Well done to the children in 1st Class who took part in the Write a Book Project. Each child wrote their own book on Arctic Animals which was our theme for the month of January. We worked extremely hard on our writing and illustrations. We are very proud of our work.
The children in Ms Hackett’s class have been busy working on procedural writing. Lovely to see them working together as part of a team and then presenting their work to the class!
Ms. Crimmins’ Senior Infant Class have loved working on the space station in Aistear this term. The children began with gathering all the information they already had on space/space station and shared ideas within their groups. The children learned all the planet names and enjoyed watching Chris Hadfield video on things such as brushing teeth […]
Junior Infants took a trip to the Parent’s Room to make chocolate nests as part of our Easter celebration activities. We melted chocolate and mixed in lots of cornflakes. We all then took it in turns to scoop out our nests into cupcake holders and decorate them with mini eggs and tiny cute chicks. We […]
First Class had lots of fun exploring and investigating with magnets! First we brainstormed “forces”. Magnets are a type of force. We had lots of different styles of magnets to explore with, including bar, donut, horseshoe, wand and disc magnets. Each group was given a box of items (pegs, toy cars, blocks, 5c coins, 10c […]
In the junior Cedars class we have been learning how to play a variety of board games in pairs, small groups and as a whole class. One of the games we have really enjoyed is the socially speaking game. This specific game focuses on social interaction in three areas; home, school and the wider community. […]
In 6th class, we encourage everyone to showcase their hobbies! Here are two of our talented pupils demonstrating their karate moves for Sixth Class- lots of dedication, discipline and determination involved here! Sixth Class enjoyed asking questions about karate and we even had some brave helpers who got involved with some of the moves.
Catch up with what we’ve been doing in 6th class over the past few months. Earlier in the year, during wellbeing week had a wellbeing tea morning and wrote positive messages on our cups. It was a lovely morning and we got to enjoy having chats with our friends. In March some of us made […]
We have some wonderful news from the Write a Book competition in 4th Class! We had two merit winners in both classes and six highly recommended books! 4th Class had so much fun writing these books! The standard was so high and everyone received a certificate for their amazing work! The award ceremony for the […]
Zones of Regulation – Regulation Station The Zones of Regulation is a framework that uses four colours–blue, green, yellow, and red–to help students identify their feelings and level of alertness. The curriculum also provides strategies to support emotional regulation. The regulation station is a designated space for learners to use regulation tools and strategies and explore […]