Senior Infants have been very busy this week in Siobhán’s room. Groups from both classes have been working hard on their writing. There are so many different things to remember when writing so we’ve broken it down and taken a different target to focus on each week. Last week, we tried really hard to remember capital letters. This week we made sure to remember finger spaces between each word. Next week, we are going to be working on full stops. Meanwhile, I have been listening to reading … [Read more...]
J.I., S.I., and 1st Class Historians!!
March 16, 2012 By
Hi everyone, As you all know we went on a History Walk on Wednesday to the Curragh as part of our Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations!! In school on Monday and Tuesday, we listened to Irish Legends about Cú Chulainn so on Wednesday we decided to go and see the fantastic monument of Cú Chulainn and the two Irish Wolfhounds on the Curragh. We set off after little break and we were extremely excited!! Off we went with our pencils and little booklets to record what we saw on our trip! The … [Read more...]
Book Week 2012
March 9, 2012 By
What an exciting week we've here in NETNS celebrating books and reading! A HUGE Thank you to the parents and guardians who visited to read to the classes during the week, to the writers Chris, Mario and Suzanne and to all the children, staff, parents and guardians who took part in and supported Book Week; all of you made it a very special week for us. Remember, the Book Fair will be here until next Tuesday 13th March and will be open for the children during school and parents and … [Read more...]
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2012!!
March 9, 2012 By
We are very excited to announce that we will be celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge in NETNS next week! We have lots of activities planned and here are just some the highlights........ On Monday we will be visiting the Scioból in the Gaelscoil for a Céilí Mór!! The Gaelscoil have very kindly invited us to do some Irish Dances with them and we are very excited! We have been practising our dances, poems and songs all week!! We are really looking forward to it!! Thursday will be Lá Glas. It … [Read more...]
Budding writers in Senior Infants
March 9, 2012 By
We really enjoyed Book Week this week. On Thursday and Friday we had visits from Hazel, Kathrina and Suzanne who read wonderful stories to us - we really enjoyed them, thank you so much. Watch out for our own wonderful books! The children are working really well in groups to create their own books. Each group discussed their ideas and then agreed a topic to write about - they then researched this topic in the library by looking at different books about the subject and getting … [Read more...]
Smells like art?
March 9, 2012 By
In Michael’s class this week we had fun in art with something that made our room smell a bit funny. We mixed vinegar with water and painted it onto some A3 paper. Then we got some crepe paper and stuck it on. When we started to take it off we noticed that all the ink from the crepe paper made cool designs on our paper!! On Wednesday we had a visit from a lady named Olivia who is working with us on our Junior Achievement project. She will be helping us with our special project over the next few … [Read more...]
Happy NETNS Book Week 2012!
March 6, 2012 By
To mark the end of Book Week we are inviting everyone to dress up as a character from a book this Friday 9th March. It could be anything from Snow White to Denis the Menace from Inky mouse to Shrek, use your imagination! Looking forward to seeing all of our favourite characters come to life on Friday! … [Read more...]
Senior Infant bird watchers!
March 2, 2012 By
This week we have been very busy looking at some of the changes that happen in springtime. We went on a nature walk around our school garden and saw all the daffodils in bloom - last week they were only very small plants that we had to be careful not to stand on! We also saw lots of little green buds on the branches of the trees. We were really quiet and listened to the birdsong. The birds were very busy and we saw a big black crow carrying a long twig in his beak to make his nest … [Read more...]
Planting seeds
March 2, 2012 By
This week we have learned all about growing seeds and how to look after plants. We discovered that when you plant a seed in soil it needs to be well looked after to grow. It needs lots of natural light to make it strong and it needs to be watered regularly. We did an experiment on the board and discovered that if a plant isn’t watered or doesn’t get enough light it could die. We learned that there are different parts to plants like the roots, the stem and the flower. We brought our Cress … [Read more...]
NETNS Book Fair 2012
February 28, 2012 By
The Annual Celtic Travelling Book Fair will be arriving at the N.E.T.N.S. library on Wednesday March 7th. As always the Book Fair will have a fantastic selection of books for children of all ages and any money spent at the Book Fair automatically earns commission from sales which allows the school to buy books for the school library. The children will get time during the school day to visit the Book Fair and purchase books if they wish. If you would like to visit the Book Fair with your … [Read more...]
