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Hi there! Welcome to our blog page. We are the new Student Council for Scoil Mochua, and we hope to make the school a better place for everyone. We are so happy to have a voice at last!!!! Here are the Council Members: Ciana O'Sullivan, Ben Sullivan, Kaci O'Connor, Cian Walsh, Katie Brazil, Tadhg Halpin, Niamh Farrell, Seán Ballantine, Ruth Dwyer, Cian Bond, Emma Keogh, Cillian Colclough, Kate Hayden, Réamonn Comer, Tori Keegan, Adam Kasali. There are two children, one boy and one girl, from each class from 4th to 6th on the Council. Each class voted for its representatives. The voting took place last month and so far we have had 6 meetings. We have elected Officers to the Student Council. They are: Chairperson: Adam Kasali Deputy Chairperson: Ruth Dwyer Secretary: Seán Ballantine Deputy Secretary: Niamh Farrell Communications Officers: Kate Hayden, Cian Bond. Each class has a suggestion box and the students are welcome to put forward their ideas for ways to improve the school. We bring the ideas to the meetings and we discuss them and vote on them. Any that are passed are brought by The Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson to Mr Ryan for consideration. That's all for now. Next update on Fri 16th Dec. See you then ...... Friday 16th December Hi,today we talked about room 18's suggestion said that there should more balls for the yard we voted: 10 people for, 6 people against. Mr.Ryan said no to voting to go outside because some classes might say no and some say yes and one teacher can't be inside and outside at the same time. A jersey day was put down because a lot of jersey days would cost alot, and jerseys are expensive to buy. Mr Ryan loved the idea of a school anthem. We will hold a competition at Easter to compose one. Next blog, Fri 13th Jan 2012. Happy Christmas!!!!!
Fri 13th Jan Hello everyone and Happy New Year!! We lost our blog entry for today - we are still learning how this blog page works! No time now to re-type it all in. We'll fill you in next week....
Fri 20th Jan Announcing an Art Competition - we are looking for a fun, eye-catching, colourful, creative logo for the Student Council. Details coming to all the classes next week. Prizes for the winners... Our new notice board is finished and is in the new foyer. Cian Bond and Kate Hayden will keep it updated and current. We will be pumping the balls in the 5th and 6th classes every month. If you have any problems (balls lost, burst etc) please tell your class council rep.
Friday 27/1/12 Hi there. We had a lively meeting today. We decided to finish every meeting with bullet points of what has been discussed so that we know exactly what to say to our classes. We decided to ask Mr Ryan for the following: Mirrors for the bathrooms in the 6th classes as they are in every other room; Could every class visit Celbridge Library during the Readathon; More raffle tickets for children who read multiples of 20 (or 10 in the senior classes) books during the readathon; We are also thinking about inviting parents in to the classes to talk about their careers. We think that would be very interesting. Oh, and Ms Carragher is looking into getting us baseball caps with Student Council on them - we would wear them whenever we have to help out at school events. Talk next week! Here's a photo of us working hard!
Fri 10th February Today each class brought up 2 suggestions, so lots of thinking went into today. Keep thinking about suggestions - hope you'll have lots after mid term because we need your voice. We decided to bring the following suggestions to Mr Ryan: a week off written homework during the readathon basketball nets in the senior yard bake sale which the Student Council will organize bring books to the yard when it's dry a book club that will be organized by the student council Enjoy the week off!!!! Friday 2/3/12 Hi there, and welcome to our meeting. The agenda today is: Roll Call, Voting for Officers, Voting for Committee Members, Judging Art Competition, Book Club. The new officers are: Chairperson: Tori Keegan; Deputy Chairperson: Cian Bond; Secretary: Kate Hayden; Deputy Secretary: Réamonn Comer; Communications Officers: Ruth Dwyer and Niamh Farrell. Thank to the outgoing officers. They did a great job! Green School Cleaning Committee: Tadhg Halpin and Katie Brazil; Website Reporters: Cian Walsh and Kaci O'Connor; Bloggers: Ruth Dwyer and Emma Keog. We got a great response to the Student Council Logo Art Competition. There were two winners in each class (names posted on notice board in new foyer). The overall winner was chosen by the Student Council - congratulations to Linda Twomey from 6th class!! We will post the logo here very soon. Book Club - we are delighted to let you know that almost 120 children from 4th, 5th and 6th have signed up for the Book Club. We gave out the books yesterday, March 1st. If you have to pass the book on to someone else in your class, then please get stuck in to the book and pass it on as soon as you can! Here is the checklist of things to take note of as you read: title, cover, spine, blurb, the opening paragraphs, length of chapters, chapter titles, characters, setting, plot, ending, things you might change, marks out of 10. Please ask us if you have any questions about the Book Club. If any parents are free to help at the meeting at Book Club meeting, please contact the school. We need lots of adult helpers! Thanks! Talk next week. Over and out .
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Room 18
We are busy getting ready for a spelling challenge that will take place on Friday between the three fourth classes. We are going to give it our best shot! The Readathon started last week and we are loving the chance to read as much as possible. Our classroom is well stocked with lots of extra books. On Wednesday 27th of February, we went to INTEL for the morning, where we took part in a 'Rocket Challenge' as part of Engineers Week. We were asked to design and make a rocket and our rockets were judged by engineers who work in INTEL. They asked us lots of questions about how the rockets work and how it would take off and fly. While the judges were busy deciding which one they liked best, we enjoyed the snacks and drinks they provided for us! The judges were very impressed with all our rockets and team 7 - Brian, Daniel, Áine W and Áine Mc won prizes for their rocket. When we were leaving, we all got a gift bag, so thank you very much to all at INTEL for everything! Feel free to come and have a look at our rocket display in the corridor outside our classroom! More prizes were awarded later that day for the children who took part in the Handwriting Competition a few weeks ago. Everyone put in a great effort and judging the winners was extremely difficult. There could only be three winners. Well Done to them - Conor, Luke and Fatimat! We were also lucky enough to have a very talented visitor to room 18 in the afternoon. May Leonard, who is a very successful writer and regular on RTE radio came into our class to share some of her poems and stories and ideas with us. We really enjoyed our time with her and we are nopw inspired to write lots of poems and stories, using the ideas she shared with us. Thank you May! |
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Welcome to room 17's blog. The writing genre we are focusing on for February is Report Writing. Our reading strategies we are focusing on at the moment are declunking and scanning. We have just finished learning about a Famous Kerryman Tom Crean and his adventures in the Antarctica.
We are really enjoying the readathon at the moment. To make things interesting for the reathaton we are having an inter class spelling competition. We are going to try our best to win. At the moment we are doing a basketball lunch time mini league.
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You can check here to keep up to date on what we are doing in school.
Maths: Each week we complete some challenges on Manga High. Be sure to visit it every week to try some new challenges. You can log in by following this link: http://schools.mangahigh.com/scmochua
English: We really enjoyed reading The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle since we came back from our holidays. Here are some questions to see what you can remember from the story: http://www.scoilnet.ie/Quiz.aspx
History: This month, we have been looking at Dublin in the Middle Ages in History. We have learned about homes, food, cooking, tools, weapons, work and clothing from the Middle Ages. We were especially interested in learning about knights. Follow this link for more information on Medieval Ireland:
Science: We have been doing a lot of work on energy in Science, especially on light and sound. If you follow the links bellow, you will find more information and activities on sound and light:
Art:
Before Christmas, we had great fun doing construction! We made our own models of The London Eye, The Titanic, a football stadium, a robot, a rocket, a rollercoaster, the Eiffel Tower, a submarine and a castle.
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Check back again for updates! Slán
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Welcome to our blog! This blog will be designed to give parents more information about what we are doing in class during the week and to give some fun hints and tips to help with our learning. English:
Our spellings for this week are:
Maths:
We have started up our challenges again for mangahigh. Follow this link to log into your profile and complete some Maths challenges: http://schools.mangahigh.com/scmochua
Here are some games which will help us to practise some work we did in Maths:
Place Value
Addition Patterns
Gaeilge:
Bain triail as na cluichí Gaeilge:
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Welcome to Room 13's Blog! Check back regularly for info, links to class work, tips for homework and maybe the odd challenge! January 2013 In SESE, we are learning about Dublin in the Middle Ages. Click on the knight to find out more about life in Medieval (another word for Middle Ages) Europe. The language on the site is challenging so could be a good opportunity to read with someone older. If you can make a presentation to the class about what you learned, either through speaking or a project, I'm sure you will get a class reward!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ February 2013 Finding your tables hard?? Click on the tables for links to some fun tables games!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a bid to increase children's daily step count, we will be dancing to Step It Up, a song from RTE's Operation Transformation, each day. I would be delighted if the children tried to come up with some very simple steps / routines for the song at home, which they could then use to lead the class the next day. It's great fun and provides an opportunity for some extra exercise. Click on the dancers for a link to the song ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 26th 2013 This Friday we are making a print collage in Art. Each child will need 3 household objects to put in paint and print on a piece of paper. Suitable objects include mashers, egg cups, whisks, shower nets, sponges, kitchen slices, anything which has a pattern or gaps on them and you think will make an interesting print. Also, there are still a few children without art t-shirts, so it would be great if you could provide them with an old, large shirt that you don't mind getting paint on. Thanks for your help! _________________________________________________________ May 2013 - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Art Project!
As the class have been enjoying songs from the Beatles album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band this year, we thought we would make our own versions of the iconic album cover. Originally, the Beatles populated the cover with photographs of their heroes so I thought we would do the same. The children will be split into groups and will have to collect pictures of their heroes/famous people. These pictures will be arranged along with a band photo of the Beatles and a picture of the children as a group, in the style of the album cover. The people on the cover can be any one who means anything to the children, whether family, friends or famous people although I would like it to be mainly great people. This is a great opportunity for children to learn about different great people such as Martin Luther King, Mother Theresa, Gandhi etc and for parents to tell their children about their own heroes and tell them a thing or two about them. The children will probably need to collect between 10 and 20 pictures of heroes faces to stick onto their album cover. We will aim to assemble the album covers in groups in class on Friday 24th May if everyone is ready. We will talk more about this with the children after the May break but they can be thinking about it during their time off! Also, there will be plenty of Dojo points on offer for children who can tell the class about new heroes they have discovered from doing the project. |
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Welcome to Room 12s first blog. We are very new to this!!! We have a very busy week this week preparing for our first confessions. We will also be taking part in the school St. Patrick's parade on Friday and taking part in a ceolchoirm agus radio Mochua!! Oh and I almost forgot, we are having a workshop on conserving our engergy for the green schools also. Maths: We have been working very hard on time in maths class. We know how to tell the time to o' clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. It would be hugely beneficial if the children regularly practised time at home, especially ... what time will it be an hour from now? If I put a cake in the oven at half past 6 and it took a half an hour to bake, what time would I be taking it out of the oven? The t.v guide is also a great place to practise time with the children. What time does Spongebob start at?/ end at? How long is it on for? If I watched the midweek movie and Coronation Street how long would I be watching t.v for? First Confessions: The children have been practising their confiteor and act of sorrow each morning in school in preparation. The parents will accompany their child to the altar and introduce them to the priest. They will then step down and wait for them at the bottom of the altar. Each child will say to the priest... Bless me father for I have sinned. This is my first confession. I did not show love when....... |
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Welcome to the Blog page for Room 11! February 2013 We began this month by learning about St. Brigid. We had fun making St. Brigid's crosses from coloured paper. We saw how to make them from reeds too! We learned that the Chinese New Year would begin on February 10th, and that 2013 is the year of the Snake. We researched information about China, its people, culture, customs and food. We completed fabulous projects, which are now decorating our classroom. We made Chinese lanterns and had fun trying to do Chinese writing! We are reading, reading, reading as part of our school Readathon. By Wednesday 20th February we had read almost 1,200 books - and we still have a few weeks to go! On Monday 25th, the author Ann Egan came in to visit us. She gave us great ideas to help us with our creative writing January 2013 In January, we explored a variety of print techniques in our art lessons. We tried monoprinting using block printing ink, symmetrical printing, stencilling, mask-out printing, marbling and relief printing. Here is a selection of our work:
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This blog is designed to help you learn more about your child's time in Room 1! Each week the blog will be updated with photos, videos and information to keep you up to date with our progress through Junior Infants. There will also be some tips and hints for parents on how best to help your child at home. We hope you enjoy! Click here for information on individual subjects ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 2013 Making the most of the fine weather!
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Here is a link to a fantastic new Irish website called 'Help My Kid Learn' . This new website is packed full of ideas to help your child learn everyday. Just enter your child's age and find lots of fun reading and maths activities they can do at home!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FRUIT PARTY WEEK ONE! 1st Feb 2013 Grapes and Pears Instead of treats from teacher we all had fruit kebabs today! Almost all of us thought this was way better than sweets for a Friday treat! We watched how teacher prepared the fruit so that we can try it ourselves at home! Our teacher thought it was amazing to see how many of us said we did not to like pears or grapes at first. Then, when they were presented like this...
... everyone came back for seconds!
Some of us even took handfuls of fruit home with us! Next week it's raspberry and blueberry week! The exercising has also kicked off in room 1 and we've been 'stepping it up' every day this week! This will continue throughout the month and the children will also be given simple 'healthy habits' to start at home! For example; marching on the spot while watching tv, jumping jacks while waiting for the bathroom etc. We're all really enjoying this so far and it would be just great if you could all join in at home and encourage the children to get FIT FOR FEBRUARY! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIT, FRUITY FEBRUARY 2013 In room 1 we are going to get fit and healthy during February! Children will be encouraged to be more active and eat more healthy foods. This song by Fresh Re, a Celbridge-based band, was written to help and motivate children to get active and to keep fit. It was aired on RTÉ's Operation Transformation and is the theme song for the series! Have some fun dancing to this at home! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 2013 We now know all of our numbers from 1-5 and this week we are learning about 'zero'. Top Tip from www.helpmykidlearn.ie Count Every Day 1. Count with your child at every opportunity, for example: 2. Ask your child to put out 2, 3 or 4 toys. 3. Encourage your child to count backwards – it gives a real understanding of how numbers relate to each other. 4. Encourage your child to guess how many things there are (make an estimate) before they count them. 5. A game you can play is to put out some small objects on the table and then remove one. Ask your child how many things you have in your hand. Write a couple of numbers on some paper including the number of objects you have on the table. Ask your child to point to the right number of objects. 6. Colouring in by numbers is a fun way your child can use numbers. ------------------------------------------------------------------- January 2013 We are learning about the number 4! Hunt for numbers 1-4 in your environment. There are numbers all around us! November 19th 2012 We are learning about the number 3 this week! Try to find as many number 3s in the environment as possible! You'll see them on cars, houses, buses, clocks! Spot as many as you can! Here is a link to the Sesame Street playlist for the number 3!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are learning about the number 2! Why don't you go on a hunt for the number 2 while out and about! There are numbers all around us! Here is a new song we learned this week! There are also some more fun songs and games on the Sesame Street website. Here is a link to a song about the number 2! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 2012 We had a maths fun day last Friday! We played lots of games and explored various mathematical concepts through play!
We have been learning the mathematical skill of classifying. We have been sorting objects into groups based on their colour. Can you see how we grouped the toys?
Here are some links to our favourite maths songs! Enjoy singing along at home!
--------------------------------------------------------------- March 2013 Your children are all progressing so fast with their reading. Keep challenging them by encouraging reading as much as possible at home and while out and about! Follow these top tips from www.helpmykidlearn.ie
February 2013 As part of the Readathon we have teamed up with Mr. Murphy's 3rd class and have begun buddy reading. This will take place each Monday morning and children from the two classes will read together for 20 minutes. Here are a few photos from our first session today!
January 2013 We are now learning the third set of Jolly Phonics sounds G, O, U, L, F, B Children should be revising all sounds and blending short words using these sounds. Check out the Sesame Street and Starfall websites below for fun games and songs to help you learn the sounds! November 2012 We have now learned the next set of sounds in the Jolly Phonics programme. CK, E, H, R, M, D Children should revise all sounds and practise blending words on their three word lists Here is a playlist of games and songs from Sesame Street to help you have some fun at home!
The Starfall website is very useful for helping to learn phonics in a fun, interactive way! Click on the image below to try it out! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Note for parents Blending is the process of saying the sounds in a word and then running them together to make the word, e.g. c-a-t is cat. It is a technique your child will need to learn, and it improves with practice. Some children take longer to do this than others. To start with you should sound out the word and see if your child can hear it. The sounds must be said quickly to hear the word. It is easier if the first sound is said slightly louder, e.g. b-u-s. To give your child practice at blending, she/he will bring home lists of words in their sound copies. Please listen to your child blending the sounds to read the words each night for homework. To listen to all the Jolly Phonics songs we sing in school, watch this video.
To watch a video on how to help your child with blending, click here Blending Video Here are some phonics and alphabet songs that we love to sing every day!
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----------------------------------------------------- Here are some of our favourite SESE songs in room 1. We listen to these nearly every day and they help us to learn about the days of the week, months of the year and the four seasons! You can sing along to these songs at home by clicking on the images below! Have fun! ------------------------------------------------------------- January 2013 15/01/13 We were experimenting with magnets today in room 1! We discovered that magnets are attracted to some types of metal. Magnets are not attracted to other materials such as paper, wood, glass or plastic.
We picked up paper clips, nails, hair clips and keys with magnets.
We made a chain of magnets by joining metal objects together. We picked up spoons, teacher's date stamper, a medal and a hair clip!
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Welcome to Room 2 blog! Check out our blog each month for the latest news from room 2.
February 2013 11/02/2013
Last Friday as part of 'Fruity Friday' we made delicious smoothies. The ingredients that we used were peaches, pineapple, banana, yogurt, apple juice and orange juice. We used a very noisey blender to mix all of our ingredients together.
We all had to think of a good name for our smoothie and teacher picked the best one. We all really enjoyed 'Ms. Dooley's Smoothie Surprise!'
This month we are all getting fit for February. We are getting active in our classroom and we are getting fruity on Friday. We have decided to replace our usual treats with fresh fruit. Last week we got to try some different fruits such as grapes, pineapple and pears and next Friday is going to be 'Smoothie Friday!!' Stay tuned for some photographs
We are doing a lot of work on our reading and handwriting this month. We have only one more little book left to complete and we have already learnt how to write the letters c,a,d,g,o,u and l in cursive writing and we will be learning how to write f and b this month. It is very important that we practise our letters at home so that we will soon be able to write words and even some sentences!
It's springtime and we have been learning a lot about what happens around us during this season. We have been talking about and looking out for the different signs of spring. Well done to Danny who was the first child to spot a daffodil and he brought it in to school for our nature table!
We made little spring lambs this week.
Look how cute they are!
We have been talking a lot about our grandparents and we even drew some pictures of them. If any of our grandparents would like to come in to talk to the class they would be very welcome to do so!
January 2013 We were all excited to be back to school to see our friends. This month we were learning a new dance with Ms. Dooley called 'One Step Closer'.
We learned all about the robin and made some lovely paintings.
We have been very busy experimenting with different magnets and different materials.We had great fun going around the classroom finding things that magnets are attracted to. We also talked about hot things and cold things and we made hot and cold collages using fabric and fibre.
December 2012 We were busy this month preparing for our Nativity Play. We performed for the whole school and put on a great show for our families. Here are some pictures from the big day!
We made lovely Christmas decorations to decorate our classroom and our homes. Heres some examples of our Christmas wreaths and baubles.
Look who came to visit us!!
Look who else came to visit us on our fun day!!
We had great fun watching the magician perform his tricks!
We all had a wonderful Christmas in room 2!
November 2012 We are learning all about the owl this month.
Here are the lovely owls we made!
The website arkive.org has lots of very interesting information for you to check out! Click on the image of the barn owl below to visit the site!
IMPORTANT! This week we will be starting our first little book. Our new homework schedule will be: Monday - Phonics Copy Tuesday - Building Words with Letter Flashcards Wednesday / Thursday- Reading Little Book ----------------------------------------------------- We are learning about the number 2! Why don't you go on a hunt for the number 2 while out and about! There are numbers all around us! Here is a new song we learned this week! There are also some more fun songs and games on the Sesame Street website. Here is a link to a song about the number 2! ------------------------------------------------------------------ We have moved on to the next set of sounds in the Jolly Phonics programme. CK, E, H, R, M, D This week we are learning C. Here is a playlist of games and songs from Sesame Street to help you have some fun at home! The Starfall website is very useful for helping to learn phonics in a fun, interactive way! Click on the image below to try it out! -------------------------------------------------------------------
October 2012 It is October already and here in room 2 we have been learning all about autumn. We have been learning about all the different things that happen during this season. We made beautiful autumn leaves as shown below.
We learnt all about the hedgehog and we learnt a new song about a very special hedgehog called Harry. We were able to colour and cut out pictures of Harry Hedgehog and we stuck on matchsticks for his spines.
Today we went outside to look at the different trees in the school grounds. We saw a lovely Chestnut tree and we even found chestnuts to put on our nature table.
We had great fun in school during Hallowe'en time. Check out the spooky display in the foyer.
We dressed up in costumes and had a Hallowe'en disco with room 1 and room 3!
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Welcome to Our Blog! 1st May 2013 We have had a very exciting week this week! On Tuesday we went to playzone for our school tour.
We loved travelling on the bus!
We had great fun dancing in the disco room.
We even had a birthday party while we were there!
Then we had a lovely picnic in the sun ... a great end to a great day!
We also had our spring clean last week. Here are some pictures of us cleaning the school grounds.
11th March 2013
Today we had a visit from the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland. We learned a lot about saving energy at home and in school. Why not click the link below play an energy saving game!
We have also been learning all about spring this week. Look at the amazing spring freize we made together.
We are celebrating St. Patrick's Day this week. We will also be performing at the coffee morning on Friday so please come along!
1st March 2013 We were exploring shadows today. We learned that a shadow is made by blocking the light.
24th February 2013
We have been learning about frogs this week. Click the picture above to play the 5 Green Frogs song. Here is some of our writing and drawings of frogs.
To watch videos of frogs click the picture below.
This week we have been exploring mirrors and reflections. We discovered that mirrors reflect light.
We also found out that things appear backwards in a mirror!
We also used the mirrors to draw self portraits.
Here are some pictures of us having fun in P.E. We are practising ball skills.
We have been working on writing our letters. Just click below for some pages you can use to practise at home. Here is a powerpoint show you can download to practise reading tricky words at home. We have been doing buddy reading with the children from third class for th Readathon. We have enjoyed making new friends and listening to lots of stories.
13th February 2013 Happy New Year Everyone! We have been very busy over the past few months and we are working hard on our reading and writing.
We can now read all the words from our little books. You can click the link below and print off some flashcards and practise them at home. How fast can you read all the words?? Here are some games to play at home to practise your reading. Just click the picture below.
You can print out a matching game to practise at home by clicking on the links below. We have also started to learn some tricky words. Can you read all of them?
We have also been learning all about electricity. A lot of things in our homes use electricity but we have to remember that electricity can be dangerous. You can learn more from this website and play some games.
Last week we celebrated grandparents day. We drew some lovely pictures of our grandparents and the things we like to do with them. Some children have brought in photographs of their grandparents to show the class. If you haven't brought one in yet, why not bring it in this week and you can tell everyone about your granny or grandad. Here is a poem we learned about grandparents. Grandma's Glasses These are Grandma's glasses, And takes a little nap.
We love building with blocks. Look at our amazing towns!
13th November 2012 We have been drawing pictures of our families this week.
We also read the story 'Owl Babies' in school. Can you remember the story?
You can learn more about owls and watch some videos of them by clicking the picture below.
6th November 2012 We have been having some technical problems with our website for the past month but I'm glad to say we are back ..... and we have a lot to fill you in on! We love dancing to the Pirate Song in school. Click below to watch the video at home too.
IMPORTANT! This week we will be starting our first little book. Our new homework schedule will be: Monday - Phonics Copy Tuesday - Building Words with Letter Flashcards Wednesday / Thursday- Reading Little Book Click the link below for some ideas and tips for learning sight words. You can also print out your own flashcards for practising word recognition at home. This week we are learning about Sammy Square. Click the link below to play a shape game.
Click the link below to sing the shape song.
We have also been practising blending sounds to make words. Blending is the process of saying the sounds in a word and then running them together to make the word, for example ‘c – a – t’ is cat. It is a technique your child will need to learn as they begin to read and it needs plenty of practice. Some children take longer to do this than others. To start with, you should sound out the word and see if your child can hear it. The sounds must be said quickly to hear the word. It is easier if the first sound is said slightly louder, e.g. b – u – s. Your child should put their finger under each sound as they say it. To give your child practice at blending, she/he will bring home lists of words for blending in their homework folder as well as six letter flashcards. Please help your child to make these words using their letter flashcards and then listen to your child blending the sounds to read the word. For more information and some useful videos on blending click the link below. Below is also a link to some picture cards that you can use to help your child to build words using the sounds. There are also some blending activity cards and sound cards which you can print off and use at home for extra practice.
We have also been busy baking. Here are some photos of us making our gingerbread men!
We also had a Halloween disco last week. We had a great time dancing to all our favourite songs.
1st October 2012 Autumn is here! Look at our beautiful red, yellow, orange and brown leaves!
We have also been learning a song about autumn leaves. Click below to sing along at home. Can you find any signs of autumn at home?
We have been learning all about hedgehogs this week. Look at the prickly hedgehogs we made from clay!
You can also watch some videos of hedgehogs on the website below.
19th September 2012 Since we have started school we have been making lots of new friends. Here are some pictures of us sharing, playing, helping each other, co-operating, learning together and having fun!
We have been reading the story of 'The Little Red Hen' this week. We painted our own hens.
You can listen to the story at home by clicking the picture below.
13th September 2012 We have been singing 'Head Shoulders Knees and Toes' in school. Click the link below to sing along at home.
5th September 2012 We are getting to know each other and we are having lots of fun at school! We have been singing lots of nursery rhymes. You can do them at home too ... just click on the link below.
We have been counting too! Click the game below and practise your counting at home.
BIG BOX ADVENTURES To download the parent's guide click on the link below.
PHONICS We have started learning the first group of our Jolly Phonics sounds - s a t i p n. Here is a video of all the jolly phonics songs. This can be used to help children practise the sounds, songs and actions at home.
You can also click on this link to the jolly phonics website to hear the sounds individually.
There are also some sound cards which you can print off and use at home for extra practice if you wish. The Starfall website is also excellent - just click the link below.
It has some great phonics games too!
Some other good websites are listed below. Just click on them to follow the link.
GAEILGE Here are some games based on the topics we will be covering in Irish this year. Just click the links below to play some games. Sa Bhaile - At Home An Scoil - School Breithlá - Birthday Éadaí - Clothes An Aimsir - Weather Bréagáin - Toys Siopadóireacht - Shopping An Nollaig - Christmas Gníomhaíochtaí - Actions Bia - Food Sneachta - Snow Scéal sa Leaba - Bedtime Story
HANDWRITING At the moment we are strengthening up our hands and working on the correct pencil grip. It is very important to have the correct grip from the beginning to avoid bad habits. Here are two very useful documents for you to download with advice on encouraging the correct pencil grip with your child and preparing them for writing.
MATHS We are learning our numbers. Click on the video below and sing the 'How Many?' song.
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Spring is here!
In the following photos you can see us sorting 3D shapes into cylinders, spheres, cubes and cuboids.
Another day, during a science lesson, we sorted materials into plastic, stone, metal, wood and fabric.
During the Readathon, we have really enjoyed "Buddy Reading" once a week, with Mr Hannan's class. It's good fun, and a lovely way to enjoy reading.
On Pancake Tuesday, the 12th February, we made pancakes for the whole class. Everyone got a chance to stir the batter. We used milk, eggs and flour the make the pancakes. They tasted yummy!
We went on a Winter walk. We saw bare trees, crows, leaves on the ground and lots of puddles! We also saw some Spring bulbs pushing their way up, out of the soil. It was freezing!
Cochaillín Dearg!
We enjoyed painting our favourite toys!
Circle time is lots of fun!
We had to concentrate really hard as we practised holding our balance, during gymnastics at P.E.
In the following photos you can see Room 4 all dressed up for our Christmas Carol service. Thanks to all the parents, for the great costumes.
We had some...
boys dressed as kings..... some girs dressed as Mary....
lots of shepherds, and...some lovely sparkly angels!
Show and tell time!
Maths time!
In the following photos you can see us exploring our sense of sight!
Here you can see us concentrating hard, as we make our clay hedgehogs, with matchsticks for spines!
Dressing up for Hallowe'en was lots of fun! We also made spooky witches on their broomsticks!
Doing tree rubbings!
Playing Maths games is lots of fun!
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Tuesday 11th March HI everyone! Only two weeks until the Easter holidays! We have lots to learn and do in the meantime. Well done to all the children who took part in the Readathon. Just because it's over doesn't mean the children have to stop all that reading! Keep it up everyone! Remember that cards and sponsorship money is due back tomorrow Tuesday the12th March at the latest. The children who read 20 books or more and collect 8 or more euro will be automatically entered into the fantastic draw! Winners announced this week!
The St. Patrick's Day parade will take place this Friday the 15th March. Children are encouraged to wear green, white and orange to school! English We are all reading a book called "Friday Surprise".
We will be finished this Friday and please make sure all children bring the book back to school. We are learning a poem called "The Rooks". This is stuck into the children's English copy. Gaeilge
Seachtain na Gaeilge is here! The children are encouraged to use their Gaeilge whenever they can- even if they just have a cúpla focail! Maths We are now adding and renaming. This means we are carrying over a ten. This can be a difficult concept for children at first. Click on the picture to learn at home.
Friday 1st February WOW! Crazy Hat Day was such a success! Thank you to all the parents who put in such hard work creating wonderful masterpieces. Pictures to follow.... 30th January 2013 Look at some pictures of us!
The Readathon is starting today!! All children will receive a sponsership card and can keep track of all the books they have read. Children from 1st class who read 20 books or more receive a medal! Remember to read books at your level and why not choose a variety of fiction and factual books? This could be a great time to join your local library. Click on the picture to enter Celbridge Library website for opening times and information on how to join.
We are learning a new poem. Click on the weather picture to read it.
We are learning about when to use there, they're and their. Click the picture to learn more and try a quiz.
Gaeilge We are learning about being at school in Irish. Click on the picture for a new game!
SESE We have been chatting about keeping safe on the road. The dark cold weather can mean there are lots of cars on the road. We listened to the Safe Cross Code song and tried the dance. Play the game at home by clicking on the picture.
We had lots of fun trying to increase the amount of footsteps we take each day last Friday. The children marched and danced along to a fun song and video aimed at encouraging children to walk more. Click on the picture to watch and try at home!
Do you know this flag?
This is the next country we will be learning about- Spain! Have you been to Spain? If you have ever been to Spain and would like to bring in a souvenir or a photo please do! Did you know that instead of the tooth fairy, the children in Spain leave their teeth under their pillow to be collected by a little mouse called Ratoncito Perez!
Maths We are still revising time and will soon be moving on to money. Children often need a lot of support with this concept. Asking children to use money in a meaningful way at home is the best way to support them. Perhaps children could start keeping a piggy bank and learn how to identify and count small amounts of money. Click on the picture to play a counting game. You can adjust the level of difficulty by reducing the amount on the lefthand side-ask an adult.
23rd January 2013 Well done to everyone who is coming to school with a pared pencil, rubber and colours! This is helping to save valuable class time! English We are learning a new poem called "I am Running in a Circle" Remember to learn it off by heart by Friday for a sweet! Click on the picture of the famous poet Jack Prelutsky to see his poem.
Maths We are revisiing time at the moment. this can be a difficult concept for children to grasp. Chatting about time infomally during the day can help your child make sense of this concept. For example: Swimming starts at 11 and will finish at 12- how long will it last? You can stay up for another half an hour. It is half seven now. What time will you be going to bed? Children in first class need to tell the time to the hour and half hour. They also need to be able to say what is an hour/ half hour before and after a certain time. Click on the clock to practise at home.
SESE We are learning about energy. Energy is the ability to do work. Click on the picture below to see how you can save energy!
15th January 2013
It is very important that everybody comes to school with a pared pencil, rubber and some colours. This means that we can get to work straight away. The children have been reminded to look after their pencils and have them sharpened for the next day.
NEWS! We are having a Crazy Hat Day on Friday 1st February. This means that children can wear a funny hat to school. Prizes to children who try to make a hat at home. Click on the hat below to look at children in another school during their Crazy Hat Day.
English We are reading a new book- The Cat in the Hat! If you have any unusual hats at home please bring them in and try them on for us! We are also learning a new poem Cats Can Cats can s-t-r-e-t-c-h and Cats can curl Cats can POUNCE And twirl twirl Cats can sit and Cats can laze And purr into a sleepy haze
A lion is part of the cat family. Learn more about lions by clicking on the picture below.
Gaeilge Try a new game by clicking on the picture below! Maths We are learning about capacity. You can see litres and millilitres on lots of things. Try to find some at home.
Do you know how many millilitres in a litre? S.E.S.E We have been learning a little bit about India. Why not look up some information about India and tell everyone at school what you learned at home. Click on the map.
9th January 2013 Welcome back to another term at school! We hope everyone feels well rested after the break because we have lots of learning to do!
English We are learning a new poem off by heart. Try it at home. If you Should Meet a Crocodile If you should meet a crocodile Don't take a stick and poke him! Ignore the welcome in his smile Be careful not to stroke him. For he sleeps upon the Nile He thinner gets and thinner But whenever you meet a crocodile He's ready for his dinner!
You can learn more about crocodiles by clicking on the crocodile.
We will be learning all about magic e!
Remember : Click on the e below to watch the magic e show! Click on the frog prince to play a magic e game.
SESE
This month we will be learning all about India. If you have anything at home that comes from India or even some photos please bring them in. We will also be learning about animals that live in India like elephants and tigers!
Maths We will be learning how to add three numbers.
December 19th 2012 The blog is up and running again! We have been having lots of fun in room 7. We had our fun day with a visit from Mr. Jolly and Santa! We have been making Christmas tree decorations and we also took part in a special carol service in the hall today. The talent show will go ahead on Friday so remember to bring in any music or costumes you may need!
We have been writing Christmas stories and the children will be bringing them home this week.
We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and look forward to seeing you all again in 2013! School closes at 12pm on Friday 21st and reopens on Monday January 7th.
Click on Santa for some activities to try at home.
December 4th 2012 We are looking for a willing grandparent to come and speak to the children about Christmas when they were young! Please approach Ms, Smith or send in a note if you know an older person who would be willing to be interviewed by the class. Thank you! We are having a talent show in room 7 on December 21st! This is just an informal show for the children to enjoy. Therefore we are not inviting parents. However pictures of the show will go up on the blog so watch this space! Children are invited to sing, dance, say a poem, tell a joke or show a piece of artwork/ something they have made. Anything goes! Children can wear their uniform to school but bring a costume of they like. They can also bring in music or any props. There will be a funday for all children from infants to 2nd class next Monday the 10th of December. Children in room 7 can wear their P.E tracksuit as normal on a Monday. Children are asked to bring in 3 euro before Thursday the 6th December. Thank you! Maths We are learning about tens and units. Click on the picture to choose a game! English Winter is here. We are learning a new poem called "Cold" by Shirley Hughes. Cold Cold fingers Cold toes Pink sky Pink nose Hard ground Bare trees Branches crack Puddles freeze Frost white Sun red Warm room Warm bed
We are enjoying some Roald Dahl stories at school. Did you know that Roald Dahl was not a good speller at school?! This didn't stop him from being one of the best storytellers that ever lived and selling millions of books all over the world! We have already read The Twits and George's Marvellous Medicine. Now we are on to The Witches. Click on the picture to go to the Roald Dahl website.
November 26th 2012 Science We are learning all about water! Click on the rain drop to watch a great video about the water cycle!
Click on the picture below to watch a rap about the water cycle!
It is important to wash our hands. Click on the water to listen to some songs about washing your hands. You can save water. Click on the picture below to learn how.
English We are learning a new poem about a canary! The Canary Mary had a little bird With feathers bright and yellow Slender legs- upon my word He was a pretty fellow!
Sweetest notes he always sang Which much delighted Mary Often where his cage was hung She sat by her canary
Elizabeth Turner
Maths How well do you know your number square? Click on the number square to do a jigsaw. November 19th 2012 We made soda bread! We talked about how flour comes from wheat. Click on the Little Red Hen to watch a video story!
If you would like to make the bread at home here is the recipe:
White Soda Bread Ingredients : 400 mls buttermilk Splash of cream 3 or 4 pinches of salt 2 tsps sugar 1 ¼ tsps bread soda 550g plain or cream flour
Method: Set oven to 200 degrees. Put some baking parchment (not greese proof paper) on baking tray. Sieve dry ingredients together . Mix well. Make a well in the centre. Add milk and cream. Mix together to form a soft dough. Turn out onto a floured board. Knead lightly and quickly to form a ball. Flatten and shape into round shape. Put onto baking tray. Bake for around 35mins. Should sound hollow underneath when baked.
Read along and create your own illustrations by clicking the Little Red Hen below! English We are on week 10 in spellings this week. We are learning a new poem.
There Once Were Two Cats of Kilkenny There once were two cats of Kilkenny Each thought there was one cat too many So they fought and they fit And they scratched and they bit 'Till, except for their nails and the tips of their tails Instead of two cats there weren't any!
Phonics We are learning the ee and or sound this week. Click on the picture to listen to the song. Listen to a poem and play some games using the ee sound by clicking on the picture below. Library books: Please remember to bring in your library book to school every Monday and Thursday to get a new one.
Maths We are learning about the number square. Click on the number square to play some games.
We will be learning about the calendar. Click on the calendar to play a game.
Music We love singing the song Tingalayo. Click on the donkey to hear a different version of the song.
November 12th 2012 English Hooray! We can now start borrowing books from the class library! The children can take home one book every Monday and Thursday. The children need to bring in their old book on Thursdays to borrow a new one.
Thanks to everyone who sent in the writing folder. We will now start the process of becoming authors! Click on the picture below to make up a story at home.
We love singing in room 7! Click on the musical note to sing along to some fun songs by reading the words. Phonics We have been learning about the ng sound. Click on the picture below to play a game at home.
This week we are learning about the oa sound. We hear this sound in words like soap and coat. Remember when 2 vowels go walking the first one does the talking! Click on the picture to watch a video about this. Click on Roy the Zebra to play a game. Maths We are revising the months of the year this week and moving on to 3d shapes. The children need to be able to identify the following shapes: cube sphere cuboid cone pyramid cylinder Why not see if you can find these shapes in the environment? What shape is a pringles tube? What shape is a ball? What shape is your wardrobe? Click on the shapes to play a game.
Gaeilge Click on the picture to play a new game!
Comhrá na seachtaine! Cé leis é? (Who owns it?) Is liomsa é! (I own it!) Try it at home! November 6th 2012
Welcome back to school everyone! English We are on week 8 in our spellings. Please remember to learn spellings off by heart and not just write them down. Why not play hangman with some of this week's spellings?! Lots of children have brought in their writing folder. This means we are almost ready to start writing! Please have the appropriate items by Monday the 12th November. (See below for pictures)
We are learning a new poem this week: Who has seen the wind? Who has seen the wind? Neither I, nor you But when the leaves hang trembling The wind is passing through
Who has seen the wind? Neither you, nor ! But when the trees bow down their heads The wind is passing by
Learning things at home off by heart is an important skill. Try learning this poem off by heart. If you can say it on Friday you will receive a small treat! Gaeilge Comhrá na seachtaine: Conas atá tú? Tá mé go maith! Try it at home! We are doing a poem the children may know from senior infants: Lámh, lámh eile a haon a dó cos, cos eile a haon a dó súil, súil eile a haon, a dó cluas, cluas eile a haon a dó ceann, srón, béal, smig is fiacla deasa i mo bhéal istigh!
Try a game at home! Click on the picture! Maths We are learning about 2d shapes this week: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, oval, star, diamond Try a memory game by clicking on the shapes.
October 23th 2012 Happy Halloween! Have a great midterm everyone! When the children return they will need a writing folder. Please send the following items to school:
A4 folder
Dividers Lined a4 paper pad Please send in these items ASAP. Thank you! Monday 1st October '12 English We are learning a new poem this week. Try it at home! I Don't Want to go into School
I don't want to go into school today, Mum, I don't feel like schoolwork today. Oh, don't make me go into school today, Mum, Oh, please let me stay home and play.
But you must go to school, my cherub, my lamb. If you don't it will be a disaster. How would they manage without you my sweet, After all, you are the headmaster.
We will also be focussing on how and when to use capital letters. Click on the picture to play a game! Can you fill in the capital letters and full stops in the story? Click on the dragon!
Gaeilge We are starting the theme Bia- food. Click on the picture to play a game. Comhrá na seachtaine: Cá bhfuil tú i do chonaí? (where do you live?) Tá mé i mo chonaí i gCill Droichid Monday 24th September '12 English This week we are learning the poem "New Shoes". Lots of children get new shoes in September. Why do you think that is? Learning off by heart is an important skill that children need to learn. Learning poems is a great way to start. Say it at home!
New Shoes My shoes are new and squeaky shoes, They're shiny, creaky shoes. I wish I had my leaky shoes That my mother threw away.
I liked my old brown leaky shoes Much better than these creaky shoes, These shiny, creaky, squeaky shoes I've got to wear today.
Anon
Click on the picture to play a shoe memory matching game! Gaeilge We are learning a new poem. Click here to listen and say at home. Comhrá na seachtaine: Cén dath is fearr leat? (what's your favourite colour?) Is fearr liom...( I prefer...) Revise your colours by playing a fun game as Gaeilge. Click on the picture! Maths We are revising our left and right. Playing blindman's buff at home can reinforce directional language. Hide an item and give directions using words like: left, right, forwards, backwards, above and below
A lot of children have difficulty with the concept of money. We will begin this topic later in the year but why not start informally at home? You could save up coins to buy something nice. Click on the picture to play a game. This game can be made easier or more difficult just as an adult.
History All the children in room 7 have received their first project assignment! We look forward to seeing all the family trees on Friday! Don't forget that all names get a capital letter!
Geography We are learning about different types of homes. What kind of home do you live in? Can you spot any bungalows, semi-detached, terraced or detached houses near you? What about caravans or apartments? Click on the picture to look at pictures of interesting and unusual homes from around the world. Monday 17th September '12 Science This week we will be discussing the five senses. We will also be discussing how to keep our bodies healthy. Click on the picture below to play a game and take a quiz!
English We are having great fun with tongue twisters! Click on the link below to listen to some and try them at home!
We want to be great writers some day. That's why we will be discussing stories we know and what we love about them. Have you noticed that all great stories have a problem, great characters and a solution? Try finding these aspects in your storybooks at home. If you would like to encourage your child to become a better writer click here for some tips.
Here are our spelling lists for the first 14 weeks just in case the sheet goes astray!
Gaeilge Comhrá na seachtaine! We are doing lots of chatting in Irish and we learn a new phrase each week! This week's phrase is: Cén rang in a bhfuil tú? (what class are you in?) Tá mé i rang a haon.( I am in 1st class) Why not practise at home! We are learning a new poem- mo mhadra. Click on the picture to practise at home! Monday 10th September '12 We are back at school and ready to learn new things. One of the most important things is getting used to homework! The homework each night is: Write out spellings and put two words in sentences. Go over tables (this week is +0) Reading- 2 pages in reader. Maths This week we are revising odd and even numbers.
Read the story of Mr Odd and Mrs Even.
We are revising writing our numbers. Click on the teddy to practise reading them at home!
Gaeilge Click on the picture to play a game as Gaeilge. We have been learning a new song as Gaeilge. Click on the picture to listen and sing along at home!
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January 16th Happy New Year Everyone! We had a very busy December preparing for Christmas and practicing for our Christmas play "Christmas Recipe". Thanks to all who came to see us perform on Tuesday 18th December! Here are some photos of our play.
Maths: We were learning about Capacity in Maths this week. We were investigating how much liquid different containers can hold.We did some fun experiments and made quite a mess in the classroom! Have a look at home and see if you can find different containers that hold 1 litre. Are they all the same shape and size?
Gaeilge Click on icon below to play a fun game that we have played in class!
English: We have started our class novel. It is called Flat Stanley. We are on Chapter 3 already! It is about a boy called Stanley Lambchop who is flattened when a bulletin board falls on him.
Science We have been learning about magnetism and electricity in Science this week. Click on the magnet below to play a fun game with magnets. Electricity can be very dangerous. Click on the image below to explore the dangers of electricity.
November 9th Maths: We have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes:
2D shapes: These are the main 2D shapes we are learning about: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, semi-circle, oval
3D shapes: These are the main 3D shapes we are learning about: cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder
Click on the link below for a fun game where you can shoot 2D and 3D shapes!
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/shapes_shoot.htm
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These are the questions that we are working on in Irish at the moment. Ask us them at home!
Cén bia is maith leat? (Which food do you like?) Is maith liom _____.
Cén bia nach maith leat? (Which food do you not like?) Ní maith liom ______.
Conas atá an aimsir inniú? (What is the weather like today?) Tá sé fuar/fliuch/tirim/ag cur báistí/scamallach…
History We have been learning about the history of our school, Scoil Mochua. We have also been discussing our school crest. Read about the history of our school and about our school crest by clicking on the crest:
We had a lovely Halloween! We worked very hard on our Halloween projects. We learned about the history of Halloween and Halloween traditions in Ireland. We discussed safety at Halloween. We drew our Halloween costumes. We also wrote gruesome recipes and spooky poems!
We made Halloween buns in school too!!
English: We have been learning about writing stories. We wrote this spooky story together as a class:
September 27th We are learning a song called The Rules of the Classroom. We are going to sing it at assembly next week. Click on the image below to hear the song!
Maths: We were learning our doubles tables last week and we will be learning our near doubles tables next week. It is very important to learn tables off by heart. Practice them when you are in the car on the way to school in the morning or when you are on the way to swimming lessons!
Near Doubles 0+1=1 1+2=3 2+3=5 3+4=7 4+5=9 5+6=11 6+7=13 7+8=15 8+9=17 9+10=19 10+11=21
Gaeilge
These are the questions that we are working on in Irish at the moment. Ask us them at home!
September 19th
We will be doing Power Hour in our classroom on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the next six weeks.
Our class is split into four groups and four 'stations' are set up around the room. Each group spends 10 minutes at each station and works on reading, writing or sounds. It is great fun and we really enjoyed our first session on Tuesday! We hope Power Hour will help us to become better readers and writers! Science This week we were learning about the five human senses. Click on the image below for a fun game!
Storytime
We love listening to stories! We have just finished the book The Twits by Roald Dahl and we started another Roald Dahl book called Matilda today. We like to predict what is going to happen when we are listening to a story and we also like to describe the pictures that pop into our heads. You could ask us to do this at home when we are reading a bedtime story! September 16th
We are getting homework for the first time! We use abbreviations when we are writing down our homework as this makes it much easier to write it down. We have a sheet in our homework journal that explains the abbreviations but here they are again just in case: Example of Homework: Sp: Wk 1 B 1 Wr: 2 sp R: p. 1 T: +1 Sp= Spellings (Wk 1 B1=Learn week 1 block one spellings on spellings sheet and write the spelling words in homework copy) R= Reading (p.1 = Read p.1 in reader aloud- ask child some questions to check they understand what they are reading) Wr= Writing (2 sp= put 2 of that night’s spellings into sentences) T= Tables (+1= Learn +1 tables off by heart) M= Maths (AM p.7 B= part B on page 7 in Action Maths book) Here are our spelling lists for the first 14 weeks just in case the sheet goes astray!
Maths: We have been revising odd and even numbers. We know that odd numbers end in 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 and even numbers end in 0, 2, 4, 6, 8! We have been learning a great song about number crunchers which helps us to remember our odd and even numbers. Ask us to sing it for you! Click on the image below for a game that helps us practice our odd and even numbers!
English: We have been learning the following poem:
I Don't Want to Go into School
I don't want to go into school today, Mum, I don't feel like schoolwork today. Oh, don't make me go into school today, Mum, Oh, please let me stay home and play.
But you must go to school, my cherub, my lamb. If you don't it will be a disaster. How would they manage without you my sweet, After all, you are the headmaster!
We are also working on capital letters and full stops. We know how important it is to use these in our writing. Here are a few quick rules for capital letters:  Gaeilge
We have been revising our dathanna:
Click here to play a fun game:
 August 29th 2012 We have been talking about our class rules and yard rules. We made freeze frames of our rules!!
Rule 1: Listen to others!
Rule 2: Raise your hand before speaking!
Rule 3: Keep the classroom clean and tidy!
Rule 4: Do your best!
Rule 5: Be nice to others! (We got the giggles for this one!!)
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Tuesday September 11th 2012
Welcome to first class Our homework: Spellings: We learn our spellings and write them out. Writing: We put two of our spellings into sentences. Reading: We read two pages of Finn's Dream every night. Tables: We write out our tables every night and learn them. This week we are doing our + 1 tables.
Maths: We are revising odd and even numbers and learning number rhymes. 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 even numbers they are great. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 I love odd numbers all the time. Read the story of Mr Odd and Mrs Even.
Do you know your odd and even numbers? Try the game below by clicking the picture! Click on the ghosts that are odd numbers. Click as many times as you can, you get multiple points on each ghost.
Gaeilge: We've been very busy learning lots of Gaeilge since we came back! Bain taitneamh as an t-amhrán seo.
Click on the picture below and you can play a game. See how many you will get right!
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