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Welcome to the homepage of Junior and Senior Infants.
We are a hard working, fun loving and bubbly class.
We really enjoy playing with our friends, learning lots of things and most importantly having lots of fun at school.
Have a look below to see a snippet of what we have been up to so far this year!
Welcome to the homepage of Junior and Senior Infants.
We are a hard working, fun loving and bubbly class.
We really enjoy playing with our friends, learning lots of things and most importantly having lots of fun at school.
Have a look below to see a snippet of what we have been up to so far this year!
Buddy Reading
Boys and girls from 5th class have been treating us to some buddy reading sessions this month where we get the chance to listen to our older school friends read stories to us each week. The children in 5th class have been working hard to prepare these stories and questions for us and we really enjoy getting the chance to work with the older classes.
Math Week
We had great fun this week as we celebrated Math Week in school.
We had a past pupil Michaela, speak to us about how she uses Math in her everyday life running her business.
We played lots of Math games and worked together to solve floor puzzles and jigsaws.
We developed our pattern work making 2 and 3 step patterns.
Mr Mc Cague taught us about the importance of counting and time when playing music.
We learned how to clap out rhythms and helped Mr Mc Cague to play in time.
We finished off Math week by joining pupils from First and Second Class to take part in a School Math trail.
Halloween Artwork
Take a look at our Halloween Cauldrons used for creating spooky potions!
Settling into September!
Hi everyone! We are Junior and Senior Infants.
Ms Fahy is our teacher and we want to show you how well we have settled into our new class.
.As you can see we have been busy bees and have been learning so much!
We're a clever bunch!
Ms Fahy is our teacher and we want to show you how well we have settled into our new class.
.As you can see we have been busy bees and have been learning so much!
We're a clever bunch!
School Tour to Carrowhony Pet Farm
Last Thursday we all hopped aboard the bus to Carrowhony pet farm and what a day we had!
We were greeted initially by some lovely goats who were eager to say good morning and to welcome us to the farm.
After dropping our bags off we headed to see some interesting birds from all over the world!
We were greeted initially by some lovely goats who were eager to say good morning and to welcome us to the farm.
After dropping our bags off we headed to see some interesting birds from all over the world!
After visiting the birds we got the chance to feed some llamas, alpacas and ducks!
After all that excitement we then got to hold and pet some lovely timid and gentle animals.
We had the best day ever!
We had the best day ever!
Science - Living Things
This month we have been learning all about living things in Science.
We also have been visiting the Garden Centre in Aistear and have been busy gardening, weeding and preparing items to sell to our customers.
Have a look below at our work! See can you spot our beautiful sunflowers!
We have learned about all of the things plants need in order to grow - sunlight, water, air and space.
We also have been visiting the Garden Centre in Aistear and have been busy gardening, weeding and preparing items to sell to our customers.
Have a look below at our work! See can you spot our beautiful sunflowers!
We have learned about all of the things plants need in order to grow - sunlight, water, air and space.
Aistear - Magherarney Vet Surgery
This month we have taken our pet teddies into school for some VIP care from our Magherarney vets. We have had wonderful receptionists, vets and vets aids helping run our vet surgery. We hope that all of our animals are feeling a little better. Look at some images of us at play! We were really into character this month!
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Easter Orienteering!
We used our Orienteering skills to find all of teachers hidden Easter Eggs.
We had to take a photograph from the starting point and locate this image around the school grounds. When we got to the correct control point we had to draw the shape and colour it the correct colour and best of all, take a delicious egg for our team!
It was Eggggscellent!
We had to take a photograph from the starting point and locate this image around the school grounds. When we got to the correct control point we had to draw the shape and colour it the correct colour and best of all, take a delicious egg for our team!
It was Eggggscellent!
Pancake Tuesday - yum yum yum!
We tasted delicious pancakes for Pancake Tuesday! We added chocolate, lemon and sugar.
Math - The Story of 10
Senior Infants have been busy being number detectives. They have worked so well learning all about their number stories to 10. Look at some of our great detective work on the number 10!
Santa's Workshop - Aistear
Have a little look below at our elves helping Santa in his workshop by wrapping presents, making toys and talking to Santa on the phone! We enjoyed building Santa's grotto in our Construction Area and making different Christmas items in our Playdough Area. We are so excited for Christmas!
Christmas in our Room
Science Week
We loved experimenting this week as part of Science week.
We enjoyed our skittles experiment.
It was amazing to see what happened when we added warm water.
We were so excited to see the rainbow appear!
We also conducted an experiment to show the effects washing
our hands can have in keeping us safe from germs!
We pretended that the pepper was germs
and it was cool to see what happened when we added soap to our fingertips.
We enjoyed our skittles experiment.
It was amazing to see what happened when we added warm water.
We were so excited to see the rainbow appear!
We also conducted an experiment to show the effects washing
our hands can have in keeping us safe from germs!
We pretended that the pepper was germs
and it was cool to see what happened when we added soap to our fingertips.
Hand Washing Experiment
An Fómhar atá ann - It is Autumn time.
This month in Aistear we have been learning all about autumn time.
We went on an autumn nature walk to spot signs of autumn before we began learning about all of the changes we see at this special time of year.
We learned about the animals that hibernate, the birds that migrate, the changes in weather and we looked at some leaves and fruits of the trees around us.
We know the farmers are really busy at this time of year.
Here are some pictures of us at play!
We went on an autumn nature walk to spot signs of autumn before we began learning about all of the changes we see at this special time of year.
We learned about the animals that hibernate, the birds that migrate, the changes in weather and we looked at some leaves and fruits of the trees around us.
We know the farmers are really busy at this time of year.
Here are some pictures of us at play!
We listened to stories about autumn time and
looked for clues and signs of autumn in the illustrations.
The farmers are very busy during autumn. We learned about harvest time and watched videos of a combine harvester at work. Here the ladies are getting the animals ready for winter inside.
In Small World play we helped the animals get ready to hibernate. They collected pine cones, conkers, acorns and other nuts and seeds. The animals and their young found places to settle down for the winter. It was a busy time storing food and finding shelter. We were great helpers!
We used our playdough to create spikes for our hedgehog.
We made leaves of different shapes and sizes.
We made pumpkins and even a scarecrow for the field!
All great work for our little hands!
We made leaves of different shapes and sizes.
We made pumpkins and even a scarecrow for the field!
All great work for our little hands!
We made our own hedgehogs using dried leaves that we had collected on our autumn nature walk.
Some fine motor fun
We used our tweezers and buttons to add wonderful colours to our autumn leaves.
Our hands are getting stronger and we enjoyed this challenge!
We used our tweezers and buttons to add wonderful colours to our autumn leaves.
Our hands are getting stronger and we enjoyed this challenge!
Óiche Shamhna atá ann.
Halloween was so exciting!
We loved parading outside and showing off our scary costumes!
Have a look below and see can you recognise us!
We loved parading outside and showing off our scary costumes!
Have a look below and see can you recognise us!
Art - The Work of Gustav Klimt
This month we studied the work of the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. We watched a video about Klimt's life told from the eyes of his cat!
It was interesting to see how he liked to paint.
We really like his painting called 'The Tree Of Life' so we decided to re create it!
We used acrylic paints and Gustav's favourite colours - gold, silver and brown.
We used various shapes around our classroom to help us to print the shapes we needed.
When our paintings were dry we added lines, swirls and dots to finish our masterpieces!
The Tree Of Life by Gustav Klimt.
Have a look below at our finished pieces.
Junior and Senior Infants September 2022
We have had a busy month settling into our new classroom. We have met so many friends, school staff and have really enjoyed playing with toys and getting to know our classroom. We are a friendly bunch and we take care of each other. Have a look at us working hard for teacher!
Na Naíonáin 2020 - 2021
Lá Fhéile Pádraig
Caithigí súil ar na páistí ag canadh go binn ar Lá Fhéile Pádraig!
Have a look at the boys and girls singing sweetly on St Patrick's Day!
Have a look at the boys and girls singing sweetly on St Patrick's Day!
Math - Junior Infants
- This month we have been learning to recognise, order and count our Numicon shape pieces to 10. We have played lots of fun games as a class to help us to remember our Numicon Shape pieces. The Senior Infants have been helping us too. We can now order our pieces and match the correct numeral to each Numicon shape.
We have also been learning to make sets of the numbers 1 and 2.
We have been learning to write these numbers and to recognise them in the environment.
We have been learning to write these numbers and to recognise them in the environment.
Cursive Handwriting - Junior Infants
Look below at some of the fantastic work our Junior Infants have been doing this term. We have practised lots of our fine motor skills and are slowly beginning to learn some of our cursive writing letters. We are taking our time to perfect our pencil grip and our letter formations.
We hope you are proud of us!
We hope you are proud of us!
Aistear - At The Restaurant
We have been very busy in Junior and Senior Infants this month. We have been working on the theme of 'The Restaurant' and the boys and girls have been putting their new vocabulary and phrases to use while in role as waiters, waitresses, receptionists, chefs and customers. The children have built some amazing restaurants in our Construction Area and in our Small World Play. We made menus for the customers in our Junk Art Area. Some children even made delicious meals like spaghetti bolognaise and pizza out of various art materials. In the Water Play Area the boys and girls have been working tirelessly to wash all of the dishes for the next customers.
We have learned about healthy and unhealthy foods and the children sorted various food items into these categories. We loved reading about Handa's Surprise and all of the delicious fruits that Handa brought to her friend Akeyo as a surprise present. Little did we know that Handa would get the biggest surprise of all! The children recreated some of the fruits from the story in our Play Dough Area.
We have learned about healthy and unhealthy foods and the children sorted various food items into these categories. We loved reading about Handa's Surprise and all of the delicious fruits that Handa brought to her friend Akeyo as a surprise present. Little did we know that Handa would get the biggest surprise of all! The children recreated some of the fruits from the story in our Play Dough Area.
- The Red Pod busy building their restaurant and working together to ensure the job is finished on time!
The Orange Pod making a wonderful restaurant in the Construction Area. Their restaurant even had an underground carpark! It was a very busy spot to eat in as they had many customers sitting around the tables.
It is very important that we wash up the dishes in the kitchen and to have them ready for the next customers!
Our customers waiting patiently for the food to arrive. They ordered starters, main courses and desserts!
Two very hungry ladies!
We used our tangram shapes to create food pictures.
It was fun!
Take a look below at more of our Aistear photos.