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All Saints’ Primary School, 42 Tattysallagh Road, Omagh, Co. Tyrone. BT78 5BR

Welcome To Mr McKenna's P4/5 class webpage

My name is Mr McKenna and I am very much looking forward to teaching P4/5 again this year. I am also very fortunate to have Mrs Emma Graham as a classroom assistant from 9am until 1pm from now until mid November and then from 9am until 3pm after that.

In Literacy, we will be working on lots of different genres of writing, although we will mainly be focussing on Instructional, Report and Recount texts this year, having looked at Persuasive, Narrative and Explanation in depth last year. Within our writing, we will also be focussing on handwriting, 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 a variety of fiction and non fiction books 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, including Mathletics.

In World Around Us this year, we will be concentrating on three main areas. The first topic we will be studying from September until Christmas will be - Liquid Gold- Water. We will complete lots of cross curricular activities that will incorporate Art, ICT, Literacy, Maths and PDMU, while learning about The Water Cycle; local rivers; some rivers of Ireland as well as around the world; how water gets to our homes; how water is cleaned and how we can reduce our use of water and much more besides. In our second topic titled 'The Vikings' we will develop an understanding of how people lived in Viking times and explore their legacy and this will be done using the game of  Minecraft. Finally our third topic will be titled 'Wind', where we will be exploring the energy of the wind, how air vibrations can make sound, designing and making wind instruments and look at how we are using wind farms to generate electricity.

For religion, we follow the Grow in Love scheme of work and of course P4 will make the First Confession and First Holy Communion. For PDMU, we will be following the Living and Learning Together scheme and we will aim to do PE every Wednesday and Thursday. 

We are always very proud of all the work that goes on in our class - so please keep an eye on this page or on Seesaw 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 or send a message via Seesaw 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!

Stem Activities in P4/5

 

P4/5 version of the 2014 version of ‘Do They Know It's Christmas?'

 

A few very special guests popped in to say hello!

Tyrone players Niall Sludden & Peter Teague bring Sam Maguire and the Anglo Celt Cup to meet pupils from All Saints' PS.
Tyrone players Niall Sludden & Peter Teague bring Sam Maguire and the Anglo Celt Cup to meet pupils from All Saints' PS.
 

Some examples of things that happen in P4/5 class

 
 
 
Some of P5's Internet Safety posters
Some of P5's Internet Safety posters
 
Some of P5's Internet Safety posters
Some of P5's Internet Safety posters
 
Our finished grandparent plaques
Our finished grandparent plaques
 
Some finished 'Sweet Treat' Jars
Some finished 'Sweet Treat' Jars
 
Enjoying a hurling lesson with Tyrone Star Aidan Kelly
Enjoying a hurling lesson with Tyrone Star Aidan Kelly
 
Making Hot Cross Buns at Easter
Making Hot Cross Buns at Easter
 
Making Hot Cross Buns at Easter
Making Hot Cross Buns at Easter
 
Making Hot Cross Buns at Easter
Making Hot Cross Buns at Easter
 
Making Hot Cross Buns at Easter
Making Hot Cross Buns at Easter
 
Hurling with our coach Aidan Kelly
Hurling with our coach Aidan Kelly
 
Using Scratch Programming
Using Scratch Programming
 
Using the Book Creator App to create a book review
Using the Book Creator App to create a book review
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
Come on Tyrone!
Come on Tyrone!
 
Tyrone Abu!
Tyrone Abu!
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
P4/5 cheering on the Tyrone All Ireland 2021 winners
P4/5 cheering on the Tyrone All Ireland 2021 winners
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
Enjoying hula hoops during golden time
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
Golden time fun
Golden time fun
 
The P4 pupils who earned the most points during Mathletics week
The P4 pupils who earned the most points during Mathletics week
 
The three P5 children who earned the most points during Mathletics week
The three P5 children who earned the most points during Mathletics week
 
Ballinamallard Cup and Craigavon Cup winners
Ballinamallard Cup and Craigavon Cup winners
 
 
Irish dancing feis winner
Irish dancing feis winner
 
Irish dancing prize winner
Irish dancing prize winner
 
A proud P4 displaying his boxing award
A proud P4 displaying his boxing award
 
A proud P4 displaying his medal for participating in the Drumragh 5k
A proud P4 displaying his medal for participating in the Drumragh 5k
 
Winning a horse riding award
Winning a horse riding award
 
P4/5 about to begin the Christmas jumper run
P4/5 about to begin the Christmas jumper run
 
 
 
 
Enjoying a hot chocolate as one of the gifts during the 12 days of Christmas
Enjoying a hot chocolate as one of the gifts during the 12 days of Christmas
 
 
Boxing all the way to glory
Boxing all the way to glory
 
 
 
P4/5 listening to Fire Officers, Paul and Eoghan's very informative fire safety talk.
P4/5 listening to Fire Officers, Paul and Eoghan's very informative fire safety talk.
 
Constable Rachel teaching P4/5 about internet safety.
Constable Rachel teaching P4/5 about internet safety.
 
Many congratulations on winning two firsts and a second for slip jig and reel dances
Many congratulations on winning two firsts and a second for slip jig and reel dances