LEGO gorillas, crabs and other odd looking creatures

We had a very enjoyable time creating various animals with our LEGO WeDo kits. This involved following a series of steps to build them and then putting together a computer program to run the motors which spin the gears. See all our creations below.

Day 4 of the Community Circus

The focus of today's Community Circus was balance. See how the class got on below!

Timez Attack

We used the laptops to play a game called Timez Attack today. This involved pupils guiding their computer character around different regions answering tables questions. This is a great help to both multiplication and division tables. It keeps track of the tables they have difficulty with and keeps presenting those until they get them right consistently.

Frenetic Fractions

We have started on fractions and had good fun playing games which involved identifying fractions and equivalent fractions. Unfortunately, we didn't have any real pizzas :(

Day 3 of the Community Circus

We have a very enjoyable day with the performers from the Community Circus. We practised a bit more juggling and you can really see progress.

Jigsaw Race

We have had good fun creating and using our jigsaw maps of Ireland. It has been a great activity to familiarise us with the location of all the counties in Ireland.

Beware of flying objects - jugglers at work!

5th class are thrilled to get the opportunity to train with the Galway Community Circus. Over a 10 week block (5 sessions this side of Christmas & 5 sessions after Christmas), performers from the circus will visit the school and teach our class how to perform various circus acts. Last week we drew up a Group Contract which is a set of rules for ourselves to ensure that we can work together safely and respectfully. We also played a few warm up games.

This week, we started juggling. We had a try at juggling balls, rings, bowling pins and scarves so there was a blur of colour flying through the sky in the school hall. Hard hats recommended for next week!