Space & GAA in 1st Class
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Themes of Friendship & Autumn in 1st Class
Art Work in 1st Class
New Teachers Introduced…
We welcome four new teachers to our school next year, Ms. O’Hare, Ms. Bradley, Ms. Errity and Ms. Bosveld, although two of them, Ms. Bradley and Ms. Bosveld have already completed some work with us during this academic year. Ms. Bradley will teach 1st class, Ms. O’Hare will teach 3rd class and Ms. Bosveld and Ms. Errity will take up roles as Special Education Teachers. Please find below messages from all four new members of our teaching staff:
A message from Ms. Errity:
Hello, my name is Rebecca, I have over 10 years teaching experience and very much look forward to joining the team in St. Anne’s in September. I love teaching and I am particularly focused on creating positive learning opportunities where children are engaged and supported. Wellbeing, Yoga and Sport are areas which are of special interest to me which I include in my daily lessons.
A message from Ms. Bosveld:
‘Hi! My name is Elizabeth Bosveld, and I am a qualified primary school teacher from the Netherlands. I qualified in 2021 and have worked as a teacher in the Netherlands since then. In 2023 I obtained my Master’s Degree in Educational Sciences. I moved to Ireland almost 6 months ago, with the aim of working in education here. I’m excited to start as a Special Education Teacher in St. Anne’s while I also work on my Irish!’
A message from Ms. Bradley:
‘Hi! I am Sara Bradley and I am delighted to be joining the amazing team in St Anne’s. I completed my Bachelor of Education degree in primary teaching in St Patrick’s College, DCU, specialising in Geographical, Environmental and Outdoor Education. I have worked in many different schools across Dublin, and I have particularly loved working in St Anne’s for the past couple of months. I am passionate about children’s wellbeing and I am enthusiastic about creating a safe, supportive and fun learning environment. I love learning through play, and my experience in working in a Montessori School has helped to shape my teaching style in this way. I am really excited to get to know all the children and have a great year filled with fun and learning!’
A message from Ms. O’Hare:
‘Hi everyone! My name is Laura O’ Hare and I have been a teacher in Ballyfermot for the last five years. My hobbies include tennis and music and I love to bring my passion for sport and music into the classroom! I am really looking forward to my new adventure in St. Anne’s where I’ll be closer to home and can’t wait to meet all of you and the children in September!’
Green Flag Ceremony
News from Ms. Rigby’s First Class!
We’ve once again had a busy few weeks in room 3. We had the most wonderful day for Grandparents day. We enjoyed performing and also asking loads of questions. We also performed at assembly. Our performance was all about the extra homework we were given. We weren’t too impressed when Ms Rigby gave us extra homework. The extra homework was to smile a little bit more.
News from Ms. Rigby’s First Class!
It has been quite a while since our last blog post. We had a busy few weeks leading up to Christmas. We had an amazing performance at our Christmas play and everyone was so proud of us. We sang with beautiful singing voices and we said our lines using our stage voices.
We came back from Christmas with a fresh attitude to work. We have been focusing on the theme of toys and have even invented our own toy. We had to make sure our toys were unique enough for someone to want to buy one. We had some great ideas like an edible unicorn doll that grows back when you eat it! We will post some pictures of our work in our next blog post!
We’ve also been very lucky to start ball skill this term with Steve. We’ve had two weeks so far and we have really enjoyed it!
First Class – Ms McManus
After a really lovely break, we’ve started to settle down in first class after a crazy and fun lead up to Christmas! One of the first things we did as a class, was discuss New Year’s Resolutions. We brainstormed some ideas that we knew we could stick to for the whole year, and everyone chose one to write up as a reminder. We’ll let you know how they’re going throughout the year!
Just before the break, we learned all about Christopher Columbus and his explorations. We learned about his life as a trader and chatted about how difficult life would have been as an explorer, before the invention of airplanes! Once we felt we knew enough about Columbus, we created fact files so that other people in our class could come and learn about him too!
Our first art lesson of the year focused on a printing technique called ‘pointilism’. We used cotton buds to fill outlines of our favourite toys with colour. It took a long time and the boys and girls had to be very patient, but I think the hard work paid off!
Pointilism Examples: