Citywest & Saggart

Community National School

Senior Infants Room 3: Science Week

This week Room 3 have been celebrating science week! We had a very interesting visit from Doctor David Fitzpatrick which included observing a real-life tarantula and even making elephant toothpaste. We carried out our own science experiment using softmints and pepsi. Can you guess what happened? Watch the video below to see if you were right! To see more photos of Room 3 during science week please click here....

First Class Room 9: What is in that Box?

First class have just started learning all about themselves when they were younger and the types of things that they used to like when they were just toddlers! Over the next few days they will be collecting, discussing and comparing toys that they used to play with when they were much, MUCH younger. Mr Kinsella teased us today. He showed us a box containing the toy that he used to play with when he was two years old. Can you believe he still has it! He asked us to predict what we thought it was and to then draw a picture! He won’t be telling us what is in that box until...

First Class Room 7: Junior Achievement with Sandeep

Over the last few weeks, First Class have been working with Sandeep from Microsoft. He has been teaching the Junior Achievement Programme to us. Junior Achievement primary school programmes show young students the vast array of opportunities there are for them to use their talents, imagination and creativity when they grow up. Sandeep has been helping them to reach their best potential! Sandeep chose the hands-on activity-based “Our Families” programme to deliver to the children: ‘Our Families (6–7 Years) Our Families discusses the role of families in the local economy. This programme ran for 40 minutes weekly for five weeks. A healthy society means working together. And it all starts with the people with whom we live. JA volunteers use a combination of pictures, stickers, and flashcards to engage students in activities about needs, wants, jobs, tools, skills, and interdependence’ Below is a picture of us with Sandeep, along with our Certificates of Excellence and wristbands! Thank you Sandeep for making learning...

Senior Infants Room 5: Our First Book

What a busy week! We have been working so hard to finish our very first books. We remembered that we need a character, a setting and a beginning, middle and end in our story. Room 5 was a hive of industry as we wrote our stories and illustrated our books. Mr Kinsella heard about our books and he was so impressed that he invited us into Room 7 tomorrow to read to the children in First Class. We can’t wait to read our stories and show everyone in First Class our very first books. Please click here to see some more...

Senior Infants Room 4: Writing Stories

In Room 4 we all became authors, as we all wrote our own stories. We thought about the characters in the story, the setting for the story and something that was going to happen in the story before we started writing. We wrote the story and we drew an illustration for each page. We then gave our story a title and drew an illustration on the front cover. We are really enjoying listening to everyone’s...