​St. Raphael’s College invited us to their matinée performance of their ‘Back to the 80s’ production. Fifth and sixth class attended and thoroughly enjoyed the show. Thank you to St. Raphael’s College for hosting us.
 

 5th and 6th class Engineering Project
On March 21st, 5th and 6th class pupils designed and created wind turbines! They made the wind turbines out of old scraps such as , milk cartons, skewers, foam eggs. card, paper and string. The children split up into groups of three and started sketching their wind turbines. Soon after, they started to create their masterpieces. It took a few tries but they finally finished them. The aim of the wind turbine was to be strong enough to lift a weight. We tied a paper clip to a piece of string and tied it to the wind turbine. The students blew as hard as they could to see if their turbine could lift the weight. Some students started lifting pens, pencils, rubbers and other things. We had a show and tell for the 3rd and 4th classes where we talked all about our inventions. All our designs were different, some had big blades and some had smaller ones, people even used origami!
We tested our wind turbines outside, some of the wind turbine's blades turned and some didn't. If your blades were really small it wouldn't catch the wind but if they were too big and heavy they would weigh it down. 
In the end some worked quite well and some were not as successful. Altogether we had a great time making this experiment!
Here are some pictures and videos to show our work!!!
Written and typed by Leah G and Jessica W. 
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RECIPE

Chocolate and Banana Cookies!

Equipment:                  Ingredients:
-Baking Tray                -110g Butter (softened)
-Baking Paper              -113g Honey (1/3 cup)
-Fork                           -Vanilla Essence (1tsp)
-Wooden Spoon            -1 Banana (mashed)
-Tablespoon                 -128g Flour (sieved)
-Sieve                         -63g Oats
-Teaspoon                    -43g Coconut
-Mixing Bowl                -45g Chocolate

                            Method

• Pre-heat the oven to 175°C and line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
• Beat together the butter, honey and vanilla until pale and creamy. Stir in the banana
• Add the sifted flour, oats and coconut, and stir until well combined. Add the chocolate and mix well.
• Roll tablespoons of the mixture into balls place on a baking tray and flatten.
• Place in the oven and bake for 10-12 mins or until there a light golden colour.
• Leave on tray and let cool.
• Enjoy!!!!!!

 
by Oliwia Roclawska & Alicia Shiel

5th and 6th class enjoyed an afternoon learning about the pros and cons of using the internet. We talked about the dangers of posting online, safe use of social media sites, sharing photo's with our grannies!! and much more. 

5th and 6th class are delighted to have been invited into the Vocational school in Loughrea for Spikeball coaching! Lots of fun and activity to come over the next few weeks.