Fifth Class
2020/2021
January 2021
Hi everyone,
Happy new year to you all, I hope 2021 is a lot kinder to us than 2020 was!
You've all been doing fantastic work so far and engaging really well with the Aladdin app. You've been sending me wonderful photos of the fantastic art you've been doing this past few weeks, so I thought I'd share the photos here for you all to see!
Hi everyone,
Happy new year to you all, I hope 2021 is a lot kinder to us than 2020 was!
You've all been doing fantastic work so far and engaging really well with the Aladdin app. You've been sending me wonderful photos of the fantastic art you've been doing this past few weeks, so I thought I'd share the photos here for you all to see!
Alternative book covers for World Book Day,
Week 9
Kandinsky's Concentric Circles from Week 8
Pancakes 'n' Poems-
Week 7
Chinese New Year
Lanterns & Frozen
Balloon Experiment -
Week 6
Sárlaochra /
Superheroes in Week 5
St Brigid in Week 4
Laundry Art in Week 3
Inspired by Van Gogh's
Sunflowers in Week 2
Learning to 'Draw with
Don' in Week 1
Hello everybody, 3rd May
Starting today, your parents will be able to see the timetable of work I suggest for this week on the Aladdin app. For that reason I'll no longer be putting work here also. Using Aladdin, you & your parents can return any work that you'd like me to see. However, please feel free to continue to use the email address msmulholland5th@gmail.com to contact me, just to say hello! Thank you for the lovely emails so far, it's been lovely to catch up with you.
I hope you are all well & enjoying the sunshine :)
Starting today, your parents will be able to see the timetable of work I suggest for this week on the Aladdin app. For that reason I'll no longer be putting work here also. Using Aladdin, you & your parents can return any work that you'd like me to see. However, please feel free to continue to use the email address msmulholland5th@gmail.com to contact me, just to say hello! Thank you for the lovely emails so far, it's been lovely to catch up with you.
I hope you are all well & enjoying the sunshine :)
Hi everyone, 26th April I hope you're getting used to the new 'normal'. I'm slowly getting used to it but I miss you all!
I'm going to give you a few ideas on how you could try to include a bit of 'school' in your day. I'll put up a few ideas for each day. I know you all have different situations at home. Some of you have your own laptop/tablet/phone, some of you may not have wifi and need to borrow your parents' phones to log on here. Whatever your situation, do what you can, there is NO pressure on you or your parents to get everything done that I suggest. I also know that some of you may be helping out a lot at home, with younger brothers & sisters and with housework, cooking and cleaning. You know what you're able for, just do what you can. I've set up a new e-mail address, msmulholland5th@gmail.com which you can use to let me know how you're getting on or to send me pictures of any projects you've completed. (Again, no pressure).
Take care of yourselves & stay safe!
I'm going to give you a few ideas on how you could try to include a bit of 'school' in your day. I'll put up a few ideas for each day. I know you all have different situations at home. Some of you have your own laptop/tablet/phone, some of you may not have wifi and need to borrow your parents' phones to log on here. Whatever your situation, do what you can, there is NO pressure on you or your parents to get everything done that I suggest. I also know that some of you may be helping out a lot at home, with younger brothers & sisters and with housework, cooking and cleaning. You know what you're able for, just do what you can. I've set up a new e-mail address, msmulholland5th@gmail.com which you can use to let me know how you're getting on or to send me pictures of any projects you've completed. (Again, no pressure).
Take care of yourselves & stay safe!
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March 2020
I hope everyone is ok. I'll try to check in here every so often and post links to any sites I think might interest you. Here's the first one I told you about already - the one I said is like Netflix for books! Follow these instructions to log in and access hundreds of books. Not school books - but books I know most of you are reading anyway. You don't have to download them, just read them online. I've added everyone's name so just find your own name, click on it and you'll be able to keep track of what you've read & where you stopped reading. You can only log on & read for free during school hours though, otherwise you have to pay!
Click here: getepic.com/students
Log in with our class code: ypq2097
Select your name and you’re in!
Enjoy :)
I hope everyone is ok. I'll try to check in here every so often and post links to any sites I think might interest you. Here's the first one I told you about already - the one I said is like Netflix for books! Follow these instructions to log in and access hundreds of books. Not school books - but books I know most of you are reading anyway. You don't have to download them, just read them online. I've added everyone's name so just find your own name, click on it and you'll be able to keep track of what you've read & where you stopped reading. You can only log on & read for free during school hours though, otherwise you have to pay!
Click here: getepic.com/students
Log in with our class code: ypq2097
Select your name and you’re in!
Enjoy :)
Folens:
Select primary and then you will be able to access the Folens books we use in school.
Starlight 5th Class - English
Abair Liom G - Irish
Planet Maths 5th Class
bit.ly/FolensRegistration
CJ Fallon:
Again, select primary and then you will be able to access the CJ Fallon books we use in school.
Spellbound 5 - Spelling Programme
Master Your Maths 5 - Mental Maths
Small World - 5th Class History
Small World - 5th Class Geography & Science
bit.ly/CJFALLON
Select primary and then you will be able to access the Folens books we use in school.
Starlight 5th Class - English
Abair Liom G - Irish
Planet Maths 5th Class
bit.ly/FolensRegistration
CJ Fallon:
Again, select primary and then you will be able to access the CJ Fallon books we use in school.
Spellbound 5 - Spelling Programme
Master Your Maths 5 - Mental Maths
Small World - 5th Class History
Small World - 5th Class Geography & Science
bit.ly/CJFALLON
bit.ly/RTELEARN
Starting on RTÉ2 from Monday 30 March, teachers on the RTÉ Home School Hub will present three short class segments aimed at 1st and 2nd class, 3rd and 4th class and 5th and 6th class. Classes will start each morning from 11am to 12pm, so plenty of time to get a solid breakfast in and maybe a quick walk.
Classes will start on television, for an hour, before directing the kids to fun content and projects on rte.ie/learn and the RTÉ Player.
And then the kids takeover, as RTÉ Home School Extra kicks off at 4.15pm where kids from all over the country can reconnect by uploading and posting video messages and content.
And it couldn't be easier to add into your day: On RTÉ2/RTÉ Player/rte.ie/learn, children will be able to watch/download and engage with curriculum-based content, project work and fun activities that will keep them entertained and learning.
All content will be presented by qualified primary school teachers, modelled and curated around the existing primary school curriculum, so you can bring the best bits of school home each day!
Starting on RTÉ2 from Monday 30 March, teachers on the RTÉ Home School Hub will present three short class segments aimed at 1st and 2nd class, 3rd and 4th class and 5th and 6th class. Classes will start each morning from 11am to 12pm, so plenty of time to get a solid breakfast in and maybe a quick walk.
Classes will start on television, for an hour, before directing the kids to fun content and projects on rte.ie/learn and the RTÉ Player.
And then the kids takeover, as RTÉ Home School Extra kicks off at 4.15pm where kids from all over the country can reconnect by uploading and posting video messages and content.
And it couldn't be easier to add into your day: On RTÉ2/RTÉ Player/rte.ie/learn, children will be able to watch/download and engage with curriculum-based content, project work and fun activities that will keep them entertained and learning.
All content will be presented by qualified primary school teachers, modelled and curated around the existing primary school curriculum, so you can bring the best bits of school home each day!
Elevenses with David Walliams.
Every day at 11am, you can listen one of David Walliams’ World’s Worst Children stories, so sit down, take a break, and enjoy 20ish minutes of pure fun!
bit.ly/DavidWalliams20
Every day at 11am, you can listen one of David Walliams’ World’s Worst Children stories, so sit down, take a break, and enjoy 20ish minutes of pure fun!
bit.ly/DavidWalliams20
Twinkl.ie is a website which provides resources for parents and teachers with kids from junior infants to sixth class. They are offering a free month's subscription to parents so that they can download and print out interesting activities and resources for their children to do at home, free of charge. All you need to do is go to www.twinkl.i/offer and enter the code IRLTWINKLHELPS.
This link will take you directly to a 5th Class Home Learning Pack: bit.ly/Twinkl5thClass
This link will take you directly to a 5th Class Home Learning Pack: bit.ly/Twinkl5thClass
The Body Coach, Joe Wicks is doing a PE class/workout for kids every weekday morning at 9am.
Practice your Gaelic skills & work your way through the skills booklet: https://bit.ly/GAAFootballSkills
Practice your Gaelic skills & work your way through the skills booklet: https://bit.ly/GAAFootballSkills
The Bunnery, which is a bakery in Kells has a Facebook page and they’re putting up different recipes every day. They’re easy to follow with simple recipes/ingredients. https://bit.ly/TheBunnery
This is an amazing guide to learning to draw:
https://bit.ly/EpicDrawingSkills
This is an Irish artist who draws for Star Wars and Marvel comics. He’s doing different tutorials and challenges every day on his Twitter account but you can just follow this link. (You don’t need your own Twitter account ;)
https://bit.ly/IrishComicArtist
Craft ideas: https://bit.ly/MadMiniThings Click on Create then Craft Blog.
Use Newspapers to create various towers & buildings, lots of videos and ideas here: https://bit.ly/NewspaperCrafts
https://bit.ly/EpicDrawingSkills
This is an Irish artist who draws for Star Wars and Marvel comics. He’s doing different tutorials and challenges every day on his Twitter account but you can just follow this link. (You don’t need your own Twitter account ;)
https://bit.ly/IrishComicArtist
Craft ideas: https://bit.ly/MadMiniThings Click on Create then Craft Blog.
Use Newspapers to create various towers & buildings, lots of videos and ideas here: https://bit.ly/NewspaperCrafts
There have been quizzes here every day since schools closed. You can see the questions from the older quizzes but you can only submit your entries for the quiz on the day it is posted online.
https://bit.ly/GeneralKnowledgeSchoolQuiz
https://bit.ly/GeneralKnowledgeSchoolQuiz
Here are some great virtual tours of different places around the world, including lots of zoos:
https://bit.ly/VirtualToursList
This is from Google Arts & Culture. You can take Virtual Tours of some of the best museums in the world. If you click on the dinosaur one it gives you information plus a virtual experience with the dinosaur!
https://bit.ly/ArtsAndCultureVirtualTours
https://bit.ly/VirtualToursList
This is from Google Arts & Culture. You can take Virtual Tours of some of the best museums in the world. If you click on the dinosaur one it gives you information plus a virtual experience with the dinosaur!
https://bit.ly/ArtsAndCultureVirtualTours
Norman Castles
We learned all about The Normans in history and we studied some of the Norman castles which can still be seen around Ireland. We then designed and built our own Norman castles in art. It took a lot longer than we'd predicted but it was very satisfying to see the finished product!
Someone Like Me.
This competition aims to raise disability awareness among primary school children and give them a greater understanding of what unites children of differing abilities. Someone Like Me allows children to learn about and discuss these topics and creatively express what they’ve learned through art.
We decided that a jigsaw was a good metaphor to show that we are each an important piece of our class picture. Even though we are all different and have various talents and abilities, we also have varying needs and difficulties. However, when we help and understand each other, we come together to assemble our jigsaw.
We decided that a jigsaw was a good metaphor to show that we are each an important piece of our class picture. Even though we are all different and have various talents and abilities, we also have varying needs and difficulties. However, when we help and understand each other, we come together to assemble our jigsaw.
Away in a Spaceship!
We performed our Christmas play during the week of the holidays. The play is about three aliens who are sent to Earth to investigate what Christmas is and to learn its true meaning. We began to learn our lines in early November. Every member of the class was involved in some way. We had our actors, costume department and a very hard working set department who designed, drew and painted our props and background. We had intended to perform our play for parents and family members, but unfortunately, our class, like the rest of the school, was struck down with illness for a large part of December. This made rehearsals very difficult as most of the cast were absent! The week before we were due to perform for parents, we made the difficult decision to cancel the performance. This was incredibly disappointing for everyone as we had spent so much time preparing and worked so hard on it. We did record the play and it is on YouTube for parents to see. Here are some photos of us performing the play for other classes in the school.
