Monthly Archives: October 2016

Junior Infants go on an Adventure!

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Junior Infants went on an adventure to the Phoenix Park last week with their buddies from 5th and 6th Class.  In October, each class is focusing on the strand Outdoor and Adventure Activities in our P.E. lessons and the pupils from 5th and 6th Class were delighted to be asked to accompany their ‘Buddies’ from Junior Infants to the park.  We managed to include some S.E.S.E. on our trip and discovered lots of different coloured Autumn leaves and chestnuts.  We are all looking forward to doing some more fun activities together during the year!

Educational Workshops for Parents

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A big thank you to all of the Junior and Senior Infant parents who attended Anna’s Jolly Phonics workshop on Tuesday. We hope this workshop will help you to help your child more at home with learning phonics.

We also recommend using the Jolly Phonics app at home. This can easily be downloaded on your smart phone or tablet.

 

Don’t forget the next workshop for parents is next Tuesday, 11th October at 9am.

This workshop will introduce parents to the Help My Kid Learn website, and some great activities you can use with your children both at home and out and about.

 

The art of Axel Scheffler

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Last month (September) 4th and 5th Class studied the drawings of Axel Scheffler, the illustrator of many of Julia Donaldson’s books, including the Gruffalo and A Squash and a Squeeze. We studied the methods of Axel and had a go at drawing our own interpretations of his work. Today, we painted the drawings, as Axel would have using water colours. Check out the amazing results below!

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