Jan 12, 2015 | Senior Infants – Ms O’Sullivan
Room 6 investigated how water pollution affects the health of fish. We met Freddie the Fish and listened to his adventure of swimming down a different part of the stream. During his journey the children poured in various items to pollute the water. At the end of the story the children had excellent ideas on what could be done to keep Freddie’s stream a healthy place to...
Jan 9, 2015 | News, Senior Infants – Ms Harney
Room 5 have been learning about time this week. We talked about the different times of the day – morning, afternoon, evening and night-time. We wrote about some of the things that we do at these times. Today we made our own clocks. We decorated them and the hands on our clock can even move around. Next week we are going to practise telling the time. Please click here to see some more photos....
Jan 8, 2015 | First Class – Mr Kinsella
First class had great fun in Art class this week. Using paint and potatoes we printed our very own potato prints. Our Potatomen project will last for two weeks! For photos of us printing please click here. What colours can you see? What shapes can you see? What do you think our Mr and Miss Potatomen will look like when...
Jan 7, 2015 | Junior Infants – Ms Whyte
Over the next while in room 2, the children will be learning how to read to self. This is a literacy practice that fosters independence and confidence in reading. The children choose their own books to read, situate themselves around the classroom in their individual book places, and read the pictures of their books. We had great fun today with read to self. You might even ask them to try this at...
Dec 19, 2014 | First Class – Mr Kinsella
On Thursday, First Class had the privilege for performing for their community elders in the TLC Centre in Citywest. We sung some Irish songs for them, recited two poems and performed one of our favourite Christmas songs “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas“! The ladies and gentlemen at the centre certainly enjoyed our recital and we wish them a very Merry Christmas. For photos of the visit please click...
Dec 17, 2014 | Senior Infants – Mr Kilkenny
Congratulations to all the boys and girls in Room 4 for a wonderful Winter Concert today. All the hard work, learning lines and singing songs paid off. Your parents should be very proud of you all! Well Done.
