The P5/6 teacher this year is Mr McKenna, who will be ably assisted by Miss Clare McGale and we both very much look forward to working with P5/6, albeit in these very unusual times!

In Literacy we will be working on lots of different types of writing as well as Punctuation & Grammar. We will be kept very busy with our spelling programme (Soundswrite) and we are excited to complete the different activities within it. We will look at a variety of narrative and non-narrative texts and read book by lots of different authors, like Roald Dahl and Julia Donaldson. We will also participate in the Accelerated Reading Programme.

In Numeracy, we will be learning lots about Processes in Maths, Number, Handling Data, Measures and Shape and Space. We will have opportunities to use ICT in Numeracy, including the use of laptops and iPads to access a range of Numeracy Apps, inncluding Mathletics.

In World Around Us this year, we will be concentrating on three main areas: Our first topic will be - Our Country, Our Story. In this unit we will take a brief look at different periods of Irish history and study how it has shaped our world today. In our second topic of Water-Liquid Golld, we will explore one of our most vital natural resources and how we depend on it to survive. Finally our third topic will be titled Reach for the Stars, where we will expand on our Space topic from last year by looking at man made objects in space, rockets and also how we can reach for the stars bby setting our own goals and targets. 

For religion, we follow the Grow in Love scheme of work for RE and Living Learning Together for PDMU. We also complete lots of art activities linked to our World Around Us topics and will aim to do PE every Thursday. 

We are always very proud of all the work that goes on in our class - so please keep an eye on this page to see what we are getting up to!

Finally, if you have any queries, wish to meet with me or discuss any concerns please contact the school office and I will do my utmost to respond to you as soon as possible. Alternatively, you may wish to email me and again I will try my best to respond to you as soon as possible. My email address is gmckenna707@c2kni.net  

Here's to a great year ahead!