This was a very
special year in Ireland as we celebrated the 100 year anniversary of the 1916
Rising. We had a special ceremony outside with the whole school and parents. We
raised the flag and sang Amhráin na bhFiann. We read the 1916 Proclamation and
the new 2016 Proclamation we wrote as a whole school.
We have been learning all about our colours in Junior Infants. So far we have learnt about red, blue and yellow. Next we will be learning all about green. We do lots of activities when we are learning about colours: we make a colour table, we read a book about the colour, we learn a rhyme about the colour and we sort things by colours!
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Where is Thumbkin?
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Jack and Jill
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Miss Polly
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Little Miss Muffet
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Hickory Dickory Dock
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Rólaí Pólaí
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Vocabulary:
Mum
(mother/ mammy) Dad (father/
daddy) brother sister
uncle aunt grandparents grandmother (granny, nanny, nan,
gran) grandfather (grandad,
grandpa) cousin
older younger family
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How you can support
your child’s learning:
Literacy:
* Find
things around the house/ in books that start with our ‘s’ or ‘a’ sound.
* Look
for this sound in the environment
Numeracy:
* Can
your child count to five? Practice this at home (e.g. chanting, clapping,
stamping)
* Find
things that are blue and yellow
S.E.S.E.
* Talk
to your child (using photos if necessary) about the people in their family. We
have been talking to the children about how all families are different so make
sure they can name the people in their family (e.g. brothers and sisters)
* Bring
in a photo of your family for use in class
* Get
started on your Art at Home Family Tree project. Talk to your child about how
people are related
* Go
to the library and read books about families(e.g. the Large family books)
S.P.H.E. (Social, Personal, Health Education)
*
Talk to your child about the importance
of washing their hands properly and practise this at home.
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