Farewell Junior Infants
Today our Junior Infants moved into Senior Infants. We miss them already! Its been a fantastic year and a great privilege to play a small role in your children's lives. Thanks for all your support, kind words, cards and gifts during the year. Have a wonderful summer. See you all on August 30th.
Science experiment - Magnetism
Today we learned all about magnets and had lots of fun discovering whether things in our classroom are magnetic or not.
Budding Authors in 5th class
Junior Infants had a visit from 5th class today. They shared with us the books they had written and illustrated. They put huge work into the project. The books were very age appropriate and each one contained a lovely lesson for the infants.
Parachute Fun
23/6/'17
We had great fun with the parachute today during PE.
Gardening
20/6/'17
Mr. Keady was in school today working in the garden. He invited all of Junior Infants up to harvest the potatoes we planted earlier in the year. It was very exciting to see them coming out of the ground! Tonights dinner is sorted!! We also saw cabbage, lettuce, onions, rhubarb, apple trees and a very impressive crop of strawberries.
Sports Day
16/6/'17
What an amazing day we had on Friday in Ballyanly for our sports day. We were kept busy all day long with loads of different games and an incredible obstacle course. However the highlight of the day was the ice-cream van!! Special thanks to all the parents who put so much work into organising and running it. Looking forward to next year already!
Happy Fathers Day
Happy Fathers Day to all the hard working dads out there!
School Tour
12/6/'17
We had a lovely day on Rumleys Farm. We met loads of animals, played in the indoor and outdoor playgrounds. We had great fun in the sandpit and really enjoyed the tractor ride. Although we were back by 1.30, we were exhausted!!
A visit from First Class
This week the boys and girls from first class came to read to the Junior Infant children. This was a great experience for all of the children as the older boys and girls were able to show off their fantastic reading skills and the Junior Infant children were able to answer and ask questions about the books.
Aistear Week 4
22/5/'17
It is free play this week so we are free to choose what we want to play with.
16/05/'17
Aistear: The Market - Week 3
This week the children have introduced clothing and shoe stalls to their already busy market. They are also working on being fashion designers and exploring the theme through 'Small World' play.
Woodland walk - 12/5/'17
Aistear 12/5/'17
Aistear
11/5/'17
We are busy in The Market this week. We have food stalls, a pet shop, a book shop and a toy shop. In addition we are making toys from play dough, designing clothes, playing a shopping board game and creating amazing things in construction.
10/05/2017
The Market - Week 2
This week we are exploring the market even further. The role play area now includes toy, pet and book stalls. As well as this, they are making lots of different things in the play dough area and learning about shopping and turn taking with a 'Shopping List' game.
Aistear - The Market
We have moved on to the theme of The Market and the children are focusing on the food market this week. They are exploring it through role play and construction and they are also painting market scenes and designing their own shopping bags.
Active School Week
7/4/'17
We had a great end to our Active School Week. The staff and pupils played football together on the astroturf this morning, followed by our daily exercises on the yard.
Assembly
7/4/'17
We were lucky enough to see some Irish dancing this morning. Two of our own pupils danced first. They are just back from dancing for The Pope in Rome. Then we had some special visitors from America who will be competing in The World Championships in Dublin over Easter. They were Katie and Grace. Nieces to our very own Mrs. Lynch.
Easter Bunnies
6/4/'17
Lots of activity again today!
6/4/'17
Easter-themed orienteering for Active School week!
Active School!!
4/4/'17
Skipping
4/4/'17
Active Schools Week
What fun we had today in the Halla when all the children in Junior and Senior Infants, and First and Second classes got together to exercise for Active Schools week. We will do it every day this week, and hope we can do it outside in the fresh air.
Aistear
3/4/'17
Its free play this week so we are free to choose from all the Aistear materials.
Active Schools Week
3/4/'17
We had three individual workouts today. A great start to the week!
Table of the Week
31/3/'17
Well done to the green table this week.
P.E.
31/3/'17
Plenty of fun during P.E. today. We are getting ready for Active Schools Week next week. We will be wearing our tracksuits and getting active everyday.
Spring flowers
31/3/'17
We painted beautiful Spring tulips this morning.
Assembly
During assembly today we saw 1st class perform songs from the musical Annie. They will be taking part in Cór Fhéile na Scol in City Hall on Tuesday evening. Best of luck!
Aistear - 29/3/'17
The children are having great fun working as Estate Agents and are doing great work constructing rooms and houses from junk art materials.
Aistear
28/3/'17
Aistear this week is based in the Estate Agents. We are buying and selling as well as continuing our construction.
John Spillane
We were lucky enough today to enjoy a traditional music session with local singer and song writer John Spillane. The older classes both sang and played with him. It was a very enjoyable session although it became a little too much for a few of us at the end as you can see from one of the pictures!
Nature Walk
27/3/'17
We took advantage of the beautiful weather to get outside on a Spring Nature Walk. With clip board in hand we spotted lots of signs of Spring as well as lots of animals. Some children even spotted a fox!!
A trip to the school garden
We visited the school garden today and Mr Keady helped us to plant ppotatoes and we also planted the onions that we have been growing in our classroom for the past few weeks.
Table of the Week
24/3/'17
Well done to the yellow table this week.
Happy Mothers Day
Happy Mothers Day mums and grannies. We made some flowers for you. They are not perfect but they are made with love!
Planting Potatoes
24/3/'17
Today we planted potatoes with Mr. Keady. He dug the hole and added the fertiliser before we all got a turn to put a potato in the ground. We also planted the onions that we have been growing in class.
Spring walk - 24/03/2017
We made the most of the beautiful spring weather this morning by getting out on a lovely spring walk. The children looked for all of the signs of spring and had great fun ticking those that they saw on a worksheet on their clipboards.
Aistear
21/3/'17
We are still on the construction site. This week we are focusing on the inside of our house. Electrics, plumbing, kitchen, bathrooms, floors and painting all need to be completed. We are under serious pressure as it is going up for sale next week!
Also under construction are our cardboard box houses.
Also under construction are our cardboard box houses.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Look how we have grown!
Look how our onions have grown!
Table of the Week
Well done to the Red Table this week!
Aistear - Construction
The children have started to explore the theme of Construction in Aistear this week. They are working as architects, engineers, builders and lots more.
Table of the Week
Well done to the blue table this week!
Assembly
We had a very busy assembly today. The under-19 Senior Secondary School Basketball Champions from Coláiste Colim arrived with the All Ireland Cup. Included were four past pupils. Well done lads! We also celebrated our Munster Champion Table Tennis Team who will continue to Dublin next month for the All Ireland Final!!! A fantastic achievement. Best of luck.
Spring bulbs
7/3/'17
We have been planting onions in Junior Infants. We are looking forward to watching them sprout and planting them in the garden.
Playtime
Free play this week before a new Aistear theme next week.
Table of the Week
Well done to the yellow table this week.
Planting and experimenting
The children had great fun planting seeds today. They took turns planting Wheatgrass seeds and also planting onions which will soon be transferred to the garden. They also made predictions for a floating and sinking experiment and really enjoyed finding out if their predictions were correct!
We LOVE rainy days
3/3/'17
Too wet to go out today. We had a great time playing inside for break instead. Unfortunately our teachers don't love being inside at break time as much as we do!
Planting Spring Bulbs
3/3/'17
We planted our onion bulbs today. We are looking forward to watching them sprout before planting them in the garden.
World Book Day
3/3/'17
Aistear
27/2/17
We are back on the farm this week. We are also busy in the farm shop, planting seedlings and learning about floating and sinking.
Table of the Week
Well done to the green table this week!
Farmer Brendan
22/2/'17
Thanks to Farmer Brendan for coming to visit us today. We learned lots about milking cows, baby calves and caring for the farm animals. We had plenty of difficult questions ready for him but he was able to answer them all. He even had time to stay and play with us on our farm afterwards.
Aistear
20/2/'17
We are farming again this week. Busy Spring!
Inniscarra Senior Camogie - County Champions!
We had a visit from several players on the Inniscarra Senior camogie team today. This team won the Senior Camogie County Final last year and came to show us the cup and to tell us all about their year last year and their love of camogie. All of the boys and girls of Cloghroe cheered and sang for the girls and some of the Junior Infants even wore their Inniscarra colours for the celebration.
Handwriting
Junior Infants have been working so hard on their handwriting we thought they deserved a prize!
Table of the Week
Well done to the blue table this week!
Aistear
13/2/'17
Our new Aistear theme is The Farm. We are learning about a dairy farm this week. Lots of cows to milk and calves to feed.
Love is in the air
Table of the week
Well done to the red table who were this weeks 'Table of the Week.'
Whats up Doc?!
A huge thanks to Dr. Murphy for coming to talk to us today. He spoke to us about his job and showed us lots of the equipment that he uses. We all got to try the equipment out, lots of budding nurses and doctors in the class! A fantastic finish to our Aistear theme.
High Five!!
9/2/'17
We are learning all about 5 this week.
Playtime
7/2/'17
We are enjoying some free play this week. Looking forward to a new theme in Aistear next week!
Painting Fun
3/2/'17
We had great fun mixing paint today....sorry mums and dads about the messy t-shirts!!
Gaeilge
Bain díot do bhróga, bain díot do stocaí. Bain díot do chóta, do hata, do scairf.
Taispeáin dom do chóta, do hata, do scairf, do stocaí, do bhróga.
Croch suas do chóta, do hata, do scairf.
Taispeáin dom do chóta, do hata, do scairf, do stocaí, do bhróga.
Croch suas do chóta, do hata, do scairf.
Aistear - The Pharmacy
This week we are learning all about the pharmacy. We are exploring it through role play and construction and we are also learning all about the human skeleton and some of our internal organs.
We love rainy days!!
1/2/'17
Aistear
Writing Q
25/1/'17
Look how quiet we can be while practicing our writing!!!
Aistear - A Visit to the Hospital
This week in Aistear we are exploring what is involved in a visit to the hospital. We are writing prescriptions, constructing hospitals, learning about our right and left hands and legs in 'Twister' and playing hospital in the role play area.
Playground Power Award
20/1/'17
Well done to Conor, Emily, Kathrin, Sheola Mae and Alex for earning a playground power award. They helped their friends in the yard and ensured no-one was left out.
The Owl and the Pussycat
20/1/'17
Aistear- A visit to the doctor
16/1/'17
We have a new theme in Aistear for the next four weeks. It started today with a visit to the doctors surgery. By the end of the week we hope to have an ambulance to take the really ill patients to the hospital.
Eye Test
16/1/'17
The nurse was in today testing our eyes. Coincidentally we are doing the same thing in Aistear.
News
16/1/'17
We started writing our news today. All our hard work from last term is paying off.
The animals went 2X2 to the wedding!!
13/1/'17
Building Bridges
10/1/'17
Happy Christmas!!!
Where's Santa?
21/12/16
We are pretty certain we spotted Santas sleigh parked in the fields across from the school. If you look really closely you might see it too!
Santa Claus is coming to Town!!
21/12/16
We had a very special visitor to our classroom today! Santa dropped in to say hello and to give us a lollipop. He couldn't stay long as he is so busy. Only 4 more sleeps!!
A trip to Santa's postbox!
Miss Coomey's class took a trip to Santa's postbox today to post their letters to him. All of the children reminded Santa of how good they have been and drew pictures of what they would like Santa to bring! Only 5 days to go and we are all very excited!!!
Reindeer Food
19/12/16
It was very difficult but after many emails our teacher managed to source the 4 main ingredients of santas magical reindeer food. We all made up a little today to spread on the garden on Christmas Eve. It consists of reindeer oats (not to be mistaken for porridge oats!) for energy, magic powder to help them fly, spices they can smell to help them find the food and finally a little sweet treat to keep them going on their long journey. What an exciting time of year!!
Letters to Santa
19/12/16
On Friday we wrote letters to santa. Today we posted them in the schiool post box. We hope they make it on time!
Fruit Salad
16/12/2016
We made fruit salad today as part of Aistear. Everyone enjoyed it. Fruit has never tasted so nice!!!
Winter Woolies for Crumlin
15/12/2016
Dear Santa
15/12/2016
We wrote a letter to Santa in school today.
Happy Christmas!!
Work Experience
2/12/2016
A big thanks to all the transition year students who were in this week. They were a great help, especially at such a busy time of year. You will be sorely missed on Monday morning!!
This is the house that Jack (Frost) built!
Very busy playtime
Having a 'whale' of a time in Junior Infants!
24/11/2016
Its beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!
23/11/2016
Bosca Lón
Cé leis é?
Is liomsa é!
WOOF
18/11/2016
In honor of the Dogs Trust visit this week we made dogs in school today
In honor of the Dogs Trust visit this week we made dogs in school today
ESB Safety
18/11/2016
Jim from the ESB called into us today. He spoke to us about safety around ESB poles and boxes. We also talked about what to do if we found a fallen line. Best of all he gave us our very own high visibility vest to take home so we can be safe during the dark winter mornings and nights.
Jim from the ESB called into us today. He spoke to us about safety around ESB poles and boxes. We also talked about what to do if we found a fallen line. Best of all he gave us our very own high visibility vest to take home so we can be safe during the dark winter mornings and nights.
Rocket Launch
16/11/2016
The older classes were involved in a rocket making workshop this week. We were lucky enough to help 3rd class launch their rockets. It was really exciting!
The older classes were involved in a rocket making workshop this week. We were lucky enough to help 3rd class launch their rockets. It was really exciting!
Healthy drinks
16/11/2016
We learned all about healthy drinks from Alison from Spraoi. Can you believe all the sugar in these popular kids drinks?
We learned all about healthy drinks from Alison from Spraoi. Can you believe all the sugar in these popular kids drinks?
Aistear
Week beginning 14/11/2016
We are learning all about the pizzeria this week.
We are learning all about the pizzeria this week.
Dogs Trust
14/11/2016
Dawn and Ode from Dogs Trust came to visit us today. We learned about caring for dogs and using our 'safe hand' to rub a dog.
Dawn and Ode from Dogs Trust came to visit us today. We learned about caring for dogs and using our 'safe hand' to rub a dog.
Rice Krispie Buns
11/11/2016
Junior Infants made rice krispie buns today. We had great fun melting, stirring, spooning and best of all tasting!!
Junior Infants made rice krispie buns today. We had great fun melting, stirring, spooning and best of all tasting!!
Happy Halloween
We had lots of fun dressing up for Halloween before the holidays.
Aistear Fun!!!
Aistear
We have a busy week with Halloween coming up.
Oíche Shamhna
Ghoulish Ghosts
Maths Week
It's maths week so we went out and about in search of numbers, shapes and colours. We found loads!
Congratulations
Miss Coomey is getting married on Friday. We all signed a card for her and gave it to her before she left. Best of luck teacher!!
Class Pictures
Behind the scenes of the class pictures!
Nature Walk
We went on a great adventure this week. We were equipped with clipboards,worksheets and plenty of enthusiasm! Sadly the squirrels stayed hidden but we saw lots of other things including mushrooms, berries and tonnes of lovely leaves.
Aistear
Aistear
We are very excited to be starting Aistear. There will be many opportunities for learning and lots of fun to be had!
Teddy Bears Picnic
Shake those paws little Teddy Bear
Shimmy, shimmy, shimmy like you just don't care
Take those feet dancing everywhere and let's rock!
Twist and turn, give a jump or two
Wriggle, wriggle, wriggle till your fur turns blue
Take my hand till the music's through and let's roll!
We had great fun at our teddy bears picnic today. The bears loved being in school for the day. They learned loads and had great fun!
Shimmy, shimmy, shimmy like you just don't care
Take those feet dancing everywhere and let's rock!
Twist and turn, give a jump or two
Wriggle, wriggle, wriggle till your fur turns blue
Take my hand till the music's through and let's roll!
We had great fun at our teddy bears picnic today. The bears loved being in school for the day. They learned loads and had great fun!
Little Red Riding Hood
Lots of hard work talking, singing, role playing, colouring, sequencing and glueing.
Autumn is here!!!
Junior Infants
Welcome Junior Infants
Welcome to our new Junior Infants. We are very busy already!
Our Buddy Bench
The buddy bench is a simple idea to eliminate loneliness and foster friendship on the playground. We use the buddy bench as a visual tool to help instill much needed lifelong social skills.
If your child does not have anyone to play with, they simply sit on the bench and children from their class are asked to invite them to play. Our sixth class sheriffs monitor the buddy bench and help us spread the message of inclusion and kindness!
As you can see, the buddy bench is proving extremely popular as a resting place. In time, with the help of our sheriffs, the children will understand that the buddy bench is only to be used when they are in need of a friend.
If your child does not have anyone to play with, they simply sit on the bench and children from their class are asked to invite them to play. Our sixth class sheriffs monitor the buddy bench and help us spread the message of inclusion and kindness!
As you can see, the buddy bench is proving extremely popular as a resting place. In time, with the help of our sheriffs, the children will understand that the buddy bench is only to be used when they are in need of a friend.