First Class Blog
2017-2018
February 2018
We celebrated St. Brigid's Day, 1st of February, by making St. Brigid's Crosses from rushes which Mr. Vaughan brought to school from Co. Donegal. Mr. Vaughan taught all the First Classes how to make a cross.
January 2018
In January, we painted beautiful Winter pictures. We researched the difference between the Antarctic and the Arctic. We learnt all about the travels of the very brave Irish explorer, Tom Crean.
December 2017
We learnt all about the planets in our solar system. We think there is life on other planets and these are some of the pictures of the friendly aliens we would like to meet some day.
November 2017
We had lots of fun when our families came to see us during Science Week! We taught them all about what we had learned about the 5 Senses!
October 2017
Golden Time on Friday in our school playground!
All of First Class are learning about our fabulous five senses during October and November.
During 'Tree Week' we studied the different trees in our school.
Do you know that a tree that loses its leaves is called a deciduous tree.
Do you know that a tree that loses its leaves is called a deciduous tree.
September 2017
We loved reading about the magical land of Tír na nÓg
We talked about where we lived and enjoyed designing and creating our world.
We loved reading the story Once There Were Giants by Martin Waddell.
We drew pictures of a giant walking through Dublin!
We drew pictures of a giant walking through Dublin!
2016-2017
Winners from the Write-a-Book Competition 2017
All of the first classes participated in the write a book project this year. Each child got the chance to write their own book and illustrate it. These books were then sent off to another school in Dublin where they were read and reviewed. The winners were then chosen and they traveled to Dublin west education Centre for the prize giving ceremony. Welll done to all our budding authors!
We had great fun in PE this week - Outdoor & Adventure in our school garden
Room 35
We (Room 16) had a picnic in our school in the sunshine!
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In Room 35 we made chocolate nests for Easter!
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World Book Day in Room 35
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At the Assumption we stepped out for 10 minutes of exercise at 10 o'clock to complete the 10@10 challenge. We had great fun and we hope to keep this up in the coming weeks.
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Forces: Push and Pull
In First Class this month we tested different types of forces. We did experiments using push and pull. We tested elastic, marla and paper. When we applied force we found that materials changed and some returned to how they were originally.
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We were busy making Valentine's Day
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We celebrated St Brigid's Day
December was a very busy month.
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Experimenting with sounds in Room 35
The Sense of Hearing
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In room 35 we are learning about the senses. This week we carried out an experiment listening to different sounds using our sense of hearing. We had great fun guessing what might be in the different coloured bottles. |
Fun With Marla in Room 35!
2015-2016
Room 35 - Celebrating after receiving sport day medals
To see more photos and videos from sports day click here.
Write a Book Project 2016
Room 35 - Maths Class in the Sun!
We measured our school yard using trundle wheels.
We measured our school yard using trundle wheels.
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International Day Celebrations
We had lots of fun learning about different countries for International Day. We learned songs and poems in other languages, we read books written in different languages and we told other all about our chosen country at assembly.
During the month of May we had a May altar in our classrooms and said the rosary every day.
Rainforest Toucans from Room 35
May 2016
Attendance Awards - Room 35
April 2016
Well done to these five children who never missed a day in the last school term (Christmas to Easter). Especially Cillian and Ashbir who have not missed a day this school year! Keep it up!
Tree Week 2016
A big thank you to Leon Uzell and his colleague Donal O'Connor for coming to our school to plant trees for Tree Week. We learned lots about taking care of trees and about how important they are! We planted three trees. A mountain ash tree, a lime tree and a hazel tree. We look forward to watching our trees grow over the coming months and years!
A big thank you to Leon Uzell and his colleague Donal O'Connor for coming to our school to plant trees for Tree Week. We learned lots about taking care of trees and about how important they are! We planted three trees. A mountain ash tree, a lime tree and a hazel tree. We look forward to watching our trees grow over the coming months and years!
Room 35 Celebrate St Patrick at Assembly
March 2016
We Celebrate St Brigid - Room 35
February 2016
World Book Day 2016!
We celebrated World Book Day today. It was great fun!
We really enjoyed our visit to the Junior Infant classes. We read our books to them and they told us about their books. We also brought our favourite books to school.
Jim McGonigle a zookeeper from Dublin Zoo visited our school.
He had lots of interesting things to show us.
He told us all about the animals in the zoo.
Can you spot the elephants tooth?
Which bird laid this huge egg?
Do you know the colour of a girafffes tongue?
Why is it this colour?
Birds Birds Birds...
Children in First Class have been learning all about birds as part of our efforts to increase bio diversity in and around our school. We made bird feeders and hung them on the trees in our yard.
In The School Garden
We planted bulbs in our garden at the end of September. Now that Spring is here we hope to see some lovely flowers!
Winter Art from Room 15
Room 15 - A Visit from Scientists
Some scientists from the Royal College of Surgeons came to visit some of the first classes on 21 January. Here they are in Room 15 helping us with experiments to investigate our senses of smell, sight, hearing and touch. We had great fun!
Room 15 - Quiz Time!
We had a table quiz in Room 15 all about Tom Crean, the Antarctic explorer from Co. Kerry. We've been learning lots about him, as well as other Antarctic explorers. ... and penguins!
We visited Santa's Grotto and sang some Christmas songs.
Room 35
Thank you to Ciaran Kilkenny from the Dublin Senior G.A.A. team for bringing the Sam Maguire Cup into school today.
Room 35 Christmas Art - Jesus in a Manger
December 2015
Room 14
Guzzler came to our classroom for a special visit. The boys and girls had to teach Guzzler about saving energy. Everyone learned lots about energy and it was great fun!
Guzzler came to our classroom for a special visit. The boys and girls had to teach Guzzler about saving energy. Everyone learned lots about energy and it was great fun!
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Drumming Lessons
November 2016
Halloween in Room 16
Halloween in Room 35
Autumn Art in Room 14
Room 14 Planted Chestnuts in Milk Cartons on National Tree Day
This is how we did it:
- We brought in milk cartons and made holes in the bottom of them.
- We tested our chestnuts out in water to see if they would be good for planting.
- If they floated they would not grow. If they sank they were good for planting!
- We collected little stones and put them in the bottom of our milk cartons.
- We mixed together compost and sand and filled our cartons with it.
- We made a little hole in the compost and planted our chestnut in it.
Room 16 designed and drew gardens in groups of 3.
Look at our gorgeous pictures...
Autumn Walk
The boys and girls in room 35 went on an autumn walk. We investigated the school garden and found many different plants and trees. Have a look through the photos of our walk to see what we found.
Clay
In room 35 we created clay pots. We had great fun making them. After the clay dried, we painted the pots beautiful bright colours.
In room 35 we created clay pots. We had great fun making them. After the clay dried, we painted the pots beautiful bright colours.
Writing using a quill
The boys and girls in room 15 have been learning about long ago. They have had fun writing with quills and ink.
Making collage houses
Our 1st Class children from room 15 got stuck into work straight way,
creating collage houses during art class.
Our 1st Class children from room 15 got stuck into work straight way,
creating collage houses during art class.
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2014/2015
Congratulations to our first class boys who graduated from the Assumption Junior School today. Their performances for their parents was fantastic. Take a look at them release balloons to mark this very significant event.
International Day Fun.
The children from first class learned lots of facts about many countries.
Mams and dads came in to tell us about their countries.
We dressed up and performed at assembly.
We tasted food from all over the world and we read stories written in lots of different languages.
The children from first class learned lots of facts about many countries.
Mams and dads came in to tell us about their countries.
We dressed up and performed at assembly.
We tasted food from all over the world and we read stories written in lots of different languages.
Spring is in the air!
Take a look at some of our Spring arts and crafts.
Take a look at some of our Spring arts and crafts.
Our school garden welcomed some very special spring guests!
The children in first class welcomed their parents into their classrooms for Science Day. We have been learning all about our five senses. Experiments included investigating our sense of smell, sight, taste, hearing and touch.
We also took fingerprints and examined them.
Which type of fingerprint have you?
Which type of fingerprint have you?
The children used their sense of hearing to respond to some Beethoven music. Here is a sample of their responses.
First and Second class children enjoying their hurling training with Paddy and James from Good Counsel GAA and Comogie Club.
The children got a lovely surprise recently when some members of An Garda Síochána Mounted unit arrived into our school yard.
The children really enjoyed meeting the magnificent horses.
The children really enjoyed meeting the magnificent horses.
First Class children have been learning lots about winter. They have also been learning about life in the polar regions. Have a look at their winter and polar art.
