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5th Class Room 11

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7th Jun 2020

Hello girls, 

I hope you all had a fantastic Wellness Week and that you are all relaxed and ready for another action pack week this week! 

I can see from the photographs you sent to Miss. Cronin that you all had an amazing time on Friday, baking and setting up your Virtual Bunsale. I will be watching out for all of you on "The Great Irish Bake Off" in a couple of year's time. 

I had a "Feelgood Friday" myself - I had two delicious buns and a plate of yummie treats delivered to my door. I have decided that I will make a donation of €5 to "The Great Irish Bake for Temple Street" for each of the deliveries and I will also make a donation of €2 for each girl from our class who took part in the Virtual Bunsale and sent a photograph in to Miss. Cronin. So that's a grand total of €32 that you have raised for Temple Street Childrens' Hospital! Well done everyone!!! 

We have lots of great activities for you to do this week as we look back on the 2019/20 school year and look forward to next year. I'm sure that you are all really excited about being the "big girls" in the school next year and all of the exciting jobs you will have, like being a buddy to the Junior Infants, the sixth class duties and being on yard squad. The girls who are leaving us this year did all these jobs so well this year but I have no doubt that you will step up to the mark next year and be every bit as good.

We will never forget 2020 and the Coronavirus Pandemic but so much more happened during the 2019/20 school year. I have listed many of the activities we did this year below - you will be amazed by how much we packed into six and a half months! 

This week 5th and 6th class will also be making kindness rocks. You will be bringing them back to me to leave in the school and bright I got the school for all the pupils.

I hope you enjoy reminiscing on all the good times you had in fifth class. 

Mrs. Kealy

Important!

We are hoping to collect your books and work next week so you can start to organise everything now.

We will be collecting Book Rental books, calculators, novels, library books and any other school items you may have at home.

Keep your time capsule work, your jigsaw piece etc. safe in the brown envelope, we will be collecting them too.

I'm going to have another busy week this week - tidying the classroom and organising your work so that I can return it to you next week. 

Your parents will get a notification when we have organised the collection/ drop off. 

 

Here is your work for this week 

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 

The next two chapters of Harry Potter, ‘The Midnight Duel’ and ‘Halloween’, are available to watch online. Don’t forget to check out the ‘Chapter Challenges’ for written activities. 

https://www.wizardingworld.com/chapters/reading-the-midnight-duel

https://www.wizardingworld.com/chapters/reading-halloween

Let me know if you are following the story and if you are enjoying it!

Spellbound and Maths Challenge

You can continue to work on Spellbound and Maths Challenge if you would like to.

5th Class Memories Worksheet (from your work pack)

Complete the A3 size worksheet from your pack.

Please write ‘5th Class’ in bubble writing down the left hand side and ‘Memories’ in bubble writing down the right hand side.

Inside each book draw a picture of your highlights from this school year eg. Christmas Show, Miss. Clohessey, choir, our inspector, trip to playground etc. 

Time Capsule Worksheet (from your work pack)

Complete both sides of worksheet, one side is ‘Interview Your Parents’ and the other side is ‘Things to Remember’. 

A to Z of Fifth Class – Write one memory or one thing you've learned this year for each letter of the alphabet (in alphabetical order) and decorate it nicely.

For example:

S = Our Christmas Show was called ‘It’s Showtime!’

T = A Tetrahedron is a triangular based pyramid

The 5th Class Times - Write a newspaper report on this year’s highlights.

My Goals for Next Year 

Did you watch the RTE Home School Hub lesson on Goal Setting? If not you can watch it here. 

https://www.rte.ie/learn/2020/0520/1139650-5th-and-6th-class-sphe-goal-setting/

Next year will be your last year in primary school and you’ll have lots of responsibilities as the most senior girls in our school and lots of new opportunities.

In your copy write down your goals are for next year and what you want to achieve in 6th Class. Think about what you will have to do to achieve your goals and who can help you to achieve them. 

Survival Tips for Next Year's Class! 

Write a list of top tips to help get next year’s class off to a good start in my classroom! Be sure to include the importance of using your RULER!! 😊

Kindness Rocks! 

Follow the links below to learn about kindness rocks, watch the video and create your own kindness rocks!

Steps 1: Collect suitable rocks (make sure that they are big enough and smooth enough to paint). 

Step 2: Wash your rock well and let it dry. 

Step 3: Paint your rock. Acrylic paint works best but use whatever paint you have. You may need to give rock a couple of coats. 

Step 4: Use a sharpie to add your message to the rock. 

Step 5: Seal the rock - we will do this for you in school. 

Hang on to them so that we can create a kindness garden at school. We’ll collect them later this month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvQeTkGEq8Y 

https://www.thekindnessrocksproject.com/howto

https://inspirekindness.com/blog/rock-painting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik8-xPYLdxI