Over the past few weeks we have been working with 3rd Class. They have been doing writing and reading with us. Each morning we meet 3rd Class in the yard or our classroom (depending on the weather). Junior Infants have been reading their readers to their 3rd Class buddies and 3rd Class have been reading …
It is a little crazy to think that we are coming to the end of the Class of 2030’s first year in St Matthew’s. We had a little think about some of our favourite memories from Junior Infants. We have had a very busy year and we have done lots of exciting things. We have …
On Friday 16th June, Preschool, Junior Infants and Senior Infants went on a big double decker bus to Glenroe Farm! When we arrived, we dropped our bags and we met our tour guide Liam. Liam showed us giant Flemish rabbits, guinea pigs, reindeer, cows and piglets among other things. Some of our favourite animals we …
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 …
