Senior Infants
We made butter in Ms Duffy’s Class!
There was no better way to finish our farming topic than to make our own butter!! We had a lot of fun with the project where the children were actively involved in the process. Their faces in the video show the sheer excitement fat seeing the cream magically transform...
The Farm Shop in Aistear in Ms Duffy’s Class
We thoroughly enjoyed our October Aistear Theme.... the farm shop. Lots of playful learning occurred. We learnt about money and how to give change in the farm shop play area. We also learned about different types of fruit and vegetables and all about dairy products....
Coding Week in Ms Duffy’s Senior Infants Class
Maths and coding week was full of interesting activities. Sixth class came down to show us how to program the Bee-bots and use the app. We had Maths Stations with Ms Harkin and Ms Mc Gonigle which involved moving from group to group to take part in fun hands on Maths...
September Fun in Ms Duffy’s Class
September was spent in glorious sunshine. We took advantage of the warm weather and spent a lot of our time outside doing Maths games, Phonics activities, Nature walks, P.E and also had fun in our fabulous playground and our outdoor classroom. Our best day hands down...
World Book Day
Well-Being Week
As part of Well-Being Week, Ms Walker’s class was partnered with Mrs Wilson’s and Mr Sheils’ classes. All three classes joined together for some cooperative games outside. 6th class also created Kahoot quizzes on the iPads for senior infants to engage with. Mrs...
🌈Wellbeing week with Ms. McGinley’s Senior Infants and Ms. Friel’s First Class 🌈
We celebrated Wellbeing week last week and what a fun week it was! It was so nice to meet new friends and do lots of different activities together. We enjoyed a PE lesson together and learned lots of new games. On Friday we visited Ms. Friel's class and played board...
Science in Ms McGlynn’s Class
Here in Senior Infants, the children have been learning so much during Science Week! They really enjoyed the Zoom Workshop with Dublin Zoo where they learned about some of the animals in the zoo and how they are looked after. The children also really enjoyed the...
Exploring using Beebots
Senior Infants were busy coding with Beebots. The class worked in groups to code the Beebots to reach different distances, while predicting how many steps the Beebot would need to take each time. A lot of teamwork and problem-solving was used to navigate the Beebots...
Outdoor Learning
Senior infants had their math lesson outside in the sunshine. They used non-standard units of measurements (lollipop sticks) to measure some things in their school environment.
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Lá Ghlas in Senior Infants!
Ms. Harkin’s Senior Infants had a magnificent day dressing up in their green finery to celebrate Lá Fhéile Pádraig. Ameera brought a bouquet of balloons Chloe wore real shamrock pinned to her jumper
World Book Day
On World Book Day, Ms Walker’s class talked about and designed the front cover of their favourite books. The class also listened to stories and read their own book during reading time.
Pancake Tuesday
Ms Walker's Senior Infants celebrated Pancake Tuesday on the 1st of March
Catholic Schools Week in Ms Walker’s Class
As part of Catholic Schools week, Senior Infants remembered and shared memories of their much loved grandparents on Grandparents' Day. The class made bookmarks as gifts for their grandparents and drew pictures of them together. Ms Walker’s Granda Mickey visited the...
Ms Walker’s Class Making Toast
Senior Infants have been busy making toast. We discussed the steps involved in making toast and the effect that heat has on bread. The class did an excellent job of buttering their own toast. They also added jam and marmalade.
Mrs Wilson’s Class having Toast!!
Percussion Instruments in Mrs Wilson’s Class
Exploring with Magnets in Mrs Wilson’s class
Catholic Schools’ Week
The children in Mrs Wilson's class coloured in and wrote about their Grandparents.
Grandparents’ Day
As part of Catholic Schools Week, Ms Harkin’s Senior Infants celebrated Grandparents’ Day across a whole week! We invited the grandparents of the children to send us videos of themselves so that we could get to know them a little. Chloe’s Nana told us about knitting...
Christmas Festivities In Full Swing
Christmas festivities are in full swing in Senior Infants. We decorated and iced Christmas Treats. Most importantly… we got to eat the treats, they were delicious!!
Christmas Festivities
Senior infants have been as busy as the elves in the North Pole. They have been decorating their classroom and hallway, preparing lots of Christmas artwork, wrapping presents and singing lots of Christmas songs.
Exciting Times in the Sensory Playground
Fun memories are being made each week in the sensory playground. We are jumping on the trampoline, balancing on the balancing beam and playing in the wooden hut.
Decorating Cupcakes
We’ve been busy decorating cupcakes with chocolate, sprinkles and marshmallows.
STEM Challenge
Senior Infants were challenged with the task to build a Christmas Tree using a variety of classroom items. The children worked in groups to problem solve throughout this challenge. Each group showed great teamwork and determination.
Science Week in Senior Infants
Thinking hats were on in Senior infants for science week. The class worked very hard to investigate and explore the properties of different materials. We added warm water to a plate of skittles, made a raw egg bounce, watched raisins dance in vinegar and coke explode...
Getting ready for Christmas
Ms. Harkin's Senior Infants had a wonderful time decorating the classroom for Christmas! The children decorated the tree all by themselves and they also painted wooden reindeer tree decorations. The children even had a Christmas hopscotch on the classroom floor and...
Senior Infants love to dance!
Ms. Harkin's Senior Infants love any opportunity to boogie! We dance between lessons for brain breaks.
Fun in the forest
Ms. Harkin's Senior Infants love exploring the forest area at the back of the school. There are so many things to see and do there.
Halloween
Ms. Harkin's Senior Infants celebrated Halloween with hot chocolate and barm brack. Ava was the lucky girl who found the ring!
Hot Chocolate & Marshmallows
Ms. Harkin's Senior Infants enjoyed making and drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows on the cold days of winter.