Hi again the past week we have been doing some maths balancing tests to see can we balance a weight on one side of a meter stick and put double that on the other side by moving them different distances on the meter stick and after we get a balanced weight we would measure the distance between them
Bounce Test
Last week we were also testing is it better to play tennis in Australia on a hot summer day or in the Antarctic in the freezing winter.So what we did is we froze a tennis ball wrapped in a bag and placed it in the freezer over night and we wrapped the other ball as well and placed it in a tub of boiling water for a hour and after break we came in and did a bounce test and it is proven to be better to play tennis in Australia on a hot summer day than in the Antarctic on a cold winter day.
Bonjor for the last few weeks the 5th and 6th have been learning French. On our last day of French we watched a movie called Le Pehit Nicolas.
Later that day we all went down to the arts hall and tried some French food.Like cheese, crepes, bonbons and baguettes.They were all very tasty but one the favourites was the crepe. After that we all tried some French skipping.Soon after that we all sat down we said good bye to our French teacher Elvina and gave he a bunch of flowers.
On Friday 28th March 2014,we finally got to meet St.Sciries face to face.Instead of them coming to our school or us going to their school we decided to go to Tanagh Co.Monaghan.As you can see it was very mucky there and that made a big difference because it was much harder.The muck slowed us down.We w got into our Dissolving Boundaries groups and we had to complete 5 tasks.Gutter Ball,Sack race,Nuclear bomb,Spider Web and Find The Number.
In this science lesson, we got to be paleontologists. Paleontologist is a person who looks for bones underground and tries to find out what body they're from.
SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE
In this years Seachtain Na Gaeilge we decided to get into the Irish spirit by wearing as much green as possible.James and Paschal cheered us all up by their funny and enthusiastic Setanta [Cúchulainn] act.And then we had the concert which [I'm really happy] every body participated, from Junior Infants to the staff members. We sang and danced and had lots of crack ,in Irish though. Slán.
FITNESS
This week for P.E we had guest named Stephen,who is a fitness teacher and works for Fingal County Council.We had him in with our class three years ago and he is still the same kind ,fit and healthy. This week we just got warmed up, just a few jogs,push ups and squats.And in the last 5 minutes we got to play a game of dodge ball.And after all that, we got to hear about Stephen's career and how he got to where he is now. We will be having many different people with different jobs to talk about their careers for the next few weeks. Your Blogger Abdu
Finally we got to talk to St.Scire's. But this time we got to chat to each other about anything we want and after that we played a card game which you have to pick a card and they have to guess what card they have with a few hints.
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
Two weeks ago we went to the 5th class business enterprise which is a project that helps kids to learn about business and learn how to deal with money and negotiation.
This is Collins in our class getting his face painted in business enterprise. As you can see he is getting a flower painted on to the side of his cheek. There were lots of designs you could chose from not just a flower. some of the other designs were like a skull or your favourite soccer team badge etc.
FAIR TEST
In this science lesson we are testing which paper towel is the best. Our group tested which paper towel absorbs the most water in ten seconds.We had 3 different types of tissue paper and a basin for water. We put the tissue in the water for 10 seconds one by one.
SCRATCH
On this laptop session we are using the scratch device to create our own games! But for today we have to create a maze game.
This week we have been looking at the entrance exams for Loreto and Ardgillan , the tests contain Gaeilge, mathematics and english. The Balbriggan community college and Ardgillan exams are on the 7th of February.
Josh has been working with us, taking over some lessons and to be honest we haven't been working very hard. We will try to do better and do what we're supposed to be doing and not get as distracted.
This week we were drawing portraits of our classmates and that exercise was enjoyed by the class , but before that we had a picture on the whiteboard and we had to draw it without looking.
We also did a science project : you are given tape, a bottle and a tube, AIM: get water from one bucket to another using all the matls , you are not allowed to pour it.
For music this week we were learning about notes , so far on our recorders we have learned B,A,G and E , today we composed our own pieces