School & Class News

We are very lucky in our school to have such a beautiful and safe walk through the park as we headed to Blackrock Library.

The children really enjoyed the stroll and it gave us a chance to look out for signs of spring along the way.

We spotted daffodils and buds appearing on the trees. One of the boys said he spotted a frog!

Librarians, Caitríona and Pauline , organised a wonderful workshop for the boys.

The children had the opportunity to explore the library, browse the shelves and choose books that appealed. 

Caitríona read her favourite Dr. Zeuss book to the boys. 

Pauline remarked how well behaved the boys were and allowed each boy to borrow a book of their choice for two weeks.

A great start to World Book Day!

To celebrate, some of the children came to school dressed as their favourite book characters or in cosy pjs.

We spent time reading and sharing some of our favourite books, and talked about the books we love. 

Dillon's "David Beckham" book was a big hit. Luca loved "Snoopy", and everyone loved "Mr. Grumpy"!

The boys got very creative with their hand made Valentine's Day cards for February 14th.....Literally!! 

They finger-painted each family member on the card, and sealed it with lovely messages and hearts.

Its been a wonderful few weeks in Senior Infants - learning, exploring, creating and lots of fun!!

Science Experiment 1

Why does popcorn pop?

We all went into the staffroom and carried out a delicious Science experiment.

The popcorn kernal, which is the seed, has a droplet of water inside it.

When we heated all the kernals in the microwave, the water turned to steam.

That made the popcorn explode out of it's kernal! Benlin listened for the pop.

Elliot harvested the healthy snack.....and we all enjoyed!

Science Experiment 2 

We celebrated St. Brigid's Day, and the boys favourite story was about how she gave away all her mother's freshly churned butter to a poor and hungry old woman. Brigid was worried that her mother would be very angry with her, but suddenly there appeared 5 freshly butter churns! 

To honour St. Brigid on her special day, we made our own Brigid's Butter.

And so with some marbles, cream. a pinch of salt and some vigorous shaking, we churned our own butter! 

DELICIOUS!!

We made our own 'Emotions Thermometer!

The boys can 'match the face' with how they are feeling. Give it a spin!

"Am I feeling happy? Sad? Angry? Frustrated? Calm? Silly? Tired?"

Then.... "Lets talk about it.... and make it better!"

We've been working on our art project - "Snowy Town!"

The boys each 'built' a house, or an apartment, or a church, to create the town. 

They added windows and doors.

We have been learning about the different types of houses, so some of the boys chose detached or semi-detached houses, and others decided to 'build' bungalows and terraced houses.

They pasted their houses to the snowy background they had painted earlier, and - VOILA! -  Beautiful Snowy Town!

Our brilliant Gymnastics coach, Mark was back in December and put the boys through their paces, as they tackled the 8 Gymnastic stations.

Here's Ben getting to grips with the parallel bars.......

We performed our Nativity play for all the parents on 17th of December. The boys were terrific and all those fun rehearsals really paid off on the day.

Here's Ollie during rehearsals playing Baby Jesus beautifully!

Well done boys!

We are all so proud of you.

'Morning Stations' is always a fun start to the day, where the boys have hands-on learning about a subject of their choice -  Musical Instruments, Sentence Construction, Phonic Challenges, Adding in my Head with Darts, Reading, Writing & Drawing Station, Lego & STEAM Construction, Labelling the Castle parts, puppet retell,  and so much more..!

The boys got off to a great start as they explored their new classroom. Luis and Henrik construct a rippling, domino chain reaction! James is absorbed in connecting a very impressive new pipe system.

On a beautiful autumnal morning, we headed off to Booterstown Park to look for 'Signs of Autumn'.

There was great excitement!

The boys spread out and searched high and low. They knew exactly what to look out for. And indeed, they found what they were looking for...blackberries, spider webs, fallen leaves, acorns, pine cones nibbled by squirrels getting ready to hibernate, helicopter/sycamore seeds, horse-chestnuts/conkers, and an actual squirrel up in the trees, and believe it or not two boys are certain they spotted a hedgehog in the bushes...!

They checklisted their finds into their books, and we headed back to the school, delighted and ready for a well-earned lunch.

             Henry spots some autumn muscrooms - he's such a funguy!!!

We decided to continue with the autumn theme and the boys completed their 'Autumn Trees' using broccoli florets to create a realistic leafy effect.

They chose red, brown, yellow and orange paint to highlight the true colours we all see at this time of the year. 

                                                               Good job boys!!