Fifth & Sixth Class
Teacher: Ms. Keane O'Hagan
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CONFIRMATION 2010
NEWGRANGE VISIT 2009
PUBLIC
SPEAKING 2010
~ Report by Chloe
Every year 6th class do Public speaking. But this year Ms. Keane O Hagan has allowed 5th class to participate because half of 5th class are mixed in with all of 6th class. Even though 5th class are not in the finals, we are holding our own competition. Public speaking is when you pick a topic and write a speech on it.
For example Daniel did his Public speaking on Ant and Dec. Did you know Ant and Dec live beside each other?
Jack did his on Coca Cola. Did you know Coke can rot away a nail in just 4 days?
Then the judge picks the most interesting and humourous speeches and sends them through to the next round. The people in 6th class go through to a final and then our speech and Drama teacher, Ms. Boyle, will pick the winner, second and third place and they get an award.
Fifth class has had their final already. Jack came in 1st place. Chloe came in 2nd place. Hannah came in joint 3rd place with Caoibheadh. Ruth came in 4th place and Daniel came in 5th place.
Best of luck to the finalists from Sixth Class next week!!
BLUE
SUEDE SHOES
~Report by Hannah
For our art collage we got a sheet with a shoe on it. We stuck on blue material,blue stickers,blue beads ,blue paper and blue straws.We also put blue paint and coloured in our shoes. We had all different designs on each shoe. Before we designed our shoes we learnt about rock and roll and we were listening to the song "Blue Suede Shoes". We all know Blue Suede Shoes was sung by Elvis Preslely but it is a rock and roll song written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955. It is considered to be one of the first rock and roll records and incorporated elements of blues,country and pop music.Afterwards,we watched a little of Grease and learnt about what they wore.The girls presented themselves in A line skirts and the boys wore leather jackets and their hair styles were called quiffs. They were known as "Teddy Boys".It was great fun.
FRENCH
DAY
~ Report by Adam
On French Day we will have French food like crępes croissants and many more varieties of food. Sixth class will go down to the lower classes and teach songs like Si Tu le Soleil, La Tęte, Les Epaules Gnout, and Les Pieds. All of Fifth and Sixth Class will do projects on an aspect of French life. Some of the projects are the Eiffel Tower, Lyon football club and different French cities. French Day is a day enjoyed by everyone. Hopefully it can be as good as a success as it was last year.
Innovation in Poetry Competition
Everybody in our class wrote a poem for the Innovation in Poetry Competition. The theme was “Unique and original poems”. Some ideas were: creating your own creature, machine or gadget, imagining to be invisible, becoming a giant etc. or using lots of action words to describe animals. For example: Woof, Meow, Oink.
The standard was very high and all poems were sent off to the Navan Education Centre. Niamh Barrett and Ruth Blaney were winners and will be presented with their awards in the Navan Education Centre on the 14th of June. Their poems will also be published in a book.The two winning poems are
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DEATH VALLEY ~By Ruth I walked out the door And across the street I strolled into school And sat in my usual seat
The teacher did the roll call She didn’t say my name She didn’t see me Because I wasn’t the same
In this world I am human Though no-one else can see This used to be my home Until I was moved to Death Valley
Death Valley is a place For the undead “It isn’t very nice” Everybody said
I don’t think it is either It’s nothing at all like home Maybe I hate it there so much Because I am there alone |
WHAT I WOULD
DREAM ~by Niamh It comes to this time every night When all the little children are tucked up tight They close their eyes and keep them tight Wondering what they will see tonight. Colours and sparkles dart across the big massive stage, Awakened by the sound of their mums you're late for school They sit up and wonder What will be the next adventure?
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PDF Version of all poems can be found HERE.
Word version of all poems can be found HERE.
MICHAEL
JACKSON-EARTH SONG
~Report by Courtney
My class and I split up into groups and made jigsaw puzzles. We all drew the shape of the jigsaw puzzle and we all got into groups of six. We picked a piece of the jigsaw and drew something about the Earth e.g. littering, pollution, etc.. and then we coloured them in and stuck them back together. Every person in the class really put in effort. we hung them up they looked really nice. The song was very good and very touching. It made a lot of sense that we should think before we litter. The class and I had a brilliant time learning about the Earth song and making our own jigsaws. I hope we can do that again next year because I had a brilliant time learning about it.
SHARED READING
Ms. Keane O Hagan’s 6th and 5th Class have been doing shared reading with Ms O Rourke’s 2nd Class for the past year. While we are down there we help the Second Class with reading, writing and typing. Sometimes, they teach us how to do things like Word Sorts, which we have been taught how to do by Ms. O Rourke. They usually know how to do the Word Sorts because they are Word Sort masters! ~ Report by Eimear
SPORTS DAY 2010
It was Sports Day on the 26/5/2010. We did all sorts of races from Junior Infants to Sixth class. We did the spud and spoon race, sack race, long distance race, three legged race, the Mammy and Daddy race and the relay race. There were a lot of helpers. Mr Hamilton who was in charge of writing down the winners. There was Pat McKenna who prepared the lines for Sports Day and we had great support from Mrs Farrell , Ms Smith and Mr McComish who was holding the line as we finished. We all enjoyed ourselves and had a great day.
DUNDALK MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION
~ Report by Tadgh
The Dundalk Mental Health Association is used to help promote positive mental health. The pupils of Fifth and Sixth classes took part in a mental health competition promoting mental health.
The topics were as follows:
1. Where will I be in ten years time.
2. If I had three wishes
3. Every cloud has a silver lining.
The winners in Sixth class were Kieran Mulligan, Eimear and Niamh.
In Fifth class the winners were Fintan Vaughan, Tadgh and Ruth.
PRIMARY
SCHOOLS CHALLENGE 2010
Ms Keane O Hagan's 5th and 6th classes were delighted to receive a lovely award for their prize winning logo in the Primary Schools challenge 2010. This competition was organised by the Louth County Enterprise Board. They received a specially commissioned trophy and also certificates for each member of the class. Well done!!
LOUTH
COUNTY ENTERPRISE BOARD
~ Report by Orna
Miss Shaw showed us how County Enterprise Board works.
First we did an activity, to show us what skills we would need.
The first game was we had to communicate without speaking, (Communication)
The second game we had to catch a tennis ball, (coordination and team work)
E.g. speed, team work and coordination.
Then she asked us questions and we got aptitude test on what we had learnt.
Then she gave us goody bags to take home with us.
We all enjoyed the day with Miss Shaw.
THE TEACHERS VS. SIXTH CLASS
Once again the teachers were victorious (despite some dubious tackling by a certain male teacher who shall remain nameless!) The game was very close, but in the end the pros won, with a final score of 2-1. This marks two in a row for the teachers. Will next year's Sixth fair any better?
On the 26th of May 2010 it was about ten past two to be winners of the Teachers versus Sixth Class football match. The Pupils were full of hope and so were the Teachers. When we walked out of the school the applause was amazing.
Kick off was to us in the first half. It was a very boring five minutes but when the Teachers scored it started getting tense. At half time our players switched over. We equalised at ten minutes. We got a corner and crossed it in for Kieran Mulligan who did a Lionel Messi goal and celebrated by running around the pitch topless and we made a king chair and he lay down on it posing! In the twelfth minute disaster struck, when the Teachers shot and it deflected off one of our players and went in. It was then two one to the Teachers. In the thirteenth minute Mr. Mulligan took Adam Carolan to the ground when Adam had broken his arm earlier that month and got Mr. Mulligan sent off.
At full time the Pupils were beaten by the Teachers by one goal. We were devastated!
~ Report by Christopher.
GAELIC
LEAGUE 2010
~By Kieran
This year’s Gaelic league was possibly the best ever. The six captains were Adam O’Connor, Liam Keenan, Ryan Dempsey, Declan Gernon, Liam Fussey and myself, Kieran Mulligan. The names of the teams were Vanilla, Dromiskin G.F.C, The Red Devils, The Joes Juniors, The Galaxies and Louth. It was run as follows. The teams play each other twice and the four teams with the most points are then entered into the semi-finals. In the first semi-final my team ,Louth, beat Liam Fussey’s team, The Galaxies, very narrowly. In the second semi Adam O’Connor’s team Vanilla drew with Declan Gernon’s team, The Joes Juniors. Adam’s team prevailed in the replay. In the final Adam’s team came out on top. A special thanks to Mr.Mulligan for organising the league and being the referee.
GREEN
FLAG 2010
~ Report by Niamh
Success for St Peter’s strikes again! After all our hard work, we were successful in getting our fifth Green Flag. This year the flag was for energy emissions. To win this we had people from 2nd class go around at lunchtime to check and make sure that all switches were off. We have C.O.W days and W.O.O.F days which stand for Cycle On Wednesday and Walk Out On Friday. This stops us from using cars! The Green Schools Committee go around all the classes and see who cycles, walks, parks and strides or carpools. Then they would add the totals and see which class won. Then they calculate the percentages for the month and the class that won get off homework and get either Woff the dog or the Golden Boot. The Green Schools Committee did this hard work , which included, from 6th Class, Declan and Niamh, from 5th Class, Chloe and Martin, and from 4th Class, Donal and Callie. Mr Mulligan picked two names out of a hat to go to Dublin to collect the prize. Only two could go and Callie and Donal were picked. When they came back with the Green Flag, Declan was proud to hold it on his Confirmation Day for the entrance procession.
Congratulations to sixth class who have donated 10% of their confirmation money to TLC, an African charity that adopts and cares for abandoned babies and babies with HIV. Other charities they donated to include:
Childline,
World Vision,
Trócaire,
Brainwave,
Breast Cancer
And Alzheimers.
The parents from Sixth Class made a presentation to Ms. Keane O'Hagan for all her hard work with the Confirmation class.
Ms. Keane O'Hagan and the Confirmation class
The Confirmation class 2010
The behind-the-scenes mammies who provided refreshments in the hall after Confirmation.
THE
BASKETBALL LEAGUE
~Report by Niall
There are six basketball teams . The teams are as follows - Team A Dynamites, Team B Cavaliers, Team C D-Lakers, Team D The Dominators, Team E Eddies Rockets, Team F Slam Dunkers, Team G Lightning Stickers and Team H Michael Jordan’s. The basketball league is very good fun. Each half is seven and a half minutes long. Our Principal Mr. Mulligan, referees the games. There are five people on the team and one sub.
BIRD
PROJECTS
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ARTWORK
THE SILVER SWORD
~ Report by Olivia
In April 5th and 6th got their novel The Silver Sword. It was very interesting to read. The story was about a family named the Balicki’s. They were a Polish family during the time of World War 2. The Balicki children had a frightful but an exciting life as they made their way to Switzerland in search of their parents.
On their travels they met quite a number of different people and creatures. But just as it happened the oldest boy got Tuberculosis. He was put in solitary confinement to keep the germs away from other people in his surroundings.
The Balicki’s found a new member for their family. He was a young boy named Jan at the age of twelve and often behaved inappropriately. By the end of the story he changes his attitude completely. He sacrificed his favourite pet for one of his very best friends.
World War 2 Projects
~ By Jack & Aaron
After finishing our novel “The Silver Sword” which was about a family’s survival during world war 2 the pupils of 6th and 5th class have done projects that vary in subject about the war The topics are The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings by Liam Fussey,. Artillery in World War 2 by Adam and Dylan, Japan by Daniel, Japanese war crimes by Niall and Kieran. Auschwitz by Roisin and Nikayla, Ireland during World War 2 by Hannah and Ciara, Pearl Harbour by Ryan, Evacuees by Niamh and Sian, Guns used in World War 2 by Christopher and Edward, World War 2 Aircrafts by Liam Keenan and Declan, The Gestapo Amy and Eimear, World War 2 Allied Leaders by Clodagh, Ciara and Orna, Hitler Youth by Olivia, Battle of Britain by Caoibhedh and Chloe and last of all D-Day.
~ Report by Liam F.
My favourite project was The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings by me Liam.F, because I found it interesting while I looked up my information. The one project that touched me most emotionally was Auschwitz, because of the Atrocities that occurred there.
Each project gave a detailed account of what happened during World War 2. We learned what was used during World War2 for example, guns, Tanks and Aircrafts but we also heard the sad and horrible stories of what happened during World War2.
It was an education in what happened only 65 years ago and I think every child should be aware of what occurred so that it will never be allowed to happen again.
Christmas
Box Appeal
Jumble Sale
Here are a small selection of photographs from our Jumble Sale this year. We raised a HUGE amount of money for our school. To see more photographs, click HERE.
Christmas Concert
JJB
SOCCER LEAGUE 2010
~ Report by Dylan
It was on November 26th 2009
The team was .... Adam , Liam k ,Ryan ,Dylan, Kieran , Niall ,Aaron and Christopher
Our first game was against Scoil Eoin Baiste .We scored the first goal and at half time we were winning 2-1.At half time Niall and Aaron came on for Kieran and Dylan. At the beginning of the second half we scored another to make it 3-1 and then we scored another to make it 4-1.But Scoil Eoin Baiste came back and with time almost up it was 4-4 but then we scored and it was over .Dromiskin won!
In the second match we were against Gael Scoil. During the match we were losing 3 times but we all had great determination and in the end we won
In the final we were against Dulargy, who were last years Champions. We were all very nervous. But in the end we ended up winning the cup. Champions
In November 2009 5th and 6th class went to the Louth County museum for A.S.I. Archaeology Scene Investigations. It was an exhibit sponsored by the National Roads Authority or the NRA. It highlighted the nature of detective archaeological work during the construction of the Dundalk western bypass. Also there was an animal workshop that told children about extinct and live animals in Ireland. RTE was there also and Jack O Brien, Eimear Johnston, myself and a few other people got to speak on the RTE news in late November. All the class enjoyed it especially the people who were on the television and everybody learned a lot about the animals of Ireland past and present.
NEWGRANGE
VISIT
~ By Aaron
Ms. Keane O'Hagan's 5th and 6th class went to Newgrange on the 3rd of November, 2009. We went to the museum firstly. We watched a movie about the historical tomb. Built in 6000BC the tomb was used for buring the dead in the chamber which is shaped like a cross. The bodies would be burnt and put in the bowls that are in each chamber. Mostly High Kings would be buried here. This happened because in 6000BC, people believed in different Gods and this was for the Sun God. Afterwards we went to Newgrange itself, where we went inside and looked around but didn't touch anything. The guide turned off the lights and let one stay on to show the way it would look on the morning of the Winter Solstice. We were told about what the standing stones outside meant. The whole class enjoyed their visit and would like to go again.
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NEOLITHIC ESSAYS
All our essays can be found in either PDF or Word versions.
Please click HERE for the PDF version.
Please click HERE for the Word version.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pottery More information to follow after our visit to Newgrange in November. CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR NEWGRANGE PAGE
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Click on one of the names to read the poem (requires Microsoft Word) Aaron Adam Adam C Amy Christopher Clodagh Dylan Jack Kieran Niall Niamh Roisin Ryan Sian
~By Ciara This year Fifth and Sixth Class entered a Hallowe’en Poetry Competition. The aim of the competition was to highlight the dangers of stockpiling waste in addition to the detrimental environmental impact of backyard burning. The poem had to be four verses and 120 words long. Poems were aired on LMFM radio during the Hallowe’en period in an effort to discourage backyard burning as they produce dioxins and other pollutants which are detrimental to the atmosphere and to the air that we breathe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Limericks Click on one of the names to read the poem (requires Microsoft Word) Aaron Adam Amy Caoibheadh Chloe Christopher Ciara Clodagh Courtney Daniel Declan Dylan Edward Eimear Fintan Hannah Jack Kieran Liam F Liam K Naomi Niall Niamh Nikayla Olivia Orna Roisin Ruth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great Escape Essays Click on one of the names to read the poem (requires Microsoft Word) Aaron Adam Amy Caoibheadh Chloe Christopher Ciara B. Clodagh Declan Dylan Edward Eimear Hannah Jack Kieran Liam F Liam K Niall Niamh Nikayla Olivia Orna Roisin Ruth Ryan Sian Tadgh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ Report by Caoibheadh Recently St. Peters ,Ms Keane O’ Hagan’s 5th and 6th class took part in the Irish Cancer Society Poster Competition. The main theme for the competition was positive images of a healthy lifestyle. It was broken into five key areas. 1. Eat a healthy diet. 2. Be physically active. 3. Be a healthy weight 4. If you smoke, plan to quit. 5. If you drink limit your intake All the students from both classes designed their own posters and the top few were submitted to represent St. Peters. This was part of a fun day which was held in Xerox in October, to raise awareness about cancer, for everybody in the community. The winners that went through from our class were Caoibheadh and Declan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PHYSICAL EDUCATION WITH CON HANNEFFY In Physical Education we were set a challenge by Con Hanneffy: We had to research and learn the meanings of the skills of agility, balance and co- ordination. Con established our teams and team leaders. The leaders of the teams were- Flower Power – Sian Super 8 – Nikayla Team Actimel- Hannah Oreo Dodgers – Roisin (a) We had to research the meanings of the skills - agility, balance and co-ordination. (b) We had to be able to explain what the skills meant. (c) In teams of 8 with a leader, we had to develop a sequence to display each particular skill (d) We had to work together as a team. We practiced for about 10 days and then performed them on Friday the 25th of September. The winning team for balance was Oreo Dodgers. For agility it was Flower Power and for co-ordination was both Flower Power and Super 8. The winning team for team work was Team Actimel. We learnt a huge amount from this challenge, especially about the importance of working as a team. Thanks Con!
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Golden Boot Winners: September
& October 2009!!!!
Hallowe’en
Poetry Competition
