Fifth and Sixth Class

Class Contracts

Fifth and Sixth Class were very busy on our first day back to school drawing up our class contract and writing their own essential agreements. We spoke about the Bí Cinéalta policy in the school and how we are going to treat each other this year. Well done to all the boys and girls coming up with positive ways in which we can treat each other and how we want to be treated ourselves. We want school to be a happy and safe place for everyone.

Wheels of Fortune

Fifth and Sixth Class have been very busy making their very own wheels of fortune. We had great fun in class with them on Monday, 31st August where the children turned into fortune tellers and read each other's futures. Well done to all the boys and girls!

Mile

The first mile of the new school year for Fifth and Sixth on Thursday, 3rd September 2026.

Recount Writing

Fifth and Sixth have worked very hard this week at completing the writing genre of recount writing. They wrote all about their summer holidays. Well done to all the boys and girls for all their hard work!

PE - Cooperative Games

The children in Fifth and Sixth Class had a great time today playing cooperative games during our PE lesson on Thursday, 3rd September 2026. Our favourite game was where we had to get the hula hoop the whole way around the circle without breaking hands! Lots of healthy competition!!

Little Red Riding Hood - Diary Entries

The children in Fifth and Sixth Class had great fun completing their Little Red Riding Hood diary entries. They got to pretend to be any character from the Little Red Riding Hood story and write a creative diary entry from that character's perspective. They were so entertaining to read! Well done to all the boys and girls for all their hard work.

Drumming with Dave - Monday, 14th September 2026

The children in Fifth and Sixth had a great time on Monday during their drumming lesson with Dave. They were excellent at completing the various rhythms that Dave taught them and they had so much fun during the lesson. Well done to all the boys and girls and we cannot wait to welcome Dave back next week!

School Football Teams

Best of luck to all the boys and girls from Fifth and Sixth Class who are on the school football teams this year.

Sixth Class visit to Athboy Community School

The children of Sixth Class has a great visit to Athboy Community School on Friday, 18th September 2026. We hot to sample Home Economics and Woodwork. The children were very busy making pizza and mobile phone holders. The children had a great day. Well done to all the boys and girls!

Autumn Word Wall

Our English and Gaeilge Autumn Word Wall in Fifth and Sixth Class.

Student Council Elections

Fifth and Sixth Class went and voted in the Student Council Elections today, Tuesday the 29th September 2026. Votes are being counted and we await the results at who will make the Student Council from our classroom.

Credit Union Competition

The children in Fifth and Sixth Class worked really hard on their entries for the Credit Union Art Competition. They are just amazing! Well done to all the boys and girls on their hard work.

Candlelit Tales - Thursday, 1st October 2026

The children in Fourth, Fifth and Sixth enjoyed a trip to the Swift Theatre for Candlelit Tales as part of the Children’s Book Festival. We all really enjoyed the Irish Myths and Legends today! Thank you to everyone in the Swift Theatre for having us today.

Student Council 2026 / 2027

We had our Student Council elections in Kilbride National School on Tuesday. We were busy counting all the votes and we are happy to announce our Student Council representatives for Fifth and Sixth Class for 2026/2027. Congratulations to Christian from Fifth Class, Emma - Jane who is the Treasurer of the Student Council, Isabelle who is the Secretary of the Student Council and Oisín who will be the Student Council's President. They will work along side Jaxon, Max, Senan, Sam, Joanna, Ollie, Naomi, Sadie, Aaron and Blaithín during the coming school year. We cannot wait to hear about all their ideas for Kilbride National School.

Cycle Safety

We were all celebrating when Troy brought in his tricycle on Friday. We cannot wait to get started now on our cycle safety.

Sixth Class Prefects 2026/2027

Meet the Sixth Class prefects for this school year 2026/2027.

Oíche Shamhna

The children in Fifth and Sixth Class have been busy today, Monday the 12th October 2026, learning all about Halloween in Irish. We learnt lots of new vocabulary and the meanings of these words and now we have a lovely display of Halloween words in both English and Irish on our word wall in the classroom.

Visit from Dunderry Ladies Football and Camóige Team - Tuesday, 21st October 2026

The Dunderry Ladies came to visit Kilbride National School today. They came to Fifth and Sixth Class to show us their three trophies from the weekend. Congratulations to all the teams from everyone in Fifth and Sixth Class. our own girl's football team, who play in the final tomorrow, got their picture taken with the ladies. Best of Luck to our own girls tomorrow in the Cumann na mBunscol final!

Halloween Baking in Fifth and Sixth - Thursday, 22nd October 2026

Fifth and Sixth Class were very busy this week! The children were all split up into baking groups and we worked together at making a Halloween brack. The children were excellent bakers, worked really well together and we all took home a lovely piece of brack to share with our families. Well done to all the boys and girls!

Fifth and Sixth Class Word Wall - November 2026

Tá na páistí i Rang a Cúig agus Rang a Sé ag foghlaim go leor faoi An Geimhreadh agus Tithe sa Ghaeilge ó d'fhill siad ar scoil. Tá siad ag obair go dian ag foghlaim stór focal nua i mBéarla agus i nGaeilge a bhaineann le tithe agus leis an ngeimhreadh. Tá an stór focal seo ar taispeáint anois ar ár mballa focal sa seomra ranga.

Ár dTithe

Bhí na páistí i Rang a Cúig agus Rang a Sé ag foghlaim faoi thithe agus faoi thithe cónaithe an tseachtain seo. Bhí siad ag obair go dian ag foghlaim stór focal nua. Bhí siad gnóthach an tseachtain seo ag scríobh faoina dtithe féin agus ag tarraingt pictiúr a thaispeánann an taobh amuigh agus an taobh istigh dá dtithe. Maith sibh, a bhuachaillí agus a chailíní, as bhur gcuid oibre crua ar fad!

Christmas Door 2026

Christmas preparation has started in Fifth and Sixth Class. Look at our fabulous Christmas door! We created a patch work out of all our Christmas cards. The children worked very hard at these! Well done to all the boys and girls. And only 49 days until Christmas Day!!

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