On the 2nd of December 2016 5th class went on a trip to Newgrange Co Meath. Newgrange is the best known Irish passage tomb, it is surrounded by 97 kerb stones, the most impressive of which is the highly decorated entrance stone.
It was a beautiful, cold, crisp morning, perfect conditions for this fantastic trip. We had a guided tour of the 5,000 year old passage tomb, inside the tomb our guide explained the phenomenon of the winter solstice. It was amazing and hard to believe that people 5,000 years ago were such keen engineers!
Take a look at some of our pictures!

On the way back we stopped into Old Mellifont Abbey, Mellifont Abbey was the first Cistercian monastery in Ireland, founded in 1142 by Saint Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh.
The Abbey is in ruins now, but we had so much fun exploring the grounds and guessing what each room had been used for!

Fifth class have been super busy in Maths class over the last week, we have been learning how to do long division! There are a LOT of steps involved! take a look!

 

 

 

Thankfully, Ms Coen found this really catchy rap to help us remember all the steps!

Check the video out here :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3F0SItM-os&spfreload=5

 

Divide

 

Multiply

 

And Subtract

 

Bring it on down and bring it on back!



The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

6th class have been learning all about World War Two with their teacher Ms Coen. In English this week we have started reading "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas".
It is a real page turner and every day we cant wait to read the next chapter!
so far we have been introduced to a nine year old boy called Bruno, his mum, dad and his sister Gretel who he likes to call a "hopeless case".