Birthday wishes to Aoibhe who was 16 on St. Patrick's Day
Enjoying the St. Patrick's Day School Parade
Irish Dancing
Classroom Literacy Activities
We made some pancakes on Shrove Tuesday with Laura, our visiting teacher. She gave us a certificate at the end of class.
Personal Care Programme - We looked a range of beauty, health care, medical and household cleaning products in relation to popular brands and care and storage of products.
We learned about Florence Nightingale and watched a video about her.
Personal Care Programme - We looked a range of beauty, health care, medical and household cleaning products in relation to popular brands and care and storage of products.
We learned about Florence Nightingale and watched a video about her.
March themes -The Human Body/Senses/Ireland/St. Patrick/Easter
Examples of work covered- The human skeleton, location of the organs and their functions, the five senses, we also looked at the mouth/teeth, we learned lots of new facts and terms.
St. Patrick- we watched a video on our patron saint. We learned about Lent and looked at Irish traditions and proverbs.
We are making some St. Patrick's Day decorations at the moment, we will make a combination of 2D & 3D art pieces this month.
Maths- Measurement, time and money.
Science - We are looking at different materials.
February- Friendships/Valentines
Examples of items covered for this month include-
Social sight signs and symbols, household bills, timetables, finding factual information etc.
Reading Strategies- context, sound prediction and decoding
Maths- Weight/Capacity/Budgeting
Stories- St. Brigit/St. Valentine/Myths & Legends
Prep. For Confirmation- Attended Mass x2 (Confirmation will take place on Saturday March 30th.)
Art-Valentine Cards/Valentine Mobiles/Valentine Napkin Holders
Cookery Class- Bread & Butter Pudding/Valentines Cake
PE- Action songs/Dance & Movement
SPHE/PERSONAL CARE - RSE PROGRAMME
Senior Girls Group -Swimming - In The Park Hotel
Senior Boys Group - Computers
Class went to see "HAIRSPRAY" in The Friary
January 2019 Themes for this month are Winter & Toys
Samples of work for our Winter Theme-
We covered a range of literacy work around words associated with Winter.
We have just completed a project on China, one of the things we learned is that 2019 is the year of the pig.
We are looking at temperature in Maths at the moment.
We are focusing on shopping and looking at the cost of everyday items in Maths.
Art- We made a Winter Mobile and designed some really nice Posters using the Winter Theme.
We made hot chocolate with some butter cookies as part of our Winter Theme.
Toys
We completed a wide variety of work using "Toys" as our theme across all subjects.
Samples of work for our Winter Theme-
We covered a range of literacy work around words associated with Winter.
We have just completed a project on China, one of the things we learned is that 2019 is the year of the pig.
We are looking at temperature in Maths at the moment.
We are focusing on shopping and looking at the cost of everyday items in Maths.
Art- We made a Winter Mobile and designed some really nice Posters using the Winter Theme.
We made hot chocolate with some butter cookies as part of our Winter Theme.
Toys
We completed a wide variety of work using "Toys" as our theme across all subjects.
- Literacy - Reading, writing and oral language
- We looked at the history of toys/toys now and then/toys that are still popular today
- We designed some posters in Art advertising a toy fair and we made a fairy tree collage
We used a range of mixed media materials in Art this month with some fantastic results.
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DECEMBER
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Well done to Aoibhe, Susan & Holly, they won 1st. prize in the second stage of The Chapter Level of the Credit Union Art Competition. They will now go automatically to The National Final which will take place in February 2019.
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SOME EXAMPLES OF STUDENTS WORK FOR DECEMBER
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October - Theme Autumn/Halloween
Literacy - How to write a party invitation. |
November - Samples of work
We are learning about directions.Literacy - We wrote about our mid-term break under different headings and discussed it in class.
We looked at a selection of jobs that people do and discussed what type of service they provide. Numeracy - We are covering time(the clock) for November, we are also doing lots of work on budgeting. Samples of work covered for the month of September
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Credit Union Art Awards
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September - Theme School/Family
Samples of work for September
- Maths - Budgeting Skills/Time
- English - Literacy Skills based on themes/Everyday literacy - filling out forms and documents
- Personal Care - Life Skills
- Art - Credit Union Art Competition/Autumn themed projects using mixed media
- Preperation for Confirmation
- Cookery and Woodwork - We are learning lots of practical and important life skills
- Music - We are experimenting with different musical instruments
- PE - We are trying out different sports equipment and learning new skills and games
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