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Updates from mÚINTEOIR mARK'S cLASS

13/12/2021

Exploring Sounds:

Our theme for November was all about exploring sounds. As part of our music and SESE, we decided to explore the different sounds we could make using food and our trays. We then made our own shakers and explored the different sounds they made!

We went on a tour of our school to see what sounds we could hear all around us too - people were talking, music was playing, phones were ringing!

Life Skills:

As part of our SPHE and Life Skills work, we have been learning about recipes and how to follow them. We planned out what we would need then walked to the shop to buy our ingredients. After we had all our ingredients, we made some tasty hot chocolate and even put some marshmallows on top. It was a yummy treat after a stormy week!

November in Múinteoir Ciara's class

6/12/2021

Student Council
Our student council member's come to play with us every lunchtime. We love to go on the scooters, draw using chalk and play hide and seek. It is great fun when the student council come to visit.

Foosball fun at lunchtime!

Christmas tree decorating

Halloween in Múinteoir Mark's and Múinteoir Ciara's Class

7/11/2021

Halloween Art
We made some spooky skeletons using cotton wool buds and glue. This was great fun!

We also made Halloween potions. We mixed different colours together and we may have added a magical spell too!

Halloween Dress-Up
We dressed up as different characters for our Halloween Dress-up day. There was a Superhero, some Princesses, pirates and even a Greatest Showman Ring Leader. We hardly recognised Múinteoir Mark as a pirate and Múinteoir Ciara as a witch. We had so much fun! Thank you to Príomhóide and the Parent's Association for running this day.

Halloween Disco
We were so lucky to have a Halloween disco outside with all of our friends. We danced to music and it was so much fun.

Halloween Baking
We decorated some scary Halloween biscuits. We chose our colours and designed each biscuit. We got to eat them afterwards and they were delicious.

October in Múinteoir Ciara's

7/11/2021

Whole School Zoom Assembly
We watched and listened to our school zoom assembly. We spotted some familiar faces on the zoom.

Hurling Achievements
Well done to Conor in our class who showed us his hurling medal he received. We are really proud of you, keep up the good work!

Birthday Celebrations
We celebrated a birthday this month. We loved playing with the birthday balloons and wearing our birthday hats.

Art Attack
We mixed loads of different colours to make new colours. We loved mixing red and yellow to make orange and yellow and blue to make green.

GAA Inclusion Walk

7/11/2021

Múinteoir Mark and Múinteoir Ciara's class teamed up to go on our GAA inclusion walk. We walked around Ballina and spotted some of our favourite places to visit. Thanks to Ballina GAA club for organising this initiative.

A busy September and October!

2/11/2021

Getting Active:

September and October were all about getting active and settling back to school. We have been doing gymnastics with Rody, horseriding in Liskennett, and working on our motor skills like running, jumping and hopping during PE and sensory time.

All About Autumn:
We also started learning all about autumn during this first half-term. We went on an autumn hunt, learned all about the Big Oak Tree and created autumn leaves during Art and Craft time.

Autumn Hunt: Autumn Art: Working on the Big Oak Tree:

Personal and Life Skills:

We have been learning about how to look after ourselves and our bodies, and one thing we have been trying out to do this, is how to make sandwiches. We brainstormed what we needed to do, then followed the steps to make some tasty jam sandwiches! Have a look through our photos to see how we got on!

back to school september 2021

24/9/2021

Gymnastics with Rody

Every Wednesday we practice our forward and backwards tumbles. We have improved so much when we balance on the balance boards and bouncy balls.

Water and Kinetic Sand Play
We love to play with water and kinetic sand. Sometimes we have to try to find toys in the sand. We mixed foam and soap with our water play.

PE
We love going to the halla for PE. We do exercises on the scooter board and on the bouncy ball.

Horse-Riding
We go horse-riding in Limerick. We love to see the horses. We have to wear a helmet when we ride the horses. Flame, Angel and Misty are our favourite. We like to play in the playground afterwards.

Minibeast Explorers - Back to school Fun!

19/3/2021

We are delighted to be back in school after spending the last couple of weeks learning from home. We spent our first couple of weeks learning all about minibeasts, as part of our 'Spring' theme. We were very busy. Have a look at what we got up to.

Minibeast Hunt:
We went hunting for minibeasts around the school. We had to look very closely because they were hiding! We found lots of creepy-crawlies, like spiders, snails, flies and worms.

Sorting:
We tried to figure out which minibeasts had legs and which minibeasts had no legs. We learned about what the different creatures looked like and then had to cut their pictures out and stick them on the right leaf - one for those with legs and one for those without.

Art & Messy Play:
We painted some beautiful minibeast pictures to display in our classroom. We also tried to create our own worms during messy play time. This was fun and sticky and slimy!

We celebrated some birthdays since we came back too. It was a lot of fun! We wore the birthday hat and had some yummy treats!

December Activities

20/1/2021

December was a great month, as we were learning about winter and getting ready for Christmas. We wore our Christmas jumpers too!

Printing, Painting and Sticking:
We did some winter-themed printing and painting. We painted winter trees and printed snowflakes. We also used some cotton wool to make snowmen.

Winter Cooking:
We did some tasty winter cooking, where we leaned how to make 'marshmallow snowmen' and then decorated them with buttons, hats, eyes and noses. We enjoyed tasting them too!

Cutting and Sticking:
We used our cutting skills to make some beautiful Christmas trees and we even decorated them with different coloured decorations.

All About Animals in November!

4/12/2020

November was our month to learn all about different animals, their homes and animals that are pets compared to animals that are not! This was good fun and we learned about lots of different subjects through our theme. Take a look at what we got up to.

Animal Homes and Habitats:
We learned about different animals and where they could be found. We explored their homes and what materials we might find in their homes. For messy play, we used straw, water and clay to make different habitats for different animals.

Baking Butterfly Buns!
We used our sorting and measuring skills to figure out what ingredients we would need to make Butterfly Buns. When we had everything we needed, we measured the ingredients into our mixing bowl and mixed them together. When the buns were finished, we decorated them with jam and cream, and gave them their butterfly wings.

Surprise Visitor!
We were so excited when we got a surprise visitor to our class for a couple of days during the month. Gosia brought in her hamster for us to take care of and we loved every minute of it! We hope he calls again soon.

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