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Senior Infants Room 4: Maths 4 Fun

Feb 10, 2015 | Senior Infants – Mr Kilkenny

Over the last 4 weeks, parents have been coming in to Room 4 for one hour each week, to play maths games with us. We had great fun playing lots and lots of different games. Room 4 would like to sincerely thank all the parents who came in each week to play the maths games with us. We all learned a huge amount from it. Click here to view more photos of Maths 4 Fun in Room...

First Class Room 7: Maths 4 Fun Week 4

Feb 10, 2015 | First Class – Mr Kinsella

first Class had the company of Val, Lia, Seja and Mariam for Maths 4 Fun today. We played some maths games that Ms Doherty made for us. They really were lots of fun. Some of the games included: Tell the Time Task Card Board Game Tangrams Memory Pop to the Shops Score the Goal For photos of week 4 Maths 4 Fun please visit our gallery...

Senior Infants Room 5: Maths 4 Fun Week 3

Feb 8, 2015 | Senior Infants – Ms Harney

Thank you so much to all of the parents who helped out this week. We had a great time playing all of our Maths games. We especially enjoyed Monster Bingo where we practised naming our shapes and colours and the Treasure Hunt game. Sometimes we get extra coins when we take them from other players and sometimes a monkey steals our coins and we have to put some coins back into the treasure chest! It’s hard to believe that next week is our final week of Maths 4 Fun. Please click here to see some more photographs of our exciting...

Senior Infants Room 4: Visit to the Post Office

Feb 6, 2015 | Senior Infants – Mr Kilkenny

Room 4 visited the Post Office yesterday in the Citywest Shopping Centre. The children all posted letters to their parents to thank them for taking such good care of us. We were then brought down to the control room to look at the security cameras. We could see all over the shopping centre, both inside and outside. Anyone who tried to steal anything would definitely have been caught with all of Room 4 watching very carefully! We had great fun and really enjoyed the day. Below is a picture of Room 4 outside the Post...

Junior Infants Room 2: Human Rights Month/Math

Feb 6, 2015 | Junior Infants – Ms Whyte

This week is human rights month. In room 2, the children are beginning to discuss this topic at an age appropriate level. This week, the children started their discussion on human rights by comparing wants and needs. Initially, the children were asked to identify the things they would bring with them on a holiday. As you can see from the picture below, mostly toys and pets were mentioned.   However, when the children were told that they could only bring one or two things with them, they began to discuss which things were more important than others. Finally, the children were invited to participate in a classroom survey during which they would each decide which one of three things they really needed to take on holiday. They were asked to choose between clothes, their pet, or a suitcase. Most of the children chose to bring clothes, and moved away from the need to bring their pets and toys. It was so wonderful to see the progression in their ideas from the beginning to the end of the lesson, and how well they started to distinguish between wants and needs. This lesson also allowed us to integrate our learning with maths, where we are focusing on data.    ...