Rang a 5

...and here are our junior entrepreneurs busily designing and creating labels for our packaging! We are busy preparing all of the elements and gearing up for a hugely successful showcase day in May!

Rang a 5 students are so busy judging the amazing art entries submitted by our school community for our calendar! Our classroom is a riot of colour as we discuss and debate our choices AND practise diplomacy in order to compile a calendar that reflects the talent in...

Rang a 5 had some special guests in our classroom to celebrate our Lá Glas and Féile Pádraig. Naoínáin Bheaga joined us this morning to share songs and poems! Bhí dánta agus amhráin againn - agus sheinn Tom ar an bhfidil! Bhí maidin an-taitneamhach againn!...

Following our last clay-making update, here are the finished lizards! More specifically, yellow-spotted lizards from the novel "Holes" by Louis Sachar! Many of the students managed to incorporate movement into their lizards and they really brightened up a very rainy...

We have finished Louis Sachar's novel "Holes" in Rang a 5. As part of our focus on the novel, we used the descriptions of 'yellow-spotted lizards' in the book to begin making our own lizards out of clay today. The children have developed their skills, becoming more...

This week, the students at Summercove started a new series of dancing lessons! Every child got into the spirit and hips were swaying and records playing! It was a great cardio workout with Dancing Derek. We definitely have talented dancers at our school!

Congratulations to our U11 quiz team who participated in the second round of the Credit Union School's Quiz yesterday. They worked superbly as a team and came second and now progress to the national final in the RDS next month! Maith sibh, a super achievement!  

Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge linn! Tá grá mór ag Rang a 5 don Ghaeilge agus is breá linn an teanga a úsáid agus a cheiliúradh le linn Seachtain na Gaeilge 2023. Our celebration of our language, culture and heritage began with a treat when Tom played a lively tune on the...

In Rang a 5, we celebrated World Book Day in style. The students participated in a book-tasting session this morning. Children gave a short talk in small groups about a book they enjoyed and read the opening paragraph to the class to 'hook' some new readers.  In...