Well done to Sadhbh in 4th class who was caught spreading a smile! Congratulations also to 2nd class who brighten everyone's day with their huge efforts to be mannerly and respectful as they move around the school! A big Thank You to Leon in 1st class whose infectious giggle cheered up Clara and myself today! Another well done in 1st class - Aaron has been spreading the reading bug! His enthusiasm spreads to everyone in the group and we all want to keep reading. Keep it up. Every … [Read more...]
Fun and games
September 17, 2010 By
In my room this week, I had lots of children visiting me for the first time ever. There was a great variety of activities and everyone enjoyed themselves. Catherine made a lovely Angelina Ballerina jigsaw. Aidan went fishing! James built caves and bridges with blocks. Leon and Raveen made worms and hedgehogs with Play-doh. Ryan, Yisola and Alex created really hard sums for each other. Hugh, Padraig and Charlie told fantastic stories. Alex and I pretended to be farm … [Read more...]
Give a compliment!
September 17, 2010 By
As promised, here is the first Positive Language tip for you. I hope to see lots of this around the school next week... Think of a genuine compliment you can pay someone and do it! Just go up to them and tell them ... - what a good writer he/she is - that you love his/her outfit - that he/she is a really good friend - that his/her eyes are a lovely colour or whatever compliment you can think of. It has to be real though! You have to mean it! Have a great weekend. … [Read more...]
Senior Infant News
September 17, 2010 By
Senior Infants have had a great month so far and we are looking forward to the year ahead. This week Senior Infants have been telling the class 'Our News' every morning. We are all working hard to listen to everyone's news and think of interesting questions we can ask them about their news. It's great to hear what our class do outside of school. We have also been exploring the story Izzy and Skunk by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick. We heard all about Izzy who is scared of spiders, dark woods and … [Read more...]
First Class Update
September 16, 2010 By
The first three weeks of First Class have been very exciting. We were very excited to see our friends after the summer holidays and we’ve made some new friends too! We moved into a new room downstairs and we are looking forward to decorating it with all our beautiful work. We have already begun working hard on our spellings and Maths and we even got to play some fun games to help us learn. Our first trip to the Halla Glas was lots of fun and in art we made colourful stained glass … [Read more...]
Well done Junior Infants!
September 16, 2010 By
Hello everyone, we have had a very busy and exciting first few weeks in Junior Infants! We have already begun to learn so many things and have made many new friends. Jolly Phonics We have begun our Jolly Phonics and have finished learning about the letters s, a, t and i. Everyone has also made a sound book which we use to practice each sound and action. Ghaeilge Sa rang Ghaeilge, is maith linn ‘Lámha Suas’. Lámha suas, lámha suas, lámha suas, suas, suas, Lámha síos, … [Read more...]
Exciting Times for 3rd Class
September 16, 2010 By
Wow, oh wow, we have heard some amazing stories about what we have all been doing for the summer. It sounds like people visited exciting places and met up with people they hadn't seen in ages. It is hard to believe that we are into our third week of school already. We are really looking forward to the year ahead and all the fabulous work that we are going to be doing. 3rd Class is delighted to welcome Clara to our class. She has been teaching us lots of new and interesting things over the … [Read more...]
5th & 6th Class Swimming
September 13, 2010 By
The children in 5th and 6th class will be returning to swimming lessons on Tuesday 21st September. The children will be attending lessons in the Curragh Swimming Pool for one hour on Tuesday mornings. There will be 8 lessons this term which will cost €56 in total. This includes transport to and from the pool in a bus fitted with seat belts and instruction. Please return your child's consent form and full payment on or before Friday 17th September to your child's class … [Read more...]
First ever Senior assembly a ROARING success!
September 10, 2010 By
NETNS held our first Senior assembly this week. 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes gathered in the Halla Glas this morning to discuss our Code of Behaviour and our Positive Language policy. It was Lorraine's first assembly at our school too and she was really impressed at the behaviour and focus during assembly. Well done everyone! Eimear asked everyone to read our Code of Behaviour on this website and also to look through the website and to think of any way that it could be improved so that … [Read more...]
Tip-toeing 2nd class break the record!
September 10, 2010 By
Congratulations to 2nd class who broke a record this week! The record for sneaking past the reception desk without being spotted was previously held by last year's 3rd class, who managed it twice. This week, 2nd class did it 4 times! While we encourage interactions and don't ask the children to walk in silence, we do ask everyone to be respectful of the work-space of others. We recognise that the foyer and reception area is Karina's work space as well as the first impression any new … [Read more...]
