P6/P7
Hockey Seventh Heaven
McClintock Girls played 7 matches in today’s Ulster Hockey’s Omagh Blitz and remained undefeated! 
Even better, they never even conceded a goal.
Well done girls, an extremely talented team!
Roots of Empathy - Visit 4
The theme for this visit was focusing on relationships. Stephanie told us that Joey is a very relaxed baby and is very content. She discussed how she can settle him quickly.
We discussed how we all have a range of emotions and how our temperament influences how we deal with these.
All feelings are okay, although some feelings are unpleasant. We all share feelings, though we experience them uniquely. We can help ourselves by telling others our feelings.
First Hockey Triumph in 125 years!
Congratulations to our ten P6-7 Girls who made history today claiming the Omagh Hockey Cup.
Each girl led by Captain Ella McConnell played their full part coming out of the group stage with four wins.
In the semi-final McClintock played against a plucky mixed boys and girls Cooley PS side winning 2-0.
The final was a pulsating affair against a talented Augher PS team who scored the only goal that our girls conceded today. Undeterred, McClintock came back with Ella scoring a sublime equalizer, her 7th goal of the tournament.
In the dreaded penalty run decider goalkeeper, Lois McFarland won the Cup for McClintock PS with an excellent one-on-one stop.
Thanks to all the parents who drove, came along and got behind the girls . Their support was much appreciated by the team.
Shared Ed visit - alcohol awareness
We went to Roscavey to learn the dangers of drinking too much alcohol.
Alcohol changes the way that your brain works within just five to ten minutes, which means that after drinking you may do silly things. Some of these things may be dangerous, as alcohol can stop you thinking about what might happen. This can make it very dangerous to do things like driving, which is why it is against the law to drink and drive.
Roots of Empathy Visit 3
The theme for this month’s visit is Caring and Planning for baby. Did you know how expensive nappies are? Stephanie explained the difference in price between different brands and how she needs to be prepared to bring nappies, change of clothes and a bottle when she leaves the house.
We were delighted to see Joey roll over for the first time. We all cheered him on!
Ulster Scots Poetry Recital
We learned ‘I’m living in Drumlister’ by FW Marshall for an Ulster Scots Poetry competition. It was a challenge to learn the new words, but we greatly enjoyed the opportunity to take part.
Times Table Rockstars Launch
To celebrate launching our TimesTable Rockstars initiative we came dressed as Rock Stars.
This is a really fun way to get better and faster at recalling our times tables.
Symmetry is beautiful
P6/7 explored making symmetrical patterns.
Roots of Empathy - visit 2
We cannot believe how much Joey has grown since his last visit. The focus of this theme is looking at crying. Stephanie explained how she settled Joey when he is upset. The children were able to ask what makes Joey cry.
We learned that a crying baby is not a bad baby, just a baby with a problem!
Shared Ed - Windmills
We went to Carrickmore for our Shared Ed trip. We found out how windmills worked and then had the opportunity to design our own windmill from recycled materials. The windmills also had a motor and we had the opportunity to build a circuit.
Roots of Empathy - Visit 1
P7 are delighted to have Baby Joey in as their new teacher. RoE is a really exciting new initiative in McClintock Ps. It aims to promote emotional competence and development of empathy in primary school children, to help decrease aggression, including bullying, and increases behaviours such as caring, sharing and inclusion.
Joey, and his Mum, Stephanie, will be visiting our classroom every month. We look forward to the next visit already!
P6/7 Trip to Armagh Planetarium
We really enjoyed our trip to the Planetarium. First, we walked along a scale-representation of our solar system. We then went to the Dome to watch our universe come alive on a virtual space tour. Our guide helped us to design and launch bottle rockets. We filled them with water and a compressor was used to inject a large amount of air.
We also explored the exhibits at the Planetarium.
Phases of the Moon
We used Oreos to help us learn about the Phases of the Moon. WAU never tasted so good!
Mental Maths Mayhem!
Pupils had the opportunity to take part in a carousel of maths activities which challenged them to think outside of the box. We love active learning and working together!
Shared Ed trip - Internet Safety
Pupils met with our Shared Ed partners to hear a talk on staying safe online by the PSNI.
We discussed how important it is to keep personal details private and how to behave on social media.
New Leaver Hoodies
P7 are proud to wear their new Leaver Hoodies.
Eco visit - Reducing what we send to landfill
Bronagh Kearney from Eco-Schools NI came into class to explain where our waste goes and how once we bin it, the rubbish does not magically disappear, but go to landfill sites. She explained how long different materials take to decompose.
We then sorted out the waste in our class bin to check that we were correctly dealing with it. We weighed how much waste we were composting, recycling and also sending to landfill.
Christmas Play
We really enjoyed putting on the show ‘Straw and Order.’ What a talented bunch of young people who performed to two sell-out shows.
Learning to manage a budget
Staff from Danske Bank came into class to teach the pupils about budgeting. The children were all given a set amount of money and had to make different choices – did they want to live in a small, but cheaper apartment or a large, detached house. They also had to make decisions about what transport they would have and if they were able to afford a holiday. Some were surprised to learn about the cost of having pets!
Valuable lessons were learned, particularly how we need to factor in saving money for emergencies, such as home and car repairs.
Creative Art
We enjoy being creative in our weekly art lessons with Mrs Somerville.
McClintock PS collaborating with Queen's University Belfast & The Ulster American Folk Park
P6 pupils travelled to the Ulster American Folk Park today to take part in an archaeological dig at the Mellon Homestead.
The pupils had so much fun learning about historic artefacts from Queen’s student, Jamie then had the opportunity to carefully excavate the ground at Thomas Mellon’s birthplace under the expert guidance of archaeologist, Brian.
Thomas Mellon left Omagh at 5 years old to go to Pennsylvania, USA and through hard work and endeavour became one of the wealthiest people in the USA. However, Thomas never forgot his humble roots and his Ulster-Scots heritage from Tyrone.
Mr Dennison told the pupils he was fortunate to receive a scholarship to go to study at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where Thomas lived and worked. He said he even had an account at the Mellon Bank!
Through digging P6 pupils found nails, a gate latch, pottery, broken glass and a stone dating from prehistoric times.
Well done to the P6‘s for their impeccable behaviour, enthusiasm and genuine interest in finding out about the past.
Thanks to Pauline and Hannah from the Folk Park for their kind invitation and hospitality.
Practical Numeracy in P6
P6 used geoboards to explore the properties of square numbers. The pupils all agreed that practical learning is the most fun! Mrs Thompson also agrees with this.
Practical Numeracy in P7
P7 were investigating square and triangular numbers using unifix cubes and counters. They had to work collaboratively and create a poster.
Data Handling
Mrs Somerville took the class outside to get real data for their Numeracy topic. The pupils were looking at Data Handling and how to create a bar chart. Seskinore village is a very busy spot. They were able to collect a lot of data.
Out of this world!
As part of our WAU topic on Space, P6/7 enjoyed recreating a scale model of our Solar System using fruit.
After choosing fruit to represent the different planets, we went outside and used a trundle wheel and a metre stick to measure the distance between the planets.
We could clearly see the four inner terrestrial planets and four outer gas planets.
