Junior Room- April/ May

Aistear-April

The children have been very busy since they returned to school after the Easter break. We have been covering the theme of People who help us. The children had great fun this month learning about the Optician, the dentist and the Bank.  Each week the children took part in fun filled activities which broadened their knowledge and vocabulary of the above topics. Hopefully the children will be more prepared next time they visit the optician or dentist. I think the highlight of the month was when the children got the opportunity to visit the local Bank of Ireland branch in Rathdrum. They got a lovely tour of the building. The staff informed the children of their daily routines while also they provided demonstrations of counting etc.

                                                                             

Aistear-May

We covered the theme of explorers for the month of May. It was a very active and exciting month. The children were fascinated with the topics we covered and they got great enjoyment out of them.  Here are some samples of the work we did:

1. Space

      

     

2. Africa

3. Under the Sea

 

     

 

The children will be very excited when they find out about their school tour in June!! It will be linking with the Under the Sea topic!!

                                        

Write a Book Competition

During last week’s assembly Lara was presented with her Write a Book medal and certificate. It was a very proud moment for Lara. We are very proud of her and wish her a huge congratulations.

W.O.W( Walk on Wednesday)

The children participated in WOW for the month of May. They were a little bit disappointed that the golden boot didn't return to our classroom but we would like to say congratulations to the Senior Classroom who did win it.  We will try even harder next year!!!   

Nature Day in Glendalough

This was a very enjoyable experience for the class. We spent the day at Glendalough carrying out some fun activities. We participated in an outdoor treasure hunt followed by a team work game where the children had to lead their partner around an obstacle course. We got a bit wet on the day but it didn’t put a dampener on the fun we had.