Jessica's Senior Infants

` Well done to the children for putting on such a great show last Friday. They really worked so hard on their lines and songs and I was very proud of them! If you have any pictures of the children you can email them to me and I can upload them here if you'd like.   The video will be uploaded soon, for you to have a look at over the Winter break, enjoy :)   Also, the children have learned so much this term and they really are settled and doing well so I'm looking forward to next term and for us all to learn about so many other new things.  Thanks a million to all of the parents, grandparents, minders etc for all your support this term, I really appreciate it.  Have a wonderful Winter break and a very happy new year, see you all in 2017! 

Hi everyone,  The children's costumes looked great today and they loved wearing them in school so thank you to the parents that sent them in, I really appreciate all your efforts. If your child brought costumes into school, I have sent them back home in their bags today and it would be great if they could come in on Friday wearing their full costume. For anyone who has not sent in a costume, please dress your child appropriately (see blog for costume ideas or email me if you need further guidance). See you all on Friday at 9.15am!  Kind regards,  Jessica  

As you might know, we are doing a Winter Assembly on the 16 th of December at 9.15 a.m. T oday, the children were given a note and their parts. If your child brought lines home, please practice these with them as well as their homework each night. The children will need costumes for this assembly so here are some suggestions for costume ideas. Narrators: Red tshirts/jumpers and jeans or red dress Angels: White fairy dress/or long white plain shirt, white tights, slippers or soft shoes, tinsel for halo, small wings (optional) Snow flakes: Long white shirt, white tights/trousers, soft shoes/slippers Mary: Blue dress/long shirt, white tights, blue/white cloth or towel for head Joseph: Long shirt, dark trousers Shepherds: Long shirt, cloth/towel for head Wise Men: Long coloured t-shirt, coloured trousers Please let me know if your child will not be here for the Winter Assembly as we have already allocated parts and would need to know as s

Happy December everybody! The children are doing very well with their sounds and blending and we will be going over these during the next couple of weeks. Our first sound this week is 'f'.     The formation rhyme for this sound is;  'Curve at the sky, turn and dive down, bump the line and cross.' The next sound we will be learning is 'b'     The formation rhyme for this sound is;  'Dive down, swim up to the middle, curve around and stop.' We have two tricky words this week so just do your best to learn both of them. They are:         are            all   Please make sure to practice all of our tricky words we have learned so far and please complete the 'f' and 'b' pages in the Sound Book as well as the worksheets. We are also learning about the '_et' word family.  Can you read these 'et' family words? Can you find the odd one out? It is a silly word.  pet let

The children seemed to really enjoy playing in the Garda Station and they were also learning all about magnets. They did a search around the classroom with magnets to find the materials that were magnetic, and they even got to make their own magnets to bring home!    

Our first sound this week is 'u'. The formation rhyme for this sound is;  Dive down, turn and fly up, back down and kick. The next sound we will be learning is 'l' The formation rhyme for this sound is;  Dive down from the sky, bump the line and kick. Our Tricky word is do Please make sure to practice all of our tricky words we have learned so far and please complete the 'u' and 'l' pages in the Sound Book as well as the worksheets. We are also learning about the _ap word family.  Can you read these 'ap' family words? Can you find the odd one out? It is a silly word.  cap pap map lap tap

This week we are moving onto another exciting topic in school - The Emergency Services.  Today we learned all about the people who can help us in an emergency.  In Aistear this week we will be creating a Garda Station in our classroom and investigating crimes and looking for clues.  Here is a cartoon all about the vehicles and emergency services who help us.      This week our new sounds are 'g' and 'o'     The rhyme for g is -  Curve around, up like a helicopter, dive down deep and turn.    Here is the song  The other sound this week is 'o'.     The rhyme for 'o' is -  Curve around, keep on going and stop.  Here is the song  We are also learning about the _at word family.  Can you read these words? c at b at s at p at r at Tricky word this week is to  

The children had a great week last week taking part in Science Week. Every day, the children made their own 'inventions' and we learned about pushing, pulling and gravity. We even had a scientist come in and visit us!     We went to the 5th classes to look at their projects for the Science Fair and we all thought they were brilliant, well done to them.           Some of the children in our class dressed up as crazy scientists, they definitely looked the part!