Another week down......Well done 6th class you are really settling into learning from home and I am delighted to see some of you being really productive with your time, exploring lots of ways to learn, and finding opportunities in being away from school. It is a wonderful time to learn new skills, to explore new hobbies, to read lots of books, to find ways to get on with siblings, to be creative, to invent new games, to help out at home, to do lots of acts of kindness, and many more wonderful things.
I am really delighted to see so many of you logging on at 10 each morning. It is a lovely start to my day to see you all ready to go, to meet each other in our virtual classroom, to share how you are getting on, to support each other with positive encouraging feedback on projects, and to play a few games. You are all showing so much commitment to your schoolwork by showing up each day. Those of you engaging in assignments and posting them back are showing great independence and diligence, and this will stand to you as you get ready for secondary school next term. All these digital learning skills will be of great help to you as well as managing your time, organising tasks, and motivating yourself to get things done on time. Remember the first post in January.....'out of adversity, comes great opportunity!', so well done on taking the opportunity to continue learning in your own space.
Here's what you got up to his week....
We saw the return of the daily mile.....I really miss this from our time in school. The daily mile is great for our heart and bone health, our fitness, as well as enhancing our mood, easing stress, general wellbeing and connecting with nature and our community. This week 6th class upped their game, aiming to jog for 15minutes each day. It's a great way to start your day! Well done to Emma S, Katie, Katelyn, Lily, Sophie and Adam for logging their miles! And a HUGE achievement for Kacey this week who ran her longest distance ever....8miles!....That's AMAZING!
EDITED: IN fact KACEY set a goal in early JANUARY and has achieved that goal of running 56 miles in one month! That is more than 2 marathons! That's just fabulous KACEY!
I am really delighted to see so many of you logging on at 10 each morning. It is a lovely start to my day to see you all ready to go, to meet each other in our virtual classroom, to share how you are getting on, to support each other with positive encouraging feedback on projects, and to play a few games. You are all showing so much commitment to your schoolwork by showing up each day. Those of you engaging in assignments and posting them back are showing great independence and diligence, and this will stand to you as you get ready for secondary school next term. All these digital learning skills will be of great help to you as well as managing your time, organising tasks, and motivating yourself to get things done on time. Remember the first post in January.....'out of adversity, comes great opportunity!', so well done on taking the opportunity to continue learning in your own space.
Here's what you got up to his week....
We saw the return of the daily mile.....I really miss this from our time in school. The daily mile is great for our heart and bone health, our fitness, as well as enhancing our mood, easing stress, general wellbeing and connecting with nature and our community. This week 6th class upped their game, aiming to jog for 15minutes each day. It's a great way to start your day! Well done to Emma S, Katie, Katelyn, Lily, Sophie and Adam for logging their miles! And a HUGE achievement for Kacey this week who ran her longest distance ever....8miles!....That's AMAZING!
EDITED: IN fact KACEY set a goal in early JANUARY and has achieved that goal of running 56 miles in one month! That is more than 2 marathons! That's just fabulous KACEY!
We looked at wildlife in Co. Wicklow through the amazing resource launched by the libraries and drew some of the birds we learned about.. https://nature.librariesireland.ie/
A Kingfisher, by Quillan
A Greenfinch done digitally by Katie
A Robin, by Sophie
On the right, Emma used acrylic paint on canvas to paint a beach scene at night...beautiful! Below, Adam dreams of being on faraway beaches! |
A Curlew, by Katelyn
Above: Adam's lovely drawing of The Golden Eagle.
Aaron's lovely drawing on the left and LEGO creation below. |
RIGHT: KATIE made toffee with buttons while doing science with ice! Yum! Adam experimented with shapes and letters.The Gillick boys also made toffee lollies on ice but they were not much of a success! Katie and Adam did a great job with theirs!
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We celebrated Lego day this week. We learned about the history and origins of LEGO.
Lauren designed a skycraper digitally and also a KAHOOT quiz that can be done on the link below. Try it out! t ps://create.kahoot.it/share/the-lego-story-quiz/0e3b442d-68e7-4673-a5d0-444200df8f03https://create.kahoot.it/share/t
https://kahoot.it/challenge/b3af507c-843e-47aa-a361-58560b5a69b6_1611916533378
Quiz on the left by Séan, and above, by Aaron
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Lots of great work done this week on fractions: simplifying, adding, subtracting & multiplying....not easy to learn from your bedroom! Work below by Adam, Leon, Destiny & Sophie!
Lots of you tinkering away on your Passion Projects this week. We got to see Aaron making a computer game, Alex exploring stop motion, and many more of you have submitted some really exciting proposals....I'm VERY excited to see what amazing creations and research you get up to!
Remember it's not too late to log your proposal or get started on a project...it can be on anything as long as you research, create and share! Please get in touch if you need any help whatsoever!
Time frames are flexible. We are heading into week 4 and will start presenting for whoever is ready after that. Take the time you need. |
Yosr has been exploring the world of computer programming as well as her school assignments and is doing some really interesting work in coding.....who knows where this might lead her!
Other work this week included studying The 2nd World War, reflecting on the poem The Sea, by James Reeves, learning new phrases and reading about Turas go dtí an Méan scoil. Well done Lily, Adam, Quillan and Sophie.
Hard to believe that the above work is just samples of what you all have been up to this week. Impossible to share all the wonderful work, but watch this space again next week. Who knows what wonderful things are ahead of us in Week 4. Saint Brigid will be celebrated , along with the arrival of Spring. The daffodils are peaking beginning to pop their beautiful yellow leaves , there is more light in our days and there is hope in the air. Let's get stuck into another week! Well done 6th class, Keep up the amazing work!