Origami and Much More in 3rd Class A!!

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The children in 3rd class A have been hard at work over the past couple of weeks. Here are some of the things we have been up to!

Maths:
Maths in 3rd Class – Multiplication
Our 3rd Class students have been working hard on their multiplication skills this
week! Through games, group activities and maths talk, the children explored patterns in the times tables and learned a wide range of different strategies to make multiplication
easier and more fun. The children spotted different ways of solving multiplication
sums, for example, skip counting, repeated addition and drawing models. 3rd class
showed great enthusiasm for multiplication!

Measuring Up – Length and Time:
3rd Class have also been learning all about length and time. Using rulers and clocks,
the children measured objects around the classroom, drawing shapes with specific measurements and practised telling the time to the nearest five minutes. These practical lessons helped them see how maths connects to real life — from measuring their school equipment to timing everyday activities.

Games in PE – Basketball and Soccer

This month, 3rd Class have been developing their skills in basketball and soccer as
part of the Games strand in PE. The children practised dribbling, passing, and
teamwork through fun drills and mini-matches. They learned the importance of
communication, cooperation, and fair play while staying active and having lots of fun.
Everyone showed great energy and enthusiasm — a fantastic effort from all our
young athletes!

Creative Origami in 3rd Class!
This week, our 3rd Class students explored construction over the past few weeks through the art of origami! Using colourful paper and lots of imagination, the children learned how to fold and shape paper into beautiful fish and boats. The lesson encouraged patience, creativity, and fine motor skills while introducing students to an art form that combines precision and fun. By the end of the session, the classroom was full of floating paper boats and schools of origami fish — a wonderful sea of creativity and colour!

5th Class Art

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In Art this week, 5th Class have been working on construction. Using lots of different materials they were able to construct paper plate owls. The class had lots of fun making these and there will be plenty more construction art to come!

A busy October in Junior Infants!

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October was a very busy and exciting month in Junior Infants! The children have settled so well into school life and continue to impress us with their enthusiasm for learning and trying new things.

Maths:
In Maths, we explored the numbers 3, 4 and 5 and enjoyed making and continuing patterns using colours, shapes, and objects. 

We continued with our Ready, Set, Go Maths programme in small groups with support from the SET team. The children worked hard on important early maths skills such as sorting, counting, number recognition, understanding relationships and operations. Before the Halloween break, we completed our first written maths assessment – a big milestone for our class!

Literacy:
We made fantastic progress in Phonics this month, completing Group 1 (s, a, t, i, p, n) and starting Group 2 (c, k, e, h, r). The children practiced using their body boxes to sound out and segment simple three-letter words, and enjoyed writing them down. We played lots of fun games, sang songs, and read plenty of lovely storybooks to help reinforce our new sounds.

Gaeilge:
In Irish, we learned new vocabulary around An Bosca Lóin (the lunch box) and Oíche Shamhna (Halloween). The children enjoyed learning through games, songs, and stories as Gaeilge. We also practiced our colours (buí, dearg, glas, dubh) and learned how to introduce ourselves by saying hello, asking names, and telling our own names.

SESE (Science, History, Geography)
We learned all about the seasons, focusing especially on Autumn. We went on a lovely walk in the school garden to look for signs of autumn and talked about the weather and how it changes at this time of year.

Art
In Art, we worked on drawing, colouring, and enjoyed some Halloween-themed art.

PE
This month in PE, we focused on the Games strand. The children practiced ball skills, balancing, and throwing beanbags, and played a variety of simple group games that encouraged teamwork and coordination.

Special Highlights
Our Students of the Week did a wonderful job giving their presentations about their weekends with Deadeye — everyone loved hearing their stories!
We also had a fantastic Halloween Catwalk to show off our amazing costumes and finished the month with a fun Halloween Disco.
During Fire Safety Week, we learned all about keeping safe around fire. We had a fire drill, watched educational videos, and even played with fire safety toys like fire trucks.


It was a month full of learning and lots of fun — well done to all of the Junior Infants for their great work and enthusiasm! 

4th Class measure up to Maths challenge

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This week 4th class were making their own angle measuring devices. They discussed different rotations and size of angles- acute, obtuse, straight, reflex and right angles. They displayed the different angles on their devices and measured angles in their Maths books.

5th Class Science

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In science this week, 5th Class were learning about forces and air resistance. They worked on creating and testing parachutes to see if the size of the parachute had an affect on the air resistance. They calculated the area of the parachutes, the average drop speeds and they learned about scientific report writing and experimental variables

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