Interesting Interviews in First Class!

I had an interview with Mr. Donnelly’s class. They are enjoying First Class but when I asked them what they missed about Senior Infants, they said finishing at half one. They all said that they like basketball, football and dodgeball.

I got an exclusive interview with Flynn. Flynn is a six-year-old boy who has travelled all over the world. His favourite countries that he has ever been to are Cambodia, Bali and Thailand.

Mr. Donnelly then told me that the children in his class love when he teaches his favourite subject which is Science. He said sometimes they can act like cheeky monkeys! The class did an experiment to see how a helicopter can fly. They made their own out of paper. They had great fun flying them.

By Hannah, Media Team

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October 16 2017

Artistic Aztecs in Fifth Class!

Ms. Lennon’s class were learning about all elements of the Aztecs. For example, they learned that girls married at the age of fourteen, whilst boys married at the age of nineteen. The Aztecs ate a lot of cheese. Also, they had two gods for most things, for example, they had two war gods so one could sleep and one could work.

Ms. Lennon’s class also made some Aztec art such as sun stones from clay. Next the class will make some mosaic masks.

Ms. Lennon’s Aztec Art

By James, Media Team

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October 16 2017

Autumn has Landed in Senior Infants!

For the past month, Ms Hegarty’s class have been making new friends and have been playing with each other in the yard. Other than making friends, the class have been doing a lot of nature related activities. The class went on a nature walk and found a variety of nature objects such as leaves and acorns. With these they then made a nature table. One pupil found a large cone about three times the size of a normal cone.

In Art they did leaf rubbings using Autumnal colours. The class really enjoyed this a lot.

Ms. Hegarty’s Nature Table

By Eoin, Media Team

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October 16 2017

News from Junior Infants

All Junior Infant classes (Ms. Black, Ms. Woods and Ms. Walsh) have been learning a lot about themselves and about nursery rhymes. The children have been doing the three little pigs and have made houses of brick, straw and wood.

Ms. Black’s class have been learning about letters and Ms. Woods’ class have been interested in scarecrows. Ms. Walsh’s class have been making new friends and have been making hedgehogs out of clay and sticks. All three classes have been very busy and are so happy to be at big school.

Ms. Woods’ Scarecrows

By Kate, Media Team

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June 15 2017

Dlr LexIcon Family Day

DLR LexIcon are hosting a family day on Saturday 24th June from 10:30am-4:30pm.

Please see their website for more information at:

http://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/event-calendar/family-day-dlr-lexicon-0

Full details of an action packed programme will become available shortly. No booking required, first come, first served for all events. Events will take place in various locations around the LexIcon.

For more information email dlrlexiconlib@dlrcoco.ie or phone (01) 288 1147

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June 8 2017

Sleeping Beauty’s Beautiful Feast in Senior Infants

Ms Hegarty’s class have been designing Sleeping Beauty’s Birthday Party Menu. They have also been learning about the Irish Stoat. They were also having a lot of fun learning magnetism and electricity. They did a hunt for materials that are magnetic around the classroom.

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June 8 2017

First Class are Amazing Scientists

Welcome to this month’s blog. Mr. Donnelly is doing lots of science. His class is having lots of fun as well. During science they did experiments with coke. The first experiment they put milk in coke. The results weren’t nice. The milk and coke separated. It looked pretty much like water apart from the fact that there was brown, particle like stuff on the bottom and on the surface of the water.

The second experiment was putting a tooth into coke! Surprisingly the tooth didn’t dissolve! The tooth went all black and yucky! Mr. Donnelly and his class love science. They also learned about bacteria. His class enjoy playing maths game as well. They were working hard on grammar and vocabulary games. Mr. Donnelly says that they enjoy doing their work.

That’s all folks!

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June 8 2017

Our Communion and New Trends in 2nd class!

Ms Dawson’s class are reading Fantastic Mr Fox. They also did area with fidget spinners and they made parachutes. This class made their First Holy Communion on the 21^st of May. They prepared for their First Holy Communion by learning songs and prayers and designing pictures with the chalice and the body of Christ on them. The chalice had their name on it, the date of their communion and Father John’s name. This class also are learning about the life cycle of a butterfly.

Ms Maguire’s class are learning about space, in particular, the sun, Earth and moon. They made their First Holy Communion on the 28^th of May 2017 at 10:30 am. Father John gave their First Holy Communion Mass. They prepared for their First Holy Communion by learning their prayers and the responses.

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June 8 2017

Third Class News

The three third classes did the Córfhéile in the National Basketball Arena on the 10^th of March. They sang three songs in Irish and did some Irish dancing. They are now practicing a song from a musical for the End of Year Show. Also, the three third classes performed in assembly doing two songs on recorder.

Ms. Aivalikli’s class got busy on the 5^th of May raising money towards the new design for the reception hall

They sold hot dogs for €2. They also planned a fun nature scavenger hunt for €1. They raised €1,000 profit. The school will be very happy once they see the amazing new design that Ms. Aivalikli’s class happily funded for. They also did a project on space.

Ms Elmes class are currently doing a project on ancient Greece. They also made a rainbow display for summer outside their classroom.

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June 8 2017

Our Junior Entrepreneurs and Our Fabulous Choir

Ms Nic Ghearailt’s class received the Junior Entrepreneur Award for their business. The class sold brownies with chocolate chips. They gave twenty percent of the profit to the Peter McVerry Trust for the homeless. The class came up with their own business idea. They have also been learning a lot about the homeless this year and have built a homeless shelter.

Ms Lennon’s class are doing a play for the End of Year Show. The show will have a dance, singing and recorder that they have already performed at the National Concert Hall. They also sang at both Communions and the 6^th Class Confirmation.

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