Ms Atkinson’s room have been focusing on the history and geography of Ancient Greece this January. Children completed projects on Ancient Greece in groups. They showed great initiative in independently sourcing and selecting the information best suited to their project area.
Check out our wonderful projects below!
Congratulations to the children from Ms. Atkinson’s room who were chosen to be part of our quiz teams this year. Two teams will take part in the Credit Union Quiz on Friday 1st February, and one team will take part in the Cumann na mBunscol quiz on Tuesday 5th February. We wish them every success on both nights!
Credit Union Quiz Team A
(Shane, Ella, Céola and Pádraic)
Credit Union Quiz Team B
(Ava, Leah, Caoilte and Seán Óg)
Cumann na mBunscol Quiz Team
(Cormac, Tiernan, Céola and Seán Óg)
Ms. Atkinson’s class recently looked at the paintings of Henry Fraser. Fraser is a former rugby player who, after a tragic accident, was left paralysed from the neck down. Fraser decided to take something positive from the experience and is now a very famous artist – what an inspiration!
Ms Atkinson’s class earned 30 minutes golden time as a result of their good behaviour this week. The children chose to use this time to play board games with their classmates after another hard week of work in 4th, 5th and 6th class.
Ms Atkinson’s class have recently started studying the book ‘FArTHER’ by Grahame Baker-Smith. The children used paints to depict what they predicted the book to be about.
We have been feeling very festive lately in Ms. Atkinson’s room. Check out some of the Christmas activities completed by the children this year!
The children created beautiful snow globes using paper plates and clingfilm.
Children enjoyed some extra golden time at the beginning of December to allow time for Rang 6 to decorate our Christmas tree. They did a wonderful job!
The children used recycled materials to design Christmas Tealight Holders as a Christmas gift for their parents. They were a huge success!
Ms. Atkinson held a colouring competition in our classroom. While she found it difficult to choose a winner, they were very deserving!
This week we looked at the science of sound and vibrations. We have been investigating how paper cup phones work. Children discovered that they work by transmitting sound vibrations along a tightly pulled string. The children tested which materials would be best to make their own paper cup phones and had great fun testing them out!
We were all very excited in Ms Atkinson’s classroom last month when we managed to fix the interactivity on our whiteboard. The children have really enjoyed playing Maths, English and S.E.S.E. games using the whiteboard this month. Check out the photos below to see some of the children practicing their times tables by playing ‘Hit the Button’.
On Friday 30th November 2018, Annie, Molly and Maggie were graded in kickboxing. Annie received her brown belt, Molly received her purple belt and Maggie received her green belt.
Annie and Molly then had a kickboxing fight on Sunday 2nd December, with Annie receiving a silver medal and Molly receiving a bronze.
The girls attend kickboxing classes in Carrickmacross every week and have made fantastic progress over the past few years.
Well done girls!
Congratulations to Eva (sixth class) who will take part in ‘The Late Late Toy Show’ for the second time on Friday 30th November 2018.
Best wishes on the night Eva!
