Homework
- An average of between 50 – 60 minutes Monday to Thursday.
Parent/Teacher Contact
- We hold a parent-teacher meeting in November.
- Should any issues arise or you need to contact the teacher in the interim or afterwards please write a note and send it in with the student.
Additional Programmes and Initiatives
The following is an outline of some of the additional programmes and initiatives that we undertake in sixth class:
- Junior Entrepreneur Project
- Insights from outside
- Artist in the School – An artist will visit the classes to show how they prepare for their work and go through the process of creating an artwork in their discipline.
- Visiting Authors – Each year we seek to get authors to visit the classes to discuss their work.
- History Trails – We like to spend some time each year getting the students familiar with the path of history and use the history trails within Ennis town to assist with their learning.
- Learning Aids
- Online mathematics programmes
- Accelerated Reader
- Differentiated reading-SRA kits
- Peer tutoring- ‘Reading Buddies’
- Nationwide School Initiatives
- Green School Initiatives
- Active schools
- Healthy Eating Initiatives
- School Group activities
- School Quizzes
- School Band
- School Choir
- School Tour
- Sports
- Swimming
- Hurling
- Camogie
- Basketball
- Soccer
- Gaelic Football
Preparation for Sacrament of Confirmation
- Six year is the year that the majority of students will prepare for the sacrament of confirmation.
- The preparation will include a wide range of activities and involve some visits to Ennis Cathedral.
