Super Troopers

This week we got a new piece of homework and it is called super troopers. But really it is not like homework at all because it has such easy exercises such as together apart, get up and much much more.They also give recipes that your parents can let you do and last but not least every 2 weeks

there is a challenge you can try at home. For other tips, games and activities visit www.supertroopers.ie and become a super trooper today I would if I was you because the recipes are great.

By Tanya

The Musical

So far the musical is going good it’s called Sister Act. The people in my class doing the musical are; Maureen, Mary, Kaitlin, Erika and me Rachel. On Tuesday the 8^th of November we had our first practice on stage it was so fun. I enjoy doing the musical. I hope more people do it next year.

Thanks for reading.

By Rachel 

Do you know what an Okapis is?

So do you know what an Okapis is? No? Don't worry neither did I until I read this great project that Kayleigh made at home. Well done! 

Creative Writing Lessons with author Gerry Boland

Under the Hawthorn Tree

We are reading a book called Under the hawthorn tree. It’s based on the famine time. Here’s a short synopsise of the story; there are three children called Eily, Michael and Peggy. Their dad went out working and their sister Bridget died. The mother went looking for the father, the children had to go to the workhouse. They ran away from the workhouse, Mary Kate found them and is looking after them now. We also did old fashioned letters about the novel, we got a piece of paper and cut it then we put tea bags on them to make them look old. They look great! Maybe you’ll see them.

              Bye for now,

 Kayleigh

Parent Teacher Meeting

It was lovely to meet all the parents yesterday. Here is a website that you may find useful:

http://www.helpmykidlearn.ie/

Problem Solving

We love problem solving in 5^th class. Here are some problems for you to try at home. Give your answers to Miss Fitzpatrick, there may be some raffle tickets for your hard work!!

1.    A large box contains 18 small boxes and each small box contains 25 chocolate bars. How many chocolate bars are in the large box? 

2.   It takes John 25 minutes to walk to the car park and 45 to drive to work. At what time should he get out of the house in order to get to work at 9:00 a.m.?

3.   Kim can walk 4 kilometers in one hour. How long does it take Kim to walk 18 kilometers? 

4.   A factory produced 2300 TV sets in its first year of production. 4500 sets were produced in its second year and 500 more sets were produced in its third year than in its second year. How many TV sets were produced in three years? 

5.   Tom and Bob have a total of 49 toys. If Bob has 5 more toys than Tom, how many toys does each one have? 

6.   John can eat a quarter of a pizza in one minute. How long does it take John to eat one pizza and a half?