February 2016

The children have been very busy again in the junior room. The following are an overview of the activities during February.

Valentines Day

The children made beautiful cards and a heart wreath decoration for their parents. All children were very proud of their beautiful artwork.

Extra Curricular Activities

We concluded our dance classes with Zoe which the children loved. On February 26^th we commenced our 4 week basketball course with Rita. The children are having great fun learning all the basketball passes and moves.

Aistear

This month the children are learning all about different subjects that are all around us.

Music All Around Us – The children learned all about instruments in the orchestra and the families they belong to. They also learned how to play a tune on the piano.

Science All Around Us- The children role played as scientists learning about floating/sinking and materials all around us, They also conducted lots of experiments including making magnet controlled cars, making a lava lamp and constructing volcanoes.

Geography All Around Us- The children learned about the people in our community who help us and in art they constructed the main street of Rathdrum.

History All Around Us – We were delighted to receive historical artifacts from Greenane Maze to assist our children to work as historians. The children constructed family trees and learned about the 1916 anniversary this year.

Willow Weaving

The children loved being part of the willow weaving workshop. They were very proud to have contributed towards making such a lovely willow basket for our school.

Food Dudes

The children are loving being part of the Food Dude Programme. It is lovely to hear the children being so enthusiastic about eating fruit and vegetables.

Competitions

The senior infants took part in the INTO handwriting competition.

The junior & senior infants took part in the World Book Day Favourite Character Competition in conjunction with Bridge Street Book Shop in Wicklow.