This week we have been learning all about where our food comes from. We were surprised to see how many things use milk; yoghurt, ice-cream, chocolate, cheese, butter and even some breads and cakes! We learned about how we get milk from some herds and beef from others. As well as getting milk from cows we can get milk from sheep and goats which can be used to make cheese too. We also learned about growing cereals like wheat, oats and barley. Can you think of anything you like to eat … [Read more...]
Fishy News
May 18, 2012 By
In Art over the last two weeks we have been working with clay. We made clay fish with tails, fins, eyes and a big open mouth. When the clay dried we painted our fish using four bright colours and our own designs. In Science we talked about ways we can recycle and the different types of material that is recyclable. In maths we had great fun learning about money and using coins all the way up to 20c. … [Read more...]
Down on the farm…
May 4, 2012 By
This week in Senior Infants we have been learning about the farm, and food we get from the farm. The children did fantastic work on brainstorming what they already know about farm and food, and then we put together a list of questions that we would like to find out the answers to - it's a long list and we are very excited about meeting a farmer next week who will be able to help us out too! In Art the children worked in pairs to create their own farm pictures using lots of different … [Read more...]
School Hearing Programme
May 1, 2012 By
Could all parents/guardians of senior infants, 1st and 2nd class children ensure that their forms in respect of the School Hearing Screening Programme are returned to the school promptly. If you have not received a form, please contact the office to obtain one. Thank you. … [Read more...]
Going shopping?
April 27, 2012 By
Need some help with the shopping? Senior Infants can help! This week in Gaeilge we were at the shops and we bought lots of things and put them in our bag, eg. "Chuaigh mé go dtí an siopa agus cheannaigh mé arán, im, bainne, cairéad, tae, seacláid..." In Maths we have been learning all about money, in particular, the coppers. We already knew that we use the Euro in Ireland, but we found out that any coins minted here have a harp on the back of them. We became shopkeepers and … [Read more...]
Day and Night
April 27, 2012 By
This week in Art we made pyramids as we have been learning about Egyptians. We had to fold the paper a special way to make the shape and then we put sand on them to give them a rough texture. We also learned about day and night. We learned that it is daytime when we are facing the sun. We also learned that the earth moves and that when it moves and faces us away from the sun we have night. Did you know that a day is 24 hours long because that’s how long it takes the earth to spin around one … [Read more...]
Siobhán’s Room
April 27, 2012 By
We’ve been very busy in Siobhán’s room this week. Some boys and girls from Junior infants have been showing me what super writing they can do. We revised the formation of some tricky letters like ‘g’ and ‘q’ and then we wrote words that contain these tricky letters. Once we remembered that to form these letters we start with a ‘curling c’, they were easy to write. Other students from Junior Infants have been learning about rhyming sounds and rhyming words. At first we made … [Read more...]
School Hearing Screening Programme
April 24, 2012 By
Hearing Screening consent forms have been sent home to parents/guardians of senior infants, 1st and 2nd class. If you have not yet returned your form, could you please return it to child's class teacher as soon as possible? If you have not yet received a form, please contact the office. … [Read more...]
Gardeners and playwrights!
April 20, 2012 By
This week we planted up herbs, salad leaves and tomatoes. The herb we are growing is basil, and the salad leaves are cress. We sowed the seeds on Thursday and we will have to wait two weeks (10-14 days) for them to germinate. We carried out a quick survey to see which we think will germinate first - most people think basil will be first, then tomato and then the cress. We'll have to wait and see! In other news - we are at the planning stages of writing a play. We are working in … [Read more...]
Egyptians
April 20, 2012 By
In Michael’s class this week we have been learning about Egyptians. We read about a king called Tutankahmun. Kings in Egypt were called Pharaoh’s and Tutankahmun became a Pharaoh when he was only nine years old. We also learned about old Egyptian writing called hieroglyphics and we wrote our names using the hieroglyphic alphabet. The alphabet is made up of pictures instead of letters so our names look very different!!! … [Read more...]
