Senior Infants
&
First Class
Happy Christmas
I would like to wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmas. The boys and girls have been so good all year with their work and helping each other stay safe.
I hope Santa is good to everyone and I can't wait to see you all again in the new year.
Visit to the Crib
After reading the story of the first Christmas, we walked to the Church to see the Crib and chatted about the figures in it.
Baby Jesus is missing from the manger but He will arrive on Christmas Eve.
Elfie's Antics
Elfie is back to his old tricks again, but so far he hasn't done too much damage.
We hope that he doesn't get up to too much mischief over the weekend.....fingers crossed.
Road Safety Webinar
This week we completed a webinar on Road Safety with Cork Sports Partnership, Cork County Council and An Garda Síochána.
The children learned about walking and cycling safely on the road and the importance of High-vis vests, helmets and the use of safety belts and booster seats when travelling in the car.
Guess who's back!
There was lots of excitement in school today with the return of our friend Elfie.
It was starting to look doubtful that he was going to make it in time for the Toy Show, but we got a special delivery from the postman with a little surprise for everyone in the class.
I hope everyone enjoys the Toy Show tonight and we hope Elfie won't get up to too much mischief this weekend with all the other school elves.
Farm Safety
Thanks to IRD Duhallow and Alma from Agrikids who provided a lesson on farm safety this week.
The children learned about the dangers on the farm, the safety signs to look out for and what to wear if we are working on the farm or visiting a farm.
Science week
Science week was full of fun and investigations in our class.
We learned about electricity, magnets, reactions and even made an egg bounce....very messy!
I'm sure we have alot of future young scientists and electricians in our midst.
3D Shapes
This week we have been learning all about 3D shapes around us.
We finished the week by building some 3D shapes of our own using spaghetti and marshmallows. This was a great fun activity to explore the shapes we had learned about and it involved lots of concentration and teamwork.
Happy Halloween
We have spent the last few days getting ready for the Halloween festivities.
We had fun making Halloween art projects. We baked and tasted our own Báirín Breac. There was lots of excitement when some of the boys and girls found some surprises in the barm brack.
Today we had our annual dress-up day and it was great to see all of the boys and girls in their scary outfits.
Our puking pumpkin was a fun way to see how some ingredients react when mixed together....very messy!
I hope you all have a happy and safe Halloween. See you all soon.
Autumn Art
Over the past few weeks we have been working on the Autumn theme. The children have completed their own nature walks and found some lovely Autumn leaves and fruits. We learned about some of the animals that are going to hibernate for the long, cold Winter ahead.
They also made some Halloween pumpkins to decorate their homes.
Garden Harvest
The children have harvested the vegetables from the garden and tidied up the garden beds.
Today we were able to taste the soup that we made from the garden vegetables. It was yummy!
Welcome Back to School
Senior Infants and First Class have been settling in well to their new classroom. We have lots of new routines to get used to, but it is great to see all the smiling faces back in the classroom and on the school yard.
Along with getting back to some school work, the children have been decorating the classroom with their beautiful artwork.
Happy Holidays
Hello Everyone,
We have come to the end of a very strange year for us all.
I hope you enjoyed the work and activities that you had to do at home; especially the 'trips' that you took during our last week in First Class.
I am really proud of you all for the way you worked so hard each week! Thanks again for all of the pictures that you sent me over the past few weeks. I have put some pictures of your tour activities in the gallery but if you have more to add please send them on.
Have a fantastic summer!
Miss Buckley
First Class Work
22nd - 24th June
Hello Everyone,
Fantastic work done by you all again this week. Thank you for all of the pictures you sent of our first ever Virtual World Book Day and Active Home Week. See if you can spot your pictures in the gallery. Prizes are on the way to the World Book Day winners!
This week we are going on some very exciting virtual school tours so pack lots of clothes, lunch and treats as we will be staying away overnight! And to celebrate the end of the school year we will have a bake off on Wednesday and I can't wait to see your lovely creations.
Have a fantastic last week.
Stay safe,
Miss Buckley
First Class Work
15th - 19th June
Hello everyone,
Thank you all so much again for all of the emails, pictures and videos I got this week. Well done to you all!
This week we are having our first ever Active Home Week so I hope you all enjoy the fun games and activities.
We haven't forgotten about World Book Day either, so have fun dressing up on Friday and I can't wait to see all of the pictures of what you get up to during the week!
All of the pictures will be here on the website next week.
Take care and have fun,
Miss Buckley
First Class work 8th - 12th June
Hello Everyone,
Great work done again by you all this week. I loved seeing all of the pictures of your work and your robots.
I have put up the pictures of the robots that were sent to me, so if you haven't sent yours in yet please do and I will put them up too.
This week we have some work in our workbooks and work from the packs you got from school.
Keep an eye out for an email from the school about our new administrative system, Aladdin Connect. Signing up to it will allow us to send on the end of year reports in a way that is GDPR compliant.
Stay safe,
Miss Buckley
First Class work 1st - 5th June
Hello Everyone,
Well done on all on the fantastic work you got done this week, and you still managed to get out and have great fun in the sun too. I got lovely pictures of more baking, fun at the sea-side and in paddling pools and lots of work being done in the bog!
This week I want you to start gathering up any school books that you have and put them in a plastic bag with your name on it. These would include PM reading books, shared reading books, school library books and finally the 'Dance Shoes for GG' reader that we will finish this week. We will be in touch shortly regarding collection of these Book Scheme books.
Could everyone please send on two pictures of their work this week.
Enjoy the long weekend.
Stay safe,
Miss Buckley
First Class work 25th - 29th May
Hello Everyone,
Well done on all on the super work you did this week. You all did fantastic with your maths and I got lovely pictures of yummy baking and beautiful art.
Could everyone please send on two pictures of work this week.
Stay safe,
Miss Buckley
First Class Work
11th May - 15th May
Hello everyone,
Thank you so much for all of the emails and pictures that you sent on during the week.
This week I am asking everyone to send on three pictures of their work; as listed in the work outline for the week.
Hope you are all keeping well.
Take care,
Miss Buckley
First Class work 18th - 22nd May
Hello Everyone,
Well done again on all on the great work you did this week. I loved seeing all of the pictures of your work....see if you can spot your messages to the Communion class.
Could everyone please send on two pictures of work this week.
Stay safe,
Miss Buckley
First Class Work
5th May - 8th May
Hello everyone,
Thank you all so much for all of the emails, pictures and videos I got this week. I really love seeing what everyone is up to when I can't see you in person. Well done to you all!
Here is an outline of work for the class for this week.
Hope to see you all soon.
Take care,
Miss Buckley
First Class Work
27th April - 1st May
Hello everyone,
Thank you all so much for all of the emails and pictures I got this week...you really have been busy with school work, gardening, sewing, painting, drawing, baking, birthday parties....and the list goes on. Well done to you all!
Here is an outline of work for the class for this week.
Hope to see you all soon.
Take care,
Miss Buckley
First Class Work
20th - 24th April
Hello everyone,
I hope that the Easter Bunny called to you all and you all got lots of chocolate eggs. Hope you enjoyed the break from work and you are all keeping safe and well.
Here is an outline of work for the class for this week.
Hope to see you all soon.
Take care,
Miss Buckley
First Class Work
30th March - 3rd April
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all keeping safe and well.
Here is an outline of work for the class for this week.
Hope to see you all soon.
Take care,
Miss Buckley
Happy Easter
Hello Everyone,
Well done to you all on the hard work you did this week.
I loved seeing all of the pictures of your writing and colouring, your excellent tests and your gardening, painting and yummy baking.
Now its time to take a break from it all for the Easter holidays.
If you do get bored on your time off remember that there will be daily 'PE with Joe' classes and 'Draw with Don' classes available on Youtube.
I have also attached some activities that you can print off.
I hope the Easter Bunny calls to you all.
See you soon,
Miss Buckley
Building 3D Shapes
This week we had fun building some of our own 3D shapes using spagetti and marshmallows. We have some budding architects in our midst.
Spring Gardening
Spring is finally here and the children have started work on planting in the garden and wild flower area. As part of our work towards our Biodiversity flag we have planted some fruit trees and some wild flowers to encourage more bees in our garden.
Trick or Treat for Templestreet
Well done to all of the boys and girls who dressed up for our annual dress up day in aid of Templestreet Hospital.
Halloween Art
The class have been working hard to make some spooky Halloween creations. Have a spook-tacular weekend.
Elf Antics
Elfie has been having lots of fun in the classroom over the last few weeks. He hasn't always stayed out of trouble but he been keeping a close eye on all the boys and girls in the class for Santa.
