2nd class 2021/22
We had a fantastic Sports Day last Thursday! Every station was great fun, from the dress up race, egg and spoon, wet sponge race and space hoppers to the cross country sprints and Tug o War! Some of t ...
Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing dads this weekend!💙 ...
On Tuesday, we had our final session with our violin teacher Ms McKenna from Music Generation. We performed all the songs we have learned this year for the Senior Infants who were very impresse ...
The children all dressed up today in their communion dresses and suits for the photographer and they all looked spectacular! Everyone in the class dressed up , including those who did not make their c ...
The children made their First Communion this weekend so as a treat, everyone got to make their own smoothies and rice krispie buns…they really enjoyed their treats! ...
he children made their First Confession. They were very respectful in the church and did a great job saying their prayers and singing their hymns. This was great preparation for our First Communion Da ...
Happy Mother’s Day to all our amazing mothers, we hope you enjoy your special day! 💜❤ ...
We had so much fun on Lá Glas this year, from dressing up in green, to hurling and football competitions, and a big outdoor ceilí, not to mention all the fabulous St Patrick’s Day art, it was ...
During World Book Week, the children talked about their favourite book characters, wrote a little description about them and then drew and painted them for our display board. Check out our wonderful a ...
This week we are celebrating World Book week with many fun activities including our Show and Tell, which we did today in honour of World book day. The children brought in their favourite books which t ...
Happy Pancake Tuesday, we hope you enjoyed lots of delicious pancakes like we did 🥞 😁 ...
For Mindfulness week, we decorated our door with gorgeous rainbow and star wrapping paper with the 2 slogans- Reach for the Stars and Follow your Dreams and Find the Rainbow. We discussed how each of ...
We have been doing many fun activities every day for mindfulness week. One very relaxing activity was yoga with Sue. Everyone really got into the quiet headspace and enjoyed doing many yoga poses such ...
This week, we have been learning about 3D shapes- sphere, cone, cube, cuboid , triangular prism, square based pyramid and triangle based pyramid. We learned how many edges, faces/surfaces and corners/ ...
We hope you all had a lovely St Valentine’s Day and liked your beautiful cards that all the children had great fun painting and decorating in class 🥰 ...
This week marks the beginning of Chinese New Year, which is a 15 day celebration full of many wonderful Chinese traditions. We learned that red is their lucky colour and children receive red envelope ...
In January, we learned about children’s rights in SPHE class. We learned that all children and adults have the same rights, all over the world, no matter their age, skin colour or religion. E ...
Last week we learned about materials that are waterproof and absorbant. We conducted some experiments to see what materials could best be used as an umbrella to shelter a teddy in a glass jar from &# ...
Wishing you all a safe and Happy Christmas break and we will see you all again in 2022! 🎅 ...
Check out our fab Christmas tree Winter Scene Art! ...
We had a visit from the big man himself last week and he was even lucky enough to have a Garda escort! He spoke to the children from the safety of his car and they had a disco in the yard afterwards, ...
Check out our very cool Santa drawings that we drew step by step following Art Hub for Kids Santa video on Youtube- they are super! ...
This month we started Digital Learning. We practised using Microsoft Word to type our Christmas shopping lists and letters to Santa. We are learning how to use caps lock, space bar, enter and the mo ...
Last week, we started learning about procedure writing in literacy class. We learned that it is very different to narrative writing as it involves lists, recipes, ingredients, instructions and methods ...
As we prepare for Christmas, we made some beautiful nativity silhouettes with a stained glass effect in the background, as well as some other Christmas scenes, for art class. They turned out really ...
Over the past three weeks, second class have been learning about narratives- stories. We listened to lots of great stories on YouTube and storytime online such as The Scarecrow Wedding, The Selfish C ...
This month we were learning about symmetry in maths and looking at shapes and objects that have one or more lines of symmetry. One such symmetrical shape was that of a butterfly which has a line of sy ...
We started doing some lovely Winter Sky Art this month. We used white chalk on black paper to draw some snowy mountains. Next we used colour chalk to create the beautiful illusion of the northern li ...
Today we went on our fundraising walk to Loreto Park and we were also very lucky to have some time to play in the playground. Everyone really enjoyed their afternoon. Mary thanks to all our wonderful ...
Wishing everyone a very safe and Happy Halloween break!! ...
We started violin lessons this month, which is a continuation if the Music Generation program we started last year. Ms McKenna comes in every Tuesday and we have 30 minute sessions with her. We have ...
As the spooky season is upon us, we painted a beautiful moonlit sky with white, teal, light and dark blue paints. Then we drew the outline of a haunted house or castle and cut them out. Some of us inc ...
Last week we learned about recycling and all the different materials that can be recycled- glass, paper, cardboard, plastic, metal, cans, clothes, electronics and even food- in a compost bin! For art, ...
This month we have had great fun creating our Pokemon art display. We concentrated on drawing 4 different Pokemon- Pikachu, Squirtle, Mew and Eevie. Each week we watched Art Hub for kids on YouTube w ...
Last week we started drama classes with Sandra, which will continue every Wednesday until Christmas. The children had great fun pretending to be salsa dancers and bulls with the red capes. They also ...
It’s been a busy 4 weeks as we settle back into school life in Second Class! This week we conducted a really fun experiment using lemon juice and baking soda. We learned that when a base and an ...