Science Experiments

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Our senior pupils were working on some very cool science projects and they shared their electricity experiments with us in the Junior Room.

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Book Week Library Visit

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We really enjoyed our visit to Oranmore Library during Book Week.

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Spring in the Junior Room

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Spring in the Junior Room

St. Bridget’s Day heralded the start of spring. We have had a very busy start to 2015, and we can now proudly call ourselves published authors! Books from all classes will be swapped with other schools and we are sure we have represented ourselves and our school well wherever our books end up! Thanks to all the mums and dads who worked so hard on the books, it is such a rewarding project for the children and we have learned a lot throughout the whole process.

In Science, we learned about Forces, and push and pull. Killian and Seán made fantastic toys from recycled materials to show the force of push/ pull in everyday objects. Well done boys!

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Midterm break will be on Thursday and Friday the 19th and 20th of February.

Our Fun February birthday babies are Eoghan in Junior Infants, who is five now, and Ellie and Béibhinn who are birthday twins! Their moms were side by side in the hospital seven years ago, and the girls have been inseparable since!!

In Maths, we are learning about the time, days, months, years and hours and minutes in Seniors and First, so ask us some tricky questions- we might just surprise you!!

 

March Magic babies are Matthew Quinn Sheila Gately who will be five and Grace Creedon who will be six.  We hope the mums get a nice rest on Mother’s Day, the 15th of March. School will be closed on Monday and Tuesday the 16th and 17TH of March, and Easter holidays begin at 12.30 on the 27th of March. School reopens on Monday the 13th of April.

Artful April babies are Seán Glynn, Mark Bruen, Eoan O’ Neill, Meadbh Costello and Lauren Kilduff. Happy birthday to you all.

 

Winter in the Junior Room

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Winter in the Junior Room

The Junior Room will be having our Christmas Concert on Friday, the 12th of December at 2pm in the Halla in school. We will act out our Nativity drama, and following that, show ‘The Gruffalo’ video which every child in the class participated in creating, under the direction of puppeteer Tommy Baker, and Ms. O Doherty.
For any parent who cannot attend on that day, you would be more than welcome to come to see the dress rehearsal on Thursday the 11th in the Halla, at 1 pm.

We will be selling raffle tickets at our concert. These tickets sold will be included in the raffle at the main concert on Tuesday the 16th Dec 7pm in Labane hall.
First Class will also be part of the school choir which will perform a selection of Christmas Carols at the 2nd to 6th class concert on Tuesday the 16th.

Sr. Breda will be visiting for our yearly religious exam on November the 12th where our class will take part in a prayer service in the Halla.

Treat and Toy Friday is on November the 28th, and then December the19th.

We will get holidays at 12.30pm on December the 19th.

Our November birthday heroes are Peader and Killian.

December birthday dynamos are Alex, Corey and Orlaith.

Our only January jelly baby is Sarah.

Happy Christmas to everyone, and we wish a safe and peaceful Christmas, and a productive fun New Year.

Autumn in the Junior Room

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 Autumn in The Junior Room

We had a busy autumn in the Junior Room.
We began working with puppeteer Tommy Baker to develop a drama based on our class novel ‘The Gruffalo’. We used some unusual instruments, such as a dulcimer  and an ubu to provide sound effects to recreate the sounds heard in a forest. Well done especially to Lauren our mouse, Matthew Quinn our fox, Sean the snake, Corey the owl, Meadbh as Gruffalo and Ellie the narrator.

We had a visit from Dawn from the Dogs Trust to teach us how to look after dogs and greet unfamiliar dogs.

We also met Kay who talked all about Biodiversity and how we can continue to promote it in our school.

Our fancy dress day in school went down a treat where we had ghosts, ghouls and guess who people to name just a few.

After that, the Parents’ Council ran a great Bingo fundraiser in Bradley’s in Labane which was a huge success.

Our summer birthday bunnies were Erin, Sophia and Aidan.

Happy birthday to our September Star Diarmuid.

Happy Birthday to the October legends Mark F and Iarla.

School Tour 2014

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For the parents of Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First class

 

In Athenry Castle, we will dress up in medieval costume, have a tour of the castle and weather permitting, spend time outside on activities such as archery and partake in a maze treasure hunt.  After, we will eat lunch and head to Busy Bees for more fun.  You can collect your child at 3.15 at the school.

 

Suitable clothes

All children are asked to wear socks as they will have to take off their shoes in the indoor play area.  Please provide a raincoat for your child if there is any chance of rain on the day, and also sun screen in case we see the sun at any stage!

 

Lunch

The children can bring a packed lunch which we will eat there.  They will have small break and big break.  It wouldn’t be a tour if treats weren’t allowed but please don’t bring fizzy drinks or chewing gum as normal on treat Friday.  As we will be doing lots of running around, an extra drink in the lunchbox might be a good idea.

 

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Junior Infants May 2014

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Junior Infants

May

Hello everybody. Summer is here, so time for lots of outdoor fun.

We have a busy month in school as usual.

Congratulations to Second Class who made their Communion this month- Seán has a brother who received the sacrament and it was a very special day for all the boys and girls.

Also, we’d like to congratulate 6th Class who are making their Confirmation on Tuesday the 20th of May. We hope the sun shines for you all.

The big lads go swimming every Friday and we learn all about how to stay safe in the water. Captain Bird’s Eye has lots of funny pictures to explain all the rules. Fridays are really great because we get to use the big pitch at big break.

School is closed for elections on the 23rd.

Don’t forget to put sun screen on for the lovely warm days to come this term!

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Junior Infants April 2014

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Junior Infants April

It’s nearly time for our Easter holidays and we really deserve it because we’ve been working very hard!

Congratulations to Aidan who was overall Write-a-Book winner in Junior Infants.

Happy birthday to Seán,  whose birthday is this month.

Wishing you all a safe and ‘eggcellent’ Easter, see you all on the 27th.

Junior Infants March 2014

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Junior Infants

March 2014

What a busy month we’ve had. We can proudly call ourselves authors, and are delighted to have published our very first Write a Book. Thanks again for all the help!

Book Week was a great success, and we learned a lot from it, as well as having loads of fun. We had a visit from a storyteller, Jonathan Gunning and a visit to Oranmore library where Kay the librarian read to us.

One of the best parts of the week was reading with our Senior Buddies. We got to know some of the big boys and girls who we don’t often get to chat to, and it was brilliant.

Patricia Forde was the visiting author, and she was great fun. We loved Book Week, and are looking forward to next year already!

Bhí seachtain na gaeilge againn freisin agus rinneamar iarracht mhór an teanga a labhairt ar an gclós.

St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated by all in style!

We only have one spin on the chair to give this month- Katie will be seven soon.  Below are pictures of our library visit.

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