6th Class Reading Buddies

Today 6th class visited Senior Infants and read them a selection of lovely stories. Everyone really enjoyed it.

Busy at work for Valentine's Day

Mime

We had a mime artiste and her bodyguard visit us in Senior Infants today. She mimed lots of different things including being stuck in  a box and playing a violin.  They were really good. 

Chinese New Year

We are celebrating the Chinese New Year this week in Senior Infants. Kate and Dylan told us lots about it. They showed us red envelopes and told us how they have lucky money in them. We wrote some chinese characters and learned that it is the Year of the Pig.Jack brought in a chinese calendar. We pretended we were eating with chopsticks.  They are really hard to use!!!! 

A Special Visitor to the Circus!!

We got a big surprise today when PT Barnum, aka Tom, came to visit us during Aistear today. He is definitely the Greatest Showman. Thank you Tom. 

We are all friends in Senior Infants

 We had a lovely session in the Halla today, where we read a story about friendship. Then we divided up into four groups, where we chatted about being kind to everyone, how we are all unique and special, we shared ideas and suggestions on how to be a good friend to everyone. It was very interesting. We are good friends in Senior Infants!!!!

More Circus Fun

This week we are making Clown Flip Books and creating 'Escaped' posters as some animals have escaped from the circus and we are on the lookout for them. We are also building our own circuses in Small World, and creating some fabulous designs with pattern blocks. We use a large parachute to make the Big Top tent, we sit inside it and tell jokes, laugh and sing.....so much fun...

The circus is coming to town....

Our theme for Aistear this month is The Circus. We are in training to become  clowns, learning to juggle, balance, play tricks and lots of other stuff. 

"I want a hippopotamus for Christmas...."

Christmas Fun

We did some lovely Christmas activities with 2nd class. They helped us to make reindeer food, to design a Christmas bauble decoration, to decorate a Christmas cookie, (which we quickly ate up!!!), to use Christmas playdough and to colour Christmas pictures. Some of us posted our pictures to Santa.The boys and girls in 2nd class also took us to the library corner to read us stories. It was great fun. Thank you to 2nd class. 

Look who came to school today!!!!

Dear Santa.....

We posted our letters to Santa today. 

Skipathon

Senior Infants took part in a skipathon in school as part of a whole school initiative to encourage skipping. 

Elf on the Shelf

The Elf on the Shelf arrived in school frozen solid! He was actually in a block of ice..... The North Pole must be really cold.......He told us that he will report back to Santa every day so we will try to be very good in school. 

Old King Cole

The Midlands Theater came to school today and performed a play called Old King Cole. It was very funny. 

Snowman at Sunset

Our big day is finally here.

Excitement is building....

'We had our dress rehearsal today in school. Everyone gave us a great big bualadh bos. We cannot wait until tomorrow.....

Snowman at Sunset Rehearsals

Excitement is building as we get ready for our Christmas performance of Snowman at Sunset. Our dress rehearsal is tomorrow. Then it our big performance for all the parents on Wednesday! We can't wait....

Camogie

We had a special assembly in the Halla to celebrate the visit of Inniscarra camogie players. They brought in lots of different cups that they won this year. And they gave us homework off!!!!

More Science Fun

We discovered how birds keep themselves dry in the rainy weather....their feathers are waterproof....

Science Week in Senior Infants

rWe were as busy as can be doing science experiments  in school. We tested if materials are waterproof on not, and if objects float or sink. It was very interesting. 

Shapes Monsters

We made shapes monsters in school during  Maths class.

Hallowe'en Fun in School

After our Spooky Stroll to school  for Hallowe'en, we had lots of fun showing off our costumes to everyone at Assembly. Later on in the day Junior Infants joined us in the Halla for singing, dancing and spooky fun.....

Hallowe'en Pumpkins

Look at our colourful orange pumpkins.

The Solar System

Fifth Class and Senior Infants did outdoor art together today in the glorious autumnal sunshine. Both classes had learnt all about the solar system in their classrooms and they drew pictures of it with chalk out on the school yard. Fifth Class taught Senior Infants lots of different facts and Senior Infants taught them new things too. 

Maths Week

It is Maths week !!! Here we are on a Maths Trail. We counted lots of different things, and found squares, circles, triangles and rectangles. Maths is fun!

Blast Off!!!!!

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom....

Senior Infants are heading off into space in Aistear. We are busy preparing our spaceships, making our own rockets, creating intergalactic passports among lots of other activities. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1........Blast Off!!!

Autumn Collage

Look at our lovely autumn collage. 

Our Woodland Walk

We went on a big adventure today along our woodland walk, all the way to the lovely outdoor classroom. We sang songs and read a story about Mog the Forgetful Cat. We really enjoyed it on this lovely Autumn day.

Our Vegetable Garden

We went up to the vegetable garden where Mr.Keady helped us pick some onions. We also got beetroot and rhubarb. We helped Mr. Keady pull some weeds. We also found caterpillars. They really like to eat cabbage!!!!

Back to School

It is our first day back at school after the summer holidays. School is lots of fun!!!