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A busy start to the new year in 1st, 2nd & 3rd Class!
Date posted: 3rd February 2014
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
Welcome back to everybody! It certainly has been a busy month for us and the 1st, 2nd & 3rd Class have worked very hard in all areas over the past few weeks! In Science and Geography, we have been learning about the Winter and have integrated lots of work around this cold season. The children in 1st and 2nd designed “Warm Winter Outfits” in Art, using lots of fabric and fibre!
All the pupils created “Snowy Scenes” to depict the ice and frost that is associated with Winter….
We created “Sock Snowmen” and decorated them with felt for their noses and we also learned to plait a scarf for them! The children did very well!
In Religious Education, the children learned about Abraham, the Father of many nations. To illustrate this story, we each decorated 3 stars with our mum’s and dad’s name and our own to show how many people are descendants of Abraham!
In English, we read a poem called “The Marrog” and drew our interpretations of what this strange creature, who sits at the back of the classroom, looks like. Each drawing is very different as you can see!
And finally, in Science, the 1st and 2nd class were learning about paper, its uses amd how it is made. We decided to make “Origami Dogs” and decorate them. Well done boys and girls on all your hard work during the month of January!
Date posted: 3rd February 2014
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
Happy Christmas from the Junior Classroom!
Date posted: 1st January 2014
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, Junior Classroom, Religious Education, Special Occasions, Visual Arts
During December, the children in the Junior Classroom have been busy preparing for Christmas!
Here are some pictures of our festive preparations!
We posted our letters to Santa in the Post Office 🙂
Look at all the very happy and excited faces in the Junior Classroom!
We had great fun decorating our classroom for Christmas. The children coloured in their Christmas Stocking which we hung around our Classroom Christmas Tree!
We made our own Snowmen using cotton wool!
In Religion, we all drew a different picture of what makes Christmas so special. Amongst these pictures, there is a picture of Santa, a candy cane, presents, a Christmas Tree and above all, there are pictures of the most important part of Christmas-Baby Jesus.
In Art, we made our own little elves out of paper plates. Aren’t they very cute!!
Finally, before our Christmas Holidays, we had a special visit from Santa Claus! We all had a great Christmas Party with our family and friends in school!
Thank you Junior & Senior Infants for all you hard work once again this month! I hope you all have a very Happy Christmas!
See you all in 2014 🙂
Date posted: 1st January 2014
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, Junior Classroom, Religious Education, Special Occasions, Visual Arts
Christmas Greetings from 4th, 5th and 6th Class!
Date posted: 20th December 2013
Category Blog, Christmas, Religious Education, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts
During December we have been busy practicing for our Christmas play which was held yesterday. Afterwards we went back to school for a party and a visit from Santa!
In art we created these Christmas Stars, weaving paper to create a pattern in the middle.
We also made snowmen on paper plates using cotton wool and glitter.
Finally on Friday we lit all the candles on our Advent Wreath as we won’t be in school to do it next week.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all in the Senior Room!
See you in 2014!!
Date posted: 20th December 2013
Category Blog, Christmas, Religious Education, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts
Advent Arrives in 4th, 5th and 6th Class
Date posted: 4th December 2013
Category Blog, Christmas, Religious Education, Senior Classroom
4th, 5th and 6th Class have been learning all about Advent this week. We read some information telling us all about the customs and origins of Advent. We wrote up the information we learned.
We also read about the Advent Wreath. We learned why it is circular and how many candles are on it and their colours. We then went out to the school grounds and collected some evergreen leaves such as ivy, holly and fir branches. Each pupil then put some leaves into an oasis to make our own wreath.
Finally we have our Advent Calendar. Each day a pupil gets a chance to pick a treat from it!
Date posted: 4th December 2013
Category Blog, Christmas, Religious Education, Senior Classroom
We’re Back with a Blast in the Junior Classroom!
Date posted: 1st October 2013
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, History, Junior Classroom, Religious Education, SPHE, Visual Arts
A New School Year has started again and the Junior Classroom have started off the year as “Superheroes!”
Can you recognise them in their Superhero City below?
Our Junior Infants have settled in well to life at big school!
All the Senior Infants have taken on the role of classroom leaders very well too!!
We have been busy learning new letters in English. We made our own “Spirally Snakes” to support our work on the letter “s” this month.
In Art, the children took a line for a walk in various ways to create such colourful artwork!
They also created their own clay piece which has the first initial letter of their name on it.
In SESE, the children enjoyed listening to the story of “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse” and following a lot of discussion we made our own marvellous mice!!
The children were given a job each to help out in the day to day running of our classroom in SPHE. They all traced around their hands and arms to create a display showing their “Helpful Hands!”
In Religion, we decorated our own fish which we sent as a symbol of Jesus to the Mothers’ Union stand at this year’s Ploughing Match. Didn’t the children do a lovely job!
Well done to all the children- it’s been a great start to a new school year 🙂
Date posted: 1st October 2013
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, History, Junior Classroom, Religious Education, SPHE, Visual Arts