Aistear
During May we had
great fun visiting other countries through our Aistear and we started learning
about life cycles.
The World
Around Us
France
When we visited
France the children learned about the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre
and we even learned a few words in French. We all learned the song Freres
Jacques and in art we made the French Flag and Eiffel Tower.
Australia
From France we
went on a long flight down under! In Australia we learned about the Sydney
Harbour Bridge, the opera house, Ayres Rock, the animals in Australia and the
Great Barrier Reef. In reading & writing we made a beautiful tourist book
about Australia and in Art we painted beautiful Aboriginal dot paintings. The
children brought in wonderful artefacts from Australia and everyone had a
chance to play the didgeridoo!
America
Our last
destination was to visit America. The children loved learning about Mount
Rushmore, Barack Obama, the White house, Statue of Liberty, Empire State
building, Yellowstone national park and the Grand Canyon. The senior infant
children wrote fantastic acrostic poems which are proudly displayed in our
classroom.
Life Cycles
Butterflies
The life cycle of
the butterfly was great fun. In small world, each child made their own life
cycle using small world materials and in art we made the most beautiful
butterflies. In home corner we acted out the story of the crunching munching caterpillar
and the life cycle of a butterfly. In reading & writing the children wrote
the most fantastic sequenced stories of the crunching munching caterpillar.
Frogs
We finished in May
with the life cycle of a frog. This proved a great topic as we have our own
frog habitat in the school pond. We all saw lots of tadpoles and froglets in the
pond which was fantastic. In art we made one large class life cycle of a frog
and in home corner we acted out the story of the frog prince.
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Community Games
A huge well done
to Aoife who represented the school in the next round of the community games
art competition. You did a great job Aoife and we are very proud of you.
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School Tour
We are very
excited to be going on our school tour on the 13th June to
Imagonisity. We are counting the days and cannot wait !!
