5th Class Tour, Inter-Class Competition and Sports Day Medal Ceremony
Wellbeing Day
On Wellbeing Day the children participated in lots of fun activities, good for the body and the mind. There was meditation, dancing, chair yoga and fun cooperative games. The sun shone and there were smiling faces in abundance.
Click on the photos below and scroll through to see the children taking part in some of the activities.
5th Class Sports Day
A Sport's Day with a difference was had this year. 5th class participated in their own day. There were track events, novelty events, soccer leagues and an obstacle course. At the end of the day the 4 classes gathered at the track for the finals, class relays and tug o' war. Luckily, the weather was glorious, the behaviour was top notch, the craic was mighty and the children had a great day. Well done everyone.
Click on the photos below and scroll through to see all the action.
Slapstick Comedy
Mr. Keville's class have been doing creative dance for P.E. The children created slapstick comedy short movies to the chase music from The Benny Hill Show. They combined script creation, drama, dance, musical and comedy timing. Great work by all and the kids had great fun doing it. Below are the movies the groups created.
Art Construction : Sea Creatures
Mr. Keville's class created sea creatures from household waste (bottles, straws, cardboard, old fabric, egg cartons, coffee cup holders, polystyrene, plastic bags, cartons, bottle tops etc.) Lots of various techniques were used by the children. Brilliant work guys. They also created this wonderful coral reef as a backdrop. It took a while, but we finally got there. It was great to do some art outside in the sunshine.
Click on the photo below and scroll through to the children creating the backdrop.
Gymnastics
Mr. Keville's class have been practising gymnastics for the last four weeks. There has been strength tests, balancing, high jumping, long lumping, landing, rolling, tumbling and vaulting. We have been building up to vaulting over the high horse using a springboard. The children have had great fun doing this and they have all seen huge improvements. Some of the children have been able to conquer some very advanced vaults. Maybe we have a future Nadia Comeneci or Rhys McClenaghan in our midst. Scroll through the photos to see a variety of vaults.
Christmas Art
This is some of the work the children in Mr. Keville's did to decorate the classroom for Christmas. They made 'What a Weird Christmas' posters, created ideas for window art, drew window art, made unique Christmas decorations from 'stuff in the gaff' and created a door poster for the classroom. Brilliant work by all.
We also recorded our al fresco Christmas play.
Hallowe'en
Mr. Keville's class dressed up for Hallowe'en. Mark was the winner of the fancy dress contest voted for by the class. He's the rather scary 'Zombie Convict'. Well done to all the kids who dressed up. There was a great variety of heroes, monsters and villains. Amy even dressed up as Mr. Keville (hero, monster or villain? Hmmm!!! ) The costumes were brilliant !!!
Puppet Show
Mr. Keville's class were busy making puppets. The children were wonderfully creative, as can be seen in the variety of techniques they used to make their own puppets. Some of the children made puppet show presentations.
Tree Planting
Mr. Keville's class got their hands dirty and planted a new Scots Pine tree in the school. Ms. Heffernan's 6th class and Ms. Quinlan's group also planted two more new trees. This is all part of increasing biodiversity around the school.
Flying High
Mr. Keville's class studied forces during Science Week. We made parachutes and helicopters. Lots of different materials and designs were used by the children. When we were finished we tested the parachutes inside and outside. We also tested the helicopters inside.
