Google classroom for home school in january
Hi all,
Welcome back to your 2nd term in 6th class! As we are back to virtual learning for the month of January, I just wanted to remind you all that the platform we are using is Google Classroom. This is where myself and Ms. Callan will be posting your work assignments and where you can share your work with us. Our emails are:
mairead.lynch@stoliversprimary.ie
sarah.callan@stoliversprimary.ie
The google classroom code for those of you that need it is g5nd5nb.
If you don't have access to a laptop or a tablet, do not worry; you can access google classroom through your X-box or PS4. Click on the attached image for instructions.
Looking forward to receiving your work over the coming weeks. This is a very important month in 6th class so please do your best to keep up with the work. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send me an email.
Best wishes,
Ms. Lynch
Welcome back to your 2nd term in 6th class! As we are back to virtual learning for the month of January, I just wanted to remind you all that the platform we are using is Google Classroom. This is where myself and Ms. Callan will be posting your work assignments and where you can share your work with us. Our emails are:
mairead.lynch@stoliversprimary.ie
sarah.callan@stoliversprimary.ie
The google classroom code for those of you that need it is g5nd5nb.
If you don't have access to a laptop or a tablet, do not worry; you can access google classroom through your X-box or PS4. Click on the attached image for instructions.
Looking forward to receiving your work over the coming weeks. This is a very important month in 6th class so please do your best to keep up with the work. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send me an email.
Best wishes,
Ms. Lynch
December Round up!
Rang a sé had an action packed December with lots of new learning experiences.
Advent is a time of preparation for the birth of Jesus and we made our own class Jesse Tree. Each decoration on the tree symbolises a story from the old testament, explaining the ancestry of Jesus. We had some fun painting the windows of our class room with Christmassy scenes to get into festive mood and we created our own advent calendar with a fun activity behind each door for each day in December.
In English, we practiced our procedural writing and had great fun putting this into action. 6th class abandoned the books for a night off homework and took to the kitchen instead to produce some amazing baked creations. Well done to all on the amazing effort, they all looked delicious,
In science, we learned about how liquid substances have a PH value, which measures how alkaline or acidic they are. We used red cabbage indicator to test the PH of various liquids (hand soap, dish, soap, vinegar, lemon juice, sparkling water etc.) The different liquids produced different colours, which we were able to compare to the PH scale. Acidic PH produces a bright red colour. Check out our photos in the slideshow.
Advent is a time of preparation for the birth of Jesus and we made our own class Jesse Tree. Each decoration on the tree symbolises a story from the old testament, explaining the ancestry of Jesus. We had some fun painting the windows of our class room with Christmassy scenes to get into festive mood and we created our own advent calendar with a fun activity behind each door for each day in December.
In English, we practiced our procedural writing and had great fun putting this into action. 6th class abandoned the books for a night off homework and took to the kitchen instead to produce some amazing baked creations. Well done to all on the amazing effort, they all looked delicious,
In science, we learned about how liquid substances have a PH value, which measures how alkaline or acidic they are. We used red cabbage indicator to test the PH of various liquids (hand soap, dish, soap, vinegar, lemon juice, sparkling water etc.) The different liquids produced different colours, which we were able to compare to the PH scale. Acidic PH produces a bright red colour. Check out our photos in the slideshow.
An Fear Sneachta
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Is fear sneachta mise,
Ní féidir liom siúl. Ba mhaith liom bheith ag imirt peile Ach níl aon chosa fúm! Is fear sneachta mise, Tá mé breá fuar. Tá súile beaga dubha agam Agus dath ar nós plúr. Is fear sneachta mise, Is breá liom na páistí. Ach ní maith liom é Nuair a bhíonn sé ag cur báistí! |
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Tangrams!
We have been working on 2d shapes in recent weeks. We learned about the tangram, which is a chinese puzzle made up of seven 2d shapes (5 triangles, a parallelogram and a square). We had fun arranging the shapes in different formations to create new shapes. Check out the photos below!
Apple Mummies
Check out the results of our Science experiment to make 'shrunken heads' or 'Apple Mummies'!!
We tried out different substances (salt, baking soda, half and half) to see which worked best to extract the juice from the apple and preserve it. We recorder our results by weighing each apple half to see how much weight (ie. juice) had been removed.
We tried out different substances (salt, baking soda, half and half) to see which worked best to extract the juice from the apple and preserve it. We recorder our results by weighing each apple half to see how much weight (ie. juice) had been removed.
Mo Mhadra Leisciúil
le Daire Mac pháidín
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Tá madra beag agam sa bhaile,
Leisciúil is ainm di, Ní maith léi siúl, Ní maith léi rith, Ní maith léi spórt ná spraoi. Ní ritheann sí i ndiaidh cat, Ní leanann sí gluaisteáin, Ach itheann sí brioscaí, Os comhair an teilifíseáin, Go dtí go mbíonn sí lán. Bhain mé triail as gach aon rud, Cnamha móra is moladh, Ach ní maith léi siúl, Ni maith léi rith, Is fearr léi dul a chodladh. |
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Native Americans project
DUE DATE: Friday 23rd October
LENGTH: 4 pages in your scrap book
Task: Your project for the 2nd half of October is to carry out a research project on the Native Americans.
Possible topics to find out about:
- Location within America
- Food (hunter gathering and farming)
- Clothing
- House types (teepees, long houses etc.)
- Native American traditions (totem poles, dreamcatchers etc.) and religion
- Native American wisdom/Poetry
- Myths and legends
- What happened to the Native Americans after the Europeans arrived?
Some suggested websites:
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/native-americans/
https://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans.php
https://www.historyforkids.net/native-americans.html
LENGTH: 4 pages in your scrap book
Task: Your project for the 2nd half of October is to carry out a research project on the Native Americans.
Possible topics to find out about:
- Location within America
- Food (hunter gathering and farming)
- Clothing
- House types (teepees, long houses etc.)
- Native American traditions (totem poles, dreamcatchers etc.) and religion
- Native American wisdom/Poetry
- Myths and legends
- What happened to the Native Americans after the Europeans arrived?
Some suggested websites:
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/native-americans/
https://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans.php
https://www.historyforkids.net/native-americans.html
Family history project
DUE DATE: Friday 25th September
LENGTH: 4 pages in your scrap book
Task: For your first project of 6th class, you have to look no further than your own family! Choose an ancestor (a grandparent, great grandparent or great aunt or uncle) and find out all about their life. You could either interview them directly, or if it's someone you can no longer talk to in person, you could ask a parent to tell you about them.
Possible topics to find out about:
School in the past
Games and toys in the past
Their local area
Festivals in the past (birthdays, Christmas etc)
A funny incident that they remember
Their working life (first job etc)
Travel and holidays in the past
Bring your project to life with some photos or copies of old photos. (Ask permission to use these of course!)
If you are lucky enough to have some original documents like birth certs or handwritten letters from the person, you could photocopy these and stick them in.
You could also include a family tree showing your relationship to the person you've chosen to write about.
Don't forget http://census.nationalarchives.ie/ is a great website for researching the Census entries from 1901 and 1911. You might find some ancestors on there and you could print out the form as evidence!
Good luck and if you have any questions about the project, please ask me in class.
The file below contains some possible questions you could begin with.
LENGTH: 4 pages in your scrap book
Task: For your first project of 6th class, you have to look no further than your own family! Choose an ancestor (a grandparent, great grandparent or great aunt or uncle) and find out all about their life. You could either interview them directly, or if it's someone you can no longer talk to in person, you could ask a parent to tell you about them.
Possible topics to find out about:
School in the past
Games and toys in the past
Their local area
Festivals in the past (birthdays, Christmas etc)
A funny incident that they remember
Their working life (first job etc)
Travel and holidays in the past
Bring your project to life with some photos or copies of old photos. (Ask permission to use these of course!)
If you are lucky enough to have some original documents like birth certs or handwritten letters from the person, you could photocopy these and stick them in.
You could also include a family tree showing your relationship to the person you've chosen to write about.
Don't forget http://census.nationalarchives.ie/ is a great website for researching the Census entries from 1901 and 1911. You might find some ancestors on there and you could print out the form as evidence!
Good luck and if you have any questions about the project, please ask me in class.
The file below contains some possible questions you could begin with.
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Welcome back!!
Hi everyone and welcome to your 6th class blog for 2020-21. Well done to all the boys and girls for getting back to school after the long break and for doing so well with following the new guidelines to keep everyone safe.
I will be posting updates on here throughout the year for students and parents to keep up to date with what's going on in class. Best of luck to you all with the year ahead!
I will be posting updates on here throughout the year for students and parents to keep up to date with what's going on in class. Best of luck to you all with the year ahead!
