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.
Happy New Year to you all from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class! We have been learning about lots of new and exciting things since we came back after the Christmas break! To develop the children’s literacy skills, they all wrote reports about their holidays! We also enjoyed reading the book “The Magic Faraway Tree” by…
This September, we welcomed 10 Junior Infants into the Junior Classroom. They have all settled very well into “big” school! Senior Infants have also settled in well to their new class! During the month, the children have enjoyed getting to know each other and also learning new things! In Art, the children made their own…
Both May and June have been very busy months for Junior and Senior Infants. We started off the theme of summer by making our own Beautiful Butterflies using metallic and pearlescent paints!! In English, the children enjoyed listening and responding to a selection of fairytales. Didn’t they do a great job drawing their favourite…
It has as always been another busy and productive term in the Senior Room. As the end of another school year approaches here are some of the things we have been studying and learning about. In Art we made pretty Cherry Blossom Trees from tissue paper. We also created a Minibeast Scene and framed it….
Now that May is gone and we are in the final weeks of the school year, why don’t you have a look at some of the work that the children in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class have completed?! In Music, we learned all about the various genres of Music. We learned many new words such…
