Senior 5

Welcome to Senior 5

We are glad to be back at school with our friends.

The pupils in our class are Golden, Aoibhe, Dylan, Conor, Patrick, Tino and Peter.
Our teachers this year are Tracy and Annette and our SNAs are Clodagh, Louise and
Sally.

Throughout the year there will be many opportunities to develop our language and communication, academic, social/emotional, independent, organisational and life skills.

This year we will be incorporating woodwork and cookery lessons into our curriculum.

Our learning paths allow for improvement and advancement at the student's own pace. Learning paths seek to meet individuals needs. Learning objectives are enhanced through engagement in activities that incorporate individual learning styles, strengths, interests, abilities and positivity. We will be working hard to reach our full potential.

We hope that you enjoy our webpage.

END OF YEAR PREPARATIONS

We have 3 pupils preparing for graduation this year. Check them out in their graduation hats!

We also had two pupils receive certificates for completing their junior cycle. Well done on all your hard work.

GEOGRAPHY

Where in the World?
We used the whiteboard to find our favourite countries and cities to visit!

COOKERY

We made trifle in cookery. YUM!

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ST. PATRICKS DAY

We celebrated St Patrick’s Day.

Annette brought in some traditional musical instruments and played us a few Irish traditional tunes.

Then we had a turn on each of the instruments.

We had our assembly and invited all the classes to come to the parade in the hall and dance to music and have fun!

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This month the focus in Senior 5 has been on healthy eating. The students have been learning about a variety of vegetables and fruit. As well as doing healthy eating lessons in the classroom the students have been out and about visiting a garden centre to see fruit trees and vegetables growing. They also visited a fruit and veg shop in town.

Healthy Eating
EXPLORING VEGETABLES

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Healthy Eating
ART

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Healthy Eating
Fruit

What is your favourite fruit?

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Healthy Eating
Making a Sandwich

Follow our sequencing cards and you too can make a delicious sandwich with a healthy filling.

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Healthy Eating
Garden Centre Visit

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The Day Santa Claus came to school

You better watch out the window as you never know who you might see. Santa Claus came to visit us recently.

The Great Irish Bake Sale

BAKE SALE PREPARATION

As part of our Junior Cycle Enterprise project we decided to have a Bake Sale in aid of charity. We made posters for each class in the senior school. The poster had the date, time and place. We made shortbread biscuits, buns, mince pies and ginger biscuits which we decorated with icing.

Music Session in the Hall

COOKERY

Yummy Buns! Take a look at the photos to see how we made these delicious golden buns.

Quesadillas

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WOODWORK

We are making a birdhouse in our woodwork class. Soon we will be able to feed the garden birds during the frosty winter days.

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SCIENCE WEEK

Balloon Electricity

WIND TURBINES

BUS OUTINGS

Sensory Walk in Barna Woods

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P.E.

CAT AND MOUSE GAME.
We played a game of cat and mouse. Look at who the winners were. Well done.

Playground
We also have a lot of fun getting
exercise in the playground.

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GROUP WORK

STORYTIME - READING

WRITING

WORKSTATION ACTIVITIES/I-PAD

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ART/DRAMA

We used primary colours to explore colour mixing and create beautiful starburst designs for our display.

WHISTLEBLAST VISIT

The 'Whistleblast' group visited our school and performed musical scores from popular films and classical pieces. We had a workshop and the musicians identified the instruments they were playing and explained how they are played.

SINGING

CIRCUS SKILLS

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RECEIVING LAPTOPS

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BIKE WEEK

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COOKERY CLASS

During our cookery class we made delicious spiced biscuits with cinnamon and ginger. Perfect with a warm cup of tea on these cold dark nights.

HALLOWEEN

VISIT TO HOMESTORE AND MORE
We visited Homestore and More and loved all the spooky creatures.

SKELETON VISIT

Look who came to visit us during our spooky story time!

CARVING HALLOWEEN PUMPKINS

Getting spooky for Halloween.

THE ARTS

During music time we got a chance to explore sound and movement. We sang and performed actions to Annette's song. Tracy helped us talk about our favourite songs and we tried out playing the guitar as we listened. We even got a chance to create our own piece of music together,

COMMUNICATION & LITERACY

The pupils have been engaging in a range of communication and literacy work both as individuals and in group settings. We have practiced equipment names, in preparation for cookery class. We also talked about our likes and dislikes as we all got to know each other in the first weeks of term.

PERSONAL CARE AND WELLBEING/NUMERACY

In cookery class we have been busy preparing tasty pizzas and flapjacks. We practiced our good hygiene rules in the kitchen. We each helped Karen to measure the ingredients using the weighing scales.

BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY

On our weekly bus outings we will explore places outside of our school environment. Here are some photos of our recent trips to Rusheen bird sanctuary and Circle of Life Garden in Salthill.