Science: Insulators

In Science, as part of our study of heat, we conducted an experiment to compare the effectiveness of different insulators.

Oíche Shamhna

We wore some spooky Hallowe'en costumes to school on Friday.

McCarthy and O'Duffy visit Killeeneen

We are very lucky that two of our teachers won senior All Ireland medals this year. Ms. Cooney was No. 4 on the Galway camógie team that defeated Kilkenny and Mr. Dillon wore No. 4 for the Clare hurlers who defeated Cork in their final.

Ms. Cooney and Mr. Dillon brought the O'Duffy and McCarthy Cups into school last week. There was great excitement!! It is very rare to have both cups together and we enjoyed having our photos taken with the special visitors. Well done Ms. Cooney and Mr. Dillon!

Amhrán na gCupán

Táimid ag foghlaim "Amhrán na gCupán" don Cheolchoirm an Nollaig.
Anseo, táimid ag cleachtadh an 'Rince Lámha'.

Science

So far in this term, we have conducted experiments to show the effect of friction and inertia. We have also looked at magnetism. We conducted experiments to test the strength of a magnet, show the magnetic field of a magnet and magnestised steel nails. 

European Explorers

In History, we studied the lives of various European explorers, who discovered and conquered new lands: Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Marco Polo, James Cook, Francisco Pizarro, Hernan Cortez, Abel Tasman, Roald Amundsen and Irishman Ernest Shackleton.

After we had presented our projects to the class, we dramatised the exciting adventures of some of the explorers.

Maths Week 2013

For Maths Week, we participated in an online Target Board competition.

A set of 9 numbers was given and using any of these numbers (only once in each expression) and the four operators. We had to see out how many expressions we could find that makes up the target number.
The idea is to come up with as many expressions using the numbers on the board and the four operators (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).

We also took part in a Maths Week Table Quiz with other children from 3rd, 4th and 6th class. It was great fun.

Jans Vermeer

Jans Vermeer  (1632 - 1675) was a Dutch artist. Some of his most famous works include Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Milkmaid and The Astronomer. 

During Vermeer's lifetime, the main ingredient used too make blue paint was extremely expensive so most artists couldn't afford to use it. As blue features in many of Vermeer's paintings, this tells us that many of his portraits were of wealthy people. Another clue is in the maps that are often in the background of his works. Having a map in your home at that time was an indicator of wealth education and possible world travel.

We studied many of Vermeer's paintings and noticed that they were some features common in most, if not all of the paintings. Most were indoor scenes. There was usually a woman  or two, strongly lit from a large window on the left. In some of the paintings, there was a map on the wall and a diamond shaped pattern on the floor. In Girl with a Pearl Earring, the girl's head dress is blue.

Our artwork was based on the style of Vermeer and so incorporated some or all of these elements.

Welcome to 4th/5th Class 2013/2014.

There are 33 children in our class - 14 girls and 19 boys. 8 children are in 4th class and 25 are in 5th class.