Mar 10, 2017 | Junior Infants – Ms Larkin
Junior Infants have had a very exciting week this week. On Tuesday we had a visit from a baby lamb! We had to be super quiet and gentle, as he was only one week old. Then, yesterday we had a visit from Garda Frank! We have been learning about people who help to keep us safe in SPHE, so we had lots of interesting questions for Frank. He even let us try and break his handcuffs – they were very strong! Click here to check out some of the pictures from our...
Mar 10, 2017 | Junior Infants – Ms Mahon
As you know, we celebrated World Book Day last week. World Book Day is a celebration! It’s a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. Did you know that it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world. We love books in Room 5, with our favourites being the Gruffalo and our new book, The Smartest Giant in Town! Check out all of our different costumes here. Can you spot any familiar...
Mar 10, 2017 | First Class – Mr Kinsella
First Class Room 9 had a fantastic time during Literacy Week 2017! Here are some of the things we did! 1. We had a book quiz. 2. John, Niamh and Laura came into read stories to us. 3. We all exchanged an old book from our home for a new book that used to belong to someone else. We had great fun reading these. 4. Everyone in Room 9 got a €1.50 book token to spend towards a book of our choice in a book shop. 5. On Thursday it was World Book dress up day! There were lots of interesting characters in our class from Tin Men to Tinkerbells, and Snowhites to Stickmen! Can you spot any of these characters in the gallery here! Enjoy the...
Mar 8, 2017 | Junior Infants – Ms Larkin
What a busy month Room 2 have had! They set up their own clothes shop, bought and sold lots of different types of clothes, and even made their own clothes using different types of fabric and fibre materials. They loved reading about The Smartest Giant in Town, and all the clothes he gave away to his animal friends. What a kind giant! They have been talking a lot about how to be a good friend in school too, and really enjoyed buddying up during Friendship week. Ask them to sing and dance along to this song composed by the author Julian Donaldson, and sung by her husband Malcolm. Room 2 have also been learning to become independent, and are getting really good at minding their things and being organised. They loved this rhyme about Three Little Kittens who lost their mittens! Room 2 have also been learning to give and follow directions and loved this song In, On, Under! which taught them all the positions they need to play ‘Simon Says’! During Literacy Week, Room 2 practiced their literacy skills lots- they love reading and writing, and are getting so good at these skills! They had lots of special visitors come and read to them too, including some of their mums and dads, some of the boys and girls from second class, and even Ms. Doherty, the school Principal! They really enjoyed dressing up as their favourite book characters on World Book day too, but Vinny and Ms. Larkin suspect their favourite learning activity of all this month, was making and eating pancakes on Pancake Tuesday! Vinny’s favourite topping was honey- what is yours? Well done everyone, you are...
Mar 8, 2017 | Senior Infants – Ms Holohan
Uh-oh! Ted has a hole in his coat and will get wet in the rain! I wonder would Room 7 be able to make him a new coat? We tested a variety of different materials to see which ones are waterproof and which are not. We discovered that the water soaked through paper, tissue, cloth, cotton and sponge. But the water just ran off the plastic and tin foil – this means that they are waterproof! Room 7 love experiments and developing our scientific skills like predicting, observing, testing, recording and evaluating. Look at some pictures of our experiment...
Mar 8, 2017 | Junior Infants – Ms Mahon
As you know, we celebrated World Book Day last week. World Book Day is a celebration! It’s a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. Did you know that it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world. We love books in Room 5, with our favourites being the Gruffalo and our new book, The Smartest Giant in Town! Check out all of our different costumes here. Can you spot any familiar...
