What an eventful week in Junior Infants! In Jolly Phonics we discovered the sounds "oa" and "ie". We are very good at spotting them in words now! Little Miss Muffet and Jack and Jill came to visit our classrooms this week! We had a great time sequencing their stories and putting actions to the rhymes. We learnt about Little Robin Redbreast. He has brown feathers and a red tummy. We made fantastic pictures of it! Well done everyone! A very special thank you to everyone who tried extra … [Read more...]

Junior Infants have been really busy since we came back from our Christmas Holidays!! Check out some of the great things we have been getting up to!! In Gaeilge we have been playing a cool game called "Deireann Ó Grádaigh" which is like "Simon Says". We have been following lots of directions in the game such as, "Deireann Ó Grádaigh bígí ag rith", Deireann Ó Grádaigh bígí ag léim", Deireann Ó Grádaigh bígí ag caoineadh, Deireann Ó Grádaigh bígí ag ithe", Deireann Ó … [Read more...]

Junior Infants were busy today cutting, pasting and writing during Art Time! We made beautiful new Christmas Cards using old Christmas Cards. We cut out pictures from the old cards and used them to decorate the front of our Christmas Cards. Then we practised our handwriting and wrote "Happy Christmas" on the inside. Everyone tried really hard and they did their best work. The children brought home the cards today to display at home. We hope you like them!! Check out some pictures of the … [Read more...]

Please return vaccination forms to the school tomorrow (Tuesday) as the HSE will be collecting all forms on Wednesday. The HSE have asked that all forms be returned whether you wish your child to be vaccinated or not – simply indicate on the form (part 3 / part 4) whether you consent or do not consent. … [Read more...]

This week Junior Infants have been having some fun trying to say some funny sentences and rhymes. The sentences have some tricky letters in an order that makes them difficult to say. We had to really slow down and be careful pronouncing every single letter to make sure we got it right. When we tried to say the rhymes faster it was so easy to get muddled and mixed up! Here are some of the sentences – have a go at them and see how you get on! I want that yellow lollipop. Red lorry, yellow … [Read more...]

In Junior Infants we made some fantastic snowmen today! We cut each part of the snowman out and stuck them together onto  colourful paper using some glue. The boys and girls were working really hard to help each other and the end results look fantastic! Check out the pictures of the boys and girls below from Orla and Sacra's classes working on their snowmen!         … [Read more...]