Welcome to 6th Class
I am delighted to see such creativity and care in your work.
Take a look!
Take a look!
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR PARENTS
Please find a link below to the Cabra School Completion Programme Instagram page. This will be an important page in supporting this year's transfer programme.
https://www.instagram.com/cabrascp/
Friday 26th June
Summer Holidays!!
Don't forget to ask everyone to sign your t-shirt before you go....https://padlet.com/cill_ala/1ijtv9rvd7cv
Have a great summer and best of luck in secondary school. Make sure to come back and visit!
Ms. Keogh
Thursday 25th June
Graduation and Garden Party!!
Click on the link on the Home page to enjoy your Graduation celebrations and Garden party.
I hope you have a wonderful day with your families.
We are so proud of everything you have achieved in your time in Christ the King!
Enjoy,
Ms. Keogh
Menu of Work - Take your pick each day!
English:
Read the children's newspaper, The Primary Planet, June Edition
https://online.flowpaper.com/7a630787/TPP93online/#page=1
Music:
Have fun playing around with this online drum kit
https://drumbit.app/
Art:
1. Click on the following link to find 8 Spot the Difference puzzles from artworks and paintings – see if you can spot 8 differences in each painting.
https://blog.europeana.eu/2020/04/spot-the-differences-8-art-puzzles-to-play/
2. Read the following news article to find inspiration for recreating your own masterpiece.
https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2020/0512/1138014-art-cork-school/
Look up some famous paintings online and use what you have at home to recreate your own masterpiece.
STEM Challenge:
Build the tallest tower you can. It must be at least one metre in height and be able to hold an orange (or similar weight) on top.
Look at the following link for inspiration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNKE-aCjY7I
Activities in Seesaw
Wednesday
Countdown 3
Flapjacks recipe
New Uniform 2
Slinkachu art
Timetable
RTÉ Home School Hub Graduation certificate
Tuesday
Countdown 2
Phone a Friend
Maths Eyes
Time at Home
RTÉ Home School Hub Graduation Certificate
Monday
Countdown 1
Trip of a Lifetime
Let's Investigate!
My New Uniform 1
Graduation Task 8: Positive Mindset (Activity in Seesaw)
Well done! You have chosen to do great things while school has remained closed due to Covid 19.
Send a photo of the work you are most proud of.
It might be school work from your Seesaw folder or it might be something you’ve been busy working on at home by yourself.
Be proud of your ability to keep going, even in difficult times.
Graduation Task 7: Inspirational Message Write and design an inspirational message for your classmates to help them with their move into secondary school in September.
Graduation Task 6: A Person I Admire. (Template in Seesaw Activities)
A person you admire is like a role model. Someone that has certain qualities and behaviours that you hope to have as well. Who do you admire? It might be a person from history or a person living in the present time. It might even be someone from your family or community. What positive qualities does this person have? What do you admire most about them? How have they inspired you? What events or occasions did they take part in that you found inspiring?
Graduation Task 5: Dear Sixth Year Me,
Read the poem 'Moving On' by Jim Halligan. (Posted in Seesaw Activities and Class of 2020 website page)
The poem describes what you are leaving behind in primary school and the new experiences that await you in secondary.
'Yet nothing finishes, But something else begins...'
Use the poem as inspiration to write a letter to your future self. (Template in Seesaw)
Explain the dreams and hopes you have for yourself.
Think about what you wish to have achieved by the time you finish secondary school.
Graduation Task 4: Symbols of Graduation What object would you choose to represent something from your time in primary school? Take a photo of the object (place it on a nice background) and type a caption to explain what it represents.
(Or draw/colour/write) Be careful with capital letters and spelling! For example, A recorder represents our musical talents.
Send more than one if you have lots of ideas! Think about what you might use to represent friendships, faith, talents, creativity, knowledge, fun etc…
Graduation Task 3: Selfie Poem (See photo in Seesaw)
A 'Selfie' poem shows us you through words rather than a photo.
Use these sentence starters to create a poem that represents your thoughts and feelings:
I am..., I wonder..., I hear..., I see..., I want..., I am..., I pretend..., I feel..., I touch..., I worry..., I cry..., I am..., I understand..., I say..., I dream..., I try..., I hope..., I am...
You'll notice 'I am..' is repeated a few times. This helps to give structure to your poem. It does not need to rhyme!
1. Work on a first draft of your sentences (check spelling).
2. Plan the design and layout of your writing and any drawings.
(Make sure to look at photo in Seesaw for inspiration, it's hard when we're not together to share ideas!)
3. Final draft!
Graduation Task 2: Be You! Read again the picture book 'Be You!' by Peter H. Reynolds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhwAGelFZ4c&t=11s
Make a poster collage of You! Use photos, words, drawings to represent all the things that make you, you! Think about your likes, pastimes, strengths, talents, groups/clubs you belong to, favourite food, music, television programmes, sports, etc.
Focus on what represents you as a person and don't forget your name as part of the collage!
Graduation Task 1: Class of 2020 poster. Design/illustrate a poster that represents your graduation class of 2020 and the strange circumstance of learning from home since March. Consider how you would represent your classmates, your learning from home and the new rules for everyday life during the Covid 19 school closures, in your poster. Could you use any of the new phrases we hear as part of your design - Stay at Home, Keep your Distance, 2m, Working Together while Staying Apart....
Be Creative!
Occupy your mind!
Please find a link below to the Cabra School Completion Programme Instagram page. This will be an important page in supporting this year's transfer programme.
https://www.instagram.com/cabrascp/
Friday 26th June
Summer Holidays!!
Don't forget to ask everyone to sign your t-shirt before you go....https://padlet.com/cill_ala/1ijtv9rvd7cv
Have a great summer and best of luck in secondary school. Make sure to come back and visit!
Ms. Keogh
Thursday 25th June
Graduation and Garden Party!!
Click on the link on the Home page to enjoy your Graduation celebrations and Garden party.
I hope you have a wonderful day with your families.
We are so proud of everything you have achieved in your time in Christ the King!
Enjoy,
Ms. Keogh
Menu of Work - Take your pick each day!
English:
Read the children's newspaper, The Primary Planet, June Edition
https://online.flowpaper.com/7a630787/TPP93online/#page=1
Music:
Have fun playing around with this online drum kit
https://drumbit.app/
Art:
1. Click on the following link to find 8 Spot the Difference puzzles from artworks and paintings – see if you can spot 8 differences in each painting.
https://blog.europeana.eu/2020/04/spot-the-differences-8-art-puzzles-to-play/
2. Read the following news article to find inspiration for recreating your own masterpiece.
https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2020/0512/1138014-art-cork-school/
Look up some famous paintings online and use what you have at home to recreate your own masterpiece.
STEM Challenge:
Build the tallest tower you can. It must be at least one metre in height and be able to hold an orange (or similar weight) on top.
Look at the following link for inspiration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNKE-aCjY7I
Activities in Seesaw
Wednesday
Countdown 3
Flapjacks recipe
New Uniform 2
Slinkachu art
Timetable
RTÉ Home School Hub Graduation certificate
Tuesday
Countdown 2
Phone a Friend
Maths Eyes
Time at Home
RTÉ Home School Hub Graduation Certificate
Monday
Countdown 1
Trip of a Lifetime
Let's Investigate!
My New Uniform 1
Graduation Task 8: Positive Mindset (Activity in Seesaw)
Well done! You have chosen to do great things while school has remained closed due to Covid 19.
Send a photo of the work you are most proud of.
It might be school work from your Seesaw folder or it might be something you’ve been busy working on at home by yourself.
Be proud of your ability to keep going, even in difficult times.
Graduation Task 7: Inspirational Message Write and design an inspirational message for your classmates to help them with their move into secondary school in September.
Graduation Task 6: A Person I Admire. (Template in Seesaw Activities)
A person you admire is like a role model. Someone that has certain qualities and behaviours that you hope to have as well. Who do you admire? It might be a person from history or a person living in the present time. It might even be someone from your family or community. What positive qualities does this person have? What do you admire most about them? How have they inspired you? What events or occasions did they take part in that you found inspiring?
Graduation Task 5: Dear Sixth Year Me,
Read the poem 'Moving On' by Jim Halligan. (Posted in Seesaw Activities and Class of 2020 website page)
The poem describes what you are leaving behind in primary school and the new experiences that await you in secondary.
'Yet nothing finishes, But something else begins...'
Use the poem as inspiration to write a letter to your future self. (Template in Seesaw)
Explain the dreams and hopes you have for yourself.
Think about what you wish to have achieved by the time you finish secondary school.
Graduation Task 4: Symbols of Graduation What object would you choose to represent something from your time in primary school? Take a photo of the object (place it on a nice background) and type a caption to explain what it represents.
(Or draw/colour/write) Be careful with capital letters and spelling! For example, A recorder represents our musical talents.
Send more than one if you have lots of ideas! Think about what you might use to represent friendships, faith, talents, creativity, knowledge, fun etc…
Graduation Task 3: Selfie Poem (See photo in Seesaw)
A 'Selfie' poem shows us you through words rather than a photo.
Use these sentence starters to create a poem that represents your thoughts and feelings:
I am..., I wonder..., I hear..., I see..., I want..., I am..., I pretend..., I feel..., I touch..., I worry..., I cry..., I am..., I understand..., I say..., I dream..., I try..., I hope..., I am...
You'll notice 'I am..' is repeated a few times. This helps to give structure to your poem. It does not need to rhyme!
1. Work on a first draft of your sentences (check spelling).
2. Plan the design and layout of your writing and any drawings.
(Make sure to look at photo in Seesaw for inspiration, it's hard when we're not together to share ideas!)
3. Final draft!
Graduation Task 2: Be You! Read again the picture book 'Be You!' by Peter H. Reynolds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhwAGelFZ4c&t=11s
Make a poster collage of You! Use photos, words, drawings to represent all the things that make you, you! Think about your likes, pastimes, strengths, talents, groups/clubs you belong to, favourite food, music, television programmes, sports, etc.
Focus on what represents you as a person and don't forget your name as part of the collage!
Graduation Task 1: Class of 2020 poster. Design/illustrate a poster that represents your graduation class of 2020 and the strange circumstance of learning from home since March. Consider how you would represent your classmates, your learning from home and the new rules for everyday life during the Covid 19 school closures, in your poster. Could you use any of the new phrases we hear as part of your design - Stay at Home, Keep your Distance, 2m, Working Together while Staying Apart....
Be Creative!
Occupy your mind!
- World Ocean Day Activities (8/6/20) on Home page
- Write, write, write!! Get inspiration for your writing by watching some short animations here https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html
- Learn to type https://www.dancemattypingguide.com/
- Teach yourself how to write computer code on https://hourofcode.com/ie/learn
- Try the maths 'Target Boards' or any of the great maths activities on https://www.mathsweek.ie/2019/maths-at-home/ Our class log in code is TME2442
- Listen to an audio book on https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
We researched the origins of our name.
As part of our preparations for Confirmation we also discovered the life story of the saint or holy person whose name we have chosen.
As part of our preparations for Confirmation we also discovered the life story of the saint or holy person whose name we have chosen.
We are looking forward to receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation this year.
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We celebrated World Book Day on March 5th. We enjoyed buddy reading with 2nd class, dressing up as our favourite book characters, creating 'Guess the Character' art for the school corridor and dressing a potato as a book character.
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We have finished our entries for the Write a Book project. Our class chose to write poems, narratives, reports and procedures. We enjoyed the process of drafting, editing and illustrating our own books.
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St. Brigid's crosses
for the feast of St. Brigid 1st February |
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Quavers to Quadratics in the National Concert Hall
On Friday 17th January Ms. Lynch’s recorder group, from 4th to 6th classes, attended the National Concert Hall where college students showed us the similarities between science and music. We participated in four workshops. The first workshop was seeing sound waves on an oscilloscope and on a long piece of string. We also used slinkys. We saw vibrations and tried to understand the frequencies to see if they were made from low pitched or high pitched sounds. The second workshop was the difference between noise and music . We sung a song called the Fruit Salad song. We tried to sing two songs at the same time but they didn’t sound very nice so we found out that there has to be a rhythm or a pattern to make it sound nice. The third workshop investigated loud and soft sounds. They can also be called piano/soft or forte/loud. We banged tuning forks off different objects and to hear the pitch. In the fourth workshop we made our own instruments based on a storm. I made rain noises and put pasta in a balloon to recreate this sound. At the end we all came together with our homemade musical instruments. We performed The Galaxy Song with the musicians from the National Concert Hall and our own choir and recorder group. It was a very enjoyable day. M. |
Carol Singing in the Day Centre
On Wednesday 4th of December 5th and 6th class sang Christmas carols for the lovely ladies and gentlemen at Christ the King Day Centre. "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....."
Intel Mini Scientist
On Tuesday 26th of November we held our science project exhibition for the Intel Mini Scientist Competition. Intel Judges Mike and Dave reviewed all the projects and gave very positive feedback to us. 6th class projects included Wiggly Worms, Sleep Detectives, Clear as Crystals, Lava Ladies and Rainbows and Shadows. We were delighted to have our parents visit our exhibition in the afternoon to see our hard work. We are very proud of our projects and our presentations. Well done to the Sleep Detectives who were chosen as the class winners.
Winter Trees
We painted using a blending technique and created a winter tree stencil to create these pieces.
GAA
We recently enjoyed some Gaelic Football training with Johnny from Naomh Fionnbarra. We focused on hand passes, soloing and bouncing as well as some point and goal scoring. We look forward to more training in the new year.
A visit from Sam Maguire
We got to celebrate Dublin's 5 in a row win when the Sam Maguire Cup was brought to our school by players. Up the Dubs!
Robotics
We were very lucky to work with a team of experts in robotics from DCU. We had a series of workshops in which we learned how to use coding to move robots. It was excellent and we learned a lot!
Crazy Hat Walk
We took part in our annual Crazy Hat Walk where we donned our millinery masterpieces for all to see. Thank you to all who supported this fun fundraiser
Wonder - Our Precepts - Art
Check out our individual art pieces based on Mr. Browne's precepts in our class novel Wonder.
Self Portraits
As part of our Walk Tall Programme, we focused on Self Identity in September. We enjoyed learning about each other and reflecting on our lives. We painted self portraits in art
Wonder - Our Precepts
We are reading the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Auggie's English teacher Mr Browne gives monthly precepts or advice to his students.
We decided to record our own precepts or advice which think will help us in the coming school year.
This was a really lovely positive activity!
We decided to record our own precepts or advice which think will help us in the coming school year.
This was a really lovely positive activity!
