Easter 2019 in the Infant Classroom

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Junior and Senior infants designed their own Easter Eggs using a combination of printing with pom-poms, and using a variety of brush strokes with their paint brushes. They also made beautiful Easter cards. However, the highlight of our Easter crafts was making our Krispie bun nests with mini eggs..Yum Yum!!

We had an Easter colouring competition and congratulations to our two winners as they proudly present their prize. Well done to all the children who took part as the standard was amazing!

Happy Easter from all the children in Junior and Senior Infants!!

Planting Seeds in Infants

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As part of our SESE programme, the infants learned about Living Things and Non-Living Things. They learned to identify the parts of a plant together with the functions of each and the essential elements plants require for growth. To consolidate this learning the children planted their own seeds which they will nurture in the coming weeks and watch them grow…how exciting!!

EGGcited about Easter in Mrs. Mc Guirk’s Room

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First, Second and Third Class were ‘Busy Bunnies’ today Thursday 11th April 2019. We completed lots of lovely activities around the theme of Easter. In Religion, we looked at the history of Easter Symbols and how they are connected to the Easter Story. In Gaeilge, we learned lots of Easter vocabulary and made a lovely Easter card. For our maths lesson, we completed maths challenge cards and worked in groups to solve the Mystery of the Explosive Easter Egg. In English, we listened to some Easter poems and created our own EASTER acrostic poem and wordsearch. Our music lesson consisted of singing some Easter themed songs and adding in our own actions. For art we made an Easter Bunny and held an Easter colouring competition. We looked at the effect of heat on solids in science and made some chocolate Easter nests.

See some of our activities below!!

 

Have a Look at our Easter Colouring Competition Winners !

Lough Neagh Discovery and Conference Centre

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As part of our Green Schools Campaign, Ms Atkinson’s class were very lucky to travel to ‘Lough Neagh Discovery and Conference Centre’ in Craigavon, County Armagh on Friday 5th April 2019. Children were given a tour of the centre, went pond-dipping for mini-beasts and spent some time bird-watching.

Presentation to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda

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Linda Finn, Joan Rooney and some of the students from St. Michael’s National School with the cheque they presented to the Oncology Unit in Our Lady of Lourdes hospital Drogheda following our 5K Fundraiser.

A massive thank you to all involved in organising this event!

 

Poetry with Ms McMahon

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We are very lucky in Ms Atkinson’s class to have Ms McMahon here for April and May to help us with our learning. We spent week one with Ms McMahon getting to know her better. We created these beautiful ‘I Am’ poems highlighting our different skills and qualities.

FAI Soccer Tournament

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Congratulations to the children from Ms Atkinson’s room who took part in the FAI five-a-side tournament in Gortakeegan on Tuesday 2nd and Thursday 4th April. Both teams played brilliantly and had great fun on the day.

A huge thank you to Peter and Ewan for volunteering their time to coach both teams in preparation for the day.

We are very proud of you all!

 

All-Ireland Success!

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Congratulations to Eva, Isobel and Grace who took part in the All-Ireland Variety Show in Traboolgan, County Cork on Sunday 24th March 2019. The girls took home numerous trophies and came first place overall as part of the ‘Born to Perform’ stage school.

We are super proud of the three girls!

Mini-Beasts in Ms Atkinson’s Room

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Ms Atkinson’s class learned all about a group of animals known as invertebrates this March. They then went on a search around the school grounds for these mini-beasts, and used a key to identify what type of invertebrate they had found.