This term, Mr Kennedy’s sixth class are currently reading the International Bestseller ‘Wonder’ written by R.J. Palacio. It’s about a boy who can’t blend in but was born to stand out .This book has power to move hearts and change minds and wreaks emotional havoc.
The main characters are Auggie, Via, Mom ,Dad, Jack, Julian and Summer. We learn how they go through their daily lives and how they cope with their problems.
The Bookseller said it was “Tremendously moving… an uplifting, hopeful and important book” and we agree.
Last November the 6th class pupils planted yellow crocus bulbs. During the week of January 27th, which was the Holocaust Remembrance Day, we checked them. We did this to remember all the Jewish men, women and children who died in World War Two who were forced to wear the star of David. We remember all these Jewish people who died, to make sure a genocide like this never happens again. We hope that by remembering and learning about the Holocaust we can prevent it from happening in the present or in the future.
A big thank you to Kevin who made the wooden Star of David to mark this special flower bed.
We will be playing next Thursday night: The Sallins NS School Band, The Irish Dancers, The Sallins NS Past Pupils, The School Advanced Competition Trad Band and Our Hosts: The Alex Trad Band.
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We can continue to practice at home by playing along with out latest recordings: 6th March 2019
Here are our tunes….
Play along
Slow Air…
Buttermilk Jig
Brian Boru’s March
Foggy Dew and Minstrel Boy…
The Two POLKAS…
Come along on Thursday 14th March to Alexandra College.
On Wednesday, 13th March 2019, Alexandra College Trad Band will join us for our Seachtaine na Gaeilge Concert. They have joined us every year for the past 12 years. We all join together and play our favorite pieces.
Then on the evening of Thursday 14th March 2019 we will visit Alexandra College to join them for their annual “Ceol le Cheile”. We have great memories of these visits over the past 4 years. On the Thursday some of our past pupils will join us. They are in Secondary School and College now, and all still playing music and are studying music in school and university. Some are studying to be Primary School Teachers. We also will be joined by our friends at school who train as Irish Dancers and some of our past pupils are helping them with the steps. Our teachers are also playing with us. Come along and be part of the evening. Admission is FREE and Alexandra College give us a great welcome and a big hall for all the guests. See you there.
We are perfecting our pieces. Mr. Fell’s traditional pieces are really improving and we are great with the slow air and jig that Mr Kelly taught the group for the competition in October. We have some Marching Band pieces! Mrs. Macnamara really likes the marching bands! They are different to Trad! Also our original Trad Group have been working on some new pieces. Please join us at 7:30 in Alexandra College: 14/03/2019
It’s Wednesday again. Today we practiced and recorded all our pieces for the concerts taking place in Sallins and in Alexandra College during Seachtain na Gaeilge 2019.
Listen and play along at home.
Slow Air
Munster Buttermilk Jig
Brian Ború’s March
Maggie in the Woods & John Ryan’s
Foggy Dew & The Minstrel Boy
Practice along with the music. Also tell your fiends about our concert in Alexandra College, Dublin, on Thursday 14th March 2019 at 7:30 p.m. This will be our 4th year travelling to Dublin to play in the concert. Everyone is welcome!
This is the first one we started last week: Maggie in the Woods
…..wait a bit for the music to start!
We are also learning Britches Full of Stitches & John Ryan’s
Tune in next week! We are having a big band practice and some of our past members are coming along to play with us. They are on mid term form secondary school. It will be great. We will record our session.
Today we had a look in the garden. We were looking for signs of spring. We saw flowers: daffodils and crocuses.
Crocuses
Frost
Daffodils by the fence
Mini daffodils
February sunshine
Then Luca showed us a book about CIRCUS KRONE. It is the Greatest Circus in the World! Luca has been there! He said it was great. We looked at the book and Luca and talked about the amazing animals and the Macaw he had perched on his arm!
We are getting ready now to sing for the celebration of Confirmation: March 2019.
The choir are sounding great. Back together after the last term and Christmas Concerts.
So many choir members sang at the Confirmation Ceremonies last year. Thank you!
To help the practicing we will put the music and words on the blog.
Keep looking as we add them in!
Spirit Filled Day
Oh what a Spirit-filled day this is,
What a Spirit-filled day, my Lord
You have called us each by name,
We give ourselves to you
On this Spirit-filled day
What a Spirit-filled day, my Lord
The Spirit gives us what we need
To live our lives each day.
The Spirit brings
Love – the Spirit lives !
Joy – the Spirit dances !
Peace – the Spirit rests !
Patience – the Spirit waits !
Kindness – the Spirit gives !
Goodness – the Spirit breathes !
Gentleness – the Spirit acts !
Faithfulness – the Spirit lasts !
Self-Control – the Spirit cares !
The Spirit cares ! The Spirit cares
Oh what a Spirit-filled day this is,
What a Spirit-filled day, my Lord
You have called us each by name,
We give ourselves to you
On this Spirit-filled day
What a Spirit-filled day, my Lord
The Spirit gives us what we need
To live our lives each day.
The Spirit gives us what we need to live… our… lives… each day!!!
We met today, FRIDAY, to finish the GAME OF LIFE we started last week.
We looked at the blog pictures from last Friday.
We were able to set the game up with all the cards we each had last week….
Cillian reached 10 Stars first!
Luca definitely helped him along the way giving Cillian the BONUS star for the great birthday party idea! Good Sport Luca! Finn and Luke were neck and neck racing towards the end…..
Well done everyone. Fair play and Good Sports!
Red Car racing to the finish
10 STARS! Green Car
Blue Car neck and neck…
Nearly there Yellow Car
Keep watching the BLOG and see how we are getting on!
In our classroom we learned to use how to play the bananas and the bongo pencil case.
We used:
The Classroom Computer
The Interactive Whiteboard
A Makey Makey Circuit Board
Bananas
Pupils
Items from our pencil case
First we connected the bananas to the Makey Makey circuit board and the circuit board to the computer.
We held one wire and touched the bananas to close the circuit and play the bananas.
We also tested items from our pencil case and found out that the wood of a pencil and the nib didn’t work but pencil lead drawn on paper worked. We also found out that plastic, markers, pencil grip and rubber didn’t work, but a paper clip, a metal key-ring, the metal part of a pen did work.
After that, we tested how many people could carry the current in the circuit and play the bongo drums. We held hands and the first and last person in the line held the clips attached to the circuit board. We figured out that it would travel through 32 people and still work.
Every week we test how the fish are in our fish tank are. We test the water to make sure it is healthy for our fish and plants.
We test the Nitrates, Nitrites, Iron, PH and Ammonia. We also check the temperature. The chemicals in the tests cause a reaction. We wait 5 minutes for the results. It is amazing to see the colour changing as we wait.
Test Kit
Adding the chemicals
Waiting for the reaction
Reading the results
We also add nutrients to the aquarium for the fish and plants. This is very good for the fish tank, it keeps the fish healthy and happy. It is very exciting and enjoyable to do the tests. We learn a lot from taking care of our fish and plants. It is good for the environment.
Game of Life Junior is fun to play with friends. You can go on an exciting day out. You drive around the board and visit as many places as you can. You collect stars and carry out activities. Four of us played on Friday morning. When it was time to finish, we took photos of our game journey. At home we can retell you about the trip!
Here goes!
This is the YELLOW car’s story!
Here is the RED car’s story.
The GREEN car had a good day!
The BLUE car had fun too!
We can look at the blog at home and retell our adventure!
The after lunch Friday Group met at 1:20pm
We played a new game and also recorded our adventures! Kate was first to get her 10 stars and Ross was very close to 10 when it was time to stop! We recorded our adventures too.
Everybody’s projects were great. We had great fun.It was very interesting. We learned lots of new things and facts. We are inspired. Thank you everyone who showed us the projects.
