Inspired by the book, The Tiger Who Came To Tea, senior infants held a tea party in their classrooms. They even had a hungry visitor who joined them…I wonder who that could have been? You’ll have to look closely at the photos! They also created some beautiful artwork to remember the story. (more…)
Our junior outdoor classroom is proving very popular among students and teachers alike. With the recent good spell of weather, it was a hive of activity again. Reading for fun, maths and english took place. There was even a competition to name our two forest birds. The winning entries were Ruby and Luna. The names were submitted by Ms. Healy’s and Ms. Kiely’s. Both classes had a popcorn party to celebrate. Sounds lovely! (more…)
Mrs. Ryan’s junior infants have been getting very creative with their lessons lately. Taking advantage of the beautiful weather, they enjoyed using concrete materials in maths outside. They also got active during phonics lessons. What a great fun way to learn! (more…)
Aistear continues in Junior Infants. The most recent theme was the garden centre. The children got to plant seeds and completed art activities to accompany the lessons. They learned about taking care of plants and the lifecycle of plants. They also got free play at the outdoor aistear area too. (more…)
Ms. Healy’s senior infants learned lots of amazing facts about giraffes this week. They also got to draw them and went one step further by making giraffes out of pancakes. What a creative way to learn! (more…)
Ms. Smith grabbed the attention of her class when she produced a bag of cheesy Wotsits. They had been learning about speech marks, and now was their chance to put it into action. They were allowed to write on their desk and were asked to place the Wotsits where the speech marks should go. What a fun way to learn! (more…)
Ms. O’ Keeffe’s second class were continuing with Picker Pals this week. This programme motivates children to lead litter-picking adventures. It also gives them the opportunity to make the world a better place. They began their litter-pick in the playground and continued by doing a loop outside the school grounds. Well done girls. You are doing St. Mary’s proud! (more…)
GIY is on a mission to get kids growing their own food and have teamed up with Innocent to run this exciting initiative called The Big Grow. Senior infants received delivery of their free kit and got stuck into growing some vegetables. They can’t wait to see their beetroot, peas, radishes, spinach and salad leaves bloom. (more…)
Junior infants were keen on getting outdoors this week. They played sight word hopscotch in the playground and also ventured down to the duck pond. They were very happy to visit the local duck pond to feed the ducks. (more…)
Junior infants were learning about healthy eating and the importance of consuming fruit and vegetables everyday. They also took inspiration from the story Handa’s Surprise. The boys and girls enjoy listening to stories being read by Mrs. Ryan. (more…)