Category Archive: 6th Class

May 15 2013

Scoil Mhuire News – April

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Apologies for the delay but Scoil Mhuire News – April is finally here! This edition features highlights of the computer game demonstration, Keith Kenny’s visit to the school and plenty of footage from Action Week! (so it cuts into the first week of May!) To see this months program visit Scoil Mhuire TV or click …

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May 09 2013

Photos from Lucan Demesne

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The children of Mr. Roche & Ms Reilly’s 6th class went on a walk through Lucan Demesne as part of our Active Week activities. It also doubled as an Art lesson! The children all brought digital cameras with them and took photos of their surroundings. There were some truly stunning shots taken and they can …

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May 09 2013

A Walk in the Demense

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During Active Week, the children from 6th class went for a walk through Lucan Demesne on a beautiful sunny day. As well as being active, the children were also there to practise the great art of photography. In a class lesson prior to the walk the children learned about framing a shot, positioning their subject …

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Apr 26 2013

Computer Game Demo

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Earlier today in the school hall the children from Mr. Roche’s 6th class set up the laptops and showed off their 2-D games to everyone from 3rd to 6th class. 6th class had been learning about 2-D shapes recently and were challenged to put all that knowledge into a computer game; everybody seemed pretty impressed …

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Apr 26 2013

Keith Kenny visits Scoil Mhuire!

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Award-winning chef Keith Kenny visited Scoil Mhuire a few days ago to give the children of 6th class a cookery demonstration. Keith is the head chef with La Banca in Lucan Village and the Lucan Golf Club. He focused his demonstration on cooking dishes that are healthy, nutritious but simple to do. Keith started by making a lovely summer …

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Apr 25 2013

2-D Shape Games

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The children of Mr. Roche’s 6th class have been busy designing their own computer games! These games have a bit of a twist – they’ve all been designed to help teach about 2-D shapes. A free-to-download program called ‘Scratch’ was used to program the games and the children were working on them for the last …

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Apr 19 2013

Confirmation Money Donation

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All the 6th class students who made their confirmation were very generous and donated some of their confirmation money to 2 different  charities. They donated €300 to Nagarhope which ensures our continued sponsorship of two children’s education in Nepal. They also donated €100 to Self Help Africa. Well done 6th class!

Apr 19 2013

Ruaille Buaille

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A lady called Joanne  from Ruaille Buaille music and arts festival, Lucan came into 6th class. She asked us to design a picture for the promotion of the music and arts festival and we might get our collage on the cover of the leaflet! We had to do a collage and Joanne had lots coloured paper for …

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Apr 12 2013

New Computer Games – Coming Soon!

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The children of Mr. Roche’s 6th class have been busy designing their very own computer games! This marks the end of a programme of work the children have been undertaking regarding 2-D shapes. All the games are centred around 2-D shapes, they all have a “teaching” element to them, they’re all fun and they’re putting …

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Mar 22 2013

Scoil Mhuire News – March 2013

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March’s edition of Scoil Mhuire News has just been uploaded and is available now on Scoil Mhuire TV. This month is one of our most jam-packed shows yet. There’s coverage of the school’s internal Basketball finals, there’s footage from both our junior and senior céilí and cheoilchoirm and there’s a really special treat in store …

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