Mr Sweeny

Continuity of working from home after Easter Holidays

I hope you all had a nice Easter and are coping well with the restrictions placed on us all during this difficult time. Our class will continue to use Google Classroom to provide structure to our work from home. If you have any issue that you would like to contact me about please email me using alan@holyfamilyballyshannon.ie. Thank you, stay safe!

5th and 6th Class Visit the Rock Home

A few months ago 5th and 6th class visited the Rock Home to sing a few Christmas Songs and spread the Christmas cheer. We had a lovely visit and were treated like royalty with the mince pies and tea, crisps and goodies after our singing. We would like to offer our condolences to the families of those who have passed on since that happy day and wish the very best to everyone else during this difficult Covid Crisis.

History Projects - Motte & Bailey Castles

Design and Make

Congratulations to everyone who did such a great job designing and making the castles. Watch the video to learn a little about the Normans in Ireland and see our work. Special thanks to Alex from Mrs Mc Ginn's class who was inspired by the work of the senior class to make his own Castle, which is featured at the end of the video.

5th & 6th Class Christmas Plays 2019

Translations

At the start of the school year we watched John Creedon's Atlas of Ireland which dealt with how places in Ireland got their names. We read Brian Friel's play Translations and some of the class did a version of the first Act as part of our Class Drama.

The Christmas Jigsaw
Part 1

Our Christmas Jigsaw show included all class members and had great songs and music.

We recorded the show in parts which will all be included on this page of our website.

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Making Hovercrafts from HolyFamily on Vimeo.

Science Experiment about friction

How do Hovercrafts travel on land and water?
What kind of surfaces reduce friction?
Using simple materials , build your own Hovercraft and discover what forces are used to make it move in different ways.

Museum On The Move

On Monday 7th October we visited the Natural HIstory Museum Roadshow which came to Bundoran Library as part of Wainfest. We met Jim Martin from the museum who told us all about animals from the past and present and how their survival depends so much on humans.