4th, 5th and 6th class travelled to Boyle on Monday the 10th of February for our annual small schools soccer blitz.

We had a great day and both the boys and girls were success

Soccer Blitz
2025

4th Class B, 5th and 6th Class

Welcome to our 4th Class B, 5th and 6th Class Page

5th Class
September 2022

6th Class
September 2022

'Back to the 80s' at Castlerea Community School
October 2022

5th & 6th Class attended 'Back to the 80s' in Castlerea Community School. Thy thoroughly enjoyed the performance, which saw some of our own past pupils on stage!

Visit to Strokestown House and Famine Museum
September 2022

After all their learning about the Famine last year, 5th & 6th Class visited the newly renovated Famine Museum at Strokestown House. After the tour, they explored the grounds.

Graduation Celebrations

Plaque of Excellence in STEM

Short Story Competition

A Creative Writing Competition was held recently for pupils in 5th and 6th class, based on the theme of the Second World War. We have been studying the war for the past month, linking our work in History with reading, computer research, creative writing, poetry, geography, art and novel studies. It has been a busy month! The winning entries were from Rachel Higgins and Mia Cryan in sixth class and Sophie Cahill from fifth class. Well done girls!!

An Seo Faisean

I rang a cuig agus rang a se bhiomar ag foghlaim faoi eadai. Bhi seo faisean againn sa rang. Bhi Peter mar dj agus bhi Bobby mar fhear an ti ag deanamh cur sios ar na headai a bhi a chaitheamh ag gach duine.

Sixth Class

Fifth Class 2021

Maths and Science Weeks 2021

We began Maths Week by looking at a powerpoint called 'Using My Maths Eyes'. This linked various strands of the Curriculum together. We did one activity each day based on the 'Climate Action' poster which was sent to the schools. This linked climate change and energy consumption in our homes and school to Maths problem solving. We also did loop games, riddle cards, Brain snack and problem solving puzzles. We ended the week with Halloween games and puzzles.

Science Week activities included webinars, interactive quizzes and practical experiments. We watched the 'Future Island' programmes on RTE selecting one episode for class viewing and discussion.The show included lots of aspects of Science, including fossil fuels, weather, sustainability, food waste, marine biology, physics and biology. We explored the links between Science and music. We examined how the sound of music can alter our heartbeat or cause goosebumps. We discussed the benefits of music therapy.

April 2021

Earth Day 2021

To celebrate Earth Day 2021, 5th and 6th Class pupils took part in 'Cool Fossils and Hot (Climate) Facts', an online event by the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History and the Rediscovery Centre. They learned about some cool fossils from Ice Age Ireland, including woolly mammoth, spotted hyena, giant deer, brown bear and grey wolves. Then they watched science experiments to explain how CO2 causes global warming. The children then completed activities based on what they had seen during the show.

November 2019

Our Trip to Elphin Community College

For Science week we did experiments in school. We also were invited to do two experiments in Elphin Community College. The principal of Elphin Community College kindly invited us into their science lab to do two experiments. We learnt how one colour wouldn’t mix with another colour by two acids making a chemical reaction to the two colours. We did another experiment. This experiment showed us how water vinegar and pieces of copper will react if we put fire into the glass and it made a loud popping noise. We really had fun. We even saw some of our past pupils from this school. We really would like to thank the science teacher and the principal for letting us come to Elphin Community College.

By Gabrielle Heavey

October 2019

Visit to St. Nathy's

5th and 6th went to St. Nathy's College, Ballaghaderreen on 22nd October. They were shown some of the cars and vehicles the students had made.

Trip to Knock Airport

5th and 6th went to Knock airport on the 17/10/2019. We learned a lot about planes while we were there. We were told about how Pope John Paul II was welcomed to the airport when he visited in 1979. He signed a Mayo jersey there which is now hung there in Knock airport.

We learned that over 10 million people have flown from Knock airport. We saw a person in a wheelchair getting lifted up in a special lift to get on the plane.

September 2019

Trip to Castlerea Library

In September the Senior room went to the Library in Castlerea for a Storytelling session. The man who worked with us came all the way from Sligo. We were acting out 'The World’s Worst Children 2' by David Walliams. He was really funny and we had so much fun.