FIFTH AND SIXTH CLASS 2021

5th & 6th Class created stunning artwork
portraying the path followed by Our Lord during Easter Week

Cumann na mBunscoil Challenge - Class Winners

We created artwork inspired by the song 'Grace' which tells the tragic tale of the marriage of Joseph Plunkett and Grace Gifford the night before his execution for his part in the 1916 Rising.

Claire

Rachel

Aisling

Kirsty

Gina

Jocelyn

Imogen

Ciara

Daisy

Juliette

Tara

The Blue Star Programme teaches primary school pupils about European cultures and the EU through creative activities and projects which complement the national primary curriculum. Click play on the video to see how we have been taking part in this wonderful programme this year.

We drew or painted iconic European landmarks

Multi Sport Challenge

5th and 6th were challenged to explore the countryside
(within 5km of home)
They didn't let the rain put them off!

We re-imagined the cover design for John Boyne's "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas"

A Message for the Residents of Kilbrew Nursing Home

We wrote and performed our own scripts, re-imagining
a scene from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"

Press play to see our message to our grandparents

Click on the video to see how 5th and 6th got on at our Outdoor Camping Experience!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.......

5th class

6th class

Science Week!
Click on the videos to see ​what we've been up to!

Check out our spooky Halloween Video!

Picture

We wrote Halloween poetry inspired by Allan Ahlberg's poem
​"The Ghost Teacher"

The Vampire Teacher

By Carly & Eoghan

There was a teacher in a school
That was very run down
It made all the children frown
A child was very bad
So the vampire teacher got mad
She brought her to the closet
And bit her head clean off
That was the last time
They saw poor Sally Goff
As the kids were out at play
The vampire teacher waited for her prey
They came back in
And she ate them straight away
Then the parents arrived too late
To find out their kids had been ate!
The teacher started sucking the parents blood
Then dropped them with a thud
The principal found out what was going on
So the vampire teacher fled at dawn

The Sorceress
Teacher

By Claire & Charles

The sorceress teacher
Was a difficult creature
Her evil magic could lead to something tragic
When she loses her temper
The children remember
To hide under a desk
Or things will get grotesque
If you dare to speak
Her magic will leak
She'll conjure a needle
And sew your mouth shut
So the other children 
Won't open their mouths to say 'but'
They run home to tell
But she conjures a spell
And if you try to sneak
You'll be in detention for a week!!

The Zombie 
Teacher

By Louis & Aisling

I have a zombie teacher
He's a mysterious creature
When we're in the classroom
He always has a witch's broom
When at this desk
He always looks grotesque
He likes to sing
And he wears a big ring
It goes bling bling
We all got a fright
Because he demolished a beer
But we gave him a cheer
He eats coal to spit fire
For sure I'm a liar!

The Zombie
​Teacher

 By Ciara, James & Jamie E

My zombie teacher
Came back from the dead
He walks around the school
​Carrying his head
Yes, I know he is kinda scary
Once I saw him kill a fairy
As he stumbles down the hall
You know there's trouble to all!
If you give him a fright
He might take a bite
So what I'm gonna do
Is stay out of sight!

The Werewolf
Teacher

By Daisy, Jocelyn & Juliette

The werewolf teacher is hungry now
Thinks of food while the children row
Suddenly all the children quiet down
To the teacher's surprise so did the entire town
"What is this?" the teacher roars at them
Then suddenly the class broke into mayhem
The teacher ran out with his hands on his ears
And all of the children shouted "CHEERS"
They had finally gotten rid
Of the werewolf teacher
Boy he was an awful creature!

The Werewolf Teacher

By Jane and Jamie W

On the outside he is a teacher
On the inside he's a beastly creature
Sometimes he is in the classroom
Other times he howls at the moon
I was absolutely terrified
On the inside I cried
All the children froze in fear
After watching him demolish a deer
We thought the deer would be alright
Until we saw him take a bite
We were held hostage all night
But we didn't go down without a fight
We all decided on a plan
To hit him with a van
We hit him so very hard
He flew into the graveyard!

The Vampire Teacher

By Leah, Holly & Emma B


The Vampire fuming with anger
Not such rage seen by the children
She stared into the children's blue eyes
Her fangs sharpened and grinning with glee
She walked over towards Ben
He had no friends
She walked over and could smell bacon fries
Only from the finest chip van
Nothing else mattered only the bacon fries
She snatched them into her arms
And jumped out the window
No-one knows where she took the bacon fries

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The Werewolf Teacher

By Kirsty & Imogen


It was Halloween Day, turning into night
The moonlit sky was very bright
In the classroom the teacher stands
Suddenly claws appear on his hands
His transformation is nearly complete
The students see more claws on his feet
He let out a howl and began to growl
The children were terrified
As their teacher was a beast
They prayed and prayed
As if they were a priest
Their teacher was a werewolf
With incredibly sharp teeth
They crawled under their desks 
To hide beneath
Suddenly the sky turned dark and bleak
All the children began to shriek
That night, all the children disappeared
You have to admit....
That was weird!

The Sorceress Teacher

By Gina & Rachel

The Sorceress teacher teaches her class
When suddenly the children turn to glass
Then all the children come back to life
But the teacher vanishes, nowhere in sight
Quickly all the children make trouble
With a cup of potion they all grow double
The teacher walks in and lets out a cry
Cos to her surprise they've tripled in size
She gave them a potion
And BOOM they're gone
It breaks into dawn and the teacher lingers on
​And says.... 'Oh well.. they're gone'

The Vampire Teacher

By Tara, Maggi & Leo

My vampire teacher thinks I'm very good
If I'm not she will suck my blood
She sleeps during the day
She is out at night
She's not a very good teacher
Because she gives the children a fright
Her eyes are so bright
When she takes flight during the night
Her teeth are so white
She hates daylight - it gives her a fright 
But that's alright
She is a school teacher
But she acts like a preacher

The Werewolf Teacher

By Grace & Lucas

The children were sitting in the classroom
WIth a broom at noon
Wearing Nike like Van Dijk and his bike
WIth his howl you can call him Dale
He likes to sleep on a bale
And eat some kale
Doing maths with Ms, Dale
Is like eating kale
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We focused on Shape and Space for Maths Week and engaged in daily station work. We analysed shapes investigating acute and obtuse angles and total internal angles. We built a tessellation wall and discovered the tessellation properties of hexagons, squares, rectangles and right angled, equilateral and isoceles triangles. We perfected our compass skills and created geometric art. We created complex symmetrical patterns and finally played Coordinate Geometry Battleship to develop understanding of x and y coordinates.

COMPASS
​ART

SHAPE
​ANALYSIS

TESSELLATION
WALL

COORDINATE
BATTLESHIP

SYMMETRICAL
​PATTERNS

Our First Projects of the Year
Science: Taxonomy
​(The Classification of Living Things)

Tayto Park hosted our school's Wellbeing Day!