Festive Fun

We had lots of festive fun in First Class today! 

The boys and girls were very excited to pull their Christmas crackers. 

We had fun reading the jokes and finding the small gifts inside!!! 

Santa Claus visits Merlin Woods!

The boys and girls were very excited to hear there was a special visitor in the school today. 

Santa Claus came to see them!! 

We asked him lots of questions about the  North Pole and the elves. 

He loved the songs we sang for him too. 

Letters to Santa.

We wrote our Christmas cards to Santa  today! 

We cannot believe he is coming next week! 

We hope he has a safe trip on Christmas Eve night! 

 The boys and girls have promised to leave Santa and the reindeers a special treat on Christmas Eve! We hope he reads our Christmas cards too!!! 

Christmas Wreaths

First class have been very busy decorating their classroom for Christmas. They made snow wreaths this week using cotton balls and red ribbons. 

Decorating the Tree

Today we put the decorations we made on the Christmas Tree. 

The school tree is looking great!! 

Elsa's Frozen Hand

Today we were investigating how to turn water into a solid or a liquid. 

First we froze the water to turn it into a solid. 

Water, snowflakes, glitter and sprinkles were poured into a rubber glove. We froze the glove in the freezer. 

It looked like Elsa's frozen hand!!!! 

We turned the luquid into a solid by freezing it. 

We all felt the frozen hand! 

It was really really cold!!!!!

Then, we decided to turn the ice (a solid) back into water (a liquid). 

We placed the Frozen hand on the radiator so the ice would melt with the heat. 

After our investigation, we now know that by putting a liquid in cold conditions it will freeze and turn into a solid, and by adding heat it will melt the solid and turn it back into a liquid. 

We can't wait to do more "Frozen" investigations! 

Olaf, the Snowman

The boys and girls made Olaf Snowmen this week in art. 

They cut out his body first. 

Then they added pipe cleaners for his arms, nose and hair. 

Teeth

We are learning about teeth and how to care for our teeth this week. 

We have learnt what we use our teeth for, how to keep them healthy and what foods are bad for our teeth. 

We have lots of interesting books about teeth and visiting the dentist to read. 

Some of the boys and girls assembled a 3D model of a tooth. 

Christmas Tree Decorations

Múinteoir Paula bought a beautiful Christmas Tree for our school. 

We were busy this week making decorations for the tree. 

We used clay shape cutters to cut out star shapes. 

When our decorations were dry we painted them with silver and gold paint. 

We can't wait to see them up on the Christmas Tree!