Citywest & Saggart

Community National School

Senior Infants Room 5: Our Teeth

Apr 20, 2015 | Senior Infants – Ms Harney

We had some very special visitors today – Yvonne the dental nurse and Rocky the Croc. Yvonne showed us how to brush our teeth. Did you know that you only need to use a tiny bit of toothpaste? It should be the same size as a pea! It is important to brush our teeth properly – don’t forget about the teeth at the back!   Ms Harney gave us a brushing chart. We need to colour in the star when we brush our teeth. Yvonne said she would come back soon and give us a reward if we have been brushing our teeth in the morning and at night. Happy brushing! Please click here to some some more...

Senior Infants Room 6: Toby’s Lost Boot

Mar 27, 2015 | Senior Infants – Ms O’Sullivan

Toby our class Teddy really wanted to go for a walk on the beach but lost his other boot. During our science lesson Room 6 investigated different materials that they could use to create a new boot for Toby. Each group predicted if each material would prevent Toby’s foot from getting wet. This was recorded on a worksheet before we began testing the materials. We used rolled up pieces of newspaper which acted as Toby’s foot. This was covered with either plastic, paper, fabric, tissue or net. This was then dipped in the basin for 10 seconds. Everyone was great at taking turns. Afterwards each group presented their results to the class. Room 6 found that Toby would be safe to wear a plastic boot to the beach until we find his real...

First Class Room 7: Predicting

Mar 24, 2015 | First Class – Mr Kinsella

We have reached the second last chapter of our class novel ‘Trouble for Tuffy’. Mum’s very best necklace has gone missing and we are predicting where we think the necklace is. Below is a list of places where the children in room 7 think that the necklace is: flowerbed dog kennel sandpit sitting room Please see some pictures of our predictions drawn on whiteboards...

First Class Room 7: Planting Nasturtium Seeds with Dylan

Mar 23, 2015 | First Class – Mr Kinsella

Today was our last day with transition year pupil Dylan McClean. First Class had been extra lucky with Dylan, because we got to spend two Mondays with him. Today in our science lesson we planted nasturtium seeds with Dylan. Before we planted the seeds Dylan helped An Grúpa Gorm, An Grúpa Buí and An Grúpa Dearg to brainstorm the things that that plant seeds need to grow. With Dylan’s help they decided that seeds best grow when the following conditions are present: water soil sunlight air For more photos of the children working Dylan please click here. The staff and children of Citywest & Saggart CNS are extremely grateful to Dylan for choosing to spend his work placement with us. His polite, courteous and diligent manners have been a wonderful exemplar to all of the budding young learners in Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Class. A special thank you from the teachers for the delicious Thorntons chocolates! Please come back to visit us sometime...