Thank you for Pavel from Pfizer for delivering this Robotics course to our 5th class. The boys really enjoyed their first session learning all about robots. They loved having the opportunity to code and control their own robots. 
This term we have been focusing on athletics in P.E. An activity the boys particularly enjoyed was the high jump. It was great to see them improve their skill with practice. A huge thank you to our Athletics extraordinaire Emer for helping us with the high jump.
We are all set for our first class auction tomorrow. The boys will get to bid for prizes and put their hard-earned classroom money to good use. Thank you to everyone who generously donated prizes to the auction.
What a brilliant day we had for our school tour to Smugglerโs Cove. We were so lucky with the sunny weather and beautiful West Cork surroundings. The boys enjoyed lots fun activities including tubing, mini golf, bungee jumping, archery, maze and rock climbing ๐งโโ๏ธโณ๏ธโ๏ธ
A huge thank you to Mr Foley for taking us on a brilliant walking tour of Cork city today. We stopped at many old historical landmarks and learned lots of interesting information about the history of our city. As always, the boys behaved excellently and really enjoyed the tour.
Thank you to the Student Council for organizing an amazing cake sale and thank you to all the students and parents who baked such delicious cakes for it. They went down a treat ๐ง๐
Colour pop ๐ฆ๐ฆ
We are especially proud of the nine boys from our class who were part of the school hurling team. Well done to Jack Crowley, Sam, Aidan, Seรกn Dollard, Jack Looney, Conal, Ross, Conor and Seรกn OโDonovan. As always, you represented our school and our class excellently and we are so proud of you.
It is fantastic to have the cup in our classroom today๐
What an amazing day we had supporting our school hurling team in the Sciath na Scol final in Pรกirc Uรญ Chaoimh. You played fantastically and we are absolutely thrilled that you brought home the silverwear ๐๐๐ It is an incredible achievement to win it twice in one year. Well done to Mr Kenny, Mr Dennehy and all the team. We couldnโt be any prouder of you. 
Well done to our school soccer team who made it to the Munster Schools Cup final in Cahir and were runners up. We are so proud of Fifth Class boys Seรกn and Danny who were members of the team. You have made us all so proud!โฝ๏ธโฝ๏ธโฝ๏ธ
The boys enjoyed a great morning in MTU doing Athletics and playing Gaelic football on the astroturf pitch โฝ๏ธ ๐
The boys really enjoyed working as scientists with the Cell Explorers Team from MTU. They learned all about DNA and carried out their own experiment where they extracted DNA from a banana. Thank you to Fiona and the Cell Explorers Team for visiting our classroom and providing the boys with this wonderful opportunity.
Well done on completing your very impressive History projects boys๐ I was so proud of all the hard work you put into them and how well you presented them to the class.
The boys had to chose someone who stood up for human rights to change the course of history. We all really enjoyed your presentations and learned a lot from them.
Nelson Mandela 
Anne Frank
Malala
Martin Luther King
Abraham Lincoln
Malala
Anne Frank
Sardar Patel
Michael Collins
Martin Luther King
Mahatma Gandhi
Anne Frank
Malala
Martin Luther King
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
We enjoyed learning about Martin Luther King Jr for Martin Luther King Day last week and watching his famous speech. The boys reflected on their own hopes and dreams and created this beautiful art work to express them. ๐ซถ
Thank you to everyone who donated prizes for our class auction which was held today. The boys were able to put their hard earned classroom money to good use. ๐ต๐ต๐ต
The Eurovision Christmas Special ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ช๐ธ๐ค๐ถ ๐
Our European countries getting ready for their big performance ๐ช๐ธ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ค
Today marked the end of our five weeks of swimming lessons in LeisureWorld. As always, the boys represented our school excellently and had great fun on our weekly trips to the pool. Well done boys! ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ
What an amazing day out supporting our school football team in the Sciath na Scol final in Pรกirc Uรญ Chaoimh today. Huge congratulations to team members Seรกn Dollard, Conor Graham and Jack Crowley from our class who all played magnificently. Well done to everyone involved. You have done our school proud.๐๐๐๐
The boys enjoyed learning about and creating their own star constellations in art for Space week. ๐๐ช
The boys enjoyed the Nutty Professor workshop this week which was held in our classroom for Science week. They learned about outer space and carried out some experiments to launch rockets ๐
The boys showed their creative sides today as they designed and created their own Autumn wreaths using materials they collected on our nature walk.
Some amazing creations! Well done boys ๐
The boys enjoyed an Autumnal nature walk today where they gathered materials for tomorrowโs art lesson ๐๐
Over the past few days, Mr McConnell's 5th class have had lots of fun investigating transpiration in celery stalks. We have also been tracking their water consumption using water coloured with food dye.
