Author: Eilish Kelly
Eat Together
We are learning about food this month. We have sorted our food, carried out experiments with food and tasted lots of fruits and vegetables. We are also having a hot meal delivered from Grow HQ once a week for 6 weeks in school. This is an opportunity for the school to: encourage healthy eating habits Read More …
September 2016
The first day in school for our Junior Infants was a very exciting day. First, second and third class also had an exciting day moving into a new classroom with their new teacher, Emily.
Proclamation Day March 15th
In preparation for Proclamation Day we interviewed our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents about their time in school. This helped us to understand the changing times and times really have changed! We spent a week learning about museums and setting up our own history museum. We also traced our ancestors back, we are a diverse group. Read More …
World Book Day
“Oh the fun we will have”, that’s what our Cat in the Hat promised when we let him into school for World Book Day and he was right. Books are great fun.
Who has seen the wind?
We are making the most of the wind these days. We decided to make windchimes from recycled materials and to paint a class collage also using recycled materials. We learned that the wind can be useful, to turn turbines, dry our clothes and for the kite surfers on the beach. However, it can also be Read More …
Growing and changing
We have noticed that we can do lots of new things this year, we are all reading and writing and some of us can tie our laces. We are learning about the different stages of growth from baby, toddler, child, teenager up to adult and elderly person.
How to keep warm in winter?
We learned how to keep warm in winter: We wear warm clothes. We tried on lots of hats, followed procedures to make pirate hats, sang “I’ve got a hat” and learned the poem “My Hat” by Tony Mitton. Bhíomar ag ceannach hata freisin, bhí gach sórt hata ar díol sa siopa. We take plenty of Read More …
Pancake Tuesday- ag ithe pancóga
Rinneamar pancóga ar scoil inniu. Bhíomar an-ghnóthach. Many hands make light work. Thank you to Rom for cooking our pancakes.
Welcome to the New Year
We learned the poem “Ring Out, Wild Bells” by Alfred Tennyson to celebrate the New Year. We also decided to set goals for 2016, these are some of our resolutions – listen when someone is talking, try my best with my writing and speak in a kind voice.