Valentine's Day Art

The children in first class have been very creative this week making lots of Valentine's Day art. 

We were very lucky as Múinteoir Maria helped us made lovely Valentine's Day crafts. 

Our lovely heart crafts. 

The Dentist

Today our class had a very special visit from our local dentist , Dr. Neysan Chah. He told us how to keep our teeth healthy and what foods to avoid. 

Dr. Chah showed us how to brush our teeth properly. 

He answered all of our questions and gave us a goodie bag to take home! We all got new toothbrushes too! How lucky are we!

Our new goody bags. 

Our class work on healthy teeth. 

Gymnastics

We have started the gymnastics strand in P.E. 

We had lots of fun practising our rolls on the mats and using he climbing frames. 

Watch our video to see us in action! 

Mathematical Language

The first class children are working hard in Maths these days. They have learnt lots of new mathematical terms and words. 

You can help your child practice using this new language when completing their maths homework! 

Writing Wall

We have been extremely busy in first class working on our writing. We have improved our cursive writing and spellings. 

Make sure you read our work on our classroom Writing Wall! 

Art Club Week 4

This week the after school art club were studying the work of famous painter Vincent Van Gogh. They completed their own versions of "Stary Stary Night" using chalk pastels. 

Their pictures were fantastic! They learnt how to blend and mix colours. 

They also made paper weights by transfering images of their favourite movie characters to painted stones. 

Emperor Penguins

We painted Emperor Penguins using the painting technique "pointillism". 

Chinese New Year

We have been learning all about the Chinese New Year and the Lantern Festival this week. 

We made lanterns to decorate our classroom for the Chinese New Year. 

In art, we used chalk pastels to create a mid night Chinese New Year firework display. 

Make sure you pop into our classroom to see our Chinese New Year decorations! 

Positivity Day

Today was Positivity Day at school. 

We played lots of nice games and activities to celebrate the special day. 

First thing this morning, we received a card from Múinteoir Sinéad that had positive messages and sayings, such as "you are a kind friend" and "you are amazing". 

We were really happy with our positive messages. 

After lunch we used our "Compliment Cup". We read our compliments to our friends. Everyone had written really nice things about their friends! 

We read our compliments to our friends. 

We brought our teddies to the library and read them our favourite stories. 

We had so much fun today on positivity day. We cannot wait for Positivity Day next year! 

Energy Workshop

Leanne from Brigid's Garden came to our school today to do an energy workshop with us. 

She introduced her friend Guzzler who taught all of the boys and girls about how energy works and great ways to save energy in school and at home. 

The boys and girls learnt about energy chains. 

Art Club Week 3

This week the art club made beautiful notice boards. They were very proud of their completed work! 

The first class boys and girls are very creative! 

Road Safety

We were learning about road safety in school this week. They received a badge and a certificate to show they are ready to be seatbelt sheriffs.