Hello,
welcome to our blog. We are 6th class Scoil Mhuire, Clondalkin. We
are going to be talking about what we have been doing since we got back from the
Christmas holidays. We hope you enjoy our blog for this month.
Operation
Transformation
The whole
school is doing Operation Transformation. Everyday , we run eight laps around
our school yard after break. Sometimes , if it is raining outside we get to do
Zumba in the classroom. We also have witnessed something shocking . CEREAL
BARS!!! You probably think their no big deal but really they are very unhealthy
and have two to four spoons of sugar in them.
World
War Two
In history
we are learning about World War Two. All of sixth class are finding World War
Two very interesting and also horrible thinking of the concentration camps. We
are also reading, The Boy In The Striped
Pyjamas by John Boyne which is linked to World War Two. So far we have read
about Bruno and his sister Gretel moving
to a new house far away from their
lovely home in Berlin. They have no choice because their Father is a
German soilder. They really hate it and want to move back home to Berlin.
Table
Quiz
The Credit
Union table quiz was held on Friday, the 29th of January in the Red
Cow Hotel. There are eight girls from 6th class at the quiz, two
teams of four to be exact. The girls who went were; Abbey O’ Keeffe , Katie
Flanagan , Rachael Condon , Caoimhe Ballesty , Molly Dunne , Weronika Borkowska
,Naomi Adeniji and Kate Whelan. They did
really well and enjoyed the quiz.
Amazing
Art
Recently,
we have been painting art inspired by Gustav Klimpt and geometry. We painted our
own version of The Tree Of Life by Gustav Klimpt. We painted with all different
shades of gold and all of our favourite things painted on the branches. We have
also been drawing geometric pictures with obtuse, acute and right angles and
all different types of shapes. We were inspired by colourful images of geometry
in pictures and on the internet.
We painted our own Tree of Life, just like Gustav Klimp, do you like them?
We used 2 D shapes, lines and angles that we were learning about in Maths to create our Geometric Art.
Magnificent
Maths
In maths we
have been learning how to draw different types of angles and quadrilaterals. We
are getting used to using protractors and
how to measure angles. We are getting very good at measuring angles. We have
also been learning currency exchange ,such as turning foreign currency into Euro and Euro into foreign
currency.
Super
Science
In science
we have been learning about Gravity. We learned that Isaac Newton discovered gravity. Isaac Newton saw an apple fall from a
tree and asked , ”why did it fall down instead of floating up?”. We also made
parachutes in class. Everyone used plastic bags and string to make their parachutes.
When we tested them out in class some fell faster than others but they all
turned out well.
Goodbye......For
Now
So that’s all that’s been happening in 6th
class and if you enjoyed our blog make sure to read it every month and we will see you next time.
Written by; Abbey O’ keeffe, Natasha Scappaticci & Aoife Garcia.
