Senior Infants Blog
2017-2018
Sports Day 2018
Pirates! Aaaarrr!
Capacity & Data
The boys&girls in Senior Infants have been working hard on their maths work. Check out some photo of Room 9 & 10 exploring data and capacity.
The boys&girls in Senior Infants have been working hard on their maths work. Check out some photo of Room 9 & 10 exploring data and capacity.
Building Bridges
Art Printing
Room 10 experimented with different materials they found in their classroom to create print pictures.
Room 10 experimented with different materials they found in their classroom to create print pictures.
Penguins
We have really enjoyed learning different facts about penguins. Check out some of our art work and facts about penguins.
We have really enjoyed learning different facts about penguins. Check out some of our art work and facts about penguins.
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2016-2017
Puppets!
Maths stations in Room 1!
We love working in groups! We work in small groups during station time. We do lots of different activities.
Sports’ Day 2017
Sports’ Day 2017 was a great success! Many thanks to all the parent helpers and the team of teachers who organised such a fun-filled day!
Reading in the Garden!
The Senior Infants from Room 1 love to read. We went to the school garden to read in the sunshine!
Theme: Listen Up!
We learned all about the sense of hearing. One of the activities we did was a Sound Walk. We went to the entrance hall, the corridor and the garden and acted as sound detectives!
Theme: Weather
When we learned about the weather, Room 1 made wind socks. They brought them out to the garden to fly them!
Theme:
Toys and Games
We have been learning all about different toys and games. We made our own puppets. It took lots of planning and preparation but it was worth it! Our puppets look great!
Theme:
3D Shapes
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We are learning all about 3D shapes. Room 2 went on a 3D shape hunt around the school. We found lots of shapes!
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2015-2016
Theme:
June: Maps and the sea
Room 9 showed off their athletic skills on our annual Sports Day!
Room 8 played fairly on Sports Day!
Theme: Houses and Homes
Our Brilliant School Tour
May
We had a great time on our school tour at Imaginosity
Senior Infants are busy designing homes in chalk in the school yard.
Theme: Spring!
April
Theme: Proud to be Green
March
Happy St. Patrick's Day Everybody!
We planted broad beans. They need water and heat to grow!
Theme: Our Senses
February
Theme: Animals of Ireland
January: weeks 20 - 22
Ireland is home to lots of beautiful wild animals.
Theme: Listen up!
January: weeks 18 and 19
We made musical instruments and made brilliant weather sounds!
Theme: Christmas
December: weeks 16 and 17
Happy Christmas Everybody!
Theme: Hot and Cold
November/December - Weeks 13 - Week 15
We learnt all about penguins. Did you know penguins are birds that cannot fly but they are amazing swimmers. Penguins love the cold weather!
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We studied warm and cold colours. Can you tell which are warm and which are cold?
Theme: Toys - Puppets and Kites
November - Weeks 11 and 12
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We made brilliant puppets using lots of different material.
We loved performing our own puppet show.
Science Week - Week 10
We investigated the difference between fruits and vegetables.
You have to find out the answer yourself!
Theme: Toys
November: weeks 9 and 10
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We take good care of our special toys
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A Drummer showed us how to play lots of different drums. We even got a chance to conduct the whole class playing drums, it was very noisy but lots of fun!
Theme: Autumn and Óiche Shamhna
October: weeks 7 and 8
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All the Senior Infant Classes had a spooky Halloween party!
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We spotted many of signs of Autumn in our School Garden.
Maths Week
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We played lots of fun maths games during maths week!
Theme: The weather
October: weeks 5 and 6
We had great fun listening and responding to Vivaldi's Four Seasons and re-creating weather sounds.
Our colourful weather socks will show you which way the wind is blowing
What is the weather like today?
Senior Infants were busy making 'lava lamps'
Structured Playtime
During structured playtime we use lots of different activities. We are great at using our imagination to come up with lots of different creations!
Theme: Living and non-living things
September - Weeks 3 and 4
September - Weeks 3 and 4
The Celery Experiment
As part of our studies on living things, all six Senior Infants classes conducted a science experiment.
1. We predicted what would happen when celery was added to a cup of water and food colouring.
2. We investigated what happens
3. We recorded our findings.
This was a really fun experiment, find out what happens by conducting your own experiment!
Walk in the School Garden
We explored the School Garden to identify living and non-living things.
Theme: Getting to know you
September: weeks 1 and 2
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
The Rainbow Fish is a brilliant story about a fish that learns to share. We read the story together and discussed the importance of sharing and friendship. We enjoyed creating our own beautiful rainbow fish.
2014/2015
Senior Infants went on a Teddy Bears' Picnic
June 2015
School Tour
June 2015
Our Senior Infant classes recently went to Imaginosity, a childrens' interactive museum and also visited Marley Park.
June 2015
Our Senior Infant classes recently went to Imaginosity, a childrens' interactive museum and also visited Marley Park.
Room 3 have been busy lately... They made houses out of sweets!
We grew some cress in Senior Infants.
We planted cress seeds in some soil and placed it on the window board where there was plenty of sunlight.
Our cress seeds grew and grew.
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We watered our plants everyday.
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We now know that plants need water and sunlight to grow.
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We found that some solid materials like chocolate can change when we heat them up.
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1. We melted bars of chocolate to make liquid chocolate.
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2. We added bran flakes to the bowl of liquid chocolate and mixed the ingredients together.
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3. We made chocolate nests with the new mixture. We added chocolate eggs and decorated with hundreds and thousands.
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Scientists from Trinity College came to visit
our Senior Infant Classes
Four scientists from Trinity College, Dublin visited our school and carried out lots of experiments. They also took time to answer many scientific questions that we had.
To see a video of an experiment being carried out by these scientists please visit our science blog.
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Materials
The scientists taught us that many of the materials around us were once discovered by a scientist carrying out an experiment.
The scientist in these pictures, mixed two different liquids together. A reaction occurred and the liquids turned into nylon. Many of our clothes are made from nylon.
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Solids and Gases
Sometimes solids can change straight into a gas. This scientist showed us how very cold ice cubes change into a gas without changing into a liquid.
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Our Special Things
Room 4
March 2015
Rocky and the Dental Nurse came back for a visit
February 2015
Rocky and the Dental Nurse returned to give us certificates for all the fantastic brushing we are doing. We now know that we have to brush our teeth twice a day, every morning and night. We found out about the good drinks for our teeth and the bad drinks that harm our teeth.
Winter Walk
January 2015
Room 7 went on a winter walk in our school garden. We found many signs of winter.
January 2015
Room 7 went on a winter walk in our school garden. We found many signs of winter.
Holly found some holly!
The trees were bare.
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Ashbir and Casey spotted a bird feeder.
We wore winter clothes on our walk.
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Cassidy May found a snow drop starting to sprout.
Snow drops growing in our garden.
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Book Fair
December 2014
The Book Fair was held in the school from Thursday the 4th of December and ran through until Tuesday the 9th of December.
All of the Senior Infant boys and girls got a chance to go and have a look through all of the beautiful books for sale.
Here is Ashbir from Room 7, looking through the books, trying to pick her favourite!
December 2014
The Book Fair was held in the school from Thursday the 4th of December and ran through until Tuesday the 9th of December.
All of the Senior Infant boys and girls got a chance to go and have a look through all of the beautiful books for sale.
Here is Ashbir from Room 7, looking through the books, trying to pick her favourite!
The Lollipop Ladies visit Senior Infants
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Folk Dancing
October 2014
October 2014
Senior Infants are enjoying folk dancing classes and have already learned some popular European dances.
