4th, 5th and 6th Classes September 2023 - June 2024
Easter
In Religion the pupils learned about the Passion of Christ and were very creative in making crosses from all types of materials; wood, tinfoil, beads, foam, stalks of plants, wool, cardboard and Lego
21/03/2024
Engineering Week
The pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th class participated in a number of events for Engineering week. They participated in a webinar from Galway Ocean exploreres in which they learned how engineering has been influnecd by sea animals and plants. They worked in pairs making, testing, demonstrating and demonstrating STEM kits. William Finnegan a lecturer in Civil Engineering and Energy System University Galway visited our classroom and spoke to the pupils on engineering jobs and research projects taking place in the university.
14/03/2024
United Nations
In Geography and History the pupils learned about the United Nation, it's importance and Ireland's participation since it joined in 1973. The pupils examined Peace keeping medals from the Lebannon and East Timor and got to wear the United Nations beret. The UN emblem is blue in colour because blue represents peace in opposition to red for war and the laurel leaves symbolise peace.
14/02/2024
Pointillism!
The pupils experimented with the painting technique 'Pointillism which is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of colour are applied in patterns to form an image. The technique relies on the ability of the eye and mind of the viewer to blend the colour spots into a fuller range of tones.
Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886.
The pupils used this technique to create images of blossoming cherry trees.
09/02/2024
Art :
The pupils drew and coloured images of a Robin.
09/01/2024
Christmas Performance
On Thursday the 14th December the pupils performed in front of a jampacked classroom. They sang Christmas Carols, recited poetry, played ukuleles and tin whistles for the school community.
Christmas Carol Singers
In Art class the pupils the pupils created posters of Carol singers using coloured card.
Christmas Art
Art Strand: Fabric and Fibre
Pupils learned how to blanket stitch!
Woodwork Classes
Science Day
On Thursday the pupils took part in activities for Science week. They performed a number of Physics experiments; exploring the centre of gravity of the forces that are around us!
Book Week
The pupils had a super Book Week in which they daily visited the 'Book Fair, enjoyed DEAR time, wrote Character Profiles and Book Reports.
On Wednesday the author Natasha Mac a'Bhaird visited our school. She spoke to the pupils about all the children's novels she has written and her favourite a book on Irelands' International running star Sonia O'Sullivan.
As tradition every Friday of Book Week the pupils dress up as their favourite character and once again their costumes were amazing. Well done to all!
10/11/2023
Halloween Dress up day
Well done to all our pupils who dressed up on Friday. They all looked spooktacular!
27/10.2023
Halloween Art
Pupils drew scary skulls and coloured them using chalk and pastels!
EU Code Week
The pupils of 4th, 5th and 6th classes participated in EU Code week. The pupils created 2D Shapes using Scratch. They all successfully drew squares, rectangles, hexagons, octagons and circles!. They then were given a challege to draw the olympic flag. Well done to Caoimhe and Maria who were the first to complete the task.
October 2023
6th Class Woodwork Lesson 1 October 13th
Woodwork Club - Lesson 2
Our pupils from 6th Class made fantastic progress on their flower boxes again today. This project will run for six weeks in term 1.
The first two weeks involves the preparation of the pieces which is mostly sanding and sizing.
The second two weeks are the assembly stage which see the pupils lining up their timber, drilling holes and screwing them together.
The final two weeks is finishing the boxes which will see the students sand any rough edges, varnishing their creations and finally adding their names in decorative print to the side of each piece.
20/10/2023
Maith Sibh
Maths Week
Math's week took place between the 16th and 20 of October. Each day the pupils participated in extra Math's activities such as Target Board quizzes, Count Down, Daily Challenge and SCRATCH programming. The week was coordinated by Ms Tannion and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
6th Class Woodwork Lesson 1
Pupils from 6th class got the new Woodwork project off to a great start today. Following on from the success of the window boxes last year we decided to replicate that project again. More flower boxes it is.
Maith sibh to Maria, Kian, Jude, Amy, Ella & Daniel. Budding carpenters all!
13/10/2023
Pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th in Geography studied Antarctica
Developing their IT skills they made Power Point presentations
Well done to Caoimhe and Sophie who presented their project at Assembley!
Visit by Mr. Tom Doherty
Lovely visit by Mr. To Doherty, retired principal of Ballyglass NS today. Mr. Doherty chatted to the pupils of 3rd to 6th class on the History of our school, local place names and townlands in the parish of Ardrahan.
11/10/2023
Cave Art of Lascaux, France
The pupils created their own images of the cave art found in Lascaux, France using pastels and chalk
18/09/2023
History and Art
The pupils sketched pictures and colored them using charcoal of historical buildings in the parish of Ardrahan; Cregaclare House, Monksfield House, Castle Taylor, Mausoleum and Ardrahan Castle.
11/09/2023
4th, 5th and 6th Classes September 2022 - June 2023
Pop Art!
The pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th class studied the novel 'Hole' by Louis Sacher and integrated their English with Art and created some very colourful covers for the novel!
4th 5th and 6th June 2023 Spanish.mp4Spanish Lessons
The pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th class thoroughly enjoyed the eight week Spanish program which was part of the 'Say Yes to Languages' a language sampler programme funded by the Department of Education.
Watch this great video they made show casing all the Spanish they learned!
Last Dance
The 6th class pupils had their last dance class with Louise Curran on Thursday. They will have great memories of all the Irish Dances they learned in Ballyglass.
25/05/2023
Day 1 Chicken hatched
21/05/2023
Day 2 Look how cute he is now!
22/05/2023
Geography - Make a Town!
Pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th class participated in Make a Town Workshop in conjunction with the National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park. The pupils discussed what buildings you would find in a town and in groups created their own town.
10/03/2023
Maths Time - Length
Pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th class practiced measuring length by making standing jumps and them measuring the distance they jumped.
St Valentine's Day Art!
Pupils made hearts using clay and then painted them.
St Brigid Crosses by 4th, 5th and 6th Classes
Maths Time - 3D Objects!
The pupils in 5th and 6th class explored 3D Objects by make models and dividing them into groups based on their properties. The made prisms and pyramids using cardboard and ice-pop sticks.
Grandparents Day
On Webnesday the 25th January 2023 pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th celebrated the day by writing Acrostic poems about their grandparents,, making them cards and visting or telephoning their grandparents that evening.
Winter Snow Flakes!
Polar Express
There was great excitement today when the 'Polar Express Train arrived in our classroom!
8/12/2022
6th Class Woodwork Lesson November 30th
The flower boxes are really starting to take shape now. The 6th class pupils have taken a lot of care to sand, measure, smooth, drill and screw the various pieces of timber into place. Each box is approx 2 feet long and would make a welcome addition to any windowsill in Ardrahan.
Maith sibh rang a sé
Art Class
During the month of Novemebr the pupils experiment with mixing primary and secondary colours and created lovely paintings!
6th Class Woodwork Lesson November 18th
The flower boxes are really beginning to take shape now.
They had pre-drilled the holes in the sides of their boxes. They screwed the side panels on today.
Aren't they a talented bunch in 6th class! We certainly think so.
Science Week
During Science weeks we investigated extracting DNA from bananas and finding the centre of gravity by balancing a cardboard clown. Sarah Ruane a PHD student from Teagasc, Athenry visited our classroom and talked to us about the life cycle of sheep, breeds of sheep and the effect of them them eating different types of plants on the environment.
Book Week
Greta fun was had during book week as pupils participated in a wide range of activities; DEAR Time, visits to Book Fair, Book quiz, Character quiz, dressed up as our favourite book characters, wrote Character profiles and Story Summaries.
Piet Mondrian art work by 4th 5th and 6th class pupils 09/11/2022
6th Class Woodwork Lesson October 21st
Ms Kelleher's 6th class working on their beautiful window boxes.
Today they were pre drilling holes in the side of the box base to prepare it for screws.
Mr Healy.
12/11/2022
Halloween Dress Up Day!
Well done to all our pupils who dressed up for Halloween.
We had a 'Spooktacular Day' in 4th, 5th and 6th class!
29/10/2022
Poster Projects on Eight Polluted Locations in the World.
Report Writing
The pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th classes selected a famous person of their choice and wrote a report on them. They then presented their report using 'Microsoft Power point'.
26/10/2022
6th Class Woodwork Project 2022
The pupils from Ms. Kelleher's 6th class began their brand new woodwork project for 2022 on Sep 30th. They will work to design and create a beautiful window flower box.
The project is coordinated by Mr. Healy.
Ukulele lessons
Recommenced in Ballyglass
21/09/2022
Teacher James from Music Generation
Georgian Dublin!
In History the pupils learned about the Georgian period in Dublin and how the uses of these house have changed over the years, how their internal structure has changed but exterior preserved. The pupils recreated the houses in Art class.
16/09/2022
Homes in our Community
In Geography class the pupils examined homes in our area where people live now and in the past. The homes varied from Norman Castles, to Landlord mansions, to thatch cottages and modern homes. In Art class the pupils drew the different homes using charcoal. Here are some of the homes they drew!
09/09/2022
5th and 6th Classes September 2021 - June 2022
Graduation Class 2022
Best wishes to our 6th class of 2022. We had a lovely graduation ceremony on Wednesday the 22nd June 2022. The ceremony commenced with a prayer service led by Fr Roche, the pupils then read their favourite memories, watched a powerpoint on their time spent in Ballyglass, last bit of advice from Mrs Lynskey and Mrs Kelleher and finished with tea and cake!
Active school week
Super fun was had during active school week in 5th and 6th Class from 13th to 17th June 2022. The pupils participated in the following activities and sports during the week - yoga, orienteering, Gaelic football blitz, Cuman Na mBunscoil County Sports, Whole School Walk, Sports Day and School Tours.
Art Class
Over the past two weeks the pupils in 5th and 6th have been making diorama art of rooms of their choice. They were very creative in their designs, decorations and colour schemes!
03/06/2022
See How Our Garden Has Grown!
The 5th and 6th class pupils planted lettuce in window boxes and onions, potatoes and strawberries in a raised bed outside. They are growing nicely!
24/05/2022
School concert
11/05/2022
5th and 6th Singing 2022-05-11 at 1.21.27 PM.mp4'You can Count on Me' by 5th and 6th
5th and 6th Dancing 2022-05-11 at 1.25.40 PM.mp4Brush Dance by 5th and 6th.
Sacrament of Confirmation
Congratulations to our 6th class pupils who were Confirmed on Tuesday the 3rd of May by Bishop Brendan Kelly in St Teresa's church Labane.
Woodwork Class
6th class completed their Bird Boxes today. They spent several week measuring , cutting, sanding, gluing and screwing them together. They learned lots of new skills which they can hopefully put to good use in the future.
Don't they look great!
This project is coordinated by Mr. Healy
Vegetable Garden
We planted potatoes, strawberries and onions in our raised vegetable garden on Friday the 8th April 2022. The potatoes and strawberries had been growing in our class room for the past 4 weeks before we planted them outside.
Watch our Garden Grow!
We have planted lettuce seeds in trays, strawberry plants and potato seeds in our classroom. We have prepared a raised bed in our school garden and will fill with the plants from our classroom just before the Easter holidays.
31/03/2022
Spring Art
Pupils in 5th and 6th made daffodils from card and crepe paper.
31/03/2022
6th Class Woodwork Lesson 6
In this lesson the woodwork pupils screwed their, pre-glued, birdboxes together with 1.5 inch screws.
They put 4 screws in the front, top, bottom and sides of each birdbox using a power drill.
Haven't they done well so far!
This project is coordinated by Mr. Healy
Seachtain Na Gaeilge
Bhain na paistí í Rang 6 agus Rang 5 a lán taitneamh as 'Seachtain na Gaeilge'.
16/03/2022
Monday Engineering Week
Pupils made telephones using paper cups, string and paper clips. They really worked!
Tuesday Engineering Week
We made bridges and tested how many books they could hold. Gloria, Caylum and James won as their bridge held 60 books!
Wednesday Engineering Week
We learned how the combustion chamber in the engine of a car works. We all tested it without the fuel burning!
Friday Engineering Week
Aine Laffin a chemical engineer from Boston Scientific visited our school and demonstrated to us how 'stints' work in hearts. It was really interesting!
6th Class Woodwork Lesson 5
03/03/2022
In today's woodwork lesson the pupils began the assembly stage of their Birdbox project. They used wood glue to stick the various pieces of their birdbox together.
Aren't they taking shape nicely! Well done 6th Class!
This project is coordinated by Mr. Healy
Pancake Tuesday
Mrs Kelleher and Sinead Fordham cooked us pancakes in our class room. We had great fun and they were yummy!
01/03/2022
Spring Art
The pupils in 5th and 6th painted spring flowers including daffodils and tulips.
28/02/2022
6th Class Woodwork Lesson 3
Sanding the timber
Measuring the timber
Comparing the side pieces
Cutting the timber
Science Experiments
The pupils carried out a number of investigations on the effects of air pressure. The pupils made predictions, carried out experiments, recorded their results and made conclusions.
23/02/2022
Woodwork Class
6th class along with Mr Healy have started a new Woodwork programme where they will make a bird house over a 6 week period (13th January to 17th February 2022).
Debate Time!
The pupils in 5th and 6th class had a debating competition on the following titles;
'Climate change is due to the over production of food and industrialisation of the earth over the past 50 years by mankind.'
'Homework is an essential activity for the development and education of a child.'
12/02/2022
Stem Activites in 5th and 6th
The pupils in 5th and 6th class created robots using the LEGO Wedo sets and them programmed them to move, change colour and play music.
04/02/2022
St Brigid's Cross
On the 1st of February the feast of Saint Brigid the pupils from 5th and 6th class made St Brigid crosses from clay.
Family Names
In history we did a project on our surnames. We researched our surnames; where they originated, their coat of arms and our family tree. Finally we made posters of all our family information we collected and displayed them on our classroom wall.
Texaco Art Competition
During the last month we participated in the Texaco Children's Art compaction . We all drew a variety of different pictures and coloured them as well . We all spent a lot of time on them. They have turned out great and fingers crossed one of us might win!
WhatsApp Video 2022-01-27 at 13.26.48.mp4Marathon Challenge
Over the last two months (42 days of school) 5th & 6th class pupils ran 14 laps of the court which is 1km each day. When we had our very 1st marathon completed our school principal Ms Loughrey-Lynskey presented us with lovely t-shirts, neck warmers and medals.
'Ballyglass Robin' By Mai and Kerrie
In January we drew robins to honour our Ballyglass robin who visits us every day. The cheeky robin comes into the school every lunch time and even pretends to be the teacher by sitting on Mrs Kelleher`s chair.
20/12/2023