Virgin Mary's got talent!
We had great fun performing for our school show 'Virgin Mary's got talent'. We performed a drama/dance mix to 'Saturday night'. Have a look at how our final dress rehearsal went before we took to the stage for the real thing!
Sports day
A massive well done to everyone for taking part in our sports day. events There were lots of team and individual prizes up for grabs on the day. Our team pictures can be seen on the home page of our school website. Here are some of our individual winners from the prize giving ceremony.
Active Week
We had great fun taking part in active week. We did lots of fun activities including disco dancing in the school yard, soccer, and a camogie blitz. Here are a few pictures from activities we took part in over the week.
Victorian escapade
For our school tour we travelled back in time to the Victorian era and paid a visit to Clonard house in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. Here we got the chance to be ladies of the house and the help, as well as taking part in some fun activities like making butter, milking the cows and much more. A huge thank you to Mr O Donovan who accompanied us on the day.
Céilí on the plaza
The girls in 4th and 5th classes were very lucky to be invited to a very special event in Ballymun, the 'céilí on the plaza'. Both classes took part in a number of dances along with children from Gaelscoil Baile Munna, whilst also performing a number of songs on the day.
Suas Literacy
Well done to the girls in 3rd, 4th and 5th class, who graduated from the '16/'17 SUAS programme. The girls took part in weekly paired reading sessions with volunteers from DCU. They really enjoyed the experience. We held a graduation ceremony in our school library and the girls received a lovely certificate for taking part in the programme.
Mobile Farm
The mobile farm paid a visit to our school. We saw lots of different animals including lambs, ducklings, hens and rabbits, and we were able to pet and hold them. Some of us were even inspired to invest in a new pet rabbit or guinea pig!! Have a look at how we got on. How many different kinds of farm animals can you name?
Mary our Mother
May is the month of Mary.
To celebrate this, we have
dedicated our sacred space
to Mary our mother. Every
morning we say the Hail Mary
as gaeilge and our own private
intentions to Mary.
Poetry Day
Kilmainham Gaol
Fifth class girls took a trip to Kilmainham Gaol to learn all about the history of the jail and the leaders of the rebellions, who were imprisoned and executed there. We got to see some of the cells in which they were kept as well as the different wings and structures of the building.
Our latest prize winners!
We had a number of prize winners at Easter for a range of different areas of improvement and achievement including spelling, attendance, soccer and Gaelic football. Well done to all girls involved. Keep up the good work!
Easter egg hunt
Easter wouldn't be Easter without an Easter egg hunt. And we in 5th class had a fun Easter egg hunt on our last day of school before breaking up for the Easter holidays. We divided up into three teams, but it was the pink team who were victorious on the day.
Renaissance artists
Our history lesson took us back in time to the Renaissance. Having looked at specific paintings and the techniques used by renaissance artists, we created our very own personal interpretations of the 'Mona Lisa' by Leonardo Da Vinci. We held a 'best drawing' competition using a copy of the original painting as a guide. In first place was Ragan, in second place was Paula, and in joined third place were Aoife and Amelia. Well done to all the girls in 5th class for their brilliant drawings. View this fantastic work in our 5th class artist gallery below.
Gymnastics fun!
As part of our P.E lesson, we had fun trying out some different gymnastics moves. A very big thank you to Miss Shaughnessy for coming along to help us out. Take a look at how we got on.
Seachtain na Gaeilge
We got up to lots of fun activities for 'seachtain na gaeilge' including activities sa 'seomra gaeilge' with Mr McGuinness' sixth class, a 'trath na gceist' with third, fourth and sixth classes, and our 'Lá glas' performance day. We won prizes for taking part in the activities 'as gaeilge' and we performed a very cool rendition of 'the cup song' as gaeilge for performance day. Have a listen to how we got on during practice.
Sunshine skipping!
Spring has sprung!!! And so we decided to take our PE lesson outdoors into the glorius Spring sunshine. We had great fun skipping and getting outside to enjoy the weather.
Lent
For the season of Lent, 5th class came up with some ideas of different things we could give up, as well as a number of different things we could improve on both at home and at school. Some ideas included improving on behaviour, attendance, some academic subjects, work effort and lots more. We combined our ideas in a booklet entitled 'Our Lenten Promises', with each girl allocated a page in the booklet to record her goals for the Lenten season.
5th class poets!
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What is 'onomatopoeia'? We recently learned in 5th class that a word which has 'onomatopoeia' is a word which mimics the action that it represents. Some examples we came across were 'slurp', 'achoo!', 'bang!', 'zap!', 'whack', 'chomp', 'crack' and many more. Using onomatopoeia, we as a class penned a poem which featured as many of these words as possible entitled 'The school'. Have a read and see if you can spot the words which have onomatopoeia.
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Ceolchoirm
We had a whole school concert in Virgin Mary GNS, organised by the very talented Ms Rattigan. Each class performed their own individual class song, as well as all classes performing 'the Arky Arky song' altogether at the end of the concert. For our performance, we in 5th class performed the song 'count on me' by Bruno Mars. Well done to all classes involved...you all performed brilliantly!
Valentine's Day crafts
We constructed beautiful hand made Valentine's day cards by recycling old greeting cards, and adding some extra decorative touches with a splash of creativity.
10 for 10!
On February 10th, all primary school children in Ireland were encouraged to take part in a mass physical activity break for ten minutes at 10am. With a great exercise routine from Ms Shaughnessy and some funky dance moves from Mr O' Donovan, we were able to take part in this exciting event.
Rediscovery centre trip
The girls from 5th and 6th class paid a visit to the brand new rediscovery centre in Ballymun. We were very lucky to be the first ever group of visitors invited to the centre. There we learned all about 'biodiversity' and how all creatures and animals play an important role in our survival. The girls also got the chance to bring these creatures to life in an arts and crafts workshop, works of art which will be displayed at the official opening of the centre. There was even time for a quick tour around the centre and the outer surroundings. Have a look at how we got on...
Hip hop!
Recently we started learning hip hop dancing in Virgin Mary Girls school. It is very exciting learning lots of new cool dance moves while having lots of fun with our classmates. Here we are practicing a new dance routine which our hip hop dance tutors are teaching us.
Happy New Year!
Happy new year from 5th class! We are back at school and looking forward to what 2017 has to bring. As part of our new year celebrations, we came up with some goals that we are aspiring to achieve for the coming academic year. These included improvements in classwork, specific subjects and our overall effort at school. Here we are making a toast to 'our goals for 2017'
Merry Christmas and a very happy new year, from 5th class.
Up the Dubs!
Recently we had another special visit to Virgin Mary Girl's school...this time, Ciarán Kilkenny from the all Ireland winning Dublin team stopped by with the Sam Maguire cup. We are also in the process of constructing our very own Sam Maguire, which is still a work in progress!
Festive Fun
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in room 7! 5th class have been decorating their classroom for the festive season, and even had a new fireplace installed for the occasion! Check out all of our lovely Christmas stockings hanging by the fireplace...
Christmas Fair
Our school held a Winter Fair on Friday 9th December, and we in 5th class made our very own contribution by making some Christmas chocolate sleighs to sell.
Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!
As part of our Christmas arts and crafts, we designed and constructed our very own personalised Christmas cards. And how better to do that than by keeping up our Green Flag status and recycling old Christmas cards to make new ones! Taking the pictures and content of old Christmas cards and adding some extras including stars, bows and edging, this is how the finished products turned out...
Panto Polly!
There was great excitement in the Virgin Mary boys and girls schools recently. Our schools were very lucky to win a competition with 98fm which meant we had an extra special visit from 'Panto Polly'and Dustin the Turkey. It was a fun filled morning and we even got to see our teachers perform on stage!
Here we are below getting our photo taken with the 98fm crew who were on board 'big red' especially for the occasion.
Certified participants!
Look at our lovely certificates we received for our participation in Maths week 2016 at D.I.T Kevin's Street and again during Science week 2016 at the National Concert Hall.
Perfect penmanship!
We in fifth class are working on perfecting the art of handwriting, with each girl working to acquire her own pen licence. This will allow her to make the transition from pencil to pen. So far a small number of girls have been successful in obtaining their pen licence, with everyone else motivating one another and working really hard on perfecting their handwriting skills. Keep an eye out each week to see who has successfully obtained their pen licence.
Science week 2016
As part of science week, 5th and 6th classes went on a trip to D.I.T Kevin's Street. While we were there, we learned about the many properties and components of air. We experienced some really cool experiments and learned all about a very famous Irish scientist named Robert Boyle.
Back at school we've been learning all about the organs of the human body, where they are located in the body, their importance and the functions which they carry out on a day to day basis. Integrating our science with our art, we each constructed a 2D clay model of the human body and it's organs. Have a look at how we got on...
Back at school we've been learning all about the organs of the human body, where they are located in the body, their importance and the functions which they carry out on a day to day basis. Integrating our science with our art, we each constructed a 2D clay model of the human body and it's organs. Have a look at how we got on...
Our trip to the National Concert Hall
As part of Science week, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes were invited to a workshop in the National Concert Hall to take part in a combination of science and music activities. We learned all about sound and how it travels through vibrations. Using a range of musical instruments we were able to explore this further with the help of some science and music students from Trinity College Dublin. Our class got to try out some musical instruments including drums, a harp and piano, exploring how each instrument creates vibrations to make it's own individual sound. At the end of the workshop we were allowed to construct our very own musical instruments using a range of materials including rice, pasta, balloons, elastics, cardboard, plastic cups, tubes and glass bottles. Check out our pictures below and see if you can guess what kind of instruments we made!
Remembrance Month
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Maths weekAs part of Maths week 2016, 5th and 6th class were invited to take part in a Maths workshop in D.I.T Kevin's Street. It enabled us to use our 'maths eyes' and discover ways in which we use maths in our everyday lives. We had great fun taking part in a range of games, problem solving activities and competitions. |
We had a spooktacular time on 'dress up day' in Virgin Mary G.N.S. All the girls came to school dressed in a wide range of fun and scary costumes. Have a look at our Halloween slideshow to see who you can find... Everyone had a great time at the school Halloween Disco, seeing all the other classes and teachers dressed up for the occasion. Each class took part in a fun dance off, with the best dancers in each class winning a cool prize. In 5th class we played some traditional Halloween games, whilst also learning about the history of Halloween and how the tradition has come to be as we know it today. |
Lá gorm
We had 'Lá gorm' (blue day) in Virgin Mary GNS to celebrate the Dubs team reaching the all Ireland Senior football final. As part of our celebrations, we learned how to play the tune 'Molly Malone' on our tin whistles. In our English activities we wrote some acrostic poems about Dublin, as well as learning about famous places and landmarks in our home county. Our class love Gaelic football and many of us are on the school Gaelic football team. It was so exciting for us to watch the Dubs playing in the final, and we were thrilled when Dublin triumphed to victory in the end. UP THE DUBS!!.