Thursday 11 December 2014

November 2014

Aistear
The Junior and Senior Infants were very busy in November learning all about different types of Transport.

Trains
·         Home Corner : We created a train station in our classroom.
·         Small World : We constructed a train station using small world materials.
·         Art: We constructed trains using junk art.
·         Reading/Writing : We wrote poems about trains.

Airport
·         Home Corner : We created an airport with an aeroplane in home corner.
·         Small World : We constructed an airport using small world materials.
·         Art: We constructed lollipop stick aeroplanes and a pilot.
·         Reading/Writing : We sequenced the order of going to the airport and we made a passport.

Garage
·         Home Corner : We created a garage and busy mechanics in our classroom.
·         Small World : We constructed a busy garage with our small world materials.
·         Art: We constructed a car mobile of 4 different types of cars.                                                 Reading/Writing : We wrote poems about cars.


 Bus Driver
·         Home Corner : We created a bus route and a bus in our classroom.
·         Small World : We created a bus route using small world materials.
·         Art: We constructed a school bus and a double decker bus
·         Reading/Writing: We sequenced our stories about going on a bus journey.

In addition, David Binnions the school bus driver invited us with an opportunity to visit the school bus and ask David questions. – thank you David.



GAA
We have started GAA training with James on a Wednesday morning. All of the children absolutely love the training and James is a great coach with the children.