Looking back on term 1 in Senior Infants. Oh, what fun we have had!
September
In September, we were so excited to be reunited with our friends after the summer break. We spent some time getting to know each other and settling into our new classroom and learning new routines.
We really enjoyed working on our fine motor skills to help with our writing and colouring. We used pegboards, lollipop sticks, threading bead, stickle bricks and whiteboards.
September
In September, we were so excited to be reunited with our friends after the summer break. We spent some time getting to know each other and settling into our new classroom and learning new routines.
We really enjoyed working on our fine motor skills to help with our writing and colouring. We used pegboards, lollipop sticks, threading bead, stickle bricks and whiteboards.
We used play doh to practice our letter formation.
In maths, we learned to sequence our numbers 1 – 5 and made and matched same as sets. Sometimes we did this with a partner and sometimes we worked on our own. We also gave ladybirds some spots to help add our numbers.
We began an adventure on the ‘Construction Site’ in Aistear. We took on the role of builders in the role play area, ensuring safety first! We used lego to construct some of our own buildings and we dug through some soil and sand. In the art station, we made tool belts. Best of all… we had a building site right outside our classroom window and took the opportunity to observe some of what was going on, on an actual building site. We loved seeing some of the many construction vehicles in action. We may have even spotted someone’s Grandad busy at work!
Take a listen to our singing as Gaeilge.
October
October saw some great action in the P.E hall. We worked on our balls skills and built our gross motor skills.
October saw some great action in the P.E hall. We worked on our balls skills and built our gross motor skills.
In Aistear, we moved onto ‘Houses and Homes’. We have some natural Mam’s and Dad’s. Some were cooking up a storm in the kitchen, whilst others looked after the babies and one or two even made very important work calls. We made homes using lollipop sticks, played with the dolls house and even wrote about the different types of homes.
After that, we couldn’t resist our Halloween themed Aistear. Check us out!
In October, we celebrated our birthday twins. Not only do we have two sets of twins in our class, but we also have two sets of birthday twins!
Lastly, Halloween! We had so much fun dressing up and parading around the school yard for our friends.
November
In November, we all returned to school after a well-earned midterm break.
We worked on our patterns in maths. We followed patterns, made some fantastic patterns of our own and worked together to find patterns.
In November, we all returned to school after a well-earned midterm break.
We worked on our patterns in maths. We followed patterns, made some fantastic patterns of our own and worked together to find patterns.
We raised money for TEAM HOPE! This will go a long way in helping those in need this Christmas.
In Science, we learned about different types of materials and sorted them out into different categories.
In Art, we made a season’s collage in our pods. We use different resources in each pod. Can you tell what each pod used?
Our phonics have been getting a little trickier. We have been learning our digraphs. Ask your child what happens when two vowels go walking. We used a story to spot the ‘oa’ sound and worked as a team to match ‘oa’ words and pictures. Team work makes the dream work!
We learned more ball skills in P.E. This time using a racket. Check out the look of concentration on some of our faces.
Lastly, we travelled to Italy to ‘The Italian Restaurant’. We all agreed that the best part of the Italian restaurant was our homemade pizzas. They went down a treat – even if we did have to wait for our turn to make them to come around!
December
The month is not over yet, and we still have lots of very exciting things to come. We have been quite busy and didn’t get to take many photos. We are working on our hot chocolate challenge in a bid to have hot chocolate, cookies and marshmallows before the holidays. The tub of hot chocolate and cookies on teachers desk are very tempting!
We learned how to tell the time. We can now read o’clock time. Check out some of the fun games we played together.
The month is not over yet, and we still have lots of very exciting things to come. We have been quite busy and didn’t get to take many photos. We are working on our hot chocolate challenge in a bid to have hot chocolate, cookies and marshmallows before the holidays. The tub of hot chocolate and cookies on teachers desk are very tempting!
We learned how to tell the time. We can now read o’clock time. Check out some of the fun games we played together.
‘Elfie’ is visiting our classroom and has been up to all sorts. He got stuck to the board, was chased by dinosaurs, fell asleep in the dolls cot and even let loose with some shaving foam. Who knows what he will get up to next!
We recorded our Christmas songs, which we know you will love.
We recorded our Christmas songs, which we know you will love.
We are enjoying lots of Christmas art activities. Some you have seen at home already and some that will be with you in the coming days.
Oh, did you hear our new song? Play Feliz Navidad and hear me sing along. We were learning about Christmas in Spain and know this means ‘Merry Christmas’.
For now, we are going to begin to unwind (just a little) and enjoy the next few days in school before the Christmas holidays.
From,
Senior Infants 😊
Oh, did you hear our new song? Play Feliz Navidad and hear me sing along. We were learning about Christmas in Spain and know this means ‘Merry Christmas’.
For now, we are going to begin to unwind (just a little) and enjoy the next few days in school before the Christmas holidays.
From,
Senior Infants 😊
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