First Class
September - December 2023
We had a wonderful first term in First and Second Class. The students worked really hard in all areas of the Curriculum; writing reports, finishing several readers and expanding their vocabulary through learning rhymes and poems amongst many other activities in English. The children learned many poems and songs in our Gaeilge lessons which bring our native language to life, with ‘Mo Bhricfeasta’, ‘Bualadh Bos’ agus ‘Siorc san Uisce’ amongst the favourites. The children covered all Strands of the Maths Curriculum and enjoyed using concrete materials to expand their understanding of Place Value and Measures.
In SESE, we worked really hard on our map making skills and People Who Help Us amongst other Strands. We loved interviewing our grandparents about what school and Christmas was like when they were young. We made personal timelines and displayed personal artefacts from when we were young in our class museum. We performed a selection of the poems and songs we learned in September and October for our families before the Mid Term Break. Our favourites were ‘I Can’t Stop
Tapping My Feet’, ‘Gobbolino’ and ‘Winnie the Witch’. We enjoyed singing ‘The Ghost of John’ in rounds. It was very spooky! We are also learning how to play the ukulele!
We were really lucky to be able to travel to the TUS in November and December wherewe learned athletics skills in a state of the art arena. We also participated in Gaelic
football and hurling blitzes in TUS in November. We enjoyed painting, drawing, printing and fabric and fibre activities in Art and our pieces were proudly displayed in the classroom and received many compliments from classroom visitors!
Some of the children from First and Second Class volunteered to sing at the St. Kieran’s Community Centre Christmas Market in November which was a lovely occasion in aid of the local Wheelchair Association. The whole class sang Christmas carols in the Golden Island Shopping Centre in December and raised €537 to purchase music and maths equipment. The children received accolades from all the passers-by for bringing festive cheer to Athlone that morning.
Finally, congratulations to all the children in Second Class who received the Sacrament of Reconciliation in November. We are all looking forward to you making your Communion in May, and indeed many more memories for First and Second Class in Term 2.
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September 2022
1st and 2nd class are working so hard since we returned to school in September. All the children are settling in very well. We are delighted to welcome our new girl Arianda to our classroom.
We are having great conversations as Gaeilge. We had such fun talking about Mé Féin.
We are having super fun in Maths learning all about 2D and 3D shapes. We are enjoying all the hands on fun learning using all our resources.
We are working so hard in English. Our PM readers are so interesting and everyone is reading so well.
In SESE we have had so much fun. Some of the topics we learned about include our family tree, our body, Autumn and mixing colours.
We have lovely displays in our classroom which include Our Adjectives and Outer Self / Inner Self.
We are getting really fit also. Alan our GAA coach is putting the children through their paces every Tuesday morning.
We have a big class for Communion this year and each day we say our prayers in the classroom. We are looking forward to Mass on Thursday 27th October in Drumraney church.
This classroom is full of great dancers. We really enjoy all the singing , dancing and performing we do in our classroom.
In SPHE we have had lots of discussions about how we are going to be really nice to each other throughout the year. Also our worry pot is always there if any child has a worry they would like to discuss with me.
P.S - We all wish Hugo a speedy recovery and are looking forward to seeing him back on the pitch scoring goals like Erling Haaland.
That's all for now. Keep checking in on us to see what these wonderful children are getting up to.
Slán.
First Class
April 2022
Miss Dooley’s 1st class are working very hard this year! We love our colourful classroom.
We are taking part in the picker pals programme. The programme, run by environmental, Non-Governmental Organisation VOICE (Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment), fosters ideas to care for the environment and equips children with “Picker Packs” containing everything a child needs to go litter-picking. Children take turns to bring the pack home and go litter picking with an adult around their area! The children loved doing this and did great picking!!
We had great fun during our PAX prize day. We got pizzas and chips from Supermax and watched a movie in our comfy clothes.
We are a very active class and love going to Athletics in TUS, Athlone every Friday! We also love when Alan comes for football every Tuesday. We are learning lots of new skills. We are very excited for swimming after Easter!
Every Friday we do show and tell. We enjoy sharing our skills and talents with the class and also bringing in something fun from home to show the class.
Last week we went on a lovely Spring walk with Ms Maxwell’s class. We had great fun and saw lots of signs of Spring. We also saw where Ardnagrath Castle was!
We had great fun helping Mr Keanes class with the Arcadia project! We had the job of smashing the crayons. It was very noisy but we really enjoyed it!
We were busy learning about people who help us in the community. We had a visit from a Garda. The children asked him some really interesting questions. We learned all about what he does everyday! Children also interviewed people at home and made videos about their job to share with the class on Seesaw.
During Seachtain na Gaeilge we spent lots of time practicing our Irish! We learned the Haka as gaeilge and also Ireland’s Call and Amhrán na bhFiann. The children sang these songs for all the classes! They were very proud in doing so!! We learned all about Saint Patrick and made some funny leprechaun’s in Art!
We are excited for our Easter holidays!
First and second class
April 2021
1st and 2nd classes are delighted to be back and have been working very hard since our return to the classroom.
In English we have been busy looking at the genre of procedural writing. The children looked at samples of procedural writing highlighting key features. We wrote an instruction on how to grow a 'grass head' based on our science lesson. In Oral Language we had great discussions on the topics of Easter and The Zoo
In Gaeilge we have been learning about An Gruagaire, Ag obair sa ghairdín/ An t-Earrach (linking with science and geography. The children learned vocabulary associated with the garden - planting)
In Maths we were learning subtraction with renaming and 3D Shapes. The children described characteristics of shapes and classified them according to their characteristics, constructed 3D Shapes with playdough and lollipop sticks and participated in 3D shape hunts around the school.
We also just started length this week and are enjoying measuring objects in the classroom and outside.
In History we have learned about The Story of Easter. We were looking at how Easter is celebrated around the world.
In Geography we are studying The Natural Environment and Caring for our environment. We had great fun labelling parts of a tree and discussing the importance of trees in the environment.
In Science we learned all about The Lifecycle of a Frog. We have a lovely display in our classroom. We also planted seeds - We are looking forward to seeing how our grass heads turn out.
In SPHE we are discussing feelings. Stay Safe Topic 1.
In Religion we were busy learning about Holy Week. We learned about The Story of Zacchaeus and 2nd class has been very busy preparing for their First Confession.
Keep checking in to see what's happening in our busy classroom
First and second class have been very busy since we came back in September.
In English we are really enjoying our new readers. We are learning all about grammar, capital letters, full stops, nouns, verbs and adjectives. Also our new oral language programme is very interesting and we really enjoy using our Response Book.
We are great Gaeilge speakers in this classroom. We love having our chats as Gaeilge.
In Maths we are having super fun too. We are getting wonderful use out of our individual whiteboards and the children love using their own white board markers. We are currently busy learning our tables.
In SESE we are talking a lot about Autumn. Lots of changes occur during this lovely season. We also learned about our Family Tree, our bones and muscles and we have a lovely display entitled Our Occupations in our SESE corner.
In SPHE we discussed our worries and we now have a Worry Pot in our classroom to help deal with any worries that may arise.
Our classroom has plenty of Art displays. These include our Autumn Hedgehogs, Autumn Squirrels, Autumn Trees and our Adjectives display.
Our Religion corner is looking very well and we have put up a beautiful display which includes hearts and words that describe us.
We have great craic dancing around the room and dancing to Gaeilge songs. This room is full of amazing dancers.
We are also fantastic at Drama and the children really enjoy acting on our classroom stage.
Each child has their own football and this is working really well. Our PE classes are very enjoyable.
Stay tuned to see what is coming soon.