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First Class Soccer Skills

First Class have just enjoyed a soccer training session with Albin’s dad, Brian. We did dribbling and goal practise. Everyone had a great time! Some comments… “It was really good fun and I enjoyed scoring the goals and dribbling”, Olivia. “I had fun in goals”, Alex. “It was fun to get fresh air and I enjoyed it all”, Ivana. A huge Thank You to
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Minibeast hunt

Last week we went on a minibeast hunt.  See photos….      


Ipods and a QR Hunt!

A few weeks ago we had a QR hunt around our school.  We used an app called Inigma on the Ipods to reveal a question about people who help us.  There were twelve questions in total. We worked in pairs, it was great fun :)!


Fireflies

First Class painted a jar with fireflies in it. They did a really great job, see photos below…


Holy Communion

Holy Communion took place on May 19th this year. The children had a lovely day after all the practising in the weeks beforehand. They went on a lovely retreat to Knock in the week leading up to the Communion and met the Carmelite nuns in their monastery. They even made their own Holy Communion with the help of the nuns. It was a very
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Gardening – 2nd Class

On Friday June 1st Mrs.O’Rourke and Seamus took our class out to the school organic garden. We planted many seeds such as beans, beetroot and red onion. We learned how to evenly space out the seeds and how to care for our garden.


The Pet Shop

Our Aistear topic at the moment is the pet shop. We have a pet shop in class we have also painted pictures of our pets or pets we would like.


Junior Infants Making Pizzas

On Friday morning we made our own pizzas. Breda Heffernan helped us, she brought in balls of dough which we flattened to make the bases, we then put on tomato sauce and our choice of toppings – cheese, ham, tomato and salami. The pizzas went into the oven to cook. We ate them outside. Thank you Breda we really enjoyed making pizzas.


Orienteering – Second Class

Second Class took part in an orienteering lesson with Ms.James. They worked in pairs to find matching cards under cones around the astro pitch. It was a lot of fun!


The Dentist

Today we had a visit from Eimear Cleary in connection with our Aistear topic – The Dentist. We looked at how different drinks affect our teeth and how to clean our teeth properly. We learned that some foods are bad for our teeth if we eat them too often and that we should brush our teeth twice a day. We counted out the amount
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