G5 have been learning all about The Story of Firsts. First inventions and discoveries, the class became particularly interested in early man and their discoveries of things for the first time ever, and how their stories may have been told through cave drawings and paintings that have been discovered all over the world.
Using the pictures from the famous cave paintings in Lascaux in France as inspiration, we decided to recreate our own versions of cave paintings, using charcoal.
For G5’s next eggs-periment, the class tested the effect of various beverages on our teeth. As egg shells are similar to the enamel in our teeth we used eggs to test the beverages.
We made predictions on which beverage would cause the most damage and there were some surprising results.
For Science week 2021, G5 had a look at some experiments in relation to health and hygiene.
First, we discussed the need for hand hygiene in today’s world. We used bread to find out what was best to keep our hands clean. We also made predictions on which slice of bread would develop mould first. Our test pieces included a fresh untouched slice of bread, a slice that was handled by unwashed hands, sanitised hands and hands washed with soap and water. We also rubbed one slice of bread on a table to discover how bacteria spreads.
Here are the results.
We have completed some fantastic winter art.
We dashed around the O Raghallaighs pitch for our Santa Dash.
Our fantastic Christmas Door competition entry.
Massive well done to all the boys that tried the challenges.
It’s important to stay active during this time, it helps your mind as well as your body.
Keep challenging yourself!
Here are some scores that we received last week. Well down boys!
Push up challenge –
R12 – Daragh – 23
G5 – Damien – 26
G2 – Callum F – 27
Plank:
R6
Joshua – 3:00
R9
Ben – 2:09
Liang – 1:34
R12 Leon 4:01
Squats:
R9 David – 45
R12 Leon L – 76
Keepy uppys
R12 – Liam – 103
Fitbit Challenge
R6
Saai – 11168
Well done to all the boys that challenged the teachers this week.
Keep practicing and see how your scores improve.
Hopefully you have had fun doing something a bit different.
Today is the big day, the grand finale, this is the challenge you will want to win!!
It’s a tough one, who is up for the challenge of the dreaded BURPEE?
Todays Beat the Teacher challenge features Ms Marry performing a difficult exercise called the Criss Cross
We also have Ms Byrne completing a skipping challenge, you might think they are easy but how many can you do in one minute?
Ms Marry completed a total of 66 in one minute.
Ms Byrne completed 130 skips in one minute.
Today we have some tough challenges for you.
First up we have the plank challenge, hold the plank position for as long as you can.
See if you can beat Ms. Maloney.
Don’t forget to give your teacher your times.
Next we have Ms. Mooney with a TikTok Challenge.
Can you follow the sequence and do it for a full minute?
Today we have two challenges for you.
Remember to give them a go for fun, give your score to your teacher on google classroom.
Why not try again during the week and try beat your own score.
One minute – Do as many as you can.
Use your fitbit, pedometer or whatever device you have and do as many steps as you can before Friday.
Remember to record your steps for each day and then add them up to get your total for Friday,
Give your total to your teacher on google classroom.
Winners will be announced on the school website.
Remember to stay within 2 Kilometres of your house!!.