After reading Apples by Gale Gibson we created a lovely apple art project. In this project the children used a lot of techniques: tracing, painting, cutting and pasting. While painting with red and yellow we discussed how mixing these colours created the colour orange. The children then added value to the work by gluing hessian down for their apples to sit on. It is amazing
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It is hard to believe that the children have been in ‘big school’ for over a month already. They have settled into the school routine very quickly and are learning so much!! We have already learned the first two groups of the Jolly Phonics Programme and have begun the 3rd. Here are some of the songs from the Jolly Phonics programme so that you
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We had a very busy first half of the year in Junior Infants. We have learned so much and have a lot fun as well. A few of the highlights from the first half are learning to use the I Pods, having a visit from the vet, getting to meet a real bearded dragon names “Fergi”, having a Pet Shop, Opticians and Cafe in
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Last week as part of celebrating St. Patirck’s Day and Lá Glas we made homemade butter and ate it on brown soda bread. Here is how we made it: We used cream and a jar with a lid. Step 1 – Fill the jar half way with cream. Step 2 – Put lid back on the jar. Step 3 – Shake!! And watch it
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Last month in PE the class were working on throwing and aiming. Most students are aware of the game Angry Birds, where a bird is catapulted towards a structure trying to knock it down and get the pigs inside the structure to roll away. The point of this activity is to reinforce throwing cues while having students work together as a team to build a
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First class have had a great time doing our Autumn art work the last few weeks. The first project we did were Not-So-Scary Scarecrows. This had to be done over a few days but it was great to watch it come together step by step. First the backgrounds were painted and detail was added using black paint. Then the class created their scarecrows using different colours
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Last week our class went down to the halla for fun maths activity. We used the IPods to do a QR treasure hunt where we had to scan the QR codes to reveal math problems. We then had to write down the answers on our worksheets. Here are some quotes from the children on what they thought about the QR Treasure Hunt. “It was
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