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Merry Christmas Everyone!
Date posted: 22nd December 2017
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, Drama, Drama, English, Fundraising Activities, Geography, Junior Classroom, Local Visits, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
December has flown by in Junior and Senior Infants and we’ve been very busy in the run up to Christmas. Here are some of the activities we completed this month.
To get into the Christmas spirit we went carol singing with the whole school in the Discovery Park.
In art we made owl babies by sponge painting after we read the book Owl Babies.
We painted and used crepe paper to make Christmas robins and also created a choir of singing reindeer!
In play we created Santa’s Workshop. We had great fun making toys and wrapping them, building his workshop with bricks and making our own toys in junk art.
We wrote letters to Santa and posted them and we were very excited to get a letter back which the postman delivered to us!
Senior Infants were working hard learning tricky words this month and practiced making them from play dough as well as writing them in sentences.
We learned lots of information about nocturnal animals such as owls, bats, badgers and foxes.
We performed in our school play ‘Superstar.’ We were angels and animals.
We learned all about the Nativity and birth of Jesus in Religion and practiced our cutting skills to create these Nativity scenes.
As a treat for Christmas we went to the cinema to see ‘The Star.’
Finally we were thrilled to receive a visit from Santa and have a Christmas party! 🙂
Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year from everyone in the Junior Room! 🙂
Date posted: 22nd December 2017
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, Drama, Drama, English, Fundraising Activities, Geography, Junior Classroom, Local Visits, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
Happy Christmas from the Junior Classroom!
Date posted: 4th January 2017
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, Junior Classroom, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, SPHE, Visual Arts
The past couple of weeks has been busy once again! During November, the Junior Classroom attended a Science Workshop in the Library on the theme of flight. The children really enjoyed the presentation and made their own very colourful kites too!
During the month, First Class were very busy assembling some board games and learning how to follow diagrams & instructions!
They also worked imaginatively to create some Leaf People! They even gave their leaf character a name! 
In SPHE, the children listened to the story of “The Rainbow Fish” and in response designed their own rainbow fish by making prints using celery sticks!
The children also participated in a DogsTrust workshop where they learned how to behave around dogs as well as how to look after dogs.
Heather from Dogs Trust left some pictures for the children to colour. Didn’t they do a great job!
They also enjoyed listening to stories created by pupils in 6th Class.
In SESE, the children enjoyed participating in a workshop on printmaking by Heritage Expert, Orla Bates. They printed various species of birds using ink and lino prints!
We displayed our printed birds on the Class Christmas Tree!
In preparation for Christmas, the children donned their Santa Hats and visited the Discovery Park to meet Santa and Mrs Claus as well as sing some festive carols!
This year the school was invited to participate in designing & painting colourful soldiers for Yulefest, Kilkenny. The Junior Classroom painted a girl soldier which was on display in the Design Centre during the festival.
In preparation for Christmas, the children made their own Colourful Christmas Clay Magnets!
The children practised their paper cutting & paper folding skills while making their own 3D Christmas Candles and Christmas Bells!
The children also posted their letters to Santa!
Finally, in Religion, the children learned all the names for Jesus in the Bible and displayed them on the Christmas Tree!
Well done to all the children for all their hard work in the lead up to Christmas. Have a wonderful Christmas break and we’ll see you all in the 2017!!
Date posted: 4th January 2017
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, Junior Classroom, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, SPHE, Visual Arts
Merry Christmas from 5th & 6th Class!
Date posted: 22nd December 2016
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, History, Irish, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, School Outings, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts
The pupils in the Senior Room have had lots on in December to keep them busy!
We lit candles in our candle holders which we painted back in November.
We created Nativity scenes and Christmas snowmen in Art.
In History we were fascinated to learn all about life in Medieval Times. We learned lots about society, life in towns and the country and daily life. We wrote up what we found to be most interesting from that time.
In Religious Education we learned all about Advent and made our class Advent Wreath. We lit a new candle on it each week.
We also made colourful Nativity lanterns.
In Gaeilge we wrote a cinquain (5 line poem) based on the topic of An Nollaig.
Finally we had great fun at the cinema, we went to see Moana and at our Christmas party, especially when a special person appeared!!
Merry Christmas everyone, see you in 2017!
🙂
Date posted: 22nd December 2016
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, History, Irish, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, School Outings, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts
The Middle Room bring the house down and build a crib!
Date posted: 21st December 2016
Category Blog, Christmas, Drama, English, Funky Kids, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Visual Arts
The highlight of December activities had to be the Christmas show where the Middle Room performed a mix of modern and classic musical numbers, including some from Frozen and Oliver. All the children’s practice and hard work paid off as the children brought the house down for both shows. Well done all!
Art during December was all about making a Christmas Crib diorama. The children covered a shoe box, created a background scene and created clay figurines for their crib. It was like Santa’s workshop every week during art!
The budding writers in the Middle Room penned some Christmas stories and poetry. The children spent a lot of November planning, editing and writing stories about a mysterious person on a roof. We eventually ‘published’ the stories in a book entitled ‘The Man on the Roof and other stories’. The book is available in the classroom for everyone to read.
The children in 3rd and 4th also wrote some diamante poems about The Grinch and Santa also. A diamante poem is a concise poetry form that extracts the essence of two opposing things and uses the children’s knowledge of nouns, verbs and adjectives.
For example
Grinch
Selfish, nosy
Stealing, bullying, tripping
Lair, dogs, elves, reindeer
Laughing, giving, sharing
Jolly, fat
Santa
Second class wrote an acrostic poem about Santa.
The children also enjoyed their trip to cinema to see Moanna (the teacher’s also enjoyed the trip). The children gave the film their 5 star seal of approval.
And finally, just to wish everyone a very happy and peaceful Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh go léir.
Date posted: 21st December 2016
Category Blog, Christmas, Drama, English, Funky Kids, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Visual Arts
November News from 5th & 6th Class
Date posted: 7th December 2016
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, English, Local Visits, Our Work on Display, Senior Classroom, SPHE, Visual Arts
November has been another fun and busy month in the senior room. We began the month by learning all about keeping dogs as pets and safety around them when The Dog’s Trust came to visit.
In Art we created candle holders from jars, we painted them in bright and vibrant colours!
We also looked at the artist Piet Mondrian and created our own paintings in his style.
It was interesting to read all about polar bears in English and learn more about these fascinating animals. We wrote up the information we learned.
We were delighted to be invited to paint up a Nutcracker character to go on display in Kilkenny as part of the Yulefest celebrations in the city. Here is our Wandesforde Nutcracker!
Finally as November drew to a close we went to the Discovery Park to greet Santa and Mrs Claus as they arrived and sang some Christmas Carols.
Date posted: 7th December 2016
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, English, Local Visits, Our Work on Display, Senior Classroom, SPHE, Visual Arts