We are all enjoying 5th and 6th class and working very hard on lots of interesting activities and projects. Have a look below to see a little of what we've been getting up to!
Our Mini Scientist Projects
We have been very busy in 5th and 6th class over the last few weeks planning, constructing and presenting our mini scientist projects. We worked in groups putting together all the necessary materials and carrying out fair tests to check how to get the best results. We spent time creating our project books to record the steps we took and our findings. We then set up a mini scientist exhibition in our classroom and invited other classes to view our projects. We loved talking to all the boys and girls and telling them all about how we carried out our experiments and constructed our models.
Our Projects on Greece
We have been busy learning all about Greece. We divded into groups and reserached various aspects of Greece, including the culture, physical fearures, the food, the climate, sports and the tourism industry. We learned lots of new informatin and we would all love to visit Greece one day!
Halloween 2023!
September English - Exposition Writing
This month in our process writing we have been looking at Exposition writing. Exposition or persuasive writing is about trying to get your point of view across to your audience and trying to convince them to agree with you. After some great debate and discussion in the class we came up with a very interesting topic 'Why GAA players should get paid' and the class together wrote a great article containing some very convincing arguments on why they thought GAA players should get paid. In fact the letter was so good we thought it would make some very good reading for everyone up in Croke Park, so we decided to post it to them. I hope they find it as interesting as we did. Take a look yourself and see if this can convince you that the GAA should pay players.
Why GAA players should be paid
Uachtaran, Chumann Luthchleas Gael, Pairc an Chrocaigh.
A Uachtarain, a chara,
We are a 5th and 6th class from Scoil Mhuire, Magherarney, Co. Monaghan and we strongly believe that it is time for the GAA to begin to pay players for playing.
GAA players are one of the most dedicated group of people we have in Ireland. They train and work extremely hard and take a lot of time out of their own lives to play. They deserve to get rewarded for the level of commitment and effort they give to their counties.
First of all, players can spend up to 20 hours training every week. They deserve to get compensated for the amount of time they give up. If they must spend this amount of time training on top of working full time jobs, it takes away from time they could be spending with their families.
Secondly, allowing players the chance to train full time and not have to work in a full time job would take a lot of pressure off them. They would not need to rush home after a hard day's work and rush out again to training. This would allow them to be more focused and concentrated for training meaning they could improve their skills and tactics even more, which will be even better for their teams.
Thirdly, the GAA are making millions of euro from ticket sales, sponsorship, TV revenue and merchandise. Why should the players, who are the ones that are entertaining the people and earning this money, not get some of the reward? If players decided not to play any more the GAA would lose all of this money.
The GAA is a great sport and its players must be properly rewarded for the commitment and effort they put in and for everything that they give up, for the sport that they love.
Thank you for taking the time to read our letter and we hope that you will consider the points that we have put forward very carefully.
