Junior Infants Nature Hunt in Grangegorman

The sun shone on the three Junior Infant classes as they went on a nature hunt last Wednesday to Grangegorman looking for signs of the changing seasons.  The children used their senses of sight, smell, touch and hearing to identify elements of nature around them indicating the end of winter and the arrival of spring.  […]

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Deirdre McEvoy, February 10, 2020
Posted in Carol’s junior infants (2019/20), Ciara’s junior infants (2019/20), Deirdre’s junior infants (2019/20), Physical activity

5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Blast Off!

We had an exciting November in Ciara’s junior infants learning all about space. We loved playing in our space station, and particularly enjoyed exploring outer space in our “space capsule”. We worked together, printing and painting different tints and shades to create beautiful planet pictures. We made great strides with our sounds and numbers too. […]

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Ciara Friel, December 5, 2019
Posted in Ciara’s junior infants (2019/20)

October in Room 2

We started the month learning all about autumn. We brought in some conkers, acorns and beautiful autumn leaves to create a woodland in our small world area. Romey helped us to make clay hedgehogs. We really enjoyed our Maths Week, when we did maths activities in the GP room, went on a maths trail around […]

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Ciara Friel, October 25, 2019
Posted in Ciara’s junior infants (2019/20)

A great start to junior infants!

What a fantastic start we have had to “big school” in Ciara’s Junior Infants! This month we have been learning about homes and families. We read the story of The Three Little Pigs and recreated it during playtime. We have been working hard to make our hands strong and we have been sorting and matching […]

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Ciara Friel, September 26, 2019
Posted in Ciara’s junior infants (2019/20)