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Community National School

Junior Infants Room 2: Happy Diwali

Today, our class learned quite a lot about Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights. During Diwali Hindus decorate their homes with lights called diyas. In this way, they celebrate the victory of light over darkness, particularly in relation to the story of Rama and Sita. In our class, we made our own lanterns to mark this festival. If you would like to learn more about Rama and Sita, have a look at this child-friendly video which explains their story. Story of Ramayana for...

Junior Infants Room 2: Maths Week Shape Art

For maths week, the children in Room 2 created wonderful works of art using shapes. Each child created their own shape man or woman using colouring cut outs. This activity allowed the children to integrate their learning in maths, art, and science. Have a look in the gallery for more examples of the children’s...