February and March have been busy and exciting months in Junior Infants, full of fun, excitement and learning!
During Kindness Week, we talked about the importance of being kind to one another and explored simple ways we can show kindness every day. The children made a special effort to put this into practice in the classroom, which was lovely to see.
For Valentine’s Day, we created beautiful cards and clay hearts for the people we love. We also learned about the story of St. Valentine and why we celebrate this special day.
We continued working on our Stay Safe programme, helping the children to learn important skills and identify their feelings.
We celebrated Pancake Tuesday with a wonderful pancake party. The children had great fun making their own pancakes and, of course, enjoying eating them too!
A highlight of the term was our trip to Collins Barracks Museum, where we took part in a fascinating workshop called “Safari in Silver.” The children really enjoyed exploring and learning in a new environment.
We were also delighted to welcome Joan from the Heritage Council, who has been working with us in our school garden. The children love getting involved in outdoor learning and discovering more about nature.
Another exciting outing was our visit to Cabra Library, where we took part in a creative workshop focused on using our imagination with everyday objects. The children showed fantastic creativity and enthusiasm.
World Book Day was a huge success! The children dressed up as their favourite characters and enjoyed a range of activities including story sack reading, DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) time, creating portraits of themselves reading, writing book reviews, a special story time in the senior library hosted by Ms. Condren and Ms. Fahey, a fun book quiz, and even a book-themed dance class!
We also had a fantastic time celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge. The children made a great effort to use their “cúpla focal” each day. We read stories in Irish, enjoyed a lively brush dancing session in the library with help from some of the older students, and listened to traditional Irish music. We learned the song “Péigín Leitir Mór” and proudly performed it as part of a whole-school assembly. For Lá Glas, we dressed in green and had a wonderful céilí in the hall.
The children also took part in our whole-school referendum and really enjoyed using laptops to answer the questions—it was a very exciting experience!
As a reward for filling our Best Line Award chart, we transformed our classroom into a cinema and watched Toy Story, complete with popcorn and juice—such a treat!
Finally, the children showed great support for our school bake sale, which raised funds for Children’s Health Ireland.
Well done to all the boys and girls for their enthusiasm, kindness, and hard work over the past two months. We are very proud of them!
