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Take a look at some of what 6th class have achieved in September since their return to school.
Welcome back to the 20 pupils in 6th class!
We were sorry to learn that William was leaving our school and our class this year. We hope he gets on well in his new school! We welcome Luke into our class here in Ballyconnell!
September has been a busy month! 6th class have been busy revising and moving on to learning lots more!
We have been learning about Mé Féin in Gaeilge and have completed oral, listening and produced pieces of writing ‘as Gaeilge’ about ourselves.
In History and Geography, we have been learning about the Celts and about the structure of the Earth. We have learned about the influence of the Celts on some place names. We researched our own home areas using the iPads on logainm.ie to learn more about where we live and the history behind them. Have a look at some of the art we then created.
In Science, we completed our first STEM challenge. In small groups, we had 2 A4 pages, scissors and glue. We had to see who could create the longest paper link chain. Afterwards, we measured the chains and discussed why some were over 4 meters in length and other were under 3metres yet each group used all the paper. There are some great problem solvers and critical thinkers in our class!
In SPHE and Religion, we were learning about our rights and our responsibilities. We discussed the importance of being a good example to the younger classes. This was related to images of God and what God was doing in each. We questioned how we could act in the image of God and identified that we could look to God for a good example to follow.
We also completed some abstract name art earlier in the month focussing on the concept of line and colour.
4 th class have spent the year in St Mary’s Hall. They thought it a good idea to find out a little bit more about this important building in our parish and to share what they learned with their school mates.
Our Spelling Bee Champion, Sara O’Grady, recently took part in the Carlow County Final of the Eason Spelling Bee. Read her account below.
We were delighted to welcome our former student, Rosealice Byrne, back to Ballyconnell NS last week to regale our 4 th , 5 th and 6 th class students with details of her recent trip to The Gambia in West Africa.
Cathal and Peter tell us all about their day at the Credit Union All-Ireland Final, Ballyconnell NS’s first appearance at the finals since 2001.
Rang a 4 recently did some planting with Ms Ryan. Sarah tells us more!
Rang a 5 student and team member Florrie Cosgrove regales us with the nerves and excitement of Ballyconnell NS’s recent Credit Union Quiz triumph