Monday 25 April 2016

Junk Art

We are getting better and better at junk art in Junior Infants. Our constructions are getting taller and more stable.





We are also coming up with lots of new ideas for our junk art.

One pupil even decided to create a mini Stuart!

Spring Planting

We have been learning about the topics of Spring and planting in SESE over the past few weeks.
We planted some mangetout seeds and we're looking forward to tasting the pods when they grow.
First, we sprouted the seeds in a plastic bag in a warm, dark place. We tried the cupboards in school but this didn't work so the teacher took the seeds home and placed them in the hot press. This worked and we planted the sprouted seeds in degradable pots. We made sure to water them carefully and placed them in sunlight. As an experiment, we are not watering one pot and we are keeping another pot in a dark cupboard. We predicted that these pots will not grow!

This is a photo of us mixing together soil and compost for the pots.

In group work our general topic has been Spring and gardening. We set up a Garden Centre in the role play area and we took turns as gardeners, customers, managers, cashiers and even as flowers.




We made some beautiful garden centres in construction.



Monday 4 April 2016

Easter Holidays

We had great fun talking about the Easter holidays today in school and we remembered the activities we had on the last day of school before the term ended for St Patrick's Day.

We took part in fun activities outside with the other Junior Infants class. We used hula-hoops and skipping ropes in two stations. We shared news in front of both classes on the bench in the front yard. We then drew pictures and wrote using chalk on the pavements. The egg hunt in the front yard after we finished the activities was a great way to celebrate the holidays. We collected big and small eggs in the grass.








We all enjoyed the break over Easter but it's good to be back in school. We have lots of fun activities to look forward to this term such as planting.


Friday 1 April 2016

Proclamation Day 2016

On Tuesday the 15th of March every school in Ireland celebrated Proclamation Day.

In Dublin 7 Educate Together we celebrated Proclamation Day by having a flag raising ceremony in front of the school. We sang the national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann, and we listened to pupils play the national anthem beautifully on a range of musical instruments.



As part of the commemoration of the 1916 Rising, the whole school drafted a Proclamation for a New Generation. We used the original Proclamation as a basis and each class level had an area to discuss and consider. In Junior Infants we looked at sports and leisure and discussed what we would like to include in a new Proclamation.

The two Junior Infant classes drafted the paragraph:

Every child will have the right to play with toys, play games and play sport.
Every family will have lots of time off to spend time with each other.
Everyone will have the chance to play Irish sports and sports from around the world.
Every family will get money to spend on sports equipment.

On the day Kate read our paragraph from the Proclamation for the whole school.