Citywest & Saggart

Community National School

Senior Infants Room 3: School Tour

Last week, the children in Room 3 enjoyed an exciting day out in Lullymore for their school tour. The children took part in activities such as a train ride, a trip into a traditional Irish cottage, play time in the playground and they even got to see a fairy village! The children loved every moment of their trip, and were so thankful to the parents who came along with them. Have a look at the photos that we took here....

Senior Infants Room 3: Our First Online Storybook!

Senior Infants have been studying the narrative genre in both our oral language lessons and in our writing. We have been focusing on characters and the setting of stories. Using the website mystorybook.com, we created our own online storybook! Our characters included Tom and Isabelle and they visited a number of different settings. Click here to see our first online storybook! Why not try it yourself?  ...

Senior Infants Room 3: Gaeilge

We have been looking at the theme of food (Bia) this month as part of our Gaeilge lessons. Room 3 have created our own version of the song “Tá Téidí ag Ithe” using props! Bain sult as an físeán! https://cscns.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/DSCN06081-SD.mp4 Here are the words of the song: Tá an cailín ag ithe, Tá an buachaill ag ól, Tá an buachaill ag scuabadh, Tá an cáilín ag...

Senior Infants Room 3: Science Week

This week Room 3 have been celebrating science week! We had a very interesting visit from Doctor David Fitzpatrick which included observing a real-life tarantula and even making elephant toothpaste. We carried out our own science experiment using softmints and pepsi. Can you guess what happened? Watch the video below to see if you were right! To see more photos of Room 3 during science week please click here....

Senior Infants Rooms 3, 4 and 7: Road Safety

On Friday all of the children in Senior Infants welcomed a very special visitor. Katie from the Road Safety Authority came to Citywest & Saggart CNS to talk to us about road safety. We listened to a story about a boy called Simon, we talked about how we can cross the road safely and then we sang our song about the Safe Cross Code.   Please click here to listen to the Safe Cross Code song. The RSA have also produced a leaflet summarising key safety points for getting to school. Please click here to view the...

Senior Infants Room 3: Planting Hyacinths

Today the children in room 3 planted our own hyacinths. We placed the bulb into the soil and covered the top with some more soil. We learned that plants need water and sunlight to grow so we watered them and left them sitting on the window sill to catch the sun. We will keep you updated as they begin to grow!   To see more photos of us planting our hyacinths click...