Junior Infants, Senior Infants and 1st Classes

 September 2022 - June 2023

School Tour

Junior Infants - second class went to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park for their school tour.  Following a tour of the castle, the children were brought around to see animals such as pigs and sheep.  A visit to the playground finished off a very enjoyable day! 

School Walk and Sports Day

We had a very busy day on the 19th June....we started by going on our annual walk and when we arrived back at school, we got a lovely surprise visit from an ice-cream van! When we had rested after our walk, we participated in lots of activities such as the long jump, wheelbarrow race, sack race and sprint as part of our Sports Day. We were very tired going home at the end of the day!

Orienteering During Active School's Week

Junior and Senior Infants loved the challenge of Orienteering as part of 'Active School's Week'. They undertook two activities: 'Funny Faces' and  'Punching Relay'. 

Mural Painting

Junior and Senior Infants loved getting involved in painting the school mural. They were tasked with painting a rainbow and they did a fantastic job!

Seachtain na Gaeilge / Lá Fhéile Pádraig

We had great fun during Seachtain na Gaeilge.  We played lots of games and made an extra effort to use Gaeilge in school every day.  Ms. Tannian awarded us all 'Gaeilgeoirí na Seachtaine' certificates as we all tried our best to speak Irish! We also learned all about Saint Patrick and the different traditions associated with St. Patrick's Day.  We had great fun dressing up in green for our Lá Glas!

Engineers Week 2022

The children in Junior and Senior Infants really enjoyed Engineers Week. They learned about all the different types of engineers they could be and a biomedical engineer came in to talk to them about her job in a medical devices company.  They were also given different challenges during the week including building a table from paper that could hold a large dice and building some things you would find in a playground from paper. They thought about all the 3D shapes they knew and used these as a starting point for their playground equipment.  They also were tasked with being urban engineers and had to design their own town or city. After planning their spaces, they then went outside and drew them on the ground.

 Junior and Senior Infants loved being engineers for the week and were so enthusiastic about all the activities.  Overall, it was a very enjoyable week and the children had lots of fun!

December in Junior and Senior Infants

We had a very enjoyable December in the Infant room. Our Aistear theme was 'Santa's Workshop' and we were very busy elves designing and building toys, doing quality checks on toys, wrapping presents and putting them in to Santa's sack for delivery. We also read the story 'Dear Father Christmas' and we wrote letters to Santa.  We did lots of Christmas art including printing snowmen.