Next week in St. Gabriel’s NS we will be celebrating Maths Week (Monday 18th – Friday 22nd October). All the children from Junior Infants to 6th Class will be taking part in lots of fun Maths activities throughout the week including Maths Trails, Mental Maths Competitions and fun and games at a Maths Carnival.
For more information about Maths Week Ireland 2021 visit https://www.mathsweek.ie/2021/
Junior Infants have been having such a wonderful time in school. During the past week they have been using their imaginations to build and create amazing things with our Imagination Playground blue blocks.
Sometimes the children make things on their own. Other times they work in pairs or together in larger groups. This involves lots of planning, discussing and collaborating! It can be a challenge to select the most suitable blocks needed to complete a design!
In the photographs you will see some of their fantastic creations. So far Junior Infants have constructed an aeroplane, a factory, a burger shop, seesaws, slides, ball chutes, a variety of houses, robots and rockets! Every day brings new ideas!
2nd and 3rd Class have been busy learning about fire safety. We made Fire Safety Week posters and displayed them around our school. We then practised our fire drill and timed how quickly we could safely exit our classroom and reach our assembly point. It took us 1 minute and 25 seconds! We have been learning about what to do in the event of a fire and how to stay safe at Halloween time.
