Dec 15, 2014 | Junior Infants – Ms Looney
To celebrate winter and the cold weather that has arrived, the boys and girls of Room 3 are making snowflake decorations using their handprints. They had lots fun covering their hands in paint before using them to print in a snowflake shape. Next they will add some glitter to make sure their snowflake shimmers in the light! This beautiful poem will be printed on the back: My handprint’s like a snowflake Unique in every way Keep it close to your heart I’m growing every...
Dec 12, 2014 | Senior Infants – Mr Kilkenny
In Room 4 we have been creating wonderful winter scenes. The children put a lot of hard work into these. They have been cutting, folding, gluing, colouring and painting to create their snowflakes and snowfall. The children will use this artwork to decorate our room for the winter concert next week! Here is a picture of us hard at...
Dec 10, 2014 | First Class – Mr Kinsella
Freedom – What does it mean for us? In order to highlight the importance of the fundamental rights of children, PREDA Ireland invited the children of Citywest & Saggart CNS and all schools across Ireland to take part in a novel project they organised on Wednesday December 10th 2014 – International Human Rights Day. They asked the school children of Citywest & Saggart CNS to take a photo on Wednesday December 10th, which they feel represents “Freedom”. The simple brief was as follows: This image can be fun, creative or thought provoking; it’s up to you! After talking, discussing and brainstorming freedom in groups, the children were then asked to create a still image that they felt was most reflective of their perspectives on freedom and their discussion with their peers. It is important to note that I had nothing to do with the creation of these images. I merely facilitated a the discussion and helped the children to organise their own still image in the open space. The children were autonomous agents in the creation of the images and provided excellent reasoning for the creation of the two very distinct images. The two images are below: Image number one shows the children in four distinct rows – a back row of children stand, a second row of children kneeling, a third row of children sitting and a front row of two children lying down! The children represent the ‘Steps to Freedom’ and the boy in front is ready to walk up the steps of freedom. Image number two shows the children running around freely – some of the children are running...
Dec 10, 2014 | Senior Infants – Ms Harney
If you walk past Room 5 you can hear beautiful singing. We are very busy practising for our winter concert. We are really looking forward to performing for our families next Wednesday....
Dec 10, 2014 | Senior Infants – Ms O’Sullivan
We have just started to make our own Christmas Tree in Room 6. A lot of giggles have been heard from our painting corner during Art this week where some boys and girls find painting their hand very tickly. Tomorrow we hope to finish our tree and begin decorating it with baubles made form various...
Dec 10, 2014 | Junior Infants – Ms Whyte
Over the last few weeks, we have been learning about money. We have been pricing all the things that people can buy in the pet shop and in the garage. Here is one child’s price list for the garage. Through this activity, the children are practising independent writing, maths skills, and improving their oral language. See if you can figure out how much everything...
