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Paddy helped us set up our pea tepee. He was great fun. We are going to set another one up ourselves. We are getting green fingers!

We had a super drumming session with Eddie this week.

This month we opened our Teddy Hospital. We had great fun dressing up as doctors and nurses. All the teddies received great care. We checked each teddy's heatbeat and lungs with a stethoscope and we bandaged any injuries. We learned lots of new words related to caring for ourselves, our feelings and the work of a doctor. Doctors at work! The Puzzle Station was full of action this month. We learned a lot about our bodies and our feelings. At the Water Station we made some Alphabet Soup and sorted out our capital and lowercase letters. At our Technology Station we worked on sorting words into alphabetical order and we completed a robot listening game. At the Art Station we were inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock. See the clip below. We completed our Teddy painting with a toothbrush and we splashed the paint on. Messy Art, super! https://youtu.be/aSYo-98fO1Y At the Small World Station we played with all the hospital bits and had great chats about all the patients. Everyone in the group had a job to do. It was great fun. In History we studied the work of Florence Nightingale and we heard how special she was. Our Story Study this month was, 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. Here is some of our work.. Senior Infant pupils worked on their Creative Writing Skills this month too! A super month of fun and learning. Mrs. Mythen.

The fifth and sixth class had an extremely insightful visit from the very well-known and highly experienced gardening and nature expert, Paddy Madden, last week. He enthusiastically shared his knowledge of global warming and how we can take better care of our environment. Paddy also shared his tips and tricks on how to sow and grow potatoes and carrots, guiding us through the process out in our polytunnel. A sure sign that summer is afoot!

In March the children learned all about the Garden Centre, a super theme for spring time! We learned about different types of plants and flowers and what they need in order to grow! The pupils played in the Role Play area, inside the Garden Centre where they practised using gardening tools and buying and selling plants and tools! We put our plants on the window sill to make sure they get sunlight which is necessary for them to grow. We take turns watering them each day. In the Construction area the children worked hard to design and build beautiful flower arrangements. A water station with a pond for the children to explore the life cycle of a frog and lots of other pondlife creatures. There were lots of puzzles to complete at the Puzzle Station. The children created beautiful works of art for St. Patrick's Day and Mother's Day and had lots of fun while doing so with their friends in school!  At the Computer Station each team worked together to complete Spring Jigsaw Puzzles. We enjoyed using our Ipads this month. We worked on our sight words. In Music Class we listened to Haydn's, Surprise Symphony and we used our percussion instruments to play this wonderful piece of music. We studied the book 'The Night before St. Patrick's Day' by Natasha Wing. For St. Patrick's Day we had a treat of orange jelly, mint ice cream and white marshmallows. Yummy!

We are learning about Polar regions in January. The pupils are really enjoying all our activities and we have read lots of stories and learned lots of facts about people and animals who live in the Arctic and Antarctic. We studied the differences and similarities of both areas. Our pupils have learned how animals survive in such extreme weather conditions. For Aistear we have created an Arctic small world and what great conversations there have been at this station. We included a sensory tub of water beads and all the water creatures of the Arctic and Antarctic. At our creative art station the pupils created an icy background for our Winter Woolies Photo. We also painted a fabulous igloo scene and used shades of blue and purple to paint our classroom igloo. The role play area has a clothes shop where the pupils can sort the clothes into winter and summer clothes. At the water station pupils investigated water flow and how to create a dam. At the puzzle station the pupils had a number of challenges and tasks to complete. They enjoyed completing icy jigsaw puzzles, a balancing penguin activity, counting penguins and a sorting penguins activity. At the Construction Station the pupils enjoyed creating icy buildings. In Science we carried out an experiment with coconut oil, to show how a layer of blubber helps keep mammals such as whales and seals warm in the ice cold water. Super Work completed this month! We worked on our music rhythms too! We love using the percussion instruments. We studied the work of Vivaldi and his composition 'Winter'. We responded to this lovely piece of music with drawings. We completed a book study on the book, 'The Three Snow Bears' and we made comparisons and connections with this book and the story, 'The Three Little Bears'. We use 'Paula the Predictor', 'Sammy the Summariser' and 'C.C the Cow' to help with our comprehension of this story. WALT and WILF always help us to remember What we are learning to do and What teacher is looking for. See the link below, if you would like to listen to this story. https://youtu.be/j7nmw9 Thank you to some of the pupils from the Senior Room for helping with the set up of this unit of work. Greatly appreciated.

We had a very enjoyable Thursday celebrating World Book Day! First and Second Class walked to the library in Abbeyleix where they got to browse and pick out a book to bring home which was a lovely trip and a great treat. It was lovely to see the many costumes too!

We really enjoyed learning all about the solar system at the start of the year. We loved learning about the various planets and their different features! We also interviewed a parent or grandparent, and used the information gathered to learn about what school was like in the past and how it is different today. We then created a diary entry from the past.... In February we had three sessions of hurling training which was a great opportunity to practise and learn new skills!

The pupils in Junior and Senior Infants are very busy learning all about plants and what they need to grow. Also, we are studying the lifecycle of the frog. We are enjoying our investigations at our class pond. We have spotted frog spawn, tadpoles, froglets and adult frogs. The nets and magnifying glasses are very useful.

The pupils in the Junior Room hope that all the mums enjoy a lovely Mother's Day.