We have been busy bunnies during spring and I couldn’t be more proud of all of the work and participation that has taken place in my classroom over the last few months.
In English, we have spent lots of time working on our comprehension skills, looking at explanation writing and focusing on the use of prepositions, plurals, pronouns and synonyms. We wrote our own explanations, using the features of explanation writing. We used procedural writing to write a procedure on how to make a Leprechaun mask. The children also designed and wrote about their own Fairytale characters. They also completed their own spring acrostic poems and shape poems within Easter Eggs.
In Gaeilge, we focused on the themes of Caitheamh Aimsire, Bia agus An Cháisc and have learned lots of vocabulary around these themes. We loved taking part in the Irish songs and poems. We participated in various role plays surrounding the themes mentioned and I loved the drama we did in the restaurant, in particular. You can see this on our Facebook page.
Maths involved lots of practical challenges around the topics of multiplication, division , fractions, decimals, weight and length and we used lots of different strategies to work out math’s problems. As always we got plenty of use out of our Six Bricks in our challenges and in our tables activities. We completed lots of practical challenges and we also loved playing games on the Toolkit4maths and Topmarks websites, to help consolidate newly learned skills. We have introduced an ‘Estimation Station’ to our room, giving the children a chance to guess the answer to a question relevant to the topic being taught. The person with the closest answer gets a small prize.
In S.E.S.E, we learned about farming in the past and changes that farming has undergone over time. We learned about Ireland and each child researched a different county. All research was combined to make a class book, which we have sent off to be published! We learned about the Romans and Italy and worked in groups to make fantastic booklets on these. We learned about rocks and soils in Science and looked at different samples of these and examined their properties.
In S.P.H.E., we learned dealing with strangers, how to be a good friend, road safety and how we grow and change over time.
In Music, we learned lots of songs and learned about different Irish instruments. We are progressing nicely on our tin whistles and can now all play several tunes. We are also practicing for the First Holy Communion Choir in May.
In Art, to mention a few things – we made lots of Saint Patrick’s day crafts, made papier maché Roman helmets and used collage to make Easter bunnies and Easter wreaths.
In P.E., we had our Gaelic coach in to teach us lots of games and ball skills. We also were very lucky to get to practice our hip-hop skills in our dance lessons. We have some future professionals in our midst.
We also had a visit from Doran Motors, with a very informative talk on the advantages of electric cars and we even got to see and sit in some cars from the range. We finished the term with a visit from the ice-cream van and some bun decorating! All round another busy and productive term. Enjoy your well deserved Easter break everyone! Hope the Easter Bunny comes! See a few samples of our work below!
