Junior Infants are busy learning about all the animals in the zoo.





We're reading a book called 'Dear Zoo'.
We really like this story and have been thinking about the kind of pets we would like the zoo to send us.







Did you know that Dublin Zoo has webcams? We've been going on to their website to look at the different animals. We really want to see the elephants but so far they've stayed hidden from us.





Yesterday we made binoculars and today we used them when we went on our safari. We all got on the make believe bus and we drove around searching for animals. We found loads - giraffes, zebras, lions, elephants, wildebeests!

Autumn Nature Walk in Junior Infants

We went on an Autumn Nature Walk on Friday. We were looking for signs of autumn around the school grounds and we found loads! We saw leaves of all different colours (red, yellow, brown...), blackberries  (although some weren't ripe and were still red) and conkers that had fallen on the ground from a big horse chestnut tree. Some of the conkers were still in their prickly shells. We also walked through the fallen leaves on the ground and listened carefully to the crunchy sound they made when we stood on them.

 

 

 

 

 

The Bakery

Our theme in Junior Infants for the start of October is the Bakery. Our home corner has been turned into a bakery and we've been busy buying and selling baked goods.

 

We've also been using salt dough to make pretend cakes, cupcakes and other baked goods. We really enjoy mixing all the ingredients together in the bowl and getting our hands all sticky and dirty when we play with the dough.

 

We had a non-uniform day on Friday to raise money for Open Door. Look at us in our own clothes!