Hello everyone, and welcome back to Mr. Geaney’s Senior Infant Class Blog. What a very strange year 2021 has been already. We started the year learning at home but we are so delighted to be back together in the classroom. We have been back in school for a month now and we have our Easter Holidays. Check out some of the really fun things that we have been learning and doing since returning to school!
Since we returned to a new season, Spring, we have been busy learning lots of new things about Spring. Mr. Geaney taught us all about animals and their young and he even showed us some pictures and videos of cows, calves, horses and foals from his farm. We especially loved the video of the baby calves in the field. Also, we now know about all the different flowers that begin to grow in Spring. We are so good at spotting signs of spring that we went on a Spring Scavenger hunt in our amazing new school garden. This was our first time in the garden this year and we really loved it. Check out some pictures below of us searching for signs of spring with our partner and checking them off on our lists.
Since we returned to a new season, Spring, we have been busy learning lots of new things about Spring. Mr. Geaney taught us all about animals and their young and he even showed us some pictures and videos of cows, calves, horses and foals from his farm. We especially loved the video of the baby calves in the field. Also, we now know about all the different flowers that begin to grow in Spring. We are so good at spotting signs of spring that we went on a Spring Scavenger hunt in our amazing new school garden. This was our first time in the garden this year and we really loved it. Check out some pictures below of us searching for signs of spring with our partner and checking them off on our lists.
This is a very busy time for special occasions and one of the most important special occasions was Mother’s Day. We really love all our Mammys/Mams/Mommys/Moms and we wanted to make some very special to surprise them with. We created a potted plant on paper using paint and card and we were really happy with our end result. Check out the process of painting using our hands and the finished products below.
Another important day on our school calendar was World Down Syndrome Day. On this day we were raising awareness of Down Syndrome and celebrating our friends in Scoil an Linbh Íosa with Down Syndrome. Everybody wore odd socks into school on this day and we proudly showed them off for a photograph. Check all the colourful socks below.
We love Easter in our classroom, not only for the chocolate but also because we get to spend time with our family. To celebrate Easter, we made some Easter clay pots. This was our first time using clay in school ever and we were so excited to get started. Using clay takes a lot of time. On the first day we moulded and shaped our clay pots. We made them smooth using our fingers and some water and then let them dry for a week. We had to make sure that we made very solid structures so they wouldn’t break when dry. A week later we were so happy with our results. Everyone’s clay pot looked amazing and were so solid. We then painted them whatever colours we liked. Some of us even mixed colours like we had done before in art to make our own shades. Once dry, we added some yellow shredded paper and some mini eggs for a cool finishing touch. We loved being able to take them home although it was very hard to resist the temptation to eat the eggs!
On the last day before the holidays, the whole school dressed in yellow. We called it our Yellow Day which was also on daffodil day. We dressed in yellow and brought in a little donation for the Irish Cancer Society who have not been able to fundraise like normal due to COVID. Mr. Geaney had a special surprise of a daffodil and mini eggs left on our table when we got to school on the morning of Yellow Day. It was a really great way to end school and go on our holidays! Happy Easter Everyone!
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