St. Brendan's Primary School and Nursery

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November 18, 2017
by Miss Burns
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Update from Primary 5/4

Hello once again from Primary 5/4 and Miss Burns! Since you last heard from us, we have had an action packed second term full of great learning experiences!

 

At the start of term we completed our Secret of Success topic after we researched and presented information on successful people throughout history! We learned that to be successful it is important that we try our best, learn from our mistakes, look for challenges and work with others. We used these skills to help us to tackle some interesting STEM challenges in teams!

 

As part of our science focus this term, we have been learning more about inheritance and how we inherit many of our traits from our parents and grandparents. Can you roll your tongue? Do you have curly hair or freckles? These are just some of the traits that are inherited from your family! We enjoyed comparing traits with each other and even played traits bingo!

 

We are now learning about different local charities and the ways that they different groups of people in our community. Keep checking the school Twitter feed for a very exciting project we will be undertaking in the last few weeks before Christmas!

 

Miss Burns and Primary 5/4

 

November 17, 2017
by Mrs Ferns
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Term 2 Update from Primary 5

Primary 5 have been working hard so far this term. The children have been enjoying their maths lessons and it is nice to see them growing in confidence. Up to now this term we have worked on Money and Time. The children understand that it is important to develop within these areas to increase their knowledge and understanding of maths but also as life skills. The children have been encouraged to handle and be responsible for money where possible to increase their knowledge of money being used within the world. Additionally the children have been encouraged to use a watch and clocks within their home and classroom environment to increase their awareness of the time and be responsible for their own time management. We will be moving on to Multiplication and Division next which we are looking forward to. The children have been doing a fabulous job with their maths homework and this is having a positive impact with their confidence and classwork, keep it up! Look out for our pictures on Twitter.

November 17, 2017
by Miss Lawlor
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Term 2 update from Primary 6

Youth Music Project

As part of our work with the Youth Music Project, Primary 6 have been working hard to rehearse their very own song. Our theme is the skeleton and we had lots of fun creating unique lyrics to a spooky melody. The children also designed a front cover for their CD – they are very excited about this and we look forward to sharing the final product with you. In the coming weeks we will work with Mrs Wilkinson and the choir to perfect our recording skills.

IDL Topic

Our IDL topic this term is the Victorians. Recently, we have been comparing school life in the past with modern day times. We were super excited to turn our class into a Victorian classroom last week. The children engaged well with this and are keen to explore the gruesome aspects of this era. In the lead up to Christmas we will be exploring the seasonal traditions from the Victorian period which have remained with us such as the Christmas card. We will also examine the differences between the Victorian diet and our own as part of Health and Wellbeing. There will be a small homework project based on this.

RE

In class the children have been learning about Other World Religions. Our focus this week is on Islam. We have thoroughly enjoyed exploring the five pillars of Islam and researching the special traditions which take place during Ramadan. Take a look at the wonderful mosques we have created!

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