Windows on the World: A visit from the Kenyan Ambassador

We had a big day in the school on Thursday.  Over the past few weeks, 4th, 5th and 6th class have been working on their Windows of the World project in preparation for St Patrick's Day. This year our school has been given Kenya as our country. 4th, 5th and 6th class have been learning all about the country, the culture, the people, the geography, the animals and the art work.

To help us celebrate Kenyan culture the Kenyan Ambassador to Ireland, Catherine Muigai Mwangi, came to visit our school. We worked really hard to decorate our school in preparation of the visit. We had balloons, bunting, ribbons and flags in the Kenyan colours - red, black and green. All our pupils lined up at the front of the school and they waved their Kenyan flags to welcome the Ambassador.


The Ambassador planted a tree outside the school to commemorate her visit. She then went to visit 4th, 5th and 6th class to talk to them about life in Kenya. The girls had lots of questions for the Ambassador, and the Ambassador brought some gifts from Kenya for the girls. It was an excellent visit.

Over the next few weeks the girls will continue to learn about Kenya and they will prepare their display for their Windows on the World shop front. We can't wait to see it.

Infant Art Displays

Junior and Senior Infants have been very busy this year working on all their projects.  Here are some displays showing off all their hard work.

Life Cycle of the Frog

Junior and Senior Infants are learning about the Life Cycle of the frog.  Here are some activities to practice this at home.

• Frog Life Cycle Game

Frog Life Cycle Colouring Pages

• Frog Life Cycle Colouring Page
• Frog Life Cycle Sequencing Cards
• My Itsy Bitsy Frog Book
• Frog Life Cycle: Cutting and Matching Activity
• Frog Life Cycle: Match the picture and information

Spring

Junior Infants are learning about Spring. Be sure to look out for signs of Spring - baby animals, daffodils, tulips, nests, buds and blossoms on trees, frog spawn, birds singing......

Art Exhibition

 

Our mums and dads loved our art exhibition at Christmas!

Gymnastics in Junior Infants

For the last two months Junior Infants have been doing Gymnastics in PE.


We are learning lots of different ways to travel using our hands and feet, we are learning different types of rolls - pencil roll, ball roll and the forward roll, and we are learning to use some gymnastics equipments like benches and mats.

It has been lots of fun.  Here is a video of us in our PE class.

We love Gaeilge!!

Junior Infants are learning Irish. Last month we learned how to talk about our clothes or our Eadaí.

We know sciorta, geansai, stocai, broga, briste, guna, hata agus cota.

We are also practicing our Irish songs and rhymes every day. Here is out rhyme about teidí's clothes:
Tá teidí agam.
Teidí deas bui.
Ta hata agus cóta air
Le broga is stocaí.

Every month we learn a little bit more.  Look at our lovely Líne Éadaí