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A New Year begins in the Junior Room
Date posted: 26th February 2022
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, History, Irish, Junior Classroom, Music, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
A new year has brought lots of new fun and learning to the Junior Room. We continue to learn our sounds and tricky words in English, doing lots of activities and games around this work.
We made New Years Resolutions and designed colourful 2022 signs.
Our play topic was The Weather, we made items in Play Doh and Junk Art as well as Construction.
and blocks!
Also in play we learned all about The Zoo. We discussed the animals there, people who work there and different areas around the zoo such as aquariums and the aviary. We made animals in Play Doh and Junk Art, made a zoo in the Sand and Small World as well as Construction.
February 1st was St Brigid’s Day and we made cloaks for St Brigid in Art after learning all about her life in RE.
In Art we made colourful umbrellas and to celebrate Valentine’s Day we created Valentine’s Love Birds for our loved ones.
We also had fun creating our own windmills to see how fast the wind was blowing in Castlecomer!
In SESE we learned all about toys from now and in the past. We also drew our favourite outdoor and indoor toys.
Also in SESE we learned all about forces and found out which items we move by pushing and pulling.
Finally we learned all about Ireland and different places in Ireland focusing on the city of Dublin and landmarks there. We also looked at local landmarks and drew a local landmark, Kilkenny Castle as well as noting buildings in our local town, Castlecomer.
We also listened to Winter by Vivaldi in Music and drew some pictures of what we imagined as we listened.
In Gaeilge we listened to the story of CochaillÃn Dearg and learned all about the topic of Eadaà creating our own LÃne EadaÃ.
Well done to all the children on their hard work in January and February!
Date posted: 26th February 2022
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, History, Irish, Junior Classroom, Music, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
A Great Start to 2022 in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 24th February 2022
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Irish, Local Visits, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
The boys and girls in 1st, 2nd and 3rd class have begun 2022 with gusto! We discussed all the good things we are going to try to do this year…We are going to reach for the stars!
We wrote about what we got up to over the Christmas break in our English class…
We painted beautiful, colourful art and displayed our pictures on our classroom walls.
In Gaeilge, we learned all about “An Aimsir” and even had the opportunity to say a poem “Bogha BáistÔ in our school assembly in January.
We created “Hand-Print Parrots” in art also…
We read about St. Brigid’s Day on 1st February…
To mark St. Valentine’s Day, we made collage hearts for our loved ones and cards too!
In SESE, we looked at the topic of “Water” for 3 weeks. We designed boats using recycled materials. The children did a super job!
The children then tested their creations in a bath of water to see if they floated!
We wrote an acrostic poem about ways to conserve water….
We used metallic colours to make fish tanks…
In Geography, we studied “Habitats” with a focus on the habitats in and around our school environment. We went for a walk through the woodland and river near our school and the children took lots of photos using tablets. It was great fun!
The children spotted colourful plants, mini-beasts and so many other things!
We then drew various habitats that exist locally, nationally and internationally.
Well done on all your hard work boys and girls!
Date posted: 24th February 2022
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Irish, Local Visits, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
A Christmas and Winter Wonderland in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 23rd December 2021
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, Visual Arts
What a busy November and December it has been in the middle room! The children have been so busy! On 4th November, we welcomed Heritage Expert and Archaeologist Frankie Callaghan to our school to explore History with the children. Frankie brought a huge range of artefacts and historical craft pieces for the children to see and hold! They had so much fun!
After Frankie’s visit, the children designed their own family crests…
In SESE, we discussed people who help us and drew pictures of what we would like to do when we grow up!
In Visual Arts, we learned all about the life and work of Vincent Van Gogh and the chidren did a wonderful job painting their own version of “Sunflowers” and “Starry Night”.
We discussed the season of Winter, the Winter crops that are being sown at this time of year and then we made “Scarecrows” using fabric and fibre. Don’t they look great?
We created pictures using magazine cutouts of things and toys we like to play with….
The children created their own “Noughts and Crosses” game…
We did some mindful colouring….
In Maths, the second class pupils were learning about symmetry…
In English, we read a book called “Brush – A Tale of Two Foxes” by Pierce Feireatar. The children really enjoyed this Christmas story and reviewed the book, describing the setting, plot, characters and also scored it. Most gave it 10 out of 10!
In preparation for Christmas, the children wrote letters to Santa and went to the local post office to post them…
We got a letter back from Santa too!!!
We filled our classroom with lots of Christmas art and decorations for our homes…
On Tuesday, 21st December, we enjoyed hot chocolate in our classrooms. Thank you Mrs. Dooley and Mrs. Power for organising this lovely treat!
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all the pupils in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class! See you all in 2022!
Date posted: 23rd December 2021
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, Visual Arts
Halloween and Autumn Fun in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 28th October 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Hallowe'en, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
It is great to be back to school and the children in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class have been working so hard over the past 2 months in all subject areas! Have a look at some of the photos of what we have been up to! We drew pictures of our “Summer Memories” in early September…
We drew fantastic “Self-Portraits” of ourselves!
The children drew lovely patterns and pictures on their names…
To mark Roald Dahl Day on 13th September, in English, we read Roald Dahl’s “Esio Trot” and the children really enjoyed it! The children wrote and drew about their favourite part of the story!
We read a poem called “The Squirrel” and decorated the poem…
In SESE, Ms. Harper, who was teaching the boys and girls for most of September and part of October, taught the class lots about Autumn, the weather, animals, hibernation and migration. We went on a nature walk using the lovely environs of our school.
We created a beautiful Autumn display with lots of the creatures that we have learned about!
To celebrate and mark Kilkenny Day on 10th October, the children designed very “Cool Cats” for our classroom!
We also made “Hot Air Balloons”!
We created and designed “Beautiful Butterflies”….
To celebrate the wonderful Harvest, some pupils in 3rd class helped decorate the Church for the Harvest Festival….
They also helped plant spring bulbs in the Church grounds and the school grounds!
The children made “Spooky Frankensteins” that are on our classroom wall…
We made chocolate apples and of course had to dress up on the last day of school….these monsters and ghouls gave me a big fright!!
Thank you Ms. Harper for all your work over the past few weeks and well done to the boys and girls too for a great effort!
Date posted: 28th October 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Hallowe'en, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
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