📝📚🏫Welcome to Year 5🏫📚📝

Welcome to our class page. Our teacher is Mrs McAlary and our classroom assistants are Miss Barkley and Miss Doherty.

Our class page will keep you updated with all the fun and interesting learning that happens in Year 5. 

Let the fun and learning begin...

👩‍🚒🚒 Shared Education - Safety Talk 🚒👩‍🚒
Year 5 met with their peers from Kilrea Primary School for a very informative talk given by Firefighter Johnson about how to keep safe at home. The children listened attentively to the safety messages and have all agreed to join the ‘Safety Team’ by helping to share the information and advice given. Each child was given a Safety Team pack to take home 🏠 

☘️☘️☘️ St Patrick’s Day Activities in Year 5 ☘️☘️☘️

⛅️💦🚤 Visit to Waterways Ireland - Engineers’ Week 2024 🚤💦⛅️
Year 5 enjoyed a trip to Waterways Ireland site in Portna during Engineer’s Week 2024. The children were able to observe the engineers at work and learn about the different roles and responsibilities they have at the Kilrea site. It was a very enjoyable afternoon. Many thanks to Waterways Ireland for their warm welcome, informative tour and kind gifts they provided for the class.

🎨🌊 Watercolour Seascapes 🌊🎨
Year 5 used watercolour paints to create Seascapes. Take a look at the beautiful pieces of artwork created…

🌧️ Experimenting with Science - Raincloud in a Jar 🌧️
Year 5 have been learning all about 💧 Water 💧 in their World Around Us lessons.  They used the ‘Raincloud in a jar’ science experiment to explore how the Water Cycle works in a hands-on and engaging way!

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Shared Education - Walk of Kilrea 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️
Year 5 met with their friends from Kilrea Primary today for a guided walk of Kilrea. The children listened attentively to the historical tales and discovered lots about the different landmarks in the town. Many thanks to our guides Mrs Hutchinson and Mrs Steele for a very informative and enjoyable walk👏

🗓🤸‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Get Fit in February 🏃‍♀️🤸‍♂️🗓
During the month of February Year 5 have been participating in the ‘Get Fit in February’ challenge, where they completed a different fitness challenge for 60 seconds, every day in February. The children loved this challenge and were eager to give all the exercises a go. This provided them with a ‘brain break’ between lessons and contributed to the number of active minutes they spent exercising each day. Here they are attempting some of the challenges…

💻🌐 Safer Internet Day 2024 🌐💻
Year 5 watched an information video about staying safe online and the importance of telling a trusted adult if we come across anything online that we are unsure about. We then looked at 'How the Internet influences us', taking part in a walking debate and discussing how we felt about different online scenarios. 

🙏🏫💕 Catholic Schools Week 💕🏫🙏
During Catholic Schools Week, Year 5  read the story 'My Name is Not Refugee' and discussed the hardships children are facing in today's world. They created welcoming posters  to display in our school to make sure all children feel safe and welcome. Here is just a snippet of the work that went on...

📚📖 Library Visit 📖📚
Year 5 visited Kilrea Library, where they spent time browsing the shelves, found a quiet corner for a quick read and used the kiosk to borrow some books. Jean, the Librarian was on hand to help children with their library account. The children will return to the library for another few visits in the next few weeks. 
 

⛄️🎨 Snowman Art 🎨 ⛄️

Year 5 painted colourful rainbow backgrounds for their Snowman Art. They added paper shapes to the foreground to create their Snowman figure. The results were fabulous!!

❄️⛄️🌨️ Wonders of Winter 🌨️⛄️❄️

Year 5 painted beautiful Winter tree landscapes using watercolour and poster paint techniques. They created several layers of paint to add depth and dimension to their paintings. The finished artwork is displayed alongside the Year 6 and 7 pieces of work to create the beautiful ‘Wonders of Winter’ display. ❄️

🐶 Dog’s Trust Visit 🐶

Paula from The Dog’s Trust visited Year 5 to deliver a lesson on ‘How to Behave Safely Around Dogs’. The workshop was very interactive and informative. The children were engaged throughout and we all learned something new about dogs and their behaviour. 

🏫🤗 Shared Education 🤗🏫

Year 5 visited Kilrea Primary School to begin their Shared Education Partnership. The children worked collaboratively to complete different tasks. They brought in items from home that represented themselves and discussed these items in their groups. Each group then took photos to create a PicCollage on the iPad. The children also designed their own Coat of Arms. Year 5 really enjoyed their visit and participated enthusiastically in the activities 👏 #SharedEducation #KilreaCommunity

💀🎃👻 Skeleton Art 👻🎃💀

Year 5 painted spooky skeletons onto black card. They added detail to their paintings using oil pastels. Have a look at their masterpieces 🎨

🐞🌺🌤 Wildflower Garden 🌤🌺🐞

Year 5 loved visiting the Wildflower Garden in the sunshine to explore in the outdoors. They spent the afternoon looking at the wildlife and even managed to catch a closer look at some bugs! 🐝

🏐⛹‍♂️ PE with Mr Higgins ⛹‍♂️🏐

Year 5 are enjoying their PE sessions with our Derry Gaa Coach, Mr Higgins. We have been working on developing our gaelic skills using fun and interactive games. Keep up the great work Year 5!! 👏

🧑‍🏫🌍European Day of Languages 2023🌍🧑‍🏫

To celebrate European Day of Languages, Year 5 were learning how to say ‘HELLO’ in different European languages. These included English, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish and Romanian. Have a listen to see how we got on…

🍂🍁 National Poetry Day in Year 5 🍁🍂

To celebrate National Poetry Day, Year 5 created their own Autumn Haikus. First we completed an Autumn Mind-Map to warm-up our brains, before writing our Haiku poems. Plenty of powerful poets in the making…📝