Music is taught by the class teacher. The children have the opportunity to learn the piano and guitar from 1st class onwards if they wish. Every second year, we have a group called the “Funky Kids Workshop” in our school to help us put on a wonderful show. Denis and Olivia from the Funky Kids group teach us songs, dances and we then perform them at a Christmas Show for parents and the school community. We also record the show on DVD for parents to purchase! Each week in Assembly, we sing a song and once a year, we attend a Children’s Choral Festival with the other schools in the Diocese.
November has flown by in the Junior Room and once again we have been busy learning lots of new things across the curriculum! At the start of the month we had a virtual visit from Marina Levitina through the Heritage in Schools Scheme. She taught us lots of information about native Irish plants and flowers…
By now we are well settled back to life in school. During October the Senior Classroom worked very hard and produced some great work! In Music, the children have been focusing on musical theory and have learned the names for musical notes as well as other Italian musical terms used in Music. They also engaged…
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…
December has been an extremely busy month with all the preparations for Christmas! In Art, the children created their own Winter Silhouettes. Didn’t they do a great job! The children wrote Christmas poetry on a topic of their choice in English. We explored 2D Shapes and Symmetry in Maths and completed some Symmetrical Christmas Pictures….
November and December have been very busy months in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class! The children have worked hard and have learned a lot. Have a look at what we have been up to! In Religious Education, we learned all about the life and work of St. Francis. In Geography, we learned all about aerial…
