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Welcome to our Junior Room Page
Junior Infants, Senior Infants and 1st Class
Story time with Penny
Engineer's Week
Just look at the wonderful working lighthouse and the superb crane that First Class designed and built for Engineer's Week. The future is in safe hands!
World Book Day
A huge thank you to Penny Farrell who came in this morning and treated the class to a very exciting story time. What a wonderful way to celebrate World Book Day
Hip Hop
Enjoying Pancake Tuesday
Our New Year Resolutions!
Christmas Cheer in Cloontuskert N.S.
The children were so excited today when Aileen, our Post lady, dropped in with a huge surprise for the children. Santa had written a very special letter for each of them. Thank goodness we're all on the good list!
Road Safety
Senior Infants and First Class have been working very hard designing road safety posters. We hope they will remind you to always wear your seat belt!
Halloween Happiness
We've been learning about schools in the past
Star Light, Star Bright...
Guess Who?
This year we're going to 'Reach for the Stars'!
Ladybird, ladybird don't fly away......
Our Jungle Animals
Easter Egg Hunt
Pancake Day
The children enjoying their pancakes with thanks to Mrs Collins and Martina.
Italy
The children have been learning about Italy recently. The enjoyed learning about famous Italian people like Leonardo De Vinci who painted the Mona Lisa and Carlo Collodi who wrote the story of 'Pinocchio'. Their favourite Italian however would have to be Andrea Bocelli which I'm sure has nothing to do with his recent duet with Ed Sheeran!! They learnt about Italian Food, climate and places of interest such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pompeii and Rome to name but a few. The were really excited to hear the story of Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii and even made their own volcanoes! They also picked up a few Italian words which they can use if they ever visit!
Water
The children have been learning about about water.Below they tell us some of the things they like to do when it rains!
Our New Years Resolutions!
Halloween in the Junior Room
We're learning about migration
Autumn
The Junior room are now experts in all things autumn. We've been learning about leaves and why they change colour, about hibernation and about farming during this busy season.
We had an un-bee-lievable summer!
We're busy learning our Jolly Phonics!
The children enjoying Active Schools Week
St. Patrick's Day Celebrations
Everyone went to great effort and turned out in force wearing green to mark St Patrick's Day this year! They also played some traditional irish instruments during music. The bodhrán proved to be the most popular choice!
The children enjoying Pancake Tuesday
Circle time with our favourite books on World Book Day!
We Love Shopping!
The Junior Room recently enjoyed a spot of shopping in Super Valu, Lanesboro. This visit brought the Aistear theme 'The Supermarket' to life for the class. Lucas, Carol and all the staff of Super Valu could not have been more welcoming and generous towards us so a huge thank you to them!
What will 2017 bring?
Whoops A Daisy Angel!
Well done to the children who put on a fantastic Christmas show for their friends and families. A great night was had by all!
Let's hope Santa fills those stockings!
Junior Infants, Senior Infants & 1st Class Belong Together!
We made houses for the three little pigs!
They passed the huff and puff test!
Halloween Fun!
We made witches hats!
We are learning about famous places
The Statue of Liberty
We learned that the Statue of Liberty is in New York and it is 100 years old. It was made in France. It is made of copper but the flame is made from 24 karat gold. It took 9 years to make the statue. The statue has 25 windows in it's crown and 354 stairs in it. The statue was used as a lighthouse long ago. The statue is holding a torch and a book. The book has July 4th written on it. This is the day the Americans got their independence.
By 1st Class
The Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is in India. An emperor built it as a tomb for his favourite wife when she died. It is built from marble and decorated with precious jewels. It took 1000 elephants and 22,000 men 22 years to make the Taj Mahal. The emperor is now buried there with his wife.
By 1st Class
We learned that the Statue of Liberty is in New York and it is 100 years old. It was made in France. It is made of copper but the flame is made from 24 karat gold. It took 9 years to make the statue. The statue has 25 windows in it's crown and 354 stairs in it. The statue was used as a lighthouse long ago. The statue is holding a torch and a book. The book has July 4th written on it. This is the day the Americans got their independence.
By 1st Class
The Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is in India. An emperor built it as a tomb for his favourite wife when she died. It is built from marble and decorated with precious jewels. It took 1000 elephants and 22,000 men 22 years to make the Taj Mahal. The emperor is now buried there with his wife.
By 1st Class
We used our Maths Eyes for Maths Week!
During November we remembered those who have died
We Love Gaelic!
We learned about the food pyramid
Scarecrow's Christmas
Our Christmas play was called Scarecrow's Christmas. Harry was Scarecrow. Harry was always cold. The narrators were James, Kyle, Toni, Mattea, Jake, Adam, Katie, Maisie and Mariana. I was Santa. Alice was Mrs Claus. Siun was an elf. Billy was the moon. Tanya was a cloud. Molly was the sun. Shauna and Alfie were fish. Ciara and Ciaran were bears. Aoife and Lorcan were ducks. We had fun! By Bobby 1st Class
Toys from the Past
Katie brought in her nana's toy soldier. She said that it is 67 years old. Her nana had it when she was a little girl. Shauna made a cup and ball game out of sellotape, string, a cup and paper.Teacher brought in her mammy's toy pram, doll and teddy. They are very old toys.
Aoife brought in her Grandad's teddy. He had it when he was a little boy. James and Maisie brought in the teddy their mammy had when she was young and the cars their daddy played with when he was a little boy. We loved learning about old toys!
We played games from the past !
During playtime we all played games from long ago. We played marbles, pick up sticks and jacks. We even made our own cup and ball games!
Let's Learn about birds!
Our sunflowers have started sprouting! |
The lifecycle of a butterfly. |
Eat your heart out Vincent !!
You better watch out it's Halloween in Cloontuskert N.S.!!
We had a Halloween dress up day at school. I dressed up as a zombie. Tanya, Molly and Shauna dressed up as a witch. Martina dressed up as a devil. I ate freaky eye ball sweets. Our class made a spell, I put vampire blood into the cauldron. Our spell was a good spell, sweets came out of the cauldron. I loved dressing up in my freaky costume and having loads of sweets!
By Katie, Senior Infants
There's great support in Cloontuskert N.S. for St. Faithleach's!
It was fun making the St. Faithleach's bands. Mr. O'Gorman's class showed us how to make them. We used pencils and red and white wool. We made bracelets, headbands, and necklaces. I made a wrist band and a headband. I wore them to the match. I really liked the match.
By Shauna, Senior Infants
We made a hedgehog house!
We made a big pile of leaves. We collected all the leaves to make a hedgehog house. We needed gloves to pick up the leaves incase our hands got wet and filthy! We had fun collecting all the leaves. I hope a hedgehog will like our house.
By James, Senior Infants
We hope you enjoy our story 'The Magic Fairy'!
The magic fairy
One day I was walking in the woods when suddenly something magical happened. A fairy called Katie and a fairy godmother came. The fairy godmother spoke to me. She said, ‘why are you walking in the woods, the fox might catch you’. I said, ‘I am walking in the woods because I am going to have a picnic’. Suddenly the fox came and I smacked him with my picnic basket. The cross fox bit me. The fairy turned the fox into a frog. She had rescued me. The fox wanted revenge. He took the fairy godmother’s wand and turned her into a frog. Then he turned himself back into a big angry fox. Then he ate the frog. Afterwards he walked away through the forest. As he walked through the forest he saw a little hedgehog. The hedgehog was asleep. The fox woke the hedgehog up. The hedgehog chased the fox. The fox ran home and he locked the door. A huntsman had seen what had happened earlier that day. He broke in the window and chopped the fox into pieces. The frog hopped out of the foxes tummy and the fairy called Katie turned the frog back into the fairy godmother. She was happy and so was I.
THE END
Written by Junior Infants, Senior Infants & 1st Class
13/02/2015
One day I was walking in the woods when suddenly something magical happened. A fairy called Katie and a fairy godmother came. The fairy godmother spoke to me. She said, ‘why are you walking in the woods, the fox might catch you’. I said, ‘I am walking in the woods because I am going to have a picnic’. Suddenly the fox came and I smacked him with my picnic basket. The cross fox bit me. The fairy turned the fox into a frog. She had rescued me. The fox wanted revenge. He took the fairy godmother’s wand and turned her into a frog. Then he turned himself back into a big angry fox. Then he ate the frog. Afterwards he walked away through the forest. As he walked through the forest he saw a little hedgehog. The hedgehog was asleep. The fox woke the hedgehog up. The hedgehog chased the fox. The fox ran home and he locked the door. A huntsman had seen what had happened earlier that day. He broke in the window and chopped the fox into pieces. The frog hopped out of the foxes tummy and the fairy called Katie turned the frog back into the fairy godmother. She was happy and so was I.
THE END
Written by Junior Infants, Senior Infants & 1st Class
13/02/2015
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