What a busy Term 3 it’s been in Senior Infants! We had lots of fun when the Reptile Zoo came to St. Matthew’s. Ciaran told us about turtles, snakes and geckos. We got a chance to pet a turtle, snake and gecko! We love animals in Senior Infants! We will also get a chance to…
We were busy painting suns and butterflies, and printing flip flops during art time this term. We really enjoyed creating sea creatures using clay. We learned about different sea creatures on Green Day such as jellyfish, sharks, starfish. We then rolled and moulded the clay into the different sea creatures. We were very imaginative and…
We had so much fun on our little trip to Sandymount Strand with Junior Infants. We brought our buckets and spades and built so many sandcastles. We love digging and so dug deep into the sand until we reached water! Our beach day ended with a picnic outside in the sun. We really enjoyed our…
We’ve had a very busy and fun filled winter term in Senior Infants! We learned about the season of winter and did lots of winter based art work. We learned a lot about 2D and 3D shapes and formed different colour patterns. We love to keep active and have been practising our throwing and catching…
Senior Infants have had wonderful start to their year in Senior Infants. We have settled back into school life in St. Matthew’s and have learned lots of new and exciting things this half term! We have learned a lot about Autumn including the different colours, animals and words associated with it. We made autumnal trees…
Well done to all of the boys and girls in Junior Infants- You are all Super Stars!! What a year it’s been! Well done to all of the Junior Infants on a fantastic first year in St. Matthew’s! Each and every one of them has developed in their own way since the start of the…
We started hurling earlier this year with Shauna, and had lots of fun learning the drills! We learned the importance of wearing a helmet and how to hold the hurley correctly! We learned how to keep our eye on the sliotar and how made a great effort with hitting it!
We have many interests and love to keep busy! Have a look at some of the activities we have been up to inside and outside of our homes over the last few weeks! We have been gardening, painting, planting seeds, baking, making castles, learning card games and doing artwork! …
We have been very creative and imaginative throughout Junior Infants and have always enjoyed construction and junk art in class! We also enjoy doing experiments. So STEAM Day was lots of fun this term! We enjoyed doing various experiments and made some ice pops! We built super tall towers! Have a look at some of…
We are Super Active in Junior Infants! Junior Infants were fantastic at taking part in Active Week and Sport’s Day. The children did lots of activities at home and practised their sporting skills. They practised throwing and catching, they took part in potato and spoon races and many other types of challenges with their families!…