A special message for all the boys and girls in sixth class on their last full day in Scoil Mhuire gan Smál.

Morning Everyone,

Our final week!  It’s hard to believe! 
This week we are looking at some very important topics, not just for the summertime, but all year round. 
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Farm Safety:

• Watch the videos attached below on farm safety.  Read the Farm Safety Posters and complete the Farm Safety Trail questions attached below. 

Internet Safety:
I know we looked at internet safety already this year however as you move on to second level and begin to use technology more and more the importance of staying safe and being responsible online grows even greater.
To revise I would recommend re-watching the videos on the webwise site and complete the activities attached.
https://www.webwise.ie/classroom-videos/ 

1. Vicky's Party
2. The Match
3. The Photo

Road Safety:
Summertime is a fantastic opportunity to head out for a cycle with your family, friends or by yourself.  It is really important to be road wise when on your bike.  Watch the video on cycle safety below. 

https://www.rsa.ie/RSA/Road-Safety/Campaigns/Current-road-safety-campaigns/Cycle-Smart-Cycle-Safe/ 
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Hand Hygiene and Respiratory Etiquette
A hugely important topic in our current times.  Watch the videos below and come up with a catchy slogan to promote hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette that I could use in my classroom in September.    
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Some other activities:

Looking after yourself both physically and mentally is very important all year round and especially during stressful times like these.  Below are some activities and suggestions that you may like to help support your health and well being. 

• Active Schools Week.  You could choose some of the challenges in the PDF below to complete.

• World Wellbeing Week starts this week.  The Wonders Cape App can be downloaded for free on any device for the coming three months and has lots of great games and activities on the topic of well being and communication.

I will upload any worksheets to the SeeSaw app. 

​Please remember to return your Educational Passport forms with your books this week as they will be sent on to your secondary schools. 
 
Enjoy your last week, we may have a surprise or two in store before the final bell on Friday!  

Ms Condron 

Yippee it's Friday!

Our final Kahoot of the year.  After 8 years together it's time to see how well you know your class mates in this guess the mystery person quiz.  To keep it fair on everyone please play only once.  You have until next Thursday at 3pm, enjoy!


https://kahoot.it/challenge/0337238?challenge-id=ee46340c-81dd-4870-ad14-2c7929483dfc_1592556860936
Game PIN: 0337238

Congratulations to last weeks winner Conall, bringing it home for the boys, it was a tricky one so well done to everyone who participated!

3rd place - Rachel
2nd place - Caragh
1st place - Conall

Morning Everyone!

I'm sure you'll all be very disappointed to hear that this is the last page we will cover in our Busy at Maths!  It's Pg. 182 and on the topic of Chance, we have covered a lot about chance already but this page deals with converting to a percentage chance.  Video attached below to explain further but you should all fly through it!  I will upload photos of the page itself on SeeSaw for anyone wanting  to fill it in that way.

Have a good day,
​Ms Condron

Morning Everyone,

Today we are looking at Pg.177 of our Busy at Maths and it deals with problem solving on the topic of capacity.  To really focus on the problem solving part I will allow you to use a calculator to work out the computations.  Be sure to check what units they require you to give your answer in!  Video below to explain if needed.
Have a good day,
​Ms Condron

Morning Everyone, 

Today we are looking at the topic of Volume on Pgs. 175 and 176 of your Busy at Maths.  You'll all be very relieved to hear it isn't as complicated as some of the pages from the last few days, well done on all your hard work I know it's tested your skills!  Video below to explain all and I'll upload the pages to SeeSaw if you want to fill them in that way or you can do them in your copies.
Keep up the great work,
Ms Condron

Morning Everyone,

Today we are looking at Pg. 174 of our Busy at Maths, it's definitely one to get the brain cells into overdrive!!  Take your time with them, there is a lot of work involved. In Q3. if you change them to litres using a decimal and put them in the correct order from smallest to largest you can use a calculator for part (i) and (ii) it will be good practice.  There is a video below with a quick run through of the page, as I said it's very similar to our work from last week.  Any questions just ask.

Have a good day,
​Ms Condron.

Morning Everyone,
Today we are looking at Pgs 172 and 173 in our Busy at Maths on Capacity, remember capacity is the amount of liquid a container can hold.  They are very similar to the questions on weight last week as we are working with 1L = 1000ml.  For Pg.172 you can complete it on SeeSaw of discuss it orally.  Any problems you can contact me bu email or on the SeeSaw app.  The video below runs quickly through all the work. 

Try your best!
​Ms Condron

​Morning Everyone,

Our penultimate week in sixth class!  Thank you for all your wonderful work last week, I especially loved seeing your memory wheels and reading the letters and poems to your classmates, I have attached some below. 

This week we are looking at the topic of Happiness and investigating how we are largely in control of our own happiness.  This is an amazing realization, that even when life is hard it’s possible to make yourself happy. 

Again this week we’re going to make a good push with our maths, so please focus your attention in this area- you will notice again I haven’t uploaded as much work in other subjects to give you time to do this. 
 
Maths:

• Well done to everyone for their hard work in the chapter on Weight last week, some of the questions were a real test of skills!  This week we are moving on to Chapter 32, Capacity, Pgs- 172-177.  The first part is more of a revision topic like last week, the second part on volume is a new topic so take your time with it.
•  As always I will upload videos each day in a separate blog post to help.  I will also upload to SeeSaw photos of any pages that can be filled in to save you drawing out tables.
• We will also cover Pg. 182 on probability and percentages as we haven’t covered this topic before. 

English:

• In Racing Ahead this week we have our final chapter- Great Places of the World.  Read Pgs. 266- 269 and complete activities on Pgs. 270-271 – I’ll upload a photo of activity E on SeeSaw so you can fill in the blanks that way instead of writing the whole piece out. 
• Free Writing- Read the PDF below on Happiness, write a list of 10 things that make you happy.

​Gaeilge:

• Abair Liom Pg. 138- 139 is all about An lá deireanach I Rang a Sé, the last day of 6th class. Listen to and read the scéal and answer the questions on Pg. 139
• Grammar- Pg. 19 in you Irish Verbs Made Easy workbook- Use Pgs. 180-182 in you Abair Liom to help

Art :

• Having read the PDF on Happiness above create a ‘Happy Collage’, either online or on paper using text and pictures.  See examples below for inspiration.

Music:

• As we read in our Happiness story music can create or change a mood. 

Create a ‘Happiness Playlist’.

• Songs are often used in graduation ceremonies.  When I was graduating from second level (a million years ago) a popular song was The Graduation Song by Vitamin C.  Listen to it below.  Do you think it’s a good song for children graduating?  Why?  Why not? What song would you choose to represent this year as you graduate from sixth class in Kilkerley?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T36814aSawM
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SPHE:

• This is the last week of our Transitioning Together Programme, we are looking at ways you can deal with any worries you may have about moving on to second level and your thoughts about leaving primary school and starting secondary school.

Try your best with the activities, remember you can upload work either via email or on the SeeSaw app.  Below are some samples of your work from last week.

Have a good week,
​Ms Condron

Below are the answers to questions on this weeks unit- Weight.  We  done on all the hard work, they were a real challenge this week!