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On Monday, year 5/6 visited a garden centre in Strabane to learn about the different plants and flowers growing. Our trip was centred around the Pushkin Trust's theme 'Opening Ground'. We had a quick tour then had the opportunity to plant some daffodil bulbs in pots. After that we made our way to the Alley Theatre where we had lunch before beginning a creative writing workshop with Frank Galligan.
This week, we have been making our very own 'The very hungry caterpillar' books in class. We have been talking about how we need to eat healthily, but it is okay to have an occasional treat. To that end, we decided everyone on the class deserved a treat. The children went in small groups and measured the ingredients, then baked the buns in the oven. On the following day we decorated the buns using icing and chocolate treats. Lastly, we enjoyed the buns in class, they were delicious!
Our next school disco is on Thursday 8th February. Check our poster, designed by Year 5 pupils, for more information!
Today year 5/6 had a visit from Lynn Greer, an environmentalist who works with the Pushkin Trust. She talked to us about soil which she called “green gold”.
We learned how precious soil is because only 3% of the world has soil which we can use to grow things. She told us that there are about 12 different types of soil in Ireland.
We had a go at making soil. We added sand, clay, water, small fragments of rock, leaves, air and salt for the minerals. We learned about different vegetables and whether they grow above or below the ground. We also learned about animals which we have in Northern Ireland and whether they live above or below the ground.
Mrs Doherty held a meeting for parents to explain the PIN project which is taking place with Year 2 and Year 5 children within our school. The children will be playing Maths games for 6 weeks in place of written homework. For parents who were unable to attend, please view the presentation to familiarise yourself with the project. Happy gaming!
| Numeracy PIN presentation for parents (29th Jan 2018) |
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We have started our buddy reading system in school where Miss Hicks' class read to the children in Mrs Kane's class. The year 4 children have been considering the level of books to choose and will now begin to choose books the children are interested in and will enjoy.
In year 5/6 we are learning about 3D shapes. We have been learning about their properties including how many faces, edges and vertices different shapes have. We have been completing a challenge to see how many different nets of cubes and pentominoes we can find. Year 6 have also been constructing nets of shapes such as square based pyramids, pentagonal prisms and tetrahedrons. Have a look at our learning!
We have been collecting different items from around our classroom and sorting them by their materials using Venn Diagrams to help us.
Kenzie from Action Cancer came to read us a story about Genevieve hand the farmyard animals. The animals had to train for sports day, she made sure to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables everyday. We then played a game where we voted on certain foods deciding if they are good, okay, or bad for us. We talked about some activities we might do after school, watching t.v., playing games on the PlayStation and riding our bike. The children were surprised to find out that watching t.v. and gaming is not a healthy choice.
