'Fun for all' Day.
Check out some photos from our recent 'Fun for All' day! We had a super time taking part in a host of fun activities like 'Tug of War', parachute games, water relays and obstacle course. There were lots of laughs and smiles and everybody was a winner!! Thanks to the parents association for the yummy treats that they sent in! They were a great way to finish off an enjoyable day!
Pirate Pete Magic Show
On Wednesday June 2nd 2021, a special visitor arrived at Scoil Naomh Eltin, as part of a well-deserved 'Fun Day' for the infant classes. As you will see from the photographs below, we thoroughly enjoyed and were enthralled by Pete's magic tricks! Pirate Pete kept up enteratined and amused with some amazing magic tricks and some really funny jokes! We were at the edge of our seats! Thank you to Miss O' Connor for organising Pirate Pete's visit!
Did somebody say 'ice-cream'?
As a treat for having worked so hard all year, another element of our 'Fun Day' was a delicious ice-cream from Mr Cool's ice-cream truck! It was so exciting to see the ice-cream truck drive right into our school yard and we all thorougly enjoyed our delicious ice-creams! To top off a wonderful 'Fun Day' of magic, laughter and ice-cream we relaxed on the grass for an epic 'Teddy Bear's Picnic'. We had all chosen our favourite teddy to bring to school for the day and are happy to report that the teddies had as much fun as we did!
The joyous return to school on March 1st 2021.
Monday March 1st was a very special day for Senior Infants. After almost two months of working so hard at home, the school re-opened and we returned to our classroom once again. It was so lovely to be reunited with all of our friends and arrive back into our happy, sunny classroom. Our teachers were so proud of how hard we had worked on Seesaw. For the first few days back, we took it nice and easy. We told our friends and teachers all of our news, sang songs, played games and spent lots of time playing with our friends who we had missed so much. As you can see from our happy smiles - we all love school so much in Senior Infants!
Chalk Art.
We had so much fun recently when we went outside to the yard with outdoor chalk and let our imaginations run wild! We created cats, butterflies, sharks and a whole host of other wonderful ideas! We were a little dusty after this activity but it was so much fun :)
Aistear 'The Post Office'.
In December, we explored the theme of 'The Post Office' in Aistear. We learned about all of the different services that the Post Office provides, and we practised using lots of post office-related vocabulary. We wrote letters to our Mums and Dads telling them all of our news from the first term in school. We also wrapped some cardboard boxes in wrapping paper, practised writing our own address on these and designed our own stamp! We had lots of fun pretending to be post office clerks and customers. As a special treat for working so hard in Term 1, we had some yummy hot chocolate on the last day of Aistear in December.
Aistear theme: 'The Restaurant'.
In November, one of themes we explored in Aistear was 'The Restaurant'. This was so much fun! We made our own chef hats out of paper and then set to work creating yummy 'paper pizzas' with a whole host of different toppings - cheese, pepperoni, pineapple, mushroom - you name it! We then set to work designing and constructing a restaurant using different construction materials- lego, large and small blocks etc. We painted mouth-watering cupcakes and doughnuts and practiced our fine motor skills by threading pictures of different food items. Finally, we let our imaginations run wild by making different types of food using our playdough and completing various playdough challenges on our restaurant-themed playdough mats. Phew! We were hungry after all that activity, so on Friday as a special treat for working so hard we ate a slice of delicious REAL pizzas :) Yummy!
Aistear - 'The School'
In October, one of our Aistear themes was 'The School'. We had lots of fun exploring this theme. We used felt, sequins and stickers to design new school shoes and we used our construction materials to work as part of a team to design and create a school building! We also used our imaginations to complete various playdough challenges. We love Aistear!
Autumn.
We had great fun learning all about Autumn. We learned that the leaves change colour, they fall off deciduous trees and the days get colder and shorter. We put our clay skills to work and created our very own hedgehogs. It was so much fun!
Aistear is back!
June has been a busy month for the boys and girls in Senior Infants!!!!
Virtual School Tour!
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Active Schools Week!
This week is Active Schools Week at Scoil Naomh Eltin! Below are the set of challenges we hope you will participate in this week. The aim is to exercise for at least 60 mins every day and to have fun!! Don't forget to send us in your photos from the week! Go n-éirí libh!
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Scheme of Work - Week of June 8th
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Scheme of Work - Week of June 2nd
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Good job Boys and Girls!
Scheme of Work - Week of May 25th
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Scheme of Work - Week of May 18th
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Scheme of Work - Week of May 11th
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Scheme of Work - Week of May 5th
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Look at our Super Homework!
Some of our Super Work!
Scheme of Work- Week of April 27th
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Every child is an artist!
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We had great fun experimenting with different coloured water colours. We allowed them to try and in week two we experiment with the marks that can be made with different drawing instruments such as pastels, chalk and charcoal. We experimented with different shapes and we are all so proud of how our art work turned out. Have a look at our photos and see what you think!
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Senior Infants visit the Oifig an Phoist!
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For the past two week here in Senior Infants we have been very busy learning about the post office. We have learnt lots of new vocabulary. We learn't that the post office clerk works in the post office and the post person delivers all the parcels, postcards and letters. We learnt that a letter needs an address and a stamp if you want to post it to someone. We also learn't that you can buy a dog or TV licence in the post office, renew your passport and even pay your bills. We made our families beautiful cards, wrote their addresses on the envelops and went to the post office to buy our stamps and post them. We even met a postman. It was so much fun!
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Procedural Writing: How to make Jelly!
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The last few weeks we have been learning how to write procedures. We learn't how to write the procedure for making a sandwich, for how to make rice crispy buns and even the procedure for how to make jelly. We then put our procedures into practice and made rice crispy buns and Jelly they were both so yummy!
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Wednesday, December 11th was a very special day for Junior and Senior Infants. They had been practicing their Christmas show for weeks and it was time to performed 'Our First Nativity' to all their families and friends.
The show was FANTASTIC and we are very proud of all the boys and girls. They put in lots of work learning songs, actions, lámh signs and even lines. We hope the families and friends of the boys and girls enjoyed watching it as much as we enjoyed performing it! Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir |
Our trip to the Café
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We have been learning all about the café in Aistear in Senior Infants. We have learned about the different roles of people in the café e.g. the chef,waiter etc. On Thursday we were so happy to be able to visit Saint Francis' Café in Kinsale. A huge thank you to Barbara and John who gave us a guided tour of the café and kitchen and provided us with yummy smoothies, hot chocolate and even treats. It was the BEST day EVER!
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Spooky Senior Infants
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We were spooky Senior Infants for Halloween! We had the BEST Halloween party! We had so much fun dressing up and we played lots of Halloween games, even tasted a Báirín Breac!!! It was soooo yummy! Happy Halloween Everyone!
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The Mobile Farm comes to visit!
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We were so excited when we heard the mobile farm was coming to visit. We got to meet the farmer and all the animals. There were calves, sheep, hens, roosters, pigs and much more! We learnt how to care for the animals and we even got to pet them. It was a fantastic day!
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Real Life Art!
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We love art here in Senior Infants. We had great fun working with Fiona the artist to create a variety of under the sea creatures. We even had real fish as inspiration!
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Maths Week 2019
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Here in Senior Infants we had great fun during Maths Week. We explored maths through concrete materials, games, stations, technology and trails. We had so much fun and continue to foster our LOVE of maths!
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Growing a garden in Senior Infants
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We are learning all about planting seeds in Aistear so we decided to get our fingers dirty this week and planted lots of different herbs and vegetables including dill, basil, cucumber and carrots. Fingers crossed we get plenty of sunshine to help them to grow!
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Lir came to school!!
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Lir is an assistance puppy in training. He came to visit us this week in Senior Infants. We were all so delighted to meet Lir and we learnt so much about assistance dogs.We are very thankful to the Dalton family for bringing Lir to visit us. We hope he can visit us again soon!
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Autumn Fun
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We had so much fun during Autumn. We learnt all about the season. We learnt that the leaves change colour and fall off the trees. We looked at vegetables that are harvested in Autumn and we learnt that the days start getting shorter. We made an Autumn table in our classroom. Have a look at our pictures to see our beautiful hedgehogs that we made out of Clay. We LOVE Autumn in Senior Infants!!
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Maths Week!
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During Maths Week we had great fun exploring 2-D shapes. We found 2-d shapes in the environment, we made shapes using playdoh and we even made shapes with our bodies. We had so much fun!
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Pretty Portraits!
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The boys and girls in Senior Infants were very busy this week drawing portraits of themselves. All the portraits turned out fantastic and we cannot wait to put them on our classroom wall!
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We are a Great Bunch!!!
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Senior Infants really are a great bunch!
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Fun in the Sun!
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When the sun is shining we try our best to make the most of it, Have a look through the pictures to see us having a picnic and visiting the local playground.
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Planting Seeds
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This week we had great fun planting seeds. Each group planted a different vegetable. We planted rocket lettuce, radish, lambs lettuce and spinach. We will make sure they get water and light and we will hopefully see them grow very soon.
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World Book Day
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The Children in Senior Infants were invited to dress up for World Book Day. We had so much fun. The children brought in their favorite books and dressed up as their favorite characters. We had Harry Potter, the BFG, Puss in Boots and Millie the Magnificent just to name a few. It was a wonderful day.
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Hoo Loves you?
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Senior Infants got very creative for Valentines Day this year! They created their very own Love Owls to spread the love for Valentine's Day!
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Pancake Tuesday
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Very happy children enjoying their pancakes on Pancake Tuesday! We prepared by writing the recipe in class. We then went to the kitchen and followed it step by step to make our beautiful pancakes. They were YUM!
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Literacy Month
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January was literacy month! Senior Infants really enjoyed it. We did lots of activities throughout the month such as paired reading, story writing and show and tell. We also got to bring in our favourite book and tell the class all about it. Our parents also came to visit our class. They helped us with our reading. We loved having our parents in school. On the last day we all brought a book to school that we wanted to swap. We played pass the parcel and we all went home with a new book. It was so much fun!
A huge thank you to all the grandparents who took time to visit us here in Scoil Naomh Eltin. We were all delighted you came to visit. The boys and girls learn't lots about their Grandparents school days and presented them with beautiful artwork they had made for them. It was a lovely day! |
it's Christmas.........
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We had so much fun preparing for Christmas. We we very busy making Christmas decorations and turning ourselves Into reindeer ( see our photos). We had our very own Christmas tree in our classroom and we had so much fun decorating it. We hope that everyone has a very Happy and peaceful Christmas. Happy Christmas Everyone!!!
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RedFM Visit
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We’re FAMOUS!! Here in Senior Infants we were delighted to be selected by RedFM to feature on the Radio station over the Christmas period. The RedFM team visited our class and asked us lots of questions about Christmas and Santa. We even sang a Christmas song. We had such a great day and we are all so excited to hear ourselves on the radio. Tune into RedFM over Christmas to hear us!!!
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Athletics
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We are super active in Senior Infants. We have been very busy the past few weeks learning many new skills in Athletics. We have learned how to jump, run and even throw. We have had so much fun practicing these skills through games and activities.
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Green Fingers!
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Here in Senior Infants we were busy planting primroses in our school garden. We want our school grounds to look beautiful all year round. We learned all the different parts of the flower including the root, stem, leaves, buds, flowers etc. We even got to plan the flowers ourselves!
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Autumn is here!
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We are loving learning all about Autumn. We have learned many facts about Autumn. We have learned about deciduous tress. harvest time, animals getting ready for the Winter and lots more. We have collected crunchy autumn leaves, acorns, berries, pumpkins etc. We made beautiful Autumn wreaths have a look at our photos to see our beautiful art work.
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Playground Fun
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As a treat for excellent behaviour we got to go on a trip to the playground. We had so much fun on the swings and the slides. See our photos to see all the fun we had. It was a great day!
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Introducing Senior Infants 17/18
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Welcome to Senior Infants! We have been very busy settling into our new class. We have made beautiful portraits of ourselves in art class which we hung in our classroom. We are looking forward to the year ahead!
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Gymnastics
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We started gymnastics on the 17th of May with Colm O'Toole and we are loving it! We have been leaning how to do the tuck position, how to roll and much more. We are all becoming super flexible and enjoying the classes.
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Mother's Day Art.
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This isn't just a Butterfly As you can plainly see. I made it with my hand Which is a part of me. It comes with lots of Love Especially to say I hope you have a very Happy Mother's Day Happy Mother's Day to all our wonderful mom's from all in Senior Infants :) |
Playground Fun!
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When the sun was shining we decided to go and visit the playground in Kinsale. We had so much fun on the swings, slides, roundabout and see saw. It was the BEST DAY EVER!
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World Book Day
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Here in Senior Infants we had great fun celebrating world book day. We celebrated for a week! We did DEAR time, visited the school library and even asked some older pupils to come in and read us a story. On World Book Day we all dressed up in our favorite characters from our books. One little girl in Senior Infants even wrote her own story and dressed up as a character she had created. What a lovely idea! Have a look at our pictures to see how busy we were!
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RSA Street Smart
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RSA Street Smart visited Senior Infants! We learned all about road safety.
We learned that there are three rules for crossing the road, you must 'Stop, Look and Listen'. Also, there are three rules for the car 'Belt, Booster and Back Seat'. We practised these rules in the Street Smart Village and we were so good, that we all got a Safety Licence with our name and photo! We had so much fun! |
Pancake Tuesday!
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We had so much fun in Senior Infants preparing for Pancake Tuesday. We wrote a Pancake recipe and decided what toppings we were going to have on the day. On Pancake Tuesday we got to go to the Staff Room and we all got to eat yummy Pancakes.We LOVE pancakes in Senior Infants!!!
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Happy Valentine's Day!
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Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small, And always leave my fingerprints On furniture and walls. But everyday I'm growing, I'll be grown up someday, And all these tiny handprints Will simply fade away. So here's a little handprint Just so you can recall, Exactly how my fingers looked When I was very small. It’s my Valentines gift I’ve made from me to you, To show how much ‘I love you’ and for everyone to see. Senior Infants 2017 |
Grandparents Day
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A huge thank you to all the grandparents who took time to visit us here in Senior Infants. We were all delighted you came to visit. The boys and girls learn't lots about their Grandparents school day and presented them with beautiful artwork they had made for them. It was a lovely day!
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Our Toyshow
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Here in Senior Infants we were all so excited to show each other our favourite Christmas toys that we decided to have our very own Toy Show. Each child brought in their favourite toy and showed the class. The children explained how their toy worked, where they got the toy, who they got it from and why this toy was their favourite. The children brought in many different toys such as Lego, stuffed animals, baby dolls, tractors and so on. The children really enjoyed the demonstrations but most of all they enjoyed playing with each other’s toys after the show.
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