1798 Rebellion in Rang 5 & Rang 6
Ireland in the 1700’s
In History Fifth and Sixth class learnt all about the American Revolution and the French Revolution. We looked at their causes and the effects they had on the rest of the world.
After this we looked at the effects of the French Revolution on Ireland, and the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland.
Our class then did projects on this Irish Revolution.
Here are some of the topics we covered:
Help from France
Wolf Tone
The Society of the United Irishmen
British ambush
The four main areas
The rising in Wexford
Boolavogue
The King in Wexford
We put a lot of hard work into these projects and presented them to the class.
Here is a peak at some of our work:
National Children's Choir
This year, 4th 5th and 6th class took part in the National Children’s Choir. After weeks of practice we travelled to Ravenswell School in Bray to sing in a concert with 3 other schools from Greystones and Bray.
Our conductor was Anne Purcell. Muinteoir Siobhán taught us all of the songs that we needed to learn. Thank you so much Múinteoir! We had great fun doing this and made lots of new friends. Here are some photos of the children while we were practising and performing our concert.
The National Concert Hall
Seven of the students from our school were chosen to represent Scoil Chaoimhín Naofa in the National Concert Hall. These students were: Aine Duffy, Katelynn Byrne, Rhys Byrne, Lily Finn, Katie Lynch, Harry Conroy and Ella Cranley. They had a practice on Thursday the 23rd of May and their concert is on Sunday the 26th of May. We were so proud of them performing in the National Concert Hall.
Mad About Magnets
Science - Magnetic Fields
In April we learned about magnetism during our science lesson.
Magnetism is an invisible force that can make some things move towards each other. Here are some facts that we learned about magnets!
Rocks were the first magnets.
Every magnet has a space in which it exerts its force.
This area or space is called the magnetic field.
The size of the field depends on the size and strength of the magnet.
Magnets have two poles.
One side is called the North Pole and the other is called the South Pole.
Same poles repel/push each other away.
Opposite poles attract/pull towards each other.
We conducted an experiment with magnets and iron filings to show the magnetic field around mangets. Check out our results!
We really enjoyed learning about magnets and we found out that they’re very interesting and cool.
Sponsored Spink!
4th, 5th & 6th Class Sponsored Spink
Our Sponsored Walk was held on the Friday 12th April before our Easter Holidays. 4th , 5th, and 6th class walked up the Spink in Glendalough. It took us approx 3 hours. Luckily, the weather was nice despite being a little foggy and cold at the very top. We were tired after our walk but the Easter eggs we got at the end made it all worth while!
Revolution in 5th & 6th Class!
The French Revolution
5th and 6th Class studied all about the French Revolution in History. Then we created projects about the French Revolution.
The topics we covered were:
Napoleon Bonaparte
The French Flag
The Enlightenment
The Execution of King Louis XVI
The National Assembly
The Causes of Revolution
The Storming of The Bastille
Everyone was put into groups and we carried out extensive research on our topics. There was a lot of hard work put into these projects and it was very enjoyable to listen to when the students presented them to the class.
Here are some pictures of us doing our presentations.
Super Selfies!
Super Selfies!
5th and 6th class created self-portraits in Art. First, we divided the page into four separate areas. This made it easier to draw because it made lining up the eyes much easier. It also made lining up the nose and the mouth easier. This was our second attempt at our self- portraits. This second attempt was a lot better than our first attempt. We really enjoyed drawing these self-portraits. Take a look and see if you can recognise us!