Fifth Class

We went to watch a pantomime in the hall called Beauty And The Beast. Our cycling lessons finished this month, so we had say goodbye to Ollie and Donal. We also started swimming lessons out in Splashworld. The Mayor of Waterford came to visit our school and he gave us a half day and two nights off homework! Our class got to dress up for Halloween. On the second week in October, we entered an art competition with RTE. ‘This Is Art’ is the name of it.

So far this year, we have started lots of activities like cycling with Ollie and Donal (that has been great fun. We also met our buddies in Senior Infants and made a giant scramble board with all of our names on it.

When we were coming back to school, we could all agree that we were really looking forward to seeing our friends, learning new things, getting to know Ms. Curry and doing new activities. The best ones were cycling and celebrating Wellbeing Week. We also enjoyed doing the Izak 9 Maths cubes together. Last but not least, we worked through STEM challenges like building towers from index cards plus moving cups using only string and elastics.

In History, we learned how to be archaeologists by digging out the chocolate chips from a cookie. With Maths cubes, we learned the value of teamwork.  In cycling we learned how to do a safety check, indicate and turn, along with the rules of the road. Next month we are looking forward to dressing up for Halloween.