Discovering Shapes: Senior Infants Chestnut
Senior Infants Chestnut enjoyed learning about the element of shape and combining it with nature and spring. We used a Maths Eyes concept to discover shapes we could observe in our school garden, this was followed by creating a landscape picture with 2d shapes. We discussed the visible shapes in The Jungle Sunset by Henri Rousseau and created our own masterpieces too.
Exploring the World of Shapes!
Junior Infants Willow have been exploring the world of shapes! They have been learning about spatial awareness and 2D shapes. The children have enjoyed creating drawings to show objects near to them in their environment. They also had a great time constructing 2D shapes using lollipop sticks and created pictures using 2D shapes.
CNY: Juniper Art Activity
Painting the base of the snakes for Chinese New Year!
Geography Lesson: 5th Class Cedar
5th Cedar have been learning about the Geography of Australia, the children learned about Ayers Rock and how it is important and sacred to native Australians. The children did some beautiful Art work using pastels depicting Ayers Rock and with paint to create Aboriginal dot art.
Passion Projects
Today, 5th class Laurel completed their passion project presentations. The children had the fantastic opportunity to showcase their hard work and creativity to the other 5th class Cedar. Each pair/individual proudly presented their projects, explaining their ideas and what they learned along the way. It was wonderful to see the enthusiasm and confidence as they shared their work, answered questions, and celebrated each other’s efforts. Events like these help build a strong sense of community in our school, encouraging teamwork, curiosity, and a love for learning! We are very proud of their hard work. Ms Gyo”
Golden Book Nominations
Engaging in lessons, being extremely positive and enthusiastic about school work, supporting friends and tidying up without being asked are some of the reasons why this group of wonderful children were entered into the Golden Book! The kindness shown by one child in Senior Infants to her friends was evident on Valentine’s Day when she realised that some of her friends had no money for the 6th class bake sale. She had €5 so she kindly offered to purchase a treat for not just 1, not 2 but for 3 of her friends. Well done to her, what a fantastic friend to have!
GAA with Tommy: 1st Class Ivy
No words needed as the smiles on the children’s faces clearly show the fun they had during the GAA session!
Assembly Preparations
This week 2nd Class Oak have been preparing for their class assembly ‘The Lost Sheep’. The children have worked really hard on their play and songs even trying their hands at some sign language.
Creating Lanterns: 2nd Class Oak
2nd Class Oak have been creating lanterns in Art. With the class assembly coming up we have been looking at how god and our family guide us. Our lantern connects to our assembly song of ‘This Little Light of Mine’. Well done 2nd class Oak.
Recycling Robots and Rockets
2nd Class Ash celebrated the PTA initiative of focusing on recycling by bringing in lots of recyclable materials and creating their own robots and rockets out of them. Some examples are in the pictures! It took patience, care, planning, and creativity and was a lot of fun for the class!
Pyjama Day 1st Class Aspen
1st Class Ivy: Making Memories
1st Class Ivy sewing a blanket for St. Brigid’s Day. Beautiful work 1st Class Ivy!
Brush Strokes: 6th Class Hazel
6th Class Hazel focusing on the elegant strokes of a brush in conjunction with colour to add dept to Japanese artwork.
A busy week for Senior Infants Maple
Exciting Learning Opportunities in Senior Infan
Elder: Valentine’s Arts & Crafts
Science Experiment 5th Class Laurel
5th Class Laurel investigated how materials may be used in constructions. Small groups of 4 had to make 3D structures using marshmallows and spaghetti sticks. They then recorded their structures and evaluated them using the 3’s to see if they were 1. Stable, 2. Secure and 3. Stiff.
Safer Internet Day
In a world of endless online information, Safer Internet Day explores ways to empower children to thrive and equip them with skills to navigate both the opportunities and challenges of these powerful online influences. Today Transition Year Students from Temple Carrig hosted workshops at St. Patrick’s NS attended by 6th class. They taught us all about algorithms and influencers. After their presentation, we broke up into smaller groups, discussed any questions students had and everyone worked together on themed posters. After midterm break 6th Class will visit Temple Carrig to finish the posters with the transition year students. It was a lovely and very informative morning. Huge thank you to Temple Carrig Transition Year Students and their Teachers.
Recycling Rockets!
Huge thank you to everyone involved in Recycling Rockets Week and congratulations to the winners 4th Class Larch! What an amazing amount of cans/bottles collected with all money raised going towards the Astro Pitch! Special thanks to those parents that deposited all the cans/bottles!
3rd Class: Turning recycled magazines into St. Brigid’s crosses!
3rd Class Beech & Pine had a great time making St. Brigid’s crosses with Ms. Anderson, using recycled magazines instead of rushes. The craft was a fun way to mark St. Brigid’s Day during Recycling week. Well done 3rd Class and a huge thank you to Ms. Anderson!
4th Class Swimming
4th class have been attending swimming lessons in Shoreline in Greystones over the past number of weeks. The children were assessed and placed in groups in the first week and there has been a huge improvement in their swimming since the start of the lessons. There are definitely a few Olympic swimmers amongst them!
Golden Book!
Well done to this weeks Golden Book Nominations, from excelling in classwork including Irish and English to being caring and kind and helping others. Amazing!
St. Brigid’s Day: 6th Class Holly
Recycling Week: Elder & 6th Holly
Golden Book!
St. Brigid’s Day: 1st Class Aspen
First Class had lots of fun learning about St. Brigid’s day and designing their own St. Brigid’s Cloaks.
St. Brigid’s Day: 6th Class Hazel
6th Class Hazel learnt all about St. Brigid’s Day through a series of comprehension reading and creating their own questions to challenge their peers.
The Egg Drop: 4th Class Larch
New Maths Curriculum Education Day for all Staff
Thank you!
Taking time out from a busy school day to say thank you to these amazing ladies who clean St. Patrick’s NS every day. It is because of them that our classrooms are clean & tidy at the beginning of every school day providing a wonderful environment for teachers and children. Thank you!