We visited Festina Lente on Friday. Rain forecast. Showers appeared. Smiles remained (all day long!).
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Remembering 1916
Today was a very special day for us. Together with the St. Louis Senior School, we remembered the 1916 Easter Rising by raising the Irish flag and singing Amhran na bhFiann. Our singing was accompanied by two children and some teachers from the infant school who played the recorder and flute. Two senior school children did a wonderful job of reading the Proclamation.
It was a really great event and it was lovely to remember the history of our country as a school.
Down in the Jungle
Dave’s Jungle visited our school today.
How many animals did you see?
Which one was your favourite?
Were you scared of any of them?
Junior Infants visit Airfield
On Monday the Junior Infants visited Airfield Farm in Dundrum. We all had our bags packed and were on the bus by 9.15am
Airfield Farm has a wonderful collection of flowers, animals and places to explore. We tasted chives fresh from the garden, listened to the bees hum around the lavender plants, planted seeds, ate lunch outside, collected bugs and frogs and petted some animals.
It was a really fun day.
It’s raining, it’s pouring
Room 3 are definitely not snoring!
We been learning about water. How does the water get from the sea to the clouds? “Well, the sea get warm and the water floats up” said one clever girl. We then figured out that the water that floats up make clouds which cool down and make rain. “It’s like a life cycle” said a clever boy.
We did an experiment using a bag of water and a hair dryer.
Then we had to figure out how a flower drinks water. After all, we all need water to bloom and grow.
This is what we learned:
The flower “slurps” the water through its stem. Look at it drinking the dyed water here:
The stem is like a straw.
The water and the sun help the flower to bloom and grow.
It was great to have the daffodils in the classroom. They reminded us that spring is on it’s way.
Look who came back to see us…
Jake and Fiona from Dogs Trust.
We were so happy to see them and to learn how to care for a pet. Whoa, it’s lots of hard work.
Thank you to our lovely visitors and we look forward to seeing them again soon.
Food Dudes
We started Food Dudes last Friday. Each day we get the chance to taste some fruit and vegetables while watching a really cool Food Dude cartoon. There is also a chance to win a lovely prize.
St. Louis children have no trouble trying new foods. They are a clever lot who know what is healthy and tasty. So far we’ve had grapes, carrots, bananas, cucumbers, peppers and oranges. Yum, yum, yum. The children have also made a huge effort bringing tasty fruit and veggies from home in their lunchboxes.
Well done everyone!
Getting ready for summer with the help of a pilot.
Eve’s mum visited junior infants. She works as a pilot and visits countries like the USA. She wore her uniform into school and told us all about her job. She had lots of lovely posters that the boys and girls had to stick stickers on. There was one of the baggage handling area, the cockpit and the air traffic control. I hope I meet her on her plane this summer!
Summer Trip to Airfield
Junior Infants went to Airfield. It was a great day.
Make hay while the sun shines…
…that’s what we did in Junior Infants today. We went to the very beautiful Harold’s Cross park to see the signs of summer around us. Today really was a WALK ON WEDNESDAY!
We used our entire walk there and back looking at maths in our environment . We found a wide gate (suitable for Ellie. Room 3 know her!), a narrow gate just us human beings, a very tall and wide tree and a short tree. There were numbers and shapes and patterns everywhere. Too many to list!
