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3/7/2021 0 Comments

Online Learning 8th - 12th March

Hi 5th Class!!

Hopefully this will be our last week of online learning and with any luck you will be back in the classroom next week! (fingers and toes crossed!!)

I wanted to say a WELL DONE to everyone who took part in all of our World Book Week events and our Engineering Challenges last week, I got some excellent responses and some brilliant engineering designs, so well done boys and girls!!

This week is Seachtain na Gaeilge and so we will be doing a 5th V 6th Class Seachtain na Gaeilge themed P.E challenge which should be fun, as well as that we will have a couple of fun SnaG activities each day to do, one is a daily tongue twister and the second is a 'Cé Mise' - guess the person game! 

I have attached any material you may want to print for the week but as always they are attached on seesaw also :-) 

I hope you have  a good week, don't forget to let me know if you are having any difficulty with anything, I'm here to help! rkelly@kilkerleyns.ie 

Thanks, 
Mrs. Kelly :-) 
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2/28/2021 0 Comments

Online learning 1st - 5th March

Hello 5th Class!!

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and got to enjoy some of the sunshine! Hopefully we are nearing the end of our time online learning and we will be back in the classroom very soon. I know some of you will have younger siblings who get to go back to school today which is hard however your turn is very VERY close!!! Try to stay focused for the next two weeks, you have all been doing a brilliant job and I am so proud of you all :-) 

This week we have lots of lovely activities in store. It is both Engineers Week and World Book Week this week so we will be taking part in lots of lovely online workshops for both and completing lots of nice tasks instead of our usual English and Maths lesson which you will be glad to hear!!

Don't forget to get outside and keep moving, this is so important for our overall wellbeing which we will be learning about in SPHE over the coming couple of week. You have been doing a great job in our 5th V 6th Class PE Challenge, only a couple more weeks to earn points, so keep it up and hopefully we will be the winning class .... it's all up to you!!

I have attached any material you may need for this week. Any problems just get in touch on seesaw or send me an email on rkelly@kilkerleyns.ie

Chat soon, 
Mrs. Kelly :-) 
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2/21/2021 0 Comments

Online Learning: 22nd - 26th February

Hi 5th Class!

I hope you all had a lovely mid-term break and that you enjoyed both the snow and the sunshine during our week off!

We have lots to look forward to over the next couple of weeks. This week we will be learning about volcanoes in English, SESE and Art. We will be continuing our learning on the theme of ‘An Teilifís’ i nGaeilge, and in Maths we will move on to learning about Time. During the week we will read a great picture book called ‘Escape to Pompeii’. I have attached it as a PDF here if you want to download it and read it, however I will read it in our lesson too later in the week.

I hope you are all full of energy again, ready to get going with some more great work. You really have been doing such a great job and I am so proud of all of your efforts. Well done to all of those who are moving every day and taking part in our 5th V 6th Class P.E Challenge. I have heard that 5th class were in the lead so fingers crossed we have another great week!

Don’t forget to keep exploring ideas for our JEP. I will post a little update on ideas to date. There have been some really great ideas and lots of things to think about, I will include all of this in our JEP lesson this week.

Don’t forget to send me a little note, or an email at rkelly@kilkerleyns.ie if you are having any trouble with anything at all, I’m here to help!
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Thank you,
Mrs. Kelly 



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2/7/2021 0 Comments

Online Learning: 8th - 12th February

Hello 5th Class, 

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are ready for one more week of online learning before our mid-term break ... I can hear you all now saying yipeeeeee!!!! Well done last week on your work, I got some lovely photos of St. Brigid's Day crosses, some great soldier portraits, and lots and lots of brilliant written and oral work throughout the week, so well done to you all :-) 

This week we will be reading about space in our English reader, exploring a new theme of 'An Teilifís' in Gaeilge, moving on to percentages in Maths and exploring the 7 continents of the world in SESE. Tuesday in 'Safer Internet Day' so we will complete some activities on this also. As well all of this, on Friday we will have our first class zoom session! I'm really looking forward to seeing all of your lovely faces again online! Don't forget to remind your parents and guardians to complete the online permission letter in order for you to take part on Friday (without permission you will not be allowed). I have attached a letter from Mrs. Kirby to your parents about this and I have also added it to seesaw. Our zoom session will start with a little fun activity and then we will discuss our JEP ideas. This is a big week for JEP so I need you all exploring ideas and sending them to me before our Zoom on Friday! :-) 

5th Class are in the lead in our 5th V 6th P.E Challenge, well done! So keep up all of your movement challenges this week, every time you complete something you earn a point for the class!

See you all Friday!
Mrs. Kelly :-) 
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1/30/2021 0 Comments

Online learning 1st - 5th February

Hi 5th Class! 

I hope you all had a lovely weekend, can you believe we are starting February already?! Well done on all of your hard work last week, I love seeing your work and sometimes even your faces or hearing your voices when you read! I heard lots of great opinions last week when you all recorded yourselves which was great!

This week we continue with the topic of Éadaí in Gaeilge and WW1 in English and SESE, we move on to Length in Maths and we will celebrate St. Brigid's Day today. We will continue our 5th V 6th class P.E challenges (don't forget to earn your class some points!!), but possibly something you might find the most exciting this week is starting our Junior Entrepreneur programme! We will start our first lesson on Thursday and next week I am really hoping to get lots of great ideas for products off you all!

I have attached a suggested timetable for the week along with other activities that I have on seesaw but some children might like to print them from here. As always if you have any issues with anything just let me know, I'm here to help! :-)

Slán, 
Mrs. Kelly



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1/23/2021 0 Comments

Online learning: 25th - 29th January

Hello 5th Class!

Well done on another great week of learning last week. I know it can be very hard to stay focused and motivated when we are not in the classroom but you are all doing a great job so please keep it up :-)

A great effort was made to complete a project on Mayan Civilisation and to have it in for last THursday, well done to everyone who took part, I really enjoyed hearing about what you learned! 

This week we will be starting a few new topics, in Irish we will start the theme of Éadaí, in Maths we will be working on Decimals, and English and SESE we will be looking at WW1. Don't forget about our 5th V 6th movement challenge. 5th class gathered 20 points over the course of last week so well done! :-) 

I have attached a timetable for the week to guide you all along but as per usual all of our work will be on seesaw. 

Looking forward to seeing lots of lovely work this week again. 

Thanks, 
Mrs. Kelly :-) 
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1/16/2021 0 Comments

Hello 5th Class! Week 2 - 18th - 22nd January

Hello boys and girls, I hope you are all keeping well. What a great first week we have had of online teaching and learning. Lots of you have been trying your best and I am so happy to see that, so well done and keep it up!

For this coming week I am attaching a timetable with a brief outline of work. It would be a good idea to print this timetable so that you have it throughout the week and you can stay on task with your work. Just like last week, your tasks will be assigned daily on Seesaw, let me know if you are having any difficulty accessing these. 

Don't forget that 5th and 6th class are going head-to-head in a P.E challenge throughout this time while school is closed. Three P.E activities will be posted weekly. If you complete the task  and post a photo or video on seesaw you will earn 1 point for your class... so the more of you that complete our movement challenges the more points we earn! Keep a close eye on seesaw for more infomation!! :-) 

I'm looking forward to seeing lots of great work again this week. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you need anything, you can send a note on seesaw or you can email me at rkelly@kilkerleyns.ie

Bye for now,
​Mrs. Kelly :-) 
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1/11/2021 0 Comments

The Great 5th vs 6th PE challenge

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we present you with the sporting event of 2021.  The Olympics? The Euros?  The Six Nations?  All will pale in comparison to this clash of the titans:  The Great 5th vs 6th  PE Challenge
Each week Ms Condron and Mrs Kelly will upload 3 challenges.  Each challenge you complete will earn a point for your class.  Take a photo or video of each challenge and upload it to SeeSaw.  Who will win?  The power is in your hands….. and legs, and core, and shoulders and well you know what me mean!
Week 1 Challenges:
  • Toilet paper on your head:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4RrHB92fck&t=12s
  • The Shoe Challenge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RWSwo1FziM&list=PLaOhq-TCnHO79eHqfAfeozxiabhO6Ghzy&index=1
  • Equilibrium challenge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M154Ua-CwBk&list=PLaOhq-TCnHO79eHqfAfeozxiabhO6Ghzy&index=2
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1/9/2021 0 Comments

Welcome back 5th Class!!! :-)

Hello boys and girls, I hope you all really enjoyed the holidays and had a lovely Christmas and New Year with your families. I hope that you are all keeping safe and well. I am very disappointed that we are not all in the classroom together to start this new year but hopefully we will be in soon. In the meantime we will continue our 5th class learning online. I will now explain how this will happen.
 
  •      Each day on seesaw I will post your daily work to be completed. As well as posting daily on seesaw, each Monday morning I will post a note on our 5th class school blog page with a brief outline of the work being covered for the full week, this will guide anyone who is having trouble with seesaw or if your internet connection is poor. This way you can always stay up to date with work.  However it is really important that you try to engage with seesaw as there will be lots of great resources there to help you with your learning.

Remember boys and girls when you post your work on seesaw only I can see it, the rest of the class cannot see it. However if you write a comment under our daily work then everyone will see that. At times I may create a group discussion task, on these tasks all children will see your comments. If there is something you would like me to share with the class, maybe something fun you have made or done, you can let me know and I will share it with your classmates.

  •      Try to stay on top of your Maths, English and Irish at least. You will have daily work to complete in these subjects. We will continue with our Master Your Maths daily and other Maths topics, as well as our usual English, Spellings for Me, Irish with reading, writing or grammar activities in both subjects. I will also post work for all other subjects and we will complete some project work also.
 
  •       We will be getting outside and moving which is very important for our physical and mental health! Here are some ideas for you:
Movement Breaks Ideas
https://learning.gaa.ie/primary-school 
( Complete 3 skill challenges from GAA Go. A new skill challenge can be found at the bottom of this webpage every day!)
Tune in to Joe Wicks YouTube live!
10 at 10 (Operation Transformation) https://ot.rte.ie/get-involved/10-at-10/
GoNoodle - YouTube
​Cosmic Yoga -  YouTube
Daily Run - laps of your house! Count how many you can do in 5 minutes? Record your score and try beat it the following day

  •      We will continue to play a Kahoot each Friday based on the work we have learned each week, so do your best to stay on top of your online learning! On Fridays I will send you a link to the kahoot and a game pin and you will be able to login from home. You will have all day to complete the quiz. I will announce the winners every Monday morning!
 
  •      I suggest that as you complete your tasks you should upload a photo seesaw straight away (this way I can give you feedback). Try to get your work up on seesaw before 3pm each day along with any questions you may have.
 
  •       I will do my best to reply to your work throughout the day, however as I have my little daughter (who is only 1!) at home with me, it may be tricky at times to reply during school hours and I may need to reply in the evenings.
 
  •      If you are having any difficulties at all, or need any of your login passwords for anything, please contact me at rkelly@kilkerleyns.ie
 
Remember 5th class, we are a team and we all have to work together.
 I will do my best
so I’m hoping you will do your best and

together we can get through this!!! :-)

Talk to you all soon,
Mrs. Kelly 


P. S I have attached a suggested timetable and a schedule of work for this week (11th - 15th Jan). This is just a guide that may help some of you; keeping routine can be really helpful while learning at home!


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9/21/2020 0 Comments

21st Sept Chicken Pox Notification

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9/17/2020 0 Comments

5th class visit Roche Castle

5th class have been learning about the Normans and life in Norman times. This week we went on a field trip to Roche Castle. The boys and girls had so much fun!

When we arrived we took a tour of the castle and identified different features of the castle including the banquet hall, the dungeon, the walkway for the archers, we identified where the barbican once stood and the secret passageway as well as the famous murder window. The children carried out some map work, sketched the castle and then took part in a drama lesson where the O’Neills from the hills of Forkhill came to confront The Normans to try to gain their lands back.

We had a wonderful day! What a great start to September 😊
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6/25/2020 1 Comment

Goodbye 5th Class!

Hi 5th Class!

This is just a little post to say a massive well done to all of you on a fantastic year completed in 5th class! In school and at home, you have put in so much work to further your own learning. You should be so so proud of yourselves, because I am!

It is almost impossible to believe the year has come to an end, and in such a strange way! You made me feel so welcome when I arrived knocking on the door back in November, and Mrs. Kelly was so proud to hand you over. I hope you have a fantastic year in 6th class - you have so many things to look forward to. I am certain that you will be the brilliant role models for the younger classes!

As some of you may know, I won't be returning to Kilkerley next year as I am hoping to teach in a different country next year! I am very sad about leaving the most wonderful school and the most beautiful children, but I am also excited! I will certainly be back to visit you all! 

Here is a little video to sum up what you have been up to at home during the last few months (including the promised bake-off pictures and videos!), and some pictures from our year together! I hope you enjoy. :) Have a fantastic summer, and please stay safe!

All my love, 
Miss Mulholland
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6/24/2020 0 Comments

Summer Book Club! Some Reading Recommendations...

Hi 5th class!

​Below, I have written a list of books/series of books that you might like to explore over the summer months. Reading over the summer will keep that mind of yours sharp, and it can be wonderful to get lost in a good book! The books below include new books (just released), and not-so-new books (what my brothers and I used to read when we were younger!).

Some of these books might be a little scary or sad, so it would be a very good idea to ask a parent/guardian if they think the book is suitable for you. Just like movies, books can be scary or might not be appropriate for your age. Always check with a parent or guardian, before you want to read something that might give you a fright! I have put a little red star beside the books that you should double-check with a parent/guardian before reading, as they might make you jump! 

Enjoy!
 
Harry Potter Series* (My absolute favourite series!) by J.K. Rowling
The Chronicles of Narnia Series* by C.S. Lewis
Darren Shan Series* by Darren O'Shaughnessy
Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell
The Misadventures of Max Crumbly by Rachel Renee Russell
Skulduggery Pleasant* by Derek Landy
The Famous Five Series by Enid Blyton
Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer
Eragon* by Christopher Paolini
Skeleton Key* by Anthony Horowitz
A Series of Unfortunate Events* by Lemony Snicket
The Hunger Games Series* by Suzanne Collins
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Wonder by R.J. Pallacio
Gangsta Granny by David Walliams


If you have a favourite book or book series that you absolutely loved, and you would like to share that book with us, please comment it below to share with all in 5th class! We would love to hear your recommendations too!
 
Don’t forget about the local library for easy access to many of your favourite books.
https://www.louthcoco.ie/en/services/library/online-services/

Kind regards, 
Miss Mulholland
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6/22/2020 0 Comments

Bake Off Winners!

As you may know, your parents/guardians are collecting your belongings from the school this evening and tomorrow evening. If you entered The Great Fifth Class Bake Off, have a close look through your belongings as you may be a winner! 
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6/21/2020 0 Comments

Our Final Week of 5th Class!

Hi 5th Class,
 
We did it! It is our final week of 5th class! Can you believe it? You have all worked so hard throughout this year, and you should be very proud of yourselves! Try to keep an eye on the blog over the last week for a few helpful posts and maybe a surprise or two!
 
We are one week away from summer! Summer can be such a fun time for everybody as the sun is shining and we can spend a lot of time outside! It is also a time where many accidents can happen in water, on the road or on the farm. So to finish off the school year, we are focusing on five areas of safety – keeping ourselves safe on the internet, in water, on the road, on the farm and keeping ourselves safe through hand hygiene/respiratory etiquette. These lessons are extremely important, so please engage with them as best as you can.
 
Keeping Ourselves Safe on the Internet
  • Watch “The Match”, found at the top of the webpage.
https://www.webwise.ie/teachers/myselfielesson3/
  • What emotions are Conor and Ryan feeling? Complete Worksheet 3.1 as you re-watch the video (attached to blog under “Cyberbullying Worksheets”).
  • Write a letter to the Problem Page in a magazine from Conor’s perspective or Ryan’s perspective (your choice!), on worksheet 3.2. Give your side of the story and then ask for advice on how best to resolve the bullying
  • Crack the Code! The hint is very helpful here... (Worksheet 3.3)
  • Watch The Match again with your parents and chat about what happened. Respond to your own previous letter, but this time, you are giving advice to Conor or Ryan (Worksheet 3.4). Maybe your parents can add to the advice you are giving.
 
Keeping Ourselves Safe in Water
  • PAWS Water Safety https://watersafety.ie/primary-school/
Under the Fifth and Sixth Class Section, click Presentation Paws: 4, and read the presentation.
  • After reading the presentation, click Online Interactive Resources (located below the presentation) in the Fifth and Sixth Class Section, and play a few games to test your knowledge!
 
Keeping Ourselves Safe on the Road
  • https://www.rsa.ie/en/RSA/Road-Safety/Campaigns/Current-road-safety-campaigns/Safe-Cross-Code/
Have fun with the Safe Cross Code Game above! Make sure to pick your correct age for the game.
  • Create a poster that would explain how to cross a road safely to a Junior Infant child. Remember, you must use simple and clear language, and lots of colourful pictures to help a Junior Infant child understand.
 
Keeping Ourselves Safe on the Farm
  • Explore the webpage below. There is lots of information on it, so it might be best to pick a few topics to read about at a time.
http://agrikids.ie/safety-circle.php
  • Can you see that the safety tips make the words “Farm Safety Circle”? This is very similar to an Acrostic Poem (where the first letter of every line spells out a word or message). Can you write an Acrostic Poem about how to stay safe on a farm? Have a look at the bottom of the blog post for a few examples of Acrostic Poems.

Keeping Ourselves Safe Through Hand Hygiene/Respiratory Etiquette
  • Watch the video attached below
https://www.atozkidsstuff.com/health.html
  • The Potato Experiment!
  • With help from an adult, peel a raw potato and cut it in two. Pass one potato section from one family member to another. Next, ask everybody to wash their hands. Then pass the second potato section from family member to family member. Place both potatoes in clear bags and label them "washed hands" and "unwashed hands".
  • Place the bags in a dark closet at room temperature. Leave them there for a few days. After a few days, pull the bags out and look at the potato pieces--don't take the potatoes out of the bags. What do you see on the pieces? Which potato has the most growth on it? When you are done looking at the potatoes seal the bags and throw them away. Feel free to upload pictures to Seesaw! I would love to see the results of the experiment.
 
Wellbeing
  • Wonders Cape App can be downloaded on all devices. World Wellbeing Week begins on the 22nd June. The Wonders Cape App contains lots of fun and engaging activities that may help with our wellbeing during this time.
 
As I said previously, keep an eye on the blog over the week for some fantastic book suggestions and maybe a little surprise or two! :)
Keep safe boys and girls!
Miss Mulholland
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6/19/2020 0 Comments

End of Week Kahoot and Corrections

A huge well done to you all for another week of work completed! Hope you all enjoyed watching The Great Fifth Class Bake Off video! Make sure to vote if you didn't already. Voting lines will close by Sunday evening!

Here are the corrections for this week's work in Maths, Gaeilge and English. This will allow you to self-correct the work that you have completed. 

And of course, here is our End of Week Kahoot! 
https://kahoot.it/challenge/02245753?challenge-id=61aed4f5-e228-42a8-ab78-26b9f5c58f49_1592554477317
Game PIN: 02245753

Well done to our winners from last week! 
​https://kahoot.it/challenge/09604873?challenge-id=61aed4f5-e228-42a8-ab78-26b9f5c58f49_1591949575193&showPodium=true

Enjoy!
Have a lovely weekend, 5th class! :)
​Miss Mulholland
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6/18/2020 2 Comments

And the voting begins.... The Great Fifth Class Bake Off!

Well done to all who participated in The Great Fifth Class Bake Off! Can you imagine how hungry I was as I made this video? Everything looked delicious!

At the moment, your bakes are anonymous! After the voting and after the result is gathered, I will share all the lovely pictures and fantastic videos I received of you baking with your smiling faces!  Don't worry! :)
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Please vote for your THREE favourite bakes using the link below! Remember... no voting for your own bake!
​https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/N26SXMJ

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6/12/2020 0 Comments

Suggested Work to Complete at Home 15th June - 19th June

Hi 5th Class,
 
Can you believe how close we are to the summer holidays? You have been working incredible hard and have gained some amazing skills over the past few months – including how to learn from a distance! So we have two more weeks of hard work from home before the summer so please give it your very best effort!
 
This week we are focusing on keeping ourselves safe on the internet. Our safety online is even more important now, as we are all at home, and we are using the internet often - to learn from home, and also to communicate with friends. We have already explored some parts of the lesson in class during February and March, but it is important to revise what we have learned. Please engage with the lesson as best as you can.
 
Here is a menu of suggested work to complete for this week. As I have said before, try to complete as much of the work assigned as you can, and please try your best to keep in contact with me by sending on pictures of completed work on Seesaw or through email. I do not mind if this work is sent daily, or at the end of the week – whatever suits you best!
 
As always, I have attached a Suggested Schedule of Work to help those who need a little bit of structure in their learning.
 
Maths
  • Master Your Maths – Two Weekly Tests only. Try to really test yourself, for example, put away any books or copies that might help you, just the way we do in school. Once you complete it, you can email me for answers, correct your work, and figure out the questions you mightn’t have got right. 
  • Learning Tables x 4  – Daily practise orally or on Timestables.com
  • Lesson on this week’s topic: Equations/Chance (Attached below)
 
English
  • Spellings: Next spelling list (Attached below). Choose a spelling challenge to do every day, using as much words as possible from the list. Spelling challenges attached below.
  • Lesson on this week’s topic: Said is DEAD (Attached below)
 
Gaeilge
  • Litriú – Fill in and learn spellings – To be completed everyday as normal (Attached below)
  • Lesson on this week’s topic: Caitheamh Aimsire (Attached below)
  • Foclóir agus Frásaí – Caitheamh Aimsire (Both word document and recording attached below)
 
Religion
  • Grow in Love: We are on Theme 9: We Are Called to Love and Serve the Church
Explore Lesson 2: The Sacrament of Holy Orders, with corresponding pages (from pg. 102) in your Grow in Love book.
To access videos, songs and activities, simply login on the www.growinlove.ie website with the following details:
Email:  trial@growinlove.ie
Password: growinlove
 
SPHE - Internet Safety
Lesson taken from Webwise.ie - full of resources for learning about Online Safety if you would like to explore further!
  • Let's get thinking about the internet and why we use it. It is a wonderful thing when used smartly! Fill out the "My Use of the Internet" worksheet (attached below), and if you would like, complete the interview on worksheet too.
  • Play the "Technology Through The Ages Quiz" with somebody at home (attached below) - the answers are directly below the questions, so you might want to cover the answers as you or somebody at home guesses! Feel free to read the answer after guessing. 
  • Watch "Vicky's Party" (attached below). We have watched this video as a class already, but this is a chance to watch it at home and discuss the video and the following activity with a parent or guardian.
  • Siobhán's Conscience - In the video, "Vicky's Party", Siobhán decides to stay and check on Vicky. Can you give advice to Siobhán? What should she do? Write 3 tips/further actions for Siobhán in your copy. 
A little reminder of the language we use when online, be it Snapchat/TikTok or any online platform. Here is an analogy we shared together back in March, Fifth Class – If I am not comfortable wearing it on my t-shirt or shouting it out loud in a room full of people, I shouldn't type it online. 

The Great FIFTH CLASS Bake OFF
There has been so many fantastic entries to the Great Fifth Class Bake Off! During the week, I will post a video of all your fabulous creations, and a poll for you to vote for your favourite baked good! (No voting for yourself, silly!)
Watch this space!!! 

Keep sending me your as much of your work as possible, 5th class, be it through Seesaw or email! You are doing a fabulous job, keep it up! 
Email: missmulholland2020@gmail.com
 
Miss Mulholland
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End of week Kahoot and Corrections


Well done on another fabulous week of work, 5th class! The pictures of cakes, buns and bakes have been flying in for the Great Fifth Class Bake Off - they look delicious! You will vote for you favourite next week!

Here are the corrections for this week's suggested work, in Maths, Gaeilge and English. Please let me know if anything was confusing for you - I am here to help! :)

Below is the link to view our Kahoot winners from two weeks ago! You are getting faster and faster! 
https://kahoot.it/challenge/07315389?challenge-id=61aed4f5-e228-42a8-ab78-26b9f5c58f49_1590654330090&showPodium=true

And here is your end of week Kahoot to see what you have learned about pie-charts! You might need a page for rough work! 
https://kahoot.it/challenge/09604873?challenge-id=61aed4f5-e228-42a8-ab78-26b9f5c58f49_1591949575193
Game pin: 09604873

Have a lovely weekend, 
Miss Mulhollland
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6/10/2020 0 Comments

Maths Help! (Pie-charts)

Hi 5th Class! 

The YouTube link below explains how to change the percentage of a pie-chart into degrees. It may help you with pg. 153 and pg. 154 of your Busy at Maths. Take note: when she finds 50% of 360 - she changes the 50% into a decimal (0.5) and multiplies that by 360. Notice how she writes a dot instead of a multiplication sign? That's ok - that is called a multiplication dot and means to multiply. That is a perfect solution!
We have practised finding this a different way - changing 50% into a fraction (1/2), then dividing by the bottom (360 divided by 2 = 180), and multiplying by the top (180 x 1 = 180). Both methods are perfect so feel free to explore that! 

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=95&v=QAArbrux1FI&feature=emb_logo

I have also linked a game to get your brain back into the fraction/percentage/decimal frame-of-mind! 


https://www.mathgoodies.com/games/conversions

If you would like any more help with any of the Maths problems in your Busy at Maths, or your Master Your Maths, please don't hesitate to ask!
Miss Mulholland



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6/5/2020 3 Comments

Suggested Work to Complete at Home 8th June - 12th June

Hi 5th class, 

So we are coming close to the end of our school year, and I know it can be hard to keep your motivation high. Try your best to put as much effort into the last few weeks of learning as you can! We have a little more work to finish, particularly in your Maths, so let's try our very best to get as much learning from 5th class as we possible can!

Here is a list of suggested work to complete for this week. As always, only complete what suits you and your family best, but in saying that, try to cover as much as you can. 

Maths
  • Master Your Maths – Two Weekly Tests only. Try to really test yourself, for example, put away any books or copies that might help you, just the way we do in school. Once you complete it, you can email me for answers, correct your work, and figure out the questions you mightn’t have got right. 
  • Learning Tables x 3  – Daily practise orally or on Timestables.com
  • Lesson on this week’s topic: The Circle (Attached below)
 
English
  • Spellings: Next spelling list (Attached below). Choose a spelling challenge to do twice a week, using as much words as possible from the list. Spelling challenges attached below.
  • Lesson on this week’s topic: Homophones (Attached below)
 
Gaeilge
  • Litriú – Fill in and learn spellings – To be completed everyday as normal (Attached below)
  • Lesson on this week’s topic: Caitheamh Aimsire (Páirc an Chrócaigh) (Attached below)
  • Foclóir agus Frásaí – I have attached the appropriate Foclóir agus Frásaí and recording for “Mé Féin”. This is not the theme that you are working on in this week’s lesson, but it will help with Activity No. 2 of this week’s lesson.

 Science/Art - The GREAT Fifth Class BAKE OFF
  • On Pg. 89 of Small World (Geography and Science), read Unit 16: Heat. 
  • Challenge: Enter the Great Fifth Class Bake Off by baking a cake/cupcakes/anything of your fancy at home, using a source of heat (with parental supervision), and send photos and descriptions of your bakes to me via Seesaw or email before devouring! Taste is very important, but presentation might be more so!
  • Your bake will be judged by your classmates through voting next week... who will win the Great Fifth Class Bake Off?Get your oven gloves on and Ready.... Steady.... Bake!
 
Religion
  • Grow in Love: We are on Theme 9: We Are Called to Love and Serve the Church
Explore Lesson 1: Exploring Our Diocese, with corresponding pages (from pg. 98) in your Grow in Love book.
To access videos, songs and activities, simply login on the www.growinlove.ie website with the following details:
Email:  trial@growinlove.ie
Password: growinlove
 
SPHE
  • Our KiVa Programme! Feel free to make your way through the game! Remember your login and password should be found in your Homework Diary.
    http://www.kivaprogram.net/ireland/the-game
 
Keep sending me as much of your work as possible, 5th class, through Seesaw, or as an email. You are doing a fabulous job, keep it up! 
Email: missmulholland2020@gmail.com
 
Miss Mulholland

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Virtual Tour Time!

It's Friday... Time for our Virtual Tours! Enjoy!

Our first stop! Say hi to the llamas for me!
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/machupicchu?pl=f

And our final stop, up North for some lego fun!
https://www.visitorlando.com/en/things-to-do/virtual-tours/legoland-florida-resort

Well done to those who guessed correctly using the clues from this week's suggested work! 
Have a wonderful weekend, 5th class!
Miss Mulholland

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6/4/2020 0 Comments

Seesaw!

Hi 5th Class, 

Seesaw has been up and running for our class for 3 days now, and I am delighted with all the work I am receiving on it - from wonderful written activities, to pictures, to videos of your sports day challenges! Well done! I hope it is easy to use for you all. Any questions - I am only an email away. (missmulholland2020@gmail.com)

If you have still not accessed Seesaw, ask your parents to check for an email from myself. If they have not received one, feel free to email me, and I will explain what Seesaw is, and how to set it up. 
If you are unable to set up Seesaw, please do not worry. I will continue to check my email as often as I can for your incoming work. 

Lastly, I have already received some amazing local history projects - I am so excited to read and learn from more of you! If you would like to upload the project to Seesaw, that is perfect, or normal email is great too! 

Hope you are all looking forward to our.. TWO virtual tours tomorrow! Have you guessed where we are going? Get that school tour lunch packed... you can't miss the best lunch of the year! 
Miss Mulholland
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6/1/2020 8 Comments

Sports Day/School Tour Week!

Hi 5th Class!

I hope you had a fabulous long weekend, and spent plenty of time out in the sun! I also hope you didn't forget your sun cream!

This week is a special week. If we were in school this week, we would have had our Sports Day and we also would have been going on our school tour on Friday! Unfortunately, they cannot happen as normal this year, but they can happen...virtually! This week, instead of the usual work assigned, I have given you tasks to complete for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and your Virtual School Tour will happen on Friday. The tasks I have given you might be clues to where our Virtual School Tour is
going to take place... See can you figure it out! Clue: We are going to a "Southern" continent... followed by some fun in a "Northern" continent... Can you think of a continent that has a North and South?

This week, we will also have a Virtual Sports Day, so have a look on the School Blog for details on how you can get involved! I would love to see your participation in Virtual Sports Day, by filling out the "Sports Day Planner" with your family and uploading it to Seesaw! :) The activities can be completed any time throughout the week. 
Did you spot the Teacher's Virtual Sports Day Video? Mr. Loughran should have waited until my shoe was tied - how bold! 

Now that Seesaw is up and running, it would be great if you could upload this week's completed work on Seesaw, instead of emailing it to me. (You might have to email me your Local History Project, that is okay! Reminder - Due on Friday!) If you need any help with Seesaw, don't hesitate to email me! 

Your work for this week (Tuesday - Thursday) is as follows:
(No need to complete spellings, MYM, tables, etc. Only complete what is below for this week.)

1. History - The Inca Civilisation
  • Read the attached Power Point on The Inca Civilisation.
  • Explore the website attached: https://incas.mrdonn.org/ . Underneath "For Kids", read 3 other topics of your choice! 
  • In your SESE copy, list 5 facts about the Inca Civilisation, and list 5 similiarities/differences between the Inca Civilisation and the Mayan Civilisation. 

2. Maths - Virtual Sports Day Activity (Length)
  • Using your knowledge of length, create a 20 meter obstacle course outside.
  • How might you measure 20 metres? Think back to when we were learning about length... Did we create anything that might help us measure a metre? If your garden is shorter than 50 metres, how can you make the obstacle course? Can you curve the course? This can be recorded on your family "Sports Day Planner"! I would love to see videos of you trying out your own obstacle course! You can upload the video to Seesaw if you wish!
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3. English - Creative Writing - Letter/Persuasive
  • Imagine you are a Commoner of the Inca Civilisation. You are very angry at the Sapa Inca (The Head of Government of the Inca Civilisation) because you have no freedom! You cannot even go out for a walk without their permission! Write a letter to the Sapa Inca. Explain what you do not like about being a Commoner, and why you think your lack of freedom is unfair. Maybe you could suggest changing the rules, or give ideas of alternative rules which would make your life more enjoyable!

4. Art - Inca Metal Tooling/Lego Temple
  • The Inca were wonderful craftspeople, and often used metal, gold and silver to create beautiful art pieces, masks, and jewellery. See pictures attached below of examples of beautiful Inca-inspired metal pieces! Explore this website for even more examples: https://www.ancient.eu/Inca_Art/
  • What do you notice about the Metal artwork? What designs do you see? 
  • Using ordinary tin foil (found in your kitchen, with your parent's permission), use the blunt end of a pencil or paintbrush to create your own Inca Metal Tooling piece! You are free to do any design you would like! See the video attached below of how I began to create an Inca Metal Tooling mask. 
OR 
  • Create an Inca Temple from Lego! How high and wide can you build it? (Lego might be another clue to our Virtual School Tour!) 
https://www.ducksters.com/history/inca/machu_picchu.php

Friday - Virtual School Tour Day! (I will post the Virtual School Tour on Friday! It's a surprise!) YAY! Have you guessed where we might be going?

Enjoy this week's work, Fifth Class! It is sad that we cannot have our usual Sports Day and School Tour but I hope you get some enjoyment from the activities this week!

Miss you all!
Miss Mulholland 
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5/28/2020 0 Comments

End of Week Kahoot and Corrections!

Hi 5th class, 

Well done on another week of hard work! I have attached the corrections for this week's English, Gaeilge and Maths work. Have a lovely long weekend, and please try your best to get out into that sunshine!

Here is a new Kahoot to test this week's Maths skills - remember your prime, composite, even and odd numbers?
https://kahoot.it/challenge/07315389?challenge-id=61aed4f5-e228-42a8-ab78-26b9f5c58f49_1590654330090
Game PIN: 07315389

And as promised... the winners from last week's Kahoot! A new champion - Naoise! Followed closely by Lana in 2nd place, and MC20 (Oh... who could that be?) in 3rd place!
Click below to view the podium! 
https://kahoot.it/challenge/0894005?challenge-id=61aed4f5-e228-42a8-ab78-26b9f5c58f49_1590071036828&showPodium=true

Thank you again to all who have sent me in their work this week, you are brilliant!
Miss Mulholland

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