5th class are currently making powerpoints on their favourite celebrity. Once completed the children will present their slideshows to the class. Miss Phelan will award the best project with a prize and publish it on this blog. So far the children have completed projects on Niall Horan, Kim Kardashian, Tommy Cooper, Brendan O' Carroll and many more.

Bhí gach duine i rang a cúig ag déanamh iarracht maith ag caint as gaeilge i rith an seachtain. Fuair an rang nócha tícead glas. Bhí an rang ag foghlaim na seanfhocail agus rinne gach duine postaer don sheanfhocail. Bhi Miss Phelan ag féachaint ar na páistí agus iad ag caint as gaeilge. Bhuaigh Darren Heavy duais mar bhí sé an buachaill is fearr ag labhairt as gaeilge. Maith thú!!

Well Done to Chloe De Vaal on winning best book review in 5th class. Chloe explained the story very clearly and presented her work very neatly in her book review. 

To mark finishing the book, each school involved was invited to O' Connell's school for the official closing ceremony  Each school was asked to prepare a piece of work based on the novel. With such a good standard of actors in the class, Miss Phelan decided to choose 7 volunteers to act out scenes from the novel. The children involved put in a lot of hard work staying behind after school and Miss Phelan was very proud of them as they performed on stage.  Video of the performance to follow!!

After 2 enjoyable months, 5th class have just completed reading the novel "Across the divide". Schools in the North Inner City were reading the book and each school completed different activities based on the novel. The class really enjoyed reading the book as it explored the lives of two 10 year old children named Liam and Nora coming from very different backgrounds in Dublin 1913. 
5th class were very busy writing letters, diary entries, book reviews and predictions all about Liam and Nora. All the class would agree that it was a very exciting read and they would all recommend reading it. Samples of the children's work below.

After the Christmas holidays, 5th class began working on their career projects for the N.C.I. Each group were given a different career to research including mechanic, veterinary nurse, web designer, human resource manager, solicitor and youth worker. The children worked during home and school time to gather their research and as a result presented fantastic projects. Their work was displayed in the NCI for a school's exhibition on February 27th. 
During the exhibition, different judges quizzed the children on their projects. Each group presented their project very well and Miss Phelan was really impressed with how well each group spoke and listened to the judges. The children will visit the other classes in the school to show their projects very soon.