The children learn various skills such as passing, dribbling and scoring as well as playing a number of fun games. They also learn the rules and various positions involved in a game of basketball. Sometimes older players from Castlecomer Community School visit us to show us the cups they have won!
This month the Junior Room have had great fun in The Restaurant. We built our own restaurants in the Small World area and acted out in Role Play. We also created art related to the topic such as chef hats and pizzas in Junk Art and Playdough. In Art we looked at warm…
During March, the whole school celebrated World Book Day on Thursday, 2nd March by dressing up as their favourite character in a nursery rhyme or storybook. Didn’t the children and their parents do a fantastic job once again! Well done to everyone 🙂 In preparation for our Annual Book Fair, the school welcomed local author Martin Brennan…
Another month is nearly over and once again the Junior Classroom have been busy little bees!! In Art, the children had fun rolling up crepe paper into balls to create their very own Cherry Blossom. Did you know that the Cherry Blossom originally came from Japan? As part of the Maths Curriculum, the children played their…
Although we are only in school for two weeks of April we have been busy in the Senior classes! In science we looked at different water birds found in Ireland. We had fun looking at videos of gannets diving into the ocean. We also learned about Mute, Whooper and Bewick’s Swans, cormorants, oystercatchers, dunlins and herring…
The children have enjoyed 7 weeks of basketball lessons with Joe Byrne from the Community School. Take a look at the whole school in action!! Thank you Joe for teaching us all new skills in basketball!
