For the last few weeks we have been busy being scientists. A few weeks ago we got a delivey of 5 caterpillars. We watched them grow and change everyday. They got bigger and bigger. We counted the days to see how long they would stay as caterpillars. After...
This week we took a break from Aistear groups. The boys and girls picked their own toys and activities. It was wonderful to see the range of choices that they made. The big boxes proved to be a huge hit. It was great to see everyone being...
We have great fun every Thursday morning when John comes in to our school. He gets us all active playing games. We are working on our running, jumping, throwing and catching. We are getting better every week.
May Madness has definitely hit Junior Infants. Our playtime has transformed into a busy supermarket in the Role Play corner. Children take turns as customers and shopkeepers. The shopkeepers are very busy taking the money, packing the food, stacking the...
We have been very busy during maths groups where we are exploring patterns, counting, sequencing and playing matching games using dominos. We are also using our marla to make our numbers.
Egg-citing times in junior infants as we prepare for Easter.We talked about the Easter story in religion. We made chicks in art-some of them are only hatching now! On Thursday we were egg detectives and had to find all the eggs hidden around the school....
We had a great day trying out all the different toppings for pancakes. Chocolate was the favourite topping but there were lots of marahmellow lovers in Juniors too. Such a yummy yummy treat in school.
Readers of the world unite! As part of World Book day we read some of our favourite stories. With a little help from the sixth class the junior infants were able to enjoy their stories. The sixth class then shared some of their own stories. It was a fantastic day and...