Junior/Senior Infants 2020/2021
Ms. Costello
A Big Welcome To Our New Juniors
Fáilte Ar Ais Seniors
First Day- A Day Of Smiles
A big thank you to Róisín for all her help on our Very Busy First Day !!!
Infants learn the High Five for Washing Hands Super Attention and Concentration !
Infants explore impact of handwashing on germs through a simple experiment
Senior Infants create designer face masks
Great Buddies at Breaktime
Infants learn their colours
Pupils go on their AUTUMN WALK
Colette joined us for our walk and we collected berries, flowers, fallen leaves, wild strawberries etc. but the best autumn TREASURE that we collected was Chocolate Biscuits and Sweets when we went past Bridget Darcy's House
Autumn Art
Inspired by our walk Infants created autumn trees using cotton buds to print with
They also made some hedgehogs with painted leaves and horse chestnuts
Fly Away Peter Fly Away Paul ...................................
Cé Tusa? Is mise Billy
Billy helps us caint as gaeilge
Monkey and puppy tell us about their adventures at the weekends
Covid allows Liam to stay in Tipperary for Extra Time !
Playtime
Yoga
- yoga trees, snake , dolphin, warrior poses - no creaking bones, super flexible
Aistear
The Doctor's Surgery
Infants take on the roles of Doctors, Nurses, Receptionists, Patients, Pharmacists etc. They write absent notes, prescriptions, appointments, patient files etc. No worries, the HSE is in great hands !!!!!!!
S.P.H.E. - Feelings
Maths Time
Juniors sort items into different sets
They sort sets according to different attributes such as colour, size and number
Extended Patterns
Seniors explore the Story of 5
Halloween
Marbling Inks - pupils have fun decorating skulls with different coloured inks
Aistear Theme - Room on the Broom
We remember those who have died
Our Sense of touch
Pupils use their hands and sense of touch to identify what is hiding in the feely bag. They feel the texture, size, shape, flexibility etc for clues
They then sort materials with different textures for the display Board
Maths Week Activities
Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
Happy Mid-Term Break Everyone
November - Space Theme
Infants take a trip to the International Space Station and learn interesting facts about SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Space Art
Juniors and Seniors create textured moons using paint and cornflour and create craters by pressing lid tops into the paint
They create imaginary planets by rolling painted marbles over their cut out circles
Juniors make rocket packs to prepare for a space walk
Seniors make space rockets to travel to the red planet
What's On The Menu? - Delicious Space Rocks
Science in action
- Gravity
- Wind propelled rockets
GAA Jersey Day to remember Bloody Sunday Croke Park 1920
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The heavy metal percussion band !
A Visit From A Four Legged Friend
Maths Stations
Stephen joins us for P.E. Placement
The Festive Season Begins
Social Writing
Pupils explore the genre of Social Writing. They make, write and send Christmas cards to their families and the elderly in Nenagh as part of a community outreach initiative during the covid lockdown. They learn about : the structure of a letter, envelope address, stamp and post. and write a letter to Santa
Aistear- Santa's Workshop
Christmas Art
As children were learning about the evergreen Fir Tree we explored different ways to represent these trees in art
Clay Christmas Trees / Christmas Window Scene/ Wool- Button Trees
Window scene
The Elf on the Shelf gets up to his usual tricks!
Special Christmas Party and not a Brussel Sprout in sight ?
January 2021- Where are all the children ?
SEESAW - Remote Learning
Learning continues at home thanks to the support and commitment of Parents, Grannies and Minders, Míle Buíochas 🙏
March 1st, Back Together Again
Spring Walk
Infants go in search of Spring.
Life cycle of a FROG
A big Thank You to Cormac and Rory for bringing Kermit and friends to school, now we can watch them grow and change from frog spawn to froglet
Aistear- Farm Theme
Farm Safety Webinar
"FARM" Art
Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Infants make a moving clock
St Patrick's Day Celebrations
Infants search for clues to lead them to the Leprechaun's Edible Treasure
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Raisin experiment
Mothers Day - I Couldn't Have Picked A Better Mother 💗
"Incredible Edibles" Planting Begins
Juniors and Seniors plant Carrot and Turnip seeds. We also plant seed Potatoes and a Strawberry plant
The Easter Bunny Returns 🐇
Happy Easter 🐣🐇🐣🐇🐣🐇🐣🐇🐣🐇🐣🐇🐣🐇🐣🐇🐣
Restaurants are closed all over Ireland except in Burgess!
Front legs and back legs have arrived, time to release the froglets into their new pond home
Monkey has lots of fun at the weekend
Lets learn our words - FLY SWAT Vocabulary Game
Seniors are now independent writers and enjoy free writing time.
Our New Polycarbonate Greenhouse Comes To Life
The seeds we planted in Spring are now ready to move to their new home
Chasing Shadows
Infants have fun learning about SHADOWS. They hunt for shadows in the school grounds and then create their own dramatic shadows They use torches and plastic animals in the classroom to make shadows and then draw around the animal shapes
Incredible Edibles Art- Fruit and Veg Printing
Incredible Edibles Award application
Ball skills- rolling, bouncing, kicking, throwing, catching
THE LITTLE RED HEN LOOKS FOR HELP!!!!!!
MAY Altar and Visit to the Church
Pavement Art
Teddy Bears Picnic
Sandcastle Building- dry sand or wet sand ?
Sports Day
Covid experiences are recorded by every pupil in the school, placed in a time capsule and buried on the school grounds
Harvesting the Magic Turnips
Following the journey from seed to vegetable |
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