We are having a lot of fun in Junior Infants. We have been working hard too! Take a step inside our classroom...You will meet us and see just some of the things we have been doing!
First of all, come and meet our class.
Ms. Carberry is so proud of us already!
Here we are on our very first day of school. Our parents and guardians walked us into our classroom. Ms. Carberry even met some of our Grannys! Once we were settled they left and we chose something to play with.
We have been learning lots of songs and nursery rhymes! One of our favourites is Humpty Dumpty. We had to put Humpty Dumpty back together again with glue and plasters!!
As each day goes by, we are enjoying playing with our friends, old and new, in Room 19.
I am special, I am me,
There's no one else I'd rather be,
No none looks the way I do,
I have noticed that it's true,
No one walks the way I walk,
No one talks the way I talk,
No one plays the way I play,
No one says the things I say,
I am special, I am me,
There's no one else I'd rather be!
We painted our self portrait.
Do you recognise us?
Ms. Carberry brought in a Me bag.
She had six things in the bag that told us something about her.
We had to bring in five things for our very own Me bag.
We had to show and tell the class what was in our Me bags and why.
We are really getting to know each other.
We decorated our Me bags...we hope you like them.
We listened to the story of the Owl Babies. Look at our beautiful picutures. Can you spot Sarah, Percy and Baby Bill?
We are really enjoying our Aistear stations. We are working on the Home and Family. Here are just some photos of us at work!
Our Home
Lego - Building Homes
Look at the different rooms in our homes. One of the houses has two hot tubs!!
We did Junk Modelling. We made houses and did lots of cutting and sticking. One of the houses has a pool! Some houses have secret passageways. One of the houses has an elevator for people in wheelchairs!
Our Family
Look at just some of our work. During Aistear, we had to make our families out of play doh! Can you pick out yourself?
During Aistear , we made houses out of lollipop sticks and put our family safely inside!
Here's what we think of Junior Infants so far....
We listened to the story "Leaf Trouble".
Pip the Squirrel thought his tree was sick because the leaves were falling off.
He tried to stick them back on the branches but he couldn't!
His Mammy told him that it was Autumn. Leaves fall off the trees at this time but will grow again in the Spring.
Pip was so happy to hear this!
We went on an Autumn Walk to find signs of Autumn. We collected leaves, acorns and made bark rubbings.
B is for baby!!!
Look how much we have grown!
We read lots of stories about babies.
We loved Avacado Baby and Once There Were Giants.
We talked about all the things a baby needs. We talked about taking care of babies. Here are some photos of us taking care of our babies.
We made Autumn Gardens out of Lego during Aistear. Can you spot the tall trees, the waterfall, the hot tubs, the patio set and the animals in some of the gardens?
We have been learning lots about hedgehogs.
We know that they sleep during the day - they are nocturnal.
Please ask us what they like to eat.
We know they have up to 8,000 spines.
They curl up in a ball when they are frightened.
Baby hedgehogs are born with soft spines.
They hibernate for the Winter.
In Aistear we made these beautiful hedgehog nests for our hedgehogs. They look so comfy. No wonder they're fast asleep!!
Here are some of us busy at work.
Look at our wonderful Autumn Art.
We used our hands and fingers to make these colourful autumn trees.
We drew, cut out and constructed these autumn leaves for our class tree during Aistear. Aren't they beautiful?
Can you guess what our new Aistear theme is....? Yes! It's Halloween!
We played in the Witches Kitchen. Some witches went to Spookervalu for the ingredients for their potions!
Some witches had pet spiders! One of the pet spiders became a mum and had lots of baby spiders!
One of the witches collapsed in the kitchen....It took the tickle potion to wake her up!
We worked on Junk Modelling during Aistear. We made our very own haunted houses....ENTER IF YOU DARE!!!
Sand Play - We had to find the spooky shapes hidden in the sand. We made potions...one was to turn ugly witches into pretty witches, another group made a potion to turn Ms. Carberry into a frog!!
Just look at our amazing pumpkins!! Can you believe that we did all the painting and cutting and sticking ourselves?! We hope they make you smile!
Look at the visitors who came to Room 19 today! Some of these spooky creatures made sure they did not smile for the photos!
We went on a Witches Walk! The girls from 6th Class were our walking buddies!!
We have started our six week workshop with Liam. He needs two Captains each week to demonstrate the moves to the class. Look at us in action. We loved our first workshop so much. We can't wait for next week!
We listened to the Story of Creation. We enjoyed listening to all the things that God made. We thought about the thing we like the most that God made..
We have put these up in our Sacred Space in our classroom.
Some of us created wonderful Shoeboxes to help children in need. We tried to include something for them to Wash with, Write with, Wear and some Wow things!!
We have been enjoying our Aistear Theme this fortnight!! Our theme has been Birthdays! Look at what we have been getting up to so far!
Fine Motor
We made birthday cards!
Socio Dramatic Play!
Look what went on in our Aistear Corner! We planned birthday parties, we played party games, we sang Happy Birthday.
In one of the play sessions, there was an evil stepmother who made the birthday girl do all the work!!
Small World
Getting ready for the party!
One of the groups had a birthday party, then it was invaded by pirates looking for treasure, then there was a fire, but it ended happily with a wedding!!
Musical Chairs!
Construction
We made birthday gifts for the birthday boy or girl!! Here are just a few!
A phone
A train set
A surprise gift
A house
A birthday cake!!
Look at our birthday venues!
Look at our delicious birthday cakes we made in our Art Lesson. We made Ms. Carberry very hungry! Here are just a few..
To finish off our Birthday fortnight in Aistear..we had a real birthday party for Teddy!
We had so much fun! We sang Happy Birthday, we gave him presents, we played Pass the Parcel, musical chairs, musical statues and we had a disco! Ms Carberry baked cupcakes and we decorated them ! Yum!
Teddy went home very tired but happy!
Musical Chairs
Musical Statues
Delicious Cupcakes!
We had fun during Science Week with our Walk Tall lesson!!
First of all we looked at our tastebuds!
Our tastebuds taste Sweet, Sour, Salty and Bitter things. We put it to the test!
We had our own Late Late Toy Show in Room 19. We had to show and review our favourite toy to our classmates!!
We also got a chocolate lolly and a Stay up Late Pass for the real Toy Show....and there was one for everyone in the audience!!
Us in our Winter Woollies!!
The Audience!!
The opening number!
Bring on the toys!
Look who arrived from the North Pole just in time for our Aistear Theme...The Post Office and Santa's Workshop!!
We called him Star.
It didn't take him long to settle in !!
This fortnight we have been working on The Doctor for our Aistear Theme. We have been learning lots of new vocabulary such as appointment, receptionist, stethoscope, otoscope, prescription, syringe, medicine and blood pressure monitor to name just a few!!
We made a Doctor's bag and filled it with the things they need to make patients better.
In Small World we played doctors and hospitals.
We made get well cards.
We built hospitals!
Here is the Doctor's Surgery. We even had two babies being born in the Surgery this week!
In our Construction Station in Aistear...we made elf houses. We cut and stuck everything by ourselves. Didn't we make a great job of them?
We had so much fun in December, working in the Post Office and working away in Santa's workshop. Here we are, busy at work!!
Elves in the workshop!
Making a list...and checking it twice!!
Elves busy wrapping presents!
Getting the coal ready!!
No-one is safe!! Ms Carberry got 3 bags of coal!!
Small World - Jesus's Christmas Party.
We listened to the story Jesus's Christmas Party. We asked Ms. Carberry if we could use the crib to act out the story..She said yes!
We had such an exciting visit to the Christmas Markets in our school. There were lots of bargain hunters to be seen!
Purses, bags...we are ready to go!
Here we are with our shopping partners!
Shop till you drop!!
We were very happy with all that we bought.
We are looking forward to the next Christmas Market! We had better start saving!
We made beautiful Christmas Cards for our families.
We wish you a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year!
A very Happy New Year to all! We are back at school now and have started our first week of GAA training. We will do football on a Tuesday and camogie on a Thursday.
We had so much fun today! Look at us in action!
We have had such a great time in our restaurant.
Play Dough
Look at the beautiful food, ready to order in our restaurant.. WARNING....YOU MAY FEEL HUNGRY!!
Fine Motor Control
We created our own menus for our restaurants. We sounded out the word and wrote down the letters ourselves...prepare to be impressed!!
We played in the Aistear corner. There were managers, customers, waiters and waitresses and some very talented chefs!
The orders were piling up!!
We had a VIP in the restaurant...Barbie came, but only ordered pink food!!
One manager had to give out to a customer for squishing the bread!
The restaurant got poisoned apple juice from the village by mistake!
Are you feeling hungry yet?
Construction...just a few of our wonderful restaurants!! Some had hot tubs, a drive thru and birthday rooms!
Today we visited the School Book Fair! We loved looking at the books and choosing ones to bring home. We will visit the Book Fair again on Monday.
We listened to the story of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle.
Look at our very own hungry caterpillars! We used a paper punch to make holes in the leaves!
We had our first session of Camogie with Brian from the GAA. We had lots of fun!
Jack Frost has been very busy!
Our teacher read us the poem, "Jack Frost is in the Garden."
We talked about what we think he looks like. Some of us thought he has spiky hair, a wand. One girl thought he might have fingerless gloves. We used our imaginations and drew these beautiful pictures using Oil Pastels.
Today the Junior Infants had a Zoom Call with Anne from the DSPCA. We were talking about how to care for animals.
They need suitable food, water and somewhere to rest. She showed us two videos. One was of two hedgehogs, who were sisters. We also saw a video of Mo-Mo the guinea pig and her babies.
Our Aistear theme has been Shopping. We set up a Supermarket in our classroom. It was very busy!
Some of us wrote lists before we set off to shop! We enjoyed being customers and shop workers, stacking shelves and using the cash register.
This girl set up her own Bakery section in the Supermarket!
Look at our Shopping Trolleys...!!!
The Vet was open for business!
Just incase there are any accidents at the Vets!!
OOOps!! The first of many!!
What lovely kind vets we had looking after the sick animals...
Washing the animals
On one of our Aistear stations we were exploring Magnets!! We had so much fun exploring wand magnets , magnetic marbles, horseshoe magnets and magnetic chips. We had to guess what objects would be attracted to the magnets.
We used magna tiles to build wonderful things!!
We wore our Pyjamas into school!! We brought in a favourite teddy from home too! Luckily no-one fell asleep!!
Mix a pancake, Stir a pancake, Pop it in a pan, Fry a pancake, Toss a pancake, Catch it if you can! We made pancakes and got to choose what toppings to put on top!
Did someone say pancakes?!
Happy Valentines Day from all in Room 19 x
Our Valentines walk!
In Aistear, we are learning about building. We looked at different types of homes too, detached, semi detached, apartments, bungalows and terraced.
Look at these builders at work. Some of the foremen were very strict and fired some of the builders!
Our builders were busy making houses and homes at the Junk Modelling Station! Some of the homes had skylights, balconies and gardens. One builder made a hotel, which had fountains outside!
We read the story of "The Three Little Pigs". We were able to remember Irish phrases from the story too!!
A huge thank you to all the Mums in Room 19 for coming in to our Mothers Day Show on March 7th. We loved inviting you all. We hope you enjoyed our videos, flowers, pictures, paintings, Irish drama and songs.
We also talked about International Women's Day. We had to think of a woman we admire...
We watched a wonderful play organised by Ms. S May and Ms N Heneghan. It was called "Bake"
It was about a chef in the Palace Kitchens, The Queen, Prince Frederick and Princess Madeline. We loved it...and we even got to take part in the play!
We listened to the story of St. Patrick. In History we sequenced the events in his story. We illustrated the pictures ourselves. Sit back and let us tell you his story......
Ask us to recite Higgity Piggity and This Little Piggy went to Market! We would love to sing Old McDonald Had a Farm for you!
Our Aistear topic is The Farm. Here we are in the Socio Dramatic Area, acting as Farmers..
Planting Crops..
Looking After the Animals....
Putting eggs in the hatchery..
Shearing Sheep..
Calling the Vet for sick animals...
Construction...
We worked as teams to build our own farms.
Junk Art
We had to choose a farm animal to make. We used our own ideas to make them.
We watched a video about making butter long ago. They used a butter churn. We made our own butter in class! We had crackers with our butter...Some of us had seconds!!
We really enjoyed our Wellbeing Week. Here are a few highlights!!
We did Yoga with Ms. Young..
We did chalk drawings on the yard.
The big girls played with us and read us stories!
The Farmers Market is now officially open!! We looked at lots of different types of fruit and vegetables. We even learned about some new vegetables, such as, leeks, turnip, parsnip, cauliflower and courgette! The next time we go shopping why don't you check if we know the names of some of the fruit and vegetables?
We had customers and people selling at the market. The sellers were getting phonecalls asking how fresh the vegetables were. The customers were assured that the carrots were picked yesterday and that the orange juice was freshly squeezed!
Fresh eggs and freshly baked bread and cookies were also available to purchase!
Playdoh - Look at these busy farmers!! Can you name the goods they have made for the Farmers Market?
Art - Fruit and Vegetable Printing!
Small World - Can you see the produce for sale? The markets were very busy!!
We read the story of The Little Red Hen.
"Who will help me bake this bread?" asked Miss Carberry....
"I will!!" replied all the girls in Room 19!!
We read the ingredients and the method. We followed the method step by step. We made two loaves of bread. After the bread had cooled down a little, we all had a big slice of bread, some had butter on theirs and some had butter and jam!! It was delicious. There was just enough left for us to bring home a little piece in our lunchboxes!! There wasn't a crumb left!
We had to wrap the white soda bread in a tea towel when the loaves came out of the oven. This gave a softer crust and made it easier for Ms.Carberry to cut!!
Ms. Dignam is on teaching practice in our classroom for 2 weeks. We had a wonderful lesson with her . She had read us the story "Pirates Love Underpants" We had to sequence the story. We mapped out different scenes from the story. We worked as teams, making sure that the scenes were in order.
Here's one of our completed maps!!
Ms. Dignam showed us how to program the Bee Bot to move from picture to picture, in the correct order!
Every group got their own Bee Bot to work with and to program. It was so much fun!
We are working on "An Siopa Milsean" in Irish. We would love to sing "Ceard ba mhaith leat?" for you. We are also learning a poem called An Siopa Milsean. It starts like this...."Bhi me ag an siopa, an siopa milsean...".maybe we could say it for you too! "Mrs. Dignam and her Club Spraoi girls ran a Siopa Milsean this week.
We had such a special day this week!!
We went to Lullymore on our School Tour!
Here we are playing in the Outdoor Playground!
We really enjoyed our lunches!
We went on the Lullymore Road Train to the bog and through the forest. We sang "Baby Baluga" all the way around!
We talked about Hedge Schools. One girl was the lookout while the teacher was teaching. Another girl pretended to be an English soldier. The lookout made a bird song noise and we all had to hide from the soldier!
We walked through the forest. We had to be very quiet when we got to the Fairy Village. Some of us saw fairies!
We met some of the animals.
We also got to play in the Indoor Play Area. There were bridges, slides and a ball pit.
What a wonderful time we all had.
Enter Room 19 at your own risk!
It has been taken over by Pirates!
These Pirates are eating fingers!!
These Pirates had to walk the plank!
Look at the Captain shouting her orders!
Junk Modelling Station
We made treasure chests from egg cartons and made treasure to put inside them!
Some of us even put passcodes on our treasure chests!
Look inside...
We used Playdoh to create underwater scenes. Can you spot the mantra ray, the squid, the clam, the mermaids, the sea snakes, the clown fish, the angel fish? What else can you spot?
Small World
Can you see some of the Pirates walking the plank?
Look at us go!!
We read the story of Mr. Gumpy's Outing. We worked with our Science Partners. We had to make a tin foil boat that floats!! Then we added counters for all the characters in the story to see if it still floats. Science is fun!
Here is just a taster of the fun we had at our Sports Day. We had Water Races, Class Races, Partner Races, Egg and Spoon Race, Sack Race, Hoop Toss, Dress Up Race, Bouncy Castle and Free Play.
Free Play
The Sack Race
Egg and Spoon Race
Bouncy Castle Obstacle Course
Hoop Throw
Dress Up as a teacher race!!
Time to rest!
The ice-cream van came to Scoil Bhride this morning! We all got a delicious ice-cream!
These lucky teddies had a picnic today!
Once Upon a Time there was a class of girls who absolutely loved stories.... Look who came in to visit us today..
Anna from Frozen
Ariel
The Unicorn from The Unicorn and the Rainbow Poop .... a huge hit in our class!!
The Singing Mermaid
Elsa
Princess Pearl from Zog and the Flying Doctors
Little Red Riding Hood
Princess Pearl
Sleeping Beauty
Katie McCabe
Peppa Pig
Matilda
Little Red Riding Hood
Belle
Leopard from Giraffe is Left Out
Anna
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