June 29 2024

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!’

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May 28 2019

Third Class’ Trip to Dublin Zoo!

On Tuesday the 30th of April Ms.Travers’ and Mr Dunne’s 3rd class went to Dublin Zoo. We headed off on a bus. We all had partners. Everyone played card games, read, talked, drew, sang or made up handshakes. Luckily nobody threw up! We finally reached Dublin Zoo and everyone was so excited. When we got out of the bus it smelled so wonderful. We could smell fresh air.We walked along, it was so lovely to walk in the forest. We went to meet our tour guide. She was very nice. We were very hungry when we got out of the bus so we had lunch. It was so lovely and we went to see the animals. We walked along to see a hilly piece of land, it was full of animals. We saw ostriches, they were playfully walking around. There were two boys; I know this because they were black. We learned that the boys are black and the girls are grey. We saw giraffes and they were very tall. The mother giraffe was looking after her babies.

We also saw zebras. The zebras had a lot of stripes and they were so cool. We saw rhinos and they were very big. We saw many more animals like monkeys, they were not shy at all, they were looking up at the glass and jumping from branch to branch. We also saw elephants, they were pushing themselves down hills in muck, they were so cute. We saw a lot of other animals like tigers, lions, wolves, chimpanzees, primates, gorillas, penguins and snow leopards. It was a great day, everyone laughed and were fascinated by the animals. Before we left we went to the playground and saw the reptiles. There are so many animals in the zoo. I have an interesting fact for you. Did you know there are 550 animals in the zoo?

When we went back on the bus, the lion didn’t want us to leave because he let out a huge roar. Some of us were scared and some of us were happy and just laughed. We left on the bus and a lot of people were singing Queen. It was a great day; both of the 3rd classes enjoyed it!

By Pearl Rose

 

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January 20 2019

Time Well Spent in Mr. Dunne’s Third Class!

Mr. Dunne’s third class kicked off the New Year with a bang! We’ve been doing loads of really interesting things in class so far this year. Here’s a few examples!

We’ve been learning about time and how to tell the time. We decided to make our own clocks using paper plates and a lot of hard work! They work really well, and we’re finding them really helpful in class. Not to mention, we got to add our own designs to them to personalise them. You can tell we spent a lot of time on them… but, after all, hard work takes time!              

   

   

 

We’ve also been learning about the food pyramid and the five food groups – carbohydrates, fruit and vegetables, dairy, protein and fats. We’ve been looking at what’s in our lunches and what we’re eating at home. We created menus that contained all of the five food groups! We also looked at the amount of sugar in different kinds of drinks. You can see in the picture below the amount of sugar in flavoured water, Sprite, a smoothie (although this is the good, natural kind of sugar!), a Monster energy drink and a bottle of Coke. We were all really surprised at some of them!!

That’s all for now, we’ll check back in again soon!

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