W.O.W.

As part of our ACTIVE SCHOOL Campaign and our HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOL Campaign and as part of our ‘Transport’ Theme in our GREEN SCHOOL’S Campaign, our whole school take part in WOW (Walk on Wednesday)on the first Wednesday of each month.  It’s a great way to  come together as a school community, getting some exercise and having a chat with our friends before school commences. Look at some of the pictures below!

Busy Bunnies in February!!

First and Second Class have been very busy during February.  We learned lots about Saint Brigid and Lent in Religion. Second Class also celebrated their First Penance on 13th February.  In Irish we learned about ‘An Gruagaire’ and even sang a hair themed song on ‘Crazy Hair Day’.  Maths was all about positional language and shape – we sang lots of songs, danced to different directional instructions and played lots of interactive games involving these topics.  We also made our very own shape people. In English, we learned a spring poem and wrote some fantastic spring poems of our own, which we presented to our classmates. We learned about water and the importance of water in Science and in History we visited the topic of the Chinese New Year.  We learned about Saint Valentine and the traditions of this special occasion.  We created lovely cards for someone special in our lives.  We learned about Internet Safety on Safer Internet Day  in S.P.H.E. and we also learned about family types and the importance of  being part of a family.  We enjoyed learning new soccer skills with Euan and putting them to practice in some very competitive games.  We also tried a little Irish dancing in class and showed our fantastic rhythmic abilities. As part of our in class rewards system, we got to bring in board games and had great fun playing these together.  Well Done boys and girls on a fantastic months work!

2-D Shape Work in 1st and 2nd Class

In February in Maths,  we have been busy learning about directions and shapes.  We learned different positional language terms and practiced directions in various online games and also in dance activities.  We even had the opportunity to get outdoors and find and take photographs of various 2-D shapes in our school environment.  We also worked in groups to make 2-D shapes with our bodies.  When we came indoors, each group explained which 2-D shapes they found, using the interactive whiteboard.  Well done boys and girls! Who knew we had so many shapes all around us.

Sacrament of Penance 2024


Eighteen wonderful pupils celebrated the Sacrament of Penance on Tuesday 13th  of February in St. Lastra’s Church, Donaghmoyne.

Well done and congratulations to the nine boys and nine girls in second class for their respectful and prayerful participation on the evening of their First Confession.

Every one of them should feel very proud of their efforts, both in preparation for and during the ceremony. The occasion was a memorable one, enhanced by beautiful singing and readings. Thank-you to all our pupils for joining our choir on the night!

A huge thank you to Father Daly for celebrating this special occasion with us.

 

Crazy Hair Day

The boys and girls had great craic on Friday 9th February for our ‘Crazy Hair Day’. A huge well done to everyone for taking part!

November and December in 1st and 2nd Class

We all had a lovely Halloween and were ready for lot’s of fun and learning on our return to school.

In English, we focused on report writing and wrote reports on several animals including bats, snakes and crocodiles.  We enjoyed lots of oral language games around the theme of winter.  We made a lot of effort daily in our accelerated reading. Lot’s of children completed our Readathon challenge. Well Done All! Second Class are busy working on our class book, which we hope to send off for publication in December.

In Gaeilge, we learned lots of new vocabulary around the theme of ‘An Scoil’ agus ‘Éadaí’ and practised this in various oral language games, songs and roleplays.

Our focus in maths has been in place value and addition and we have been practicing these topics daily through games and written activities.

In S.E.S.E. we have been learning about our body, functions of our body parts and also the importance of healthy eating, exercise and sleep for our overall well being. We participated in science week (12-19th November), carrying out some interesting experiments. We discovered that ketchup is really good for cleaning dirty coins!!

In S.P.H.E., we learned about road safety and looked at improvements we could make, to make our school safer in this regard.

In art, we designed Christmas Cards, entered a Christmas colouring competition and also made some ‘Snazzy Snowmen’.  We also designed our own road safety signage. We also designed some Christmas jumpers for the ‘Toy Show.  We also designed our own Christmas stockings! We also wore our pyjamas on the same day, as part of our whole class reward system.

We have also been very busy practicing for our Carol Concert due to take place on 30th December 2023, in Saint Lastra’s Church.

We had our November assembly and rewarded pupils for their reading efforts in the Readathon and also in Accelerated Reading.

The girls and boys should be very proud of their efforts during the month of November and December.

Happy Christmas Everyone!!

Christmas in the Infant Classroom 2023

Our were infants were very busy this December getting ready for Christmas.

We worked on our cutting skills, creating these beautiful Christmas trees from card.

 

We took some time out of our usual phonics routine to complete some revision activities.

 

We collaborated with 1st and 2nd class to take part in a whole-school quiz as arranged by our student council. It was great fun!

 

We made beautiful clay Christmas tree decorations for someone special at home as part of the Arts curriculum.

 

We followed a recipe to make gingerbread houses.

 

And finally we had a visit from the man himself – Santa Claus!

First Term in 3rd and 4th

It has been a great start to the year in 3rd and 4th class. The children have been busy in all subjects.

In Maths, we have revised addition and subtraction and learned all about collecting data and representing data. We have also started to explore multiplication and division, and dived into the world of fractions.

The children have been working hard at their Irish verbs and have really started to grasp the rules behind them.

We learned all about the Egyptians and rocketed into space as we explored the planets.

The children really enjoyed completing their group projects and were excited to share their findings with their classmates.

Our writing skills were put to the text when we looked at recount writing and report writing, and I can definitely see some potential journalists among us.

In science we investigated the importance of the footprint and its relationship to ones height. We also learned about how it is used in crime investigations.

We did printing for Halloween art and played spooktacular games.

The children should be very proud of all their hard work this term!

Autumn Activities in 1st and 2nd Class

We were very busy in autumn in our classroom!! Below are but a few of the activities we completed!!

In English we focused on recount writing and learned about story structure. We practiced various poems and focused on expression when reading aloud.  Second class are working on a book entitled ‘Rainforest Animals are Important’, which we hope to send off for publication on completion.  We engaged in various online workshops via zoom to learn about different author’s and their creations. We also listened to a Halloween story called ‘The Spooky Invitation’ and created our own invitations and recipes based on the story.

In Gaeilge we learned lots of vocabulary around the themes of Mé Féin and An Bhaile.  We also worked on the theme of Oíche Shamhna.   We played games, we sang songs and did roleplays in order to practice the new vocabulary we encountered.

In Art, we completed lovely self portraits and worked on Picasso style pictures, we extended pictures to create autumn images,  we did some Halloween prints and also made some lovely Halloween figures.

In S.E.S.E. we learned about homes and houses in our environment, our county, changes in autumn and we also made memory books, detailing all the important events in our lives to date. We enjoyed learning about the origin and History of Halloween.

We have been very lucky to have had Ross in with us over the  past number of weeks, helping us develop our Gaelic skills. We also engaged in some Halloween themed P.E. games with our teacher.

We also engaged in our monthly School Assembly and performed some songs for the whole school. We also got introduced to our new student council.

We had a visit from Janet who showed us how to make up shoe boxes for the Shoe Box Appeal.

We would like to wish everyone a SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN!! STAY SAFE EVERYONE!

Maths Week in First and Second Class

This year Maths Week took place between 14th -22nd October 2023.  We engaged in lots of fun activities to develop and practice our maths skills.  We used our Six Bricks to follow instructions, answered questions on math’s posters, played games online and on our tablets, listened to a story in order to answer math’s questions and used our Math’s Eyes at home and at school to answer questions on our environment. Well done boys and girls for your active participation!!