Every Friday 5th/6th classes and 2nd classes come together for Reading Buddies. During this half hour the older girl reads with her 2nd class buddy.
We have a very enjoyable time and we love it.
Ms. Frazer’s 5th class participated in World Book Day this year. Many of the girls dressed up as their favourite character in a book they have recently read….or even for some they choose an old favourite from their youngr days. … Continue reading
“We are reading “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” at the moment. It is very good. We are on chapter 15 and we can’t wait to find out what happens next. The book is about World War 11. A boy … Continue reading
Last week we had a poetry competition and we had three winners in our class. We hope you enjoy reading some of our poems.
Poetry is…
By Zara Bolger
Poetry is unthinkable, unimaginable.
Poetry is random words thrown into a sentence.
Poetry is a rainbow … Continue reading
O’Mahony’s
Today our class went to O’Mahony’s bookshop in town for World Book Day.
Meabh McMahon was there to tell us about her book “Riding out the Hurricane”. She lived in New Orleans for 27 years. She was a teacher and a … Continue reading
We have Reading Buddies, every Tuesday, with 2nd class. Some go to Sr. Francis’ room and others stay in our room. They are really good at reading and we have lots of fun reading together. Here we are, hard at … Continue reading
Stanley
Matilda
This year we all dressed up for World Book Day and performed a drama from that novel. The novels we chose were Matilda, The boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Dora the Explorer!!! We had … Continue reading