We have been busy learning all about India last week. We researched online, read books, examined pictures and amazing artefacts some of our children brought in, that actually came all the way from India! It was amazing learning about their culture and traditions and recalling similarties and differences between life in Ireland and India. Then,…

Today marked the end of our first term together and although different to other years, we had lots of fun and learning since September. Such an array of costumes about the school today, we sure partied in style. So hope you all have a wonderful Halloween break and here’s to another healthy and safe term…

1st & 2nd Class have been reading and learning about different types of Art in their Over the Moon readers. This theme inspired many to create Art work of their own and presented their pieces to the class. Here are some pictures of some of our Art work we have done so far, this year.

The Junior Infants have been learning all about colour, sorting and number over the last few weeks. We have been busy learning our colour rhymes, sorting lots of sets by colour, size and classification. We have also been working on our fine motor skills and have had lots of fun playing matching games and number…

There is always a hive of activity each morning in the Junior Room. It is truly amazing to see their creativity and imagination at work and what they achieve and create is so impressive. You can see the excitement on their faces, when the job is almost complete, but the greatest joy comes from sharing…

Children in the Junior Room have been concentrating on the theme of autumn over the past few weeks. They have really enjoyed collecting leaves and identifying their names and examining horse chestnuts and conkers. They have learned interesting facts about squirrels and hedgehogs and have had lots of fun outdoors noticing signs of autum around…

We had a lovely morning at the Hawk’s Well Theatre watching Elfie Saves Christmas. Luckily, Elfie put a stop to the naughty Goblin’s evil plan to ruin Christmas and we all came home happy and even more excited for Christmas!

  We had such an exciting time exploring many of the strands in the Science curriculum during Science week. Some amazing experiences were created which encouraged discovery through play, asking questions, exploration and using creativity to solve simple problems. As the Primary Science Curriculum outlines; a scientific approach to investigations fosters the development of important…

Oh no! There’s a snake in the classroom!! Having enjoyed the lessons from the new Starlight Oral language Programme, the children were excited to get in role and re-enact the story Jake the Snake. Pandemonium spread throughout the classroom in the search for the missing snake! Luckily our dramatisations ended on a happy note and…

We always really enjoy composing and preforming music. We were learning about rhythm and keeping a beat. We loved singing and accompanying the music with instruments in our groups.