This morning our class had a brilliant time exploring the polytunnel and examining the amazing produce that has grown! As part of our Natural Disasters topic, we've been investigating the effects of global warming on crop growth and the importance of homegrown food around the world, particularly in the absence of access to shops and electricity. It was impressive to see pumpkins, butternut squash, and chillis thriving—real-life learning at its best!
Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Josh into our school as part of his work experience — and what a fantastic addition he was to our Primary 6 class! Josh worked closely with groups on a range of activities, introduced us to new ways of learning, and even led a brilliant PE lesson that everyone enjoyed.
His enthusiasm, kindness and support made a real impact on our class, and we’ve learned so much from having him with us. It was a wonderful experience, and we’ll really miss him!
We’re incredibly proud of the pupils from Miss Sweeney’s Primary 6 class who have been elected to take on important leadership roles this year — including Student Council, Eco-Council, and Digital Leaders.
These pupils have shown great enthusiasm and responsibility, and we’re excited to see how they’ll help make our school an even better place for everyone. Well done to each of them!
🌍✨ Celebrating European Day of Languages in P6SS!
We had a fantastic time exploring the French language and culture as part of our European Day of Languages celebration!
In class, we practised using basic French conversational phrases and learned how to follow classroom commands en français. We also delved into French traditions and finished off the day by sampling some delicious French food — Bon appétit! 🥐🧀🥖
It was a brilliant way to celebrate language learning and broaden our understanding of the world around us!
Welcome to Miss Sweeney’s Primary 6 Class!
We’re excited to share all the wonderful things happening in our classroom. This half-term, our current topic is ‘Natural Disasters’ — we’re exploring the different types, what causes them, and how they impact the world around us.
Throughout the year, we’ll also dive into fascinating topics like The Vikings, The Rainforest, and Ireland, using creative activities and exciting STEM projects to bring our learning to life.
In P6, we absolutely love Art and PE, and we look forward to expressing ourselves through different forms of writing and challenging ourselves with tricky numeracy problems. There’s always something new to discover, and we can’t wait to share our learning journey with you!
We have been working on a project about the impact of 2023 Downpatrick Floods. Ross very kindly organised to bring in a sandbag to let us see how it could be used as a great defence against flood water. We had great fun estimating the weight of the sandbag and then trying to lift it to understand the physical strain involved in preparing for floods with sandbags.
This week we are celebrating Catholic Schools Week and the theme this year is 'Alive in Christ'. We have been exploring how to live life to the full in our community of friends, our faith community, our families and for the common good of all.
Today we explored the theme of "Life to the Full in Our Families" which was marked by our favourite celebration - Grandparents Day. Grandparents hold a very special place in our family and school community, helping us to live life to the full. Today we honour the vital role our grandparents play in our lives - nurturing us, supporting our talents, encouraging us, and passing on the faith from one generation to the next.
To show our love to our parents and grandparents, we made cards filled with messages of appreciation, gratitude and love for our loved ones and then we will post them to our relations.
In Term 2 we have introduced ‘STEM Fridays’ - a slot in our timetable to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths in experimental ways.
Today the pupils enjoyed making gas-powered boats as part of their chemical sciences experiment. It was very exciting to see which group’s boat travelled the farthest and what adaptations resulted in this effect.
Today we had a very special trip to St Colmcille's High School in Crossgar to watch their performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
We were blown away by the talent of the St Colmcille's pupils and were very inspired by their performance of our class song, Song of the Kings. We were especially delighted to meet the cast at the end of the production.
Today our Primary 5 and Primary 6 pupils enjoyed a visit from Chloe and Sarah from the Dairy Council.
The ladies delivered a very informative and interactive workshop on the importance of getting the balance right between food and fitness and how we can help our bodies to perform optimally each day.
Today we welcomed Alex from Table Tennis Ireland for some coaching. For most of us, this was our first ever experience playing table tennis and we thoroughly enjoyed it! Alex brought portable nets so we moved our desks and had a table each so we were able to enjoy 45 straight minutes of table tennis skill development and play! Thank you Alex - we can't wait for next week!
Today we showed our support to the Down Senior Football Team ahead of their Ulster Semi-Final clash against Armagh by wearing red and black to school. There was an exciting buzz in the classroom today as we learned about the history of the Down team, used our creativity to redesign the Down jersey and engaged in some Down GAA trivia to learn about their historical successes. Up Down!