The school is situated ideally to take full advantage of the Castlecomer Demesne and Discovery Park. This is a fantastic woodland park with a wonderful variety of nature species, including tadpoles, fish, birds and many different species of trees. Sometimes after a nature walk we play for a while in the “Timber Tumbles” playground situated beside the Discovery Park.
We have been really busy throughout October in the Junior Room. We started learning through Play using the Aistear Framework. Our topic was ‘The Vet.’ In English Junior Infants are busy learning their sounds and Seniors are learning reading words. We learned all about length in Maths. In Visual Art we created colourful Autumn trees,…
During spring, the Senior Classroom have been busy with many seasonal and school activities. Have a look at some of the photos of what we have been up to! In Art, the children engaged in some still life drawing of Snowdrops using oil pastels. The class also explored the art technique of shading using chalk…
We’ve been busy in the last few weeks in the Junior Classroom. Our topic in Aistear was ‘The Building Site.’ We were busy in Construction building various buildings like houses, skyscrapers and even a church! We created a Building Site in the sand, made items related to the topic in Junk Art, planned buildings in…
The Senior Room were busy during December, we learned about the season of Advent and made Advent Promises. We also made a Jesse Tree telling the story of the Bible up until Jesus was born. In Art we created Winter Trees covered in snow as well as a Nativity Scene. We also painted 3D style…
The last few weeks in school have been full of learning and activities in the Junior room. We learned all about the Garden Centre in Play. In SESE we learned all about the country of Italy, we discussed landmarks, food and where Italy is located. We also learned about fish, things we do at the…
