This week in First Class we have been learning about Rivers. We learned that the River Liffey flows through Newbridge and that most towns and cities are built on rivers because rivers are very useful. Long ago people wanted to live beside rivers so they could transport goods to different places and trade with people in other towns. Rivers also supplied people with water and fish. We also learned that the source of the River Liffey is in Mt. Kippure in Wicklow. It flows through Kildare and … [Read more...]
School Hearing Programme
May 1, 2012 By
Could all parents/guardians of senior infants, 1st and 2nd class children ensure that their forms in respect of the School Hearing Screening Programme are returned to the school promptly. If you have not received a form, please contact the office to obtain one. Thank you. … [Read more...]
Days and Months
April 27, 2012 By
This week in my room we've been looking at days of the week and months of the year. We had some great fun putting the days in order and talking about all of the different activities we do on different days. We learned the name of the days we spend in school and the days of the weekend. We talked about today, tomorrow and yesterday and some of us learnt about the past, present and future. We sorted sentences into different group depending on what tense they were. We learned about the … [Read more...]
First Class and Second Class School Tour
April 27, 2012 By
We are delighted to announce that First and Second Classes will be going on their school tour to the Let’s Go Camp in Kilcullen on Wednesday 20th June. Let’s Go will provide the children with an opportunity to take part in lots of new and exciting activities so we are looking forward to a fun-filled day. The total cost of the tour including transport is €28 The children will need comfortable clothes and runners and a packed lunch with plenty of non-fizzy … [Read more...]
Going shopping?
April 27, 2012 By
Need some help with the shopping? Senior Infants can help! This week in Gaeilge we were at the shops and we bought lots of things and put them in our bag, eg. "Chuaigh mé go dtí an siopa agus cheannaigh mé arán, im, bainne, cairéad, tae, seacláid..." In Maths we have been learning all about money, in particular, the coppers. We already knew that we use the Euro in Ireland, but we found out that any coins minted here have a harp on the back of them. We became shopkeepers and … [Read more...]
B.T.S (Born to Sing) Superstars.
April 27, 2012 By
Hello everyone, on the 26/04/12 we recorded our cd. It is called B.T.S. (Born to sing) Superstars, the name was picked by one of the students in 5th class. All of the classes came to 5th class to record their songs. The songs are Summer Time, Colours, Ugly Alien, Every day, Angles, We are the Kids, Superstars and Bright star. We used lots of technical equipment and microphones. All of 5th class helped with the recording and listened to all of the students singing the music. We also had to wear … [Read more...]
Congratulations!
April 27, 2012 By
Firstly, congratulations to 3rd class for filling their jar full of marbles over the last few weeks. All you super hard work has paid off. The final reward was a party and we had a great party last week to celebrate. Secondly, a huge THANK YOU to all the thoughtful parents who baked and brought treats for the party. It really was quite a bash and it's all thanks to your generosity. So thank you so much. Check out the jar! There are 185 marbles in total…that’s a lot of hard … [Read more...]
Day and Night
April 27, 2012 By
This week in Art we made pyramids as we have been learning about Egyptians. We had to fold the paper a special way to make the shape and then we put sand on them to give them a rough texture. We also learned about day and night. We learned that it is daytime when we are facing the sun. We also learned that the earth moves and that when it moves and faces us away from the sun we have night. Did you know that a day is 24 hours long because that’s how long it takes the earth to spin around one … [Read more...]
Siobhán’s Room
April 27, 2012 By
We’ve been very busy in Siobhán’s room this week. Some boys and girls from Junior infants have been showing me what super writing they can do. We revised the formation of some tricky letters like ‘g’ and ‘q’ and then we wrote words that contain these tricky letters. Once we remembered that to form these letters we start with a ‘curling c’, they were easy to write. Other students from Junior Infants have been learning about rhyming sounds and rhyming words. At first we made … [Read more...]
5k Walk
April 27, 2012 By
5th and 6th Class have postponed their 5k fundraising walk until Tuesday 1st of May due to weather conditions. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who has helped us to fundraise for our trip to the Gaeltacht. We will update you on how our walk went on Tuesday, Have a lovely weekend From all in 5th & 6th … [Read more...]
