Cooking Class

Flapjacks

On Friday 6th class had their first cooking class. We made Flapjacks with Siobhán. If you would like to try them at home here is the recipe.

Ingredients:
225g/8oz Odlums Porridge Oats 
125g/4oz Margarine 
125g/4oz Shamrock Brown Demerera Sugar 
75g/3oz Golden Syrup or Honey


Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4 and grease and line an 8”/20cm square tin.
2. Melt the margarine with the sugar and syrup.
3. Stir in the oats.
4. Turn into the prepared tin. Smooth top and press down well.
5. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes.
6. When baked, cool in tin for 5 minutes. Cut into fingers.
7. Cool completely before removing from tin.

Enjoy!

Football coaching

On Friday Finbar O'Reilly came to the school to show us some football skills. It was a cold wet day but we still enjoyed playing. 

Science Week

All classes in school did some experiments on Friday in the GP room as part of Science Week. Here is our experiment.



Learn about density and make a rainbow in a glass

You can use physics to do a great trick and make a liquid rainbow in a glass.
What you need:

• A glass or clear plastic cup
• Water
• Red food colouring
• Vegetable or sunflower oil
• Washing up liquid
• Runny honey
• Dettol or disinfectant

 

 

Our scientific team hard at work

 

 

Add some food colouring to the water and pour into glasses or jars

 

 

Add some cooking oil.

 

 

Add some washing up liquid.

 

 

Look how the water is changing!

 

 

Add some runny honey.

 

 

There are different colours in the glass.

 

 

lastly we added  some disinfectant.

 

 



What's happening?

The different liquids all have different densities

So in our liquid rainbow, honey is the densest layer and sits at the bottom of the glass, then the washing up liquid comes next and floats on top.

The layer of coloured water is less dense than the washing up liquid, and finally the oil is the least dense of all and floats on top.

We hope you enjoyed our experiment!!

 



Team Teaching Maths

Team Teaching Maths

In team teaching today we worked on lines and angles. There were various stations set up in the class and we worked in teams.

We played maths games on our notebooks.

We had to find various angles around the classroom.

Remember Parallel  lines are always the same distance apart and never touching.

We also had some worksheets to complete and angles to draw.

Right angles

A right angle is an angle of 90 degrees

Straight angles

A straight angle is an angle of .

Happy Halloween from all in Mrs Flynn's room

Thank you Amy for bringing in your giant pumpkin for us all to see.

Maths Class

5th and 6th class enjoying maths class using Izac9.

Izak9 uses a combination of both physical and digital learning and is a visual and kinaesthetic active learning resource which allows children to interact with 3D animated e-learning material, a physical resource and above all, with each other.The idea is to develop that appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics, and provide a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.

Marbling Art pictures

We did some marbling art in class last week. We mixed turpentine with water and added some oil colours to the mixture. We then dipped our paper into the solution and the results were very dynamic and striking. What do you think?

Welcome

Welcome to our new blog. Each week 5th and 6th class will be uploading pictures and posts of the exciting work we are doing in school. We hope you enjoy our posts.

                                                     

Aisling Doonan is a ZoomBoom coach who delivers a school programme based on child developmental milestones. (gross and fine motor, play and social development skills)Each class works on flexibility, cardio, strenght (core, lower and upperbody) co-ordination and balance through fun games and activities.Each child is also provided with an activity tracker and a challenge to reach their daily 60 mins of "huff and puff" activity as reccommended by world heath organisation 9W.H.O)This programme started on Wednesday 16th of September and will run for 6 weeks.