6th class got our hands (and plenty of other things!) dirty today with junk art. Take a look at some of our scary constructions ;)
6th class got our hands (and plenty of other things!) dirty today with junk art. Take a look at some of our scary constructions ;)
6th class were delighted to be invited along to storytelling at the Lexicon library in Dún Laoghaire this morning.
We listened to stories and learned about some Japanese traditions from Masako Carey.
As a child, Masako always loved reading and watching animated Japanese folktale stories on TV. Her increasing repertoire of traditional Japanese tales includes both comical and serious tales, and she also tells tales from around the world.
We were treated to some engaging stories incorporating the characters of Yamamba and the little monk, and Princess Otto in the underwater world.
On Tuesday 8th Oct, 6th class went to visit the National Gallery in Dublin City. We walked from the school to the DART station and took the DART to Dublin City. When we got off the DART, we walked to the National Gallery and were greeted by our tour guides for the day, Rosary and Manuel. Ms Phillips also came and her two children and we were split into two groups. Manuel took one, and Rosary took the other one. Our first stop was the famous Carravagio painting The Taking of Christ. It had a beautiful uniqueness and was amazing to look at.The second stop was the famous Vermeer of Woman Writing a Letter, with her Maid. Vermeer had a way of painting this piece. He did it by making a 3D room which he did in a lot of his paintings. Manuel’s group saw a painting called the Grief by J.B.Y. Jack Butler Yeats. It was about a war. Rosary’s group saw a still life painted by Picasso. It took a lot of imagination to figure out what was in the painting! It was a great day out at the National Gallery and we enjoyed seeing the real life paintings that we had been learning about in school.
Written by Alexander and Alex
6th class have got the year underway with plenty of activity.
In science we explored how blood vessels of different sizes carry blood at different rates and the importance of a good diet and exercise for heart health.
We also did an experiment to see how the rate of sugar and starch absorption differs - lots of porridge for breakfast this year!
Before the good weather runs out, we are keeping active outdoors also. This is a photo of the class doing a running dictation in Irish - gach buachaill ag rith, ag léamh agus ag scríobh le chéile.