Essay Time

We would like to encourage you to check out our essays from time to time. The first great essay is from Cathal Cosgrove in Mr. Cogan's class...here..enjoy!

Great Scott - what have we here!

Mr. Scott was filling in for Mr. Waldron last week and he brought his guitar with him on Friday. The very interesting result is here.

Drunken Sailor Podcast

The boys in Mr. Devaney's were singing "Drunken Sailor" for the first time so we put a microphone in front of them and hey presto! Check it out here

Fraction Fever

We have been working hard on fractions all week using station teaching. Below are some photos of our stations with the boys determined to master the challenges set before them using counters and chain links.

Group 1- Working with the Counters.

Group 2 - Fraction Challenge with Colours

Group 3 - Mr. Waldron explains the Chain Link Challenge

Get Reading

This is a short recommended list of books suitable for fifth/sixth class age group: 

The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket: John Boyne

·        The Penderwicks (Series):  Jeanne Birdsall

·        The Underneath : Kathi Appelt

·         The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips: Michael Morpurgo

·         An Elephant in the Garden: Michael Morpurgo

·        Watership Down: Richard Adams

·         A Boy and his Bear :Harriet Graham

·        Granny: Anthony Horowitz

·        Which Witch? (and other titles): Eva Ibbotson

·         Howl’s Moving Castle (Series): Diana Wynne Jones

·        Cosmic (and other titles) :Frank Cottrell Boyce

·        Goosebumps (Series): R. L. Stine

·        The Graveyard Book: Neil Gaiman

·        Harry Potter (Series) :J. K. Rowling

·        Inkheart (Series) : Cornelia Funke

·        The Fire Thief (Series) : Terry Deary

·        The Spook’s Apprentice (Series) : Joseph Delaney

·        The Thief Lord : Cornelia Funke

·        Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Series) : Rick Riordan

·        Alex Rider (Series) : Anthony Horowitz

·        Famous Five (Series) : Enid Blyton

·        Chains:  Laurie Halse Anderson

·        The Guns of Easter:  Gerald Whelan

·        Taking Sides : Brian Gallagher