The countdown has been going on for a while! Eventually, today, the 13th of October arrived and the children from juniors to fourth class got the opportunity visit Our Lady’s in Templemore for their production of Frozen the Musical.It was undoubtedly a musical...
Last week Junior Infants tried their hand at baking and made their own homemade brown bread, which tasted absolutely delicious! The children showed that they are super bakers. Ms. Kenneally made a big mistake — she forgot to bring in the butter! So what could the...
Junior Infants had great fun with a STEM challenge this week! Their task was to build the tallest tower possible using marshmallows and cocktail sticks. They were given very little guidance at the start, just to see how they would get on. Very quickly, lots of...
Junior Infants are really enjoying a new drama activity called 'Hot Seating'. Once a child sits on the hot seat, they magically turn into a character from a story we have read! The rest of the class then gets to ask them questions in character. Over the past week we...
A huge thank you to all our parents and pupils who so generously donated to our Breakfast Morning. Sincere thanks also to our staff who helped organise, sponsored and donated — your support made the morning such a wonderful success. We are delighted to share that so...
Mossie and Marcella had better watch out! Juniors have set up their very own Bush and Briar Restaurant in school. With menus, order books, a set table, a kitchen area and signs, this is the “real deal”. The children are having great fun during child-led play every...
Our motor skill stations are working out really well. this week children are practising their cutting in the hairdressers, making jigsaws, threading pasta and making sticker designs. All fantastic activities to help develop fine motor skills.
For PE this week the children worked on many fundamental skills during their stations: jumping, skipping, hopping, throwing, catching etc.
Juniors continued with the Autumn theme with lots of oral language work, learning about hibernation, learning a new Autumn poem, and going on a lovely Autumn nature hunt around the school grounds.