Fun in the Sun!

We have been busy having lots of fun in Junior Infants. We went to the playground, we had a Teddy Bear's picnic and we even had a visit from An Garda Siochána!

Playground Trip

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Garda Visit

School Tour

Scooter Workshop

We had great fun at our scooter workshop. We did an emergency stop and had a race where the winner was the slowest person!

Active Schools Week

We have had a busy week during Active Schools Week! We did Wake Up, Shake Up! every day. We had Lightning Legs in the hall. We had GAA with Coach Sandra. We met up with our buddy class to play golf and tennis. We talked about healthy eating and made smoothies in the staff room. We had the best time during Sports Day- the bouncy castle was amazing!!!! (and the ice-creams were yummy!)

STEM activity- making a sunshade

We have been talking about the summer in Junior Infants! We discussed things we like to do during the summer. We did a STEM activity in class. We made sunshades for a toy. We were free to use any materials in the classroom. It was lots of fun!

Rugby with JP

Intercultural Day

Intercultural Day was so much fun. We have been learning about India. We sang Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in Hindi and drew our own Rangloi pictures in art. Did you know that shampoo was first made in India!!

A busy start to the new term!

We are having a very busy week to the new term! We went out to the garden with John Jo and planted potatoes and peas. We are covering the topic of Data in Maths and we discussed how best to show the amount of Smarties in a smartie box- then we ate them! We did a STEM activity- building a maze out of lego. We tested it with a marble!

Out in the garden with John Jo

 Data with Smarties in Maths

Building a maze

Easter Egg Hunt

We had lots of fun this morning doing an Easter Egg Hunt. We went outside and searched for chocolate lollies and sweets. Then we came in and ate them in the classroom! Happy Easter from everyone in Junior Infants. 

 Happy Easter!

Lá Glas

Lá Féile Pádraigh sona dhaoibh! We dressed up in 'glas' to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. We had a céilí in the hall and performed a poem in Irish for assembly. 

Dressed up in glas

An Céilí

Dhá Éan Bheaga

World Book Day

We had lots of fun dressing up for World Book Day. We came into school dressed as our favourite characters. It was exciting to see everyone in their costumes!

Watercress

We grew watercress in the class. We put seeds into soil and added water. They have grown so much!

Pancake Tuesday

We ate some yummy pancakes (with chocolate spread!) on Pancake Tuesday. We talked about how we make pancakes and sequenced the steps in our copies. It was good to eat them in school!

Tennis Lessons

We had lots of fun playing tennis with Enzo. We learned how to roll a ball towards our partners and how to hit the ball in their direction using our racket. It was good to be outside playing tennis!  

Spring Planting

​

We planted watercress seeds this week. We can't wait to see them start to grow! We know that plants need sunlight to grow so we have them on the windowsill. 

 Active break every day

We have been doing the Croke Park movement breaks to stay fit and healthy. They are lots of fun! We played a game called Reaction Time- we dropped our pencil case from a height- could our partner catch it? Watch our videos- we are doing squat jumps, balancing on one leg and playing musical statues.

Swimming Certs

We took part in a swimming workshop in the hall. We learned lots about being safe around water!

Catholic Schools Week

We were busy during Catholic Schools Week. We welcomed our Grandparents and family members on Friday 23 January. We had a lovely prayer service in the hall with our families. 

Using IPADs

We used the school IPADs for the first time. We learned how to turn them on and off. We also learned how to take a picture (and a selfie!) and how to scan a QR code.

Happy Christmas from Junior Infants!

We really enjoyed dressing up in our costumes for our Christmas Play- Nursery Rhyme Nativity! It was great to perform for our friends and family. We made lots of Christmas art. We learned some Christmas songs and poems.

Costumes for the Christmas play and our Christmas jumpers!

5 Little Snowmen

1st, 2nd, 3rd lets start the race 

Science Week!

Junior Infants got to investigate how magnets work during Science week. We also experimented with Skittles. We predicted what would happen when we added warm water to a plate of Skittles. The colours were amazing!

Magnets!

Skittles!

Halloween Fun!

Junior Infants have been very busy getting ready for Halloween. We made pumpkins and scary witches! We ate Bairín Breac and learned some spooky songs and poems!

Halloween dress up!

Eating Bairín Breac

Gymnastics

We have had lots of fun using the gymnastic equipment! We also went outside and skipped with our buddy class.

Halloween Art

Pumpkins!

1,2,3,4,5 Little Witches

 Púca, Púca

Jersey Day

It was great to dress up for Jersey Day in aid of GOAL. We went outside and skipped with our buddy class!

With our 3rd class buddies.

Friendship Week

We were paired up with Ms. Kelly's 3rd class for Friendship Week. We made lots of new friends! We went out to the yard, read some books, did P.E and coloured  friendship pictures with our buddies. We went on 3 Bouncy Castles as well- they were lots of fun!

Colouring

Out on Yard

P.E

The Bouncy Castles were BRILLIANT!

We are busy bees!

We went out to the Sensory Garden. We hope to go back when we get 10 stars for lining up! We have been learning about rooms in the house. We made rooms out of Lego. We harvested vegetables in the garden. We are making our muscles strong doing our Fine Motor activites. We learned the song Rólaí Pólaí in Irish.

The Sensory Garden

Fine Motor Activities

Our Lego Rooms!

Harvesting vegetables in the garden.

Rólaí Pólaí

1st week activities!

We have had a busy few days in Junior Infants. We sang Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes and 5 Little Ducks. We read a story about a boy called Harry bringing his dinosaurs to school. We played lots too!