Since Christmas we have been exploring 2 very exciting themes in Aistear, they are the doctors and space! In January, we learnt all about the work of a doctor. We had a visit from Corrina, who told us all about her work as a doctor. In the home corner, we had a doctor’s office setup. …
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In November, we had a great week for STEAM week as we completed a different fun activity everyday. On Science day, we carried out a Science experiment called, “Walking Water”. It was very exciting seeing how the coloured water moved from one glass to the next. On Technology day, we created and designed our own …
We had a number of footballers “Player of the week” in 2nd Class this term. A class full of talented football players! We’re so lucky the trophy has lived in our class for a few weeks thanks to Seb, Jake, Tony and Jessica.
This December, our class were really busy putting together a fantastic Christmas play, “Born in a Barn”. We all really enjoyed practising and performing this play. We first started to learn our songs in class and then once we got our roles we were able to learn our lines at home. We then began to …
In Junior Infants, we really enjoyed STEAM week. We made hurricanes in water bottles, we launched bottle rockets and made shape inspired art! One of our favourite activities was Beebots. We moved the Beebots around the different mats in our class. It was so much fun that it is going to be one of Aistear …
Over the past two months in Junior Infants we have had 2 very exciting themes in Aistear. In November we learnt about people who help us in the community and we focused on the work done by the Gardaí to help look after us and to keep us safe. In our classroom, we had a …
It’s Christmas time in Sixth Class, and we have been getting creative in the classroom! Look at these fantabulous decorations 6th Class made! To start, look at these festive origami trees, handmade by 6th class! We got coloured paper. We cut it into a square. Then, following the instructions, we folded it and cut it …
6th Class put on a production of Christmas in the Land of Oz, an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz for Christmas, where Dorothy goes back to the Land of Oz to find some Christmas spirit for her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry and their farm workers, only to find it has been stolen by the …
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STEAM week is always a class favourite when it comes around each year. This year, we focused on a different element of STEAM over the 5 days/ Robots were an area of focus. In pairs, we planned and designed robots that could help our everyday lives. We then used KNEX to build a prototype of …
We had the opportunity to analyse novels we would read later in English stations. The session was fun and we got to enjoy some treats too. Book-tasting sessions are when a group of people get together and sample various books, usually of a certain genre or style, in order to decide which ones they would …
