​WELCOME TO SenIOR INFANTS

​(MISS aOIFE H, MISS eva & Miss elaine)   
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The Senior infant motto is 'we are all unique but when we work together the picture is complete'. All the children in senior infants worked together to make a beautiful picture of elmer the elephant.

Senior Infants have been very busy learning all about Autumn and Halloween. We made hedgehogs with pears and spooky spiders from paper plates. In Aistear we have been pretending to be animals getting ready for winter and also playing in the Fancy Dress Shop. We celebrated World Smile Day and had a Funky Shoes Day to raise money for charity.

In November, Senior Infants have been busy in Aistear exploring Space and learning all about the planets and Neil Armstrong!
We have also been very busy with Ready Set Go Maths!!!

Science for Fun

aISTEAR pOST oFFICE AND CHRISTMAS 2016

Can you believe its 2017!!! Senior Infants can't! Everybody had a great rest over the Winter Break and the New Year got off to a great start. We have been learning all about Australia for Australia Day, China for The Chinese New year, we have begun Power Hour and we have been participating in Literacy Week. Check out our literacy week pictures!

Shared reading with 3rd class and Dress up as your favourite book character day!!!!

Springtime in senior infants

We are having such an amazing time during term 2. Due to pleasant weather conditions we have managed to get outdoors for a Tree Walk, a House Hunting walk and we even managed to convince the teacher to take us to the local playground for PE!! Celebrating Saint Patricks Day was so much fun!!!!!

Aistear - The garden centre

In Term 3 we have been very busy in the garden centre in Aistear! We are learning all about FROGS! We have been carrying out experiments on a SWEET PINK flower and we know that all plants need water and light to grow! We have been selling and buying all sorts of garden equipment in our Garden Centre. We have been making Woodies Garden Centre, Giant gardens and Jurassic World using the big blocks. We planted our very own flower in a plant pot we designed ourselves and we watched them grow from a seed to a seedling.

SPORTS DAY

skipathon and yoga

sports day

Multicultural day 2017

Visit from Noel's Dad, Gabor- Martial Arts World champion!

aistear - under the sea and the beach!

SCHOOL TOUR

​Welcome to Junior Infants

(Miss Aideen, Miss Anne-Marie & múinteoir Paddy)   

1916 CELEBRATIONS

The children loved taking part in the 1916 celebrations. We painted Irish flags for the occasion and  came up with our own proclamation which listed our hopes for Ireland for the next hundred years! We learned some Irish songs and learned a little bit of Irish dancing too.

BUSY BEES

Junior infants have been very busy in term two! We have had lots of fun and learned lots of interesting things. We watched winter turn to spring and went outside to discover lots of changes that happen during spring. We spent time in Aistear learning about farm animals, the veterinary clinic and different types of homes and houses. 

​KEEPING OUR PLANET GREEN :-) 

The children in junior infants have been very busy learning all about ways to keep our planet green. The children worked together to sort out pictures that would help our environment and pictures that were harmful to our environment. The children are very good at reminding their teacher to save energy in  the classroom!! 

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​Aistear
Junior Infants have started using the Aistear method of play in the classroom. Aistear facilitates active learning through play and hands-on experiences and supports oral language development.
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Our theme for this term is “At the Supermarket"
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Dramatic Play
Imaginative play area of "Our classroom Supermarket"

Construction
Building Blocks: Children were very busy building Dundrum Shopping Centre.

Kinga, Enja and reiksia

We were very fortunate to have Kinga visit us with her two lovely dogs Enja and Reiksia. They helped us with our phonics and maths and they taught us how to care for pets. We loved this!

tASTY TREATS 

We even tried our hand at a bit of cooking this term! We followed a recipe to make some pancakes on pancake Tuesday. And as a reward for all our hard work this term we made some very tasty Easter nests to bring home. We used cornflakes, chocolate, some mini eggs and baby chicks to sit on top!

ANIMALS IN WINTER

The children have learned lots of interesting facts about animals in winter. Our favorite animal was the little robin redbreast! We carefully followed a recipe to make bird seed cakes for these little birds. We then went on a bird watching adventure outside to deliver the cakes.

​Sand Play
​Some of the children were baking cakes for the shop.
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Creative Play
Junk Art: Children used their imagination to make lots of interesting things for the shop
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In Junior Infants we think it is important to be kind. We love to share and play nicely with one another.
We are all friends.
Our Class motto is:
Let Your Kindness Shine.

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Soup Day!
Junior Infants played a big part in this year's annual Soup Day. We harvested delicious vegetables from the school garden. The crops we hand-picked were later used to make a tasty vegetable soup.