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Autumn in the Junior Room
Date posted: 27th October 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Hallowe'en, History, Junior Classroom, Local Visits, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Science, SPHE, Visual Arts
We have been busy in September and October in the Junior Classroom. Check out the photos below to see what we’ve been up to!
At the beginning of September we were working on skills such as cutting and using different materials to practice making lines, shapes and letter writing.
We had fun learning different Nursery Rhymes such as Baa, Baa Black Sheep and Humpty Dumpty. We practiced cutting skills and made art based on these rhymes.
In SESE we were busy learning all about ourselves, how we change as we grow up and Autumn, learning about hedgehogs, squirrels and the changes which happen in this season.
Also as part of SESE we read the book ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ and made maps of the journey they went on in the story.
We also had fun going on an Autumn Nature Walk to the Discovery Park. We spotted leaves changing colours to orange, yellow, red and brown, conkers, red berries and helicopter seeds from Sycamore trees.
We brought our clipboards and pencils with us and ticked off the signs of Autumn we spotted on our walk.
On the way back we had time to stop off at the playground!
When we got back we created a Nature Table of Autumn items.
Senior Infants were learning all about length in Maths and made chains which were long, longer and the blue was longest. They also played games to revise their numbers from last year.
We began learning through play and the Aistear Curriculum in October and our first topic we learned about was ‘The Vet.’ We read stories like ‘Bet the Vet’ and created different things to do with vets in areas such as junk art, play doh, small world and construction.
Finally in Art we made squirrels using crepe paper to create bushy tails, we also painted colourful Autumn trees using cotton buds to paint the leaves on as dots and finally painted spooky pumpkins for Halloween!
Finally on the last day of term we had a great day dressing up for Halloween 🙂
Date posted: 27th October 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Hallowe'en, History, Junior Classroom, Local Visits, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Science, SPHE, Visual Arts
Welcome back to the Junior Room
Date posted: 8th April 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, History, Junior Classroom, Local Visits, Music, Our Work on Display, Science, Visual Arts
We were delighted to get back into the classroom for the month of March and we’ve been busy completing lots of work for the month. For Mother’s Day we made fingerprint poems for our mums.
We celebrated St Patrick’s Day by making Leprechauns and we also practiced our cutting skills by snipping out some St Patrick’s Day pictures.
In SESE we learned the story of The Ugly Duckling. We drew pictures of where the story took place, who was in it and what happened.
Also in SESE we had fun learning about the season of Spring. We went on a nature walk to the river and spotted some signs of Spring, buds on the trees, birds collecting twigs for nests and primroses growing in the woods.
We drew pictures from our walk of what we saw, heard, smelled and our favourite part of the walk.
We are hoping to have lots of colour in our school grounds by summer as we planted sunflower seeds!
In Music we listened to and learned about Irish musical instruments including the tin whistle, Uilleann Pipes and fiddle. We listened to reels and jigs and discussed how fast the music was.
Finally in Art we made Spring Chicks which look lovely and bright on our classroom wall.
Date posted: 8th April 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, History, Junior Classroom, Local Visits, Music, Our Work on Display, Science, Visual Arts
January & February in the Senior Classroom!
Date posted: 1st March 2020
Category Blog, Class Work, English, History, Irish, Local Visits, Mathematics, Music, Our Work on Display, Senior Classroom, SPHE, Visual Arts
The past 2 months have been very busy in the Senior Classroom! To celebrate the New Year, the children made their own 2020 Resolution Mobiles.
In English, they also wrote an Acrostic Poem on words to do with the New Year!
The children studied many areas in the SESE subjects. They explored the topic of the Vikings and practised their letter writing skills when they wrote letters back to their families in Scandinavia!
They also designed their own Viking Rune Stones!
The children continue to engage in song-singing lessons with Clare in Music Generation.
In English, the children studied the poem “The Spider and the Fly” by Mary Howitt and wrote their own summary of the poem.
8 members of our class participated in the Credit Union Quiz. Congratulations to the Under 13 team above, who came 3rd in their age category!
Our Under 11 Team above came 2nd in the competition and received a plaque as well as monetary vouchers for all their hard work! Big congratulations to you all!
The children have been learning about Proverbs in English. They designed their own pictures to illustrate some much-used proverbs!
Didn’t they do a fantastic job!
In SPHE, the children explored the topic of Healthy Eating and created their own Food Pyramids with foods they enjoy eating 🙂
We welcomed 3 baby chicks at Wandesforde with the Nore Valley Incubation Project!
All classrooms had to name a chick. Their names are Rosie, Bubbles and Chirpy!
In Gaeilge, the children have been working tirelessly on the Aimsir Fháistineach and in support of this, they wrote their own sentences on various verbs they have been learning.
The class enjoyed participating in the History workshop conducted by Heritage Expert, Michael Moylan, on the 1916 Rising, The Irish Civil War and World War 1. Below are some photographs to give you a taste of their history workshop!
In Art, the children constructed their own type of home using cereal boxes and other recyclable materials.
The whole school enjoyed the Pancake Party on Tuesday, 25th February. Thank you to Mrs Dooley, who once again prepared all the pancakes and to 6th Class for waiting the tables!
In Maths, the children have been learning lots of interesting details about lines and angles. In support of all this work, the children made their own lines and angles using lollipop sticks!
In Art, the children created their own pictures for the Texaco Art Competition. Below are photos of some of their entries!
Finally, we celebrated Valentine’s Day on the 14th February. The children designed their own Valentine’s Day Cards and created their own “Warm Hearts” too 🙂
Well done to all the children for all their hard work during the first 2 months of 2020!
Date posted: 1st March 2020
Category Blog, Class Work, English, History, Irish, Local Visits, Mathematics, Music, Our Work on Display, Senior Classroom, SPHE, Visual Arts
Spooktacular goings on in the Junior Room!
Date posted: 25th October 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, Drama, English, Geography, Hallowe'en, Junior Classroom, Local Visits, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Science, Visual Arts
October has been a busy month for Junior & Senior Infants. Check out what we have been up to below…..
Autumn is well and truly here now and we learned all about what happens at this colourful time of year. We painted Autumn trees using cotton buds to create leaves in Art and made bark rubbings. We joined the dots and made orange, yellow, red & brown leaves. We also learned all about squirrels and hedgehogs.
We were practicing mapping skills in SESE and drew 3 things we see each day on our way to school.
In Maths Junior Infants have been learning all about the number 2 while Senior Infants have completed lots of work on the number 6.
Junior Infants are learning lots of new sounds each week, here are our ‘e’ sounds.
Our play topic has been ‘The Vet.’ We learned lots about how vets and veterinary nurses help animals.
We headed off to the local library to see the work of a real life illustrator for Bookville. Carol Ann showed us her drawings and helped us create our own whale and geese drawings.
With Halloween approaching we made some spooky pumpkins to go on our wall. We also made a Halloween treat on the last day and had fun dressing up in spooky, scary costumes.
Enjoy the Halloween break everyone!
Date posted: 25th October 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, Drama, English, Geography, Hallowe'en, Junior Classroom, Local Visits, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Science, Visual Arts
A Busy May in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 6th June 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Irish, Middle Classroom, School Outings, Visual Arts
The month of May has been filled with lots of fun and games in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class! After our Easter break, we wrote about all the fun things that we got up to…
In Irish, we learned all about “An TeilifÃs” and the children drew their favourite programmes…
In Geography, we looked at Ireland as a country and the many geographical features it has. We discussed the beautiful places to visit throughout the country and the children depicted their favourite places…
In Visual Arts, we looked at the life and works of Claude Monet and the children recreated their own Monet inspired paintings…
We also created “Lighthouse Scenes” in Art…
Can you see who’s looking through the window?!
On Thursday, 23rd May, 1st and 2nd Class went on their school tour to Rathwood and The Chocolate Garden. We had a great time learning about how chocolate is made and got to taste 4 different types of chocolate. We then made our own bears or dinosaurs and decorated them. It was great fun!
We wrote about all the fun things we did back at school…
While we were away, the 3rd Class were having fun and doing lots of Art with Mrs. Kenny….
After their school tour on the 30th May to Dunmore East Adventure Centre, they wrote up reports about all they got up to!
Well done on all your hard work this month boys and girls!
Date posted: 6th June 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Irish, Middle Classroom, School Outings, Visual Arts