some kind of return to normality. This week's work bank has been attached in two formats (Word, Pdf)
There are also some additional websites that may be of use and these can be found at https://padlet.com/michaelobrien452/wh8gbv0djxd
If you need any assistance or further clarification please do not hesitate to contact me on my school email address.
Is mise le meas,
Micheál O'Brien
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Scheme of work- Week of March 30th
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| accordion_drawing.pdf |
Scheme of Work - Week of March 23rd
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Samhain
In November we created some Irish videos using a green screen and an iPhone. We carried out a science investigation that looked at creating a rocket. We had a visit from an artist who is currently completing a school sculpture. The class had the opportunity to design boats as part of the lesson. For Science week we created our own bouncy ball. The most exciting part of the month was the Kids Kitchen Takeover. The photos of the event do not do justice to the excitement and amazing day we had! Lat week we visited the Squid cafe where we got to play games and pool!
Deireadh Fómhair
October was jam packed! For Space week we had a Skype call from Blackrock Observatory. We also went to Actons hotel for a talk about mental health. We completed a school maths trail for maths week. We began using tablets in the class. We started athletics with our wonderful coach Claire and the month finished with a trip to Páirc Uí Rinn for the girls Sciath na Scol final. We even had time for Science where we learned about the pH sacle.
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Meán Fómhair
September was a busy month for 6th class with a trip to Curraheen Showgrounds where children were introduced to orienteering. September also saw the start of our chess league with Mr. Murray. We also learned about the Celts in history and played some fun new maths games.
