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Senior Infants celebrated Valentines Day by sending lovely cards to their special loved ones. Happy Valentines Day to you all.
Robin Redbreast
Games and Sprints for Simon at Kilcornan Hall.
Performing our spooky Halloween songs and rhymes for our neighbours at Sccul Sanctury
Aistear- Our School
Maths Week
Fun with number lines and Number Hide and Seek
Fun with number lines and Number Hide and Seek
Cén t-am é a mhac tíre sa choill.
Awesome Autumn fun with clay.
Harry the Hedgehog!
Bean Bags and Bubbles in Senior Infant PE.
We certainly did not let the grey skies interfere with our fun!
Autumn Aistear Fun with Senior Infants.
Welcome to Senior Infants 2021-2022
Fáilte go dtí Naíonáin Shinsearacha
Welcome to Senior Infants 2020-2021
Nollaig Shona Daoibh!
Merry Christmas Everybody, from Senior Infants!
Senior Infants trying out the School's new climbing wall!
December Aistear - The Post Office & Christmas
Senior Infants had a fun and festive time with our Aistear theme for the month of December;
The Post Office and Christmas.
The Post Office
We learned all about the Post Office and discovered how a letter or package can get from our home, to someone else's home anywhere in the world! We set up a Post Office in the classroom where we sorted letters and packages according to their destination. We weighed packages and decided how much the stamp should cost. We also sold envelopes and postcards, and you could even get your TV or Dog Licence, or order a new Passport. The Post-person was also kept busy collecting the post from the post box and delivering it to the houses.
Over in Small World we were busy with our DHL van, making sure the packages went to the correct house.
In the Sand Box, we explored weight and used weighing scales to see if we could get any of the packages to balance. We also explored which packages and boxes were heavy or light.
Finally, we had everyone's favourite station; The Writing Station! Senior Infants' writing has really come on recently and everyone was dying to show it off by writing letters, lists, Christmas cards, Thank You cards etc. The boys and girls loved practicing their writing and made such a brilliant effort it. We were all so proud.
Christmas
As Christmas edged closer, the Post Office was replaced with Santa's Workshop, full of busy elves making and designing toys in time for the big delivery on Christmas Eve! Over in the Sandbox we were very excited to find "snow" where we made snowmen and igloos and snowballs, or just enjoyed the soft feeling of the "snow". In Small World, we made a Winter Wonderland and in Arts and Crafts we used Potato Printing to make some beautiful wrapping paper.
The Post Office and Christmas.
The Post Office
We learned all about the Post Office and discovered how a letter or package can get from our home, to someone else's home anywhere in the world! We set up a Post Office in the classroom where we sorted letters and packages according to their destination. We weighed packages and decided how much the stamp should cost. We also sold envelopes and postcards, and you could even get your TV or Dog Licence, or order a new Passport. The Post-person was also kept busy collecting the post from the post box and delivering it to the houses.
Over in Small World we were busy with our DHL van, making sure the packages went to the correct house.
In the Sand Box, we explored weight and used weighing scales to see if we could get any of the packages to balance. We also explored which packages and boxes were heavy or light.
Finally, we had everyone's favourite station; The Writing Station! Senior Infants' writing has really come on recently and everyone was dying to show it off by writing letters, lists, Christmas cards, Thank You cards etc. The boys and girls loved practicing their writing and made such a brilliant effort it. We were all so proud.
Christmas
As Christmas edged closer, the Post Office was replaced with Santa's Workshop, full of busy elves making and designing toys in time for the big delivery on Christmas Eve! Over in the Sandbox we were very excited to find "snow" where we made snowmen and igloos and snowballs, or just enjoyed the soft feeling of the "snow". In Small World, we made a Winter Wonderland and in Arts and Crafts we used Potato Printing to make some beautiful wrapping paper.
Merry Maths-mas!
Here are some of our festive Maths activities from December!
We had to match some festive items with their corresponding number, put the correct amount of buttons on the Snowman to go with his hat and make some toys with the hammers, nails, shapes and cork-boards like busy little elves. Finally we made "Loose Parts Christmas Trees". Anna challenged us to use whatever we wanted from our Maths resources to decorate a giant Christmas Trees in small groups. Didn't they turn out lovely? But that wasn't the only challenge... after we finished our trees, the real challenge was to sort all of the resources back into their correct box without getting them all mixed up. We did a fantastic job of sorting and classifying all of the Maths resources. Anna was very impressed by our tidy up job!!
We had to match some festive items with their corresponding number, put the correct amount of buttons on the Snowman to go with his hat and make some toys with the hammers, nails, shapes and cork-boards like busy little elves. Finally we made "Loose Parts Christmas Trees". Anna challenged us to use whatever we wanted from our Maths resources to decorate a giant Christmas Trees in small groups. Didn't they turn out lovely? But that wasn't the only challenge... after we finished our trees, the real challenge was to sort all of the resources back into their correct box without getting them all mixed up. We did a fantastic job of sorting and classifying all of the Maths resources. Anna was very impressed by our tidy up job!!
Snowglobe Art
Take a look at the lovely Snowglobe art we made just before we finished school for the Christmas holidays.
We used chalk pastels to design our snowmen and snowy backdrop before adding some "snow" and a lovely photo of ourselves. This was the closest we got to a White Christmas this year!!
We used chalk pastels to design our snowmen and snowy backdrop before adding some "snow" and a lovely photo of ourselves. This was the closest we got to a White Christmas this year!!
A special delivery!
We had a very exciting visitor to our class yesterday! We have been learning all about the Post Office for December so Caoimhe's dad Joe, who works for DHL, came in to our class! Joe answered all of our questions about delivering parcels and helped us to learn exactly how a package can come all the way from Australia to Ireland in just a few days! Thank you so much for visiting our class Joe.
Our Christmas Tree
Here is our beautiful Christmas tree that will be on display across from the entrance from the school this Christmas. Senior Infants designed some beautiful stars and then made their Christmas wishes on the stars.
We hope you like our Christmas tree and wishes, and we hope you enjoy all of the other fantastic trees on display.
Well done to the organisers!
We hope you like our Christmas tree and wishes, and we hope you enjoy all of the other fantastic trees on display.
Well done to the organisers!
Beebots
Our school was very lucky to be given a grant to spend on technology so I jumped at the chance to buy some BeeBots - cute little bee robots that help us to learn some early coding skills.
Here we are trying them out.
We love our BeeBots, and we especially enjoy programming them to follow our commands and move around the classroom following whichever set of directions we tell them to do!
Here we are trying them out.
We love our BeeBots, and we especially enjoy programming them to follow our commands and move around the classroom following whichever set of directions we tell them to do!
November -
Homes and Buildings
Our Aistear theme for November was Homes and Buildings so we divided the month up into three sub-themes; the story of The Three Little Pigs, the Building Site and the Estate Agents. We had a lovely student teacher with us for the month too. Here are some of the fun activities we got up to this November. A big thank you to Caoimhe's parents who gave us a lovely Wendy Houses to add to our Role Play corner. The children had a ball transforming it into so many different things depending on their imaginations!
The Three Little Pigs - Aistear
The Building Site - Aistear
We learned all about the work of the builder and the different jobs involved in building a house. We loved learning about some of the health and safety steps that need to be taken on the building site. We even had our own hard hats, high vis vests and safety harnesses, and we made sure to put on steel toe boots before we got on site! We also pretended to be architects drawing plans of houses so the builders could follow the plans on site.
The Estate Agents - Aistear
Finally we opened an Estate Agents with portfolios full of beautiful houses for sale or for rent; all designed by the boys and girls! The gang gave house tours of a very nice house for sale, they filled out application forms to buy houses and they negotiated deals for how much they would pay for a new house. We also learned all about the different types of houses, like detached, semi-detached, terraced, bungalow, apartment, house boat, caravan.
Field Trip around Kilcornan
We went on a field trip around the grounds of Kilcornan to look at all of the interesting buildings in our locality. We saw a historical house, a community centre, a swimming pool, a church and the school, of course! We really enjoyed identifying the different features of the houses we had learned in class.
Houses Art
Take a look at some of our fabulous creations from our Art lessons. We transformed brown paper bags into 3D houses one week. Then, the following week, we worked collaboratively with a partner to design and paint a modern style house using a cardboard box. We then arranged all of the houses into a cool colourful village, complete with street lights! Take a look below.
Happy Halloween from Senior Infants!
Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh!
Halloween Fun in Senior infants
Senior Infants had lots of Spooky fun this week in preparation for Halloween!
In Aistear we had a Witches' Lair where we made revolting potions and made up our own rhyming spells. We also had a mini Haunted House, we dug for skeletons in the Sand Tray and we made some spooky creations in Junk Art.
In our Art lesson, we learned about mixing yellow and red paint to make lovely shades of orange and used it to paint some pumpkins! We did some ghoulish Halloween Science experiments and made our púcas float in the air and made corn magically hop around a glass of water!
We can't believe that we've already come to mid-term! We hope you all have a safe and happy week at home.
Happy Halloween! Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh!
Senior Infants had lots of Spooky fun this week in preparation for Halloween!
In Aistear we had a Witches' Lair where we made revolting potions and made up our own rhyming spells. We also had a mini Haunted House, we dug for skeletons in the Sand Tray and we made some spooky creations in Junk Art.
In our Art lesson, we learned about mixing yellow and red paint to make lovely shades of orange and used it to paint some pumpkins! We did some ghoulish Halloween Science experiments and made our púcas float in the air and made corn magically hop around a glass of water!
We can't believe that we've already come to mid-term! We hope you all have a safe and happy week at home.
Happy Halloween! Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh!
Amazing Autumn
Here are some of the lovely activities we enjoyed while learning all about Autumn. From trees, leaves, nuts and seeds, to weather, harvest, hibernation and migration. Here is a nice poem we learned.
Autumn Leaves
Autumn winds begin to blow,
Coloured leaves fall fast and slow,
Twirling, whirling all around,
Until at last, they touch the ground.
Autumn Leaves
Autumn winds begin to blow,
Coloured leaves fall fast and slow,
Twirling, whirling all around,
Until at last, they touch the ground.
We went on a lovely Autumn walk today and used 4 out of our 5 senses to find signs of Autumn. We also collected lots of leaves and autumn nuts to make some art with. We had a brilliant time exploring and playing together.
Senior Infants 2019-2020
February 2020
Our theme this month was 'Houses and Homes'. The children enjoyed learning about the different types of homes people live in around the world and in Ireland. We did lots of fun group activities based on this.
Our theme this month was 'Houses and Homes'. The children enjoyed learning about the different types of homes people live in around the world and in Ireland. We did lots of fun group activities based on this.
STEM Education
We designed our own houses using lollipop sticks and blu tack. The children enjoyed this challenge and discussed potential solutions to the problems that arose during this task.
We designed our own houses using lollipop sticks and blu tack. The children enjoyed this challenge and discussed potential solutions to the problems that arose during this task.
Maths
We had great fun during maths stations. We love playing maths games and having mathematical discussions!
We had great fun during maths stations. We love playing maths games and having mathematical discussions!
Fairtrade
Fairtrade Fortnight took place from the 24th of February- 8th of March 2020. We watched a video about 'Pablo the Super Banana' and discussed the struggles that somes farmers are faced with when they don't receive a fair price for their produce. The children talked about what we could do to make a difference.
We are all familiar with the fairtrade symbol now. The class drew wonderful pictures for our in-school poster competiton.
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year took place from January 25th -February 4th 2020. This is the year of the rat. The children learned about Chinese culture and how they celebrate the New Year. We painted our own lanterns and chose a symbol to paint onto them. We decorated our classroom with the lanterns.
Chinese New Year took place from January 25th -February 4th 2020. This is the year of the rat. The children learned about Chinese culture and how they celebrate the New Year. We painted our own lanterns and chose a symbol to paint onto them. We decorated our classroom with the lanterns.
Voting
On Friday, February 6th we voted for the story that we liked the best. We counted the votes and read the story that received the most votes. 'Penguin' won the class vote! It was a really nice story. We talked about the General Election which was taking place the following day on Saturday, February 7th 2020.
On Friday, February 6th we voted for the story that we liked the best. We counted the votes and read the story that received the most votes. 'Penguin' won the class vote! It was a really nice story. We talked about the General Election which was taking place the following day on Saturday, February 7th 2020.
January 2020
Integrated Curriculum/Aistear
We explored our theme of 'Clothes' through play. We built shops, designed clothes and sorted clothes!
Integrated Curriculum/Aistear
We explored our theme of 'Clothes' through play. We built shops, designed clothes and sorted clothes!
We set up our own clothes shop in the classroom.
Maths
Maths is fun! We loved making patterns, ordering numbers, adding three numbers and talking about the position of the bears.
Maths is fun! We loved making patterns, ordering numbers, adding three numbers and talking about the position of the bears.
Gaeilge
We had great fun acting out the story of Cochaillín Dearg in our Gaeilge lessons!
We had great fun acting out the story of Cochaillín Dearg in our Gaeilge lessons!
This month in Science we explored melting and freezing through making yummy treats (ice cream and rice Krispy buns)! Great fun all round. |
This month we explored Winter and Winter celebrations through Art, Gaeilge, Maths, Literacy and Play and we even tried making some igloos!
We love exploring shapes through Art and Play!
November was full of post office fun!
Our last forest school session was full of adventure and creativity!
Rope climbing, boulder jumping, making magic wands and hot chocolates were just some of the highlights.
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Dressing up, arts and crafts, wand making, stories, báirín breac and lots more! Happy Halloween from Senior Infants.
A wet and windy Forest School session means mud, tents and lots of fun!
Our pyjama day and trip to see our local puppet show
We love Autumn!
We love exploring Autumn in so many different ways!
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A busy week with a Visit from ‘Dogs Trust’ and a local author for a morning of storytelling. |
Yoga Time
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It was too wet and windy today for outdoor PE so we decided to work on our balance and stretches in yoga instead!
Our first two Forest School sessions!
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For our first two sessions we focused on meeting the Grandmother tree, finding our boundaries, playing games, exploring Autumn, examining flora and fauna in our site, den building, mud play and much much more! Excited for our next session already!
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Our first Aistear session this year- We love to play!
Our first Aistear session was off to a great start today with a bakery, farm play, sequencing, arts and crafts and I-pad activities all based on this weeks story of 'The little red hen'.
Exploring Percussion Instruments
We explored all kinds of percussion instruments today and used them to accompany our new songs.
Fáilte to dtí Naíonáin Shinsearacha
Welcome to Senior Infants 2018
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Gardening Fun!
Spring has sprung and so have our green fingers. We have been busy planting peas and spring onions for our school garden. They will be so tasty - we're excited to watch them grow!
World Book Day
March the 7th marked World Book Day in Ireland. Senior Infants celebrated their love of reading by sharing some of their favourite books with their friends.
At The Cafe
As we've recently been learning about the food pyramid and healthy eating, we decided to open up our own café! It was so enjoyable to work and order food here. We designed menus in the writing area and made lots of tasty snacks from the sand tray.
KETNS Toyshop
The toyshop has been very busy this December. We created lots of cool toys in our toy workshop.
Penguin Fun!
Did you know that the Emperor Penguin is the largest type of Penguin? They live in Antartica, one of the coldest places in the world. Look at the lovely pictures we made!
At The Post Office
We have been learning all about the post office. The post office in KETNS has been very busy this month. We had lots of parcels and letters to sort and there were envelopes to make for the post person to deliver.
Math Trail Fun
It was such fun to do a math trail with 3rd class! We need to join up again soon!
The Gruffalo
We loved reading and writing about the characters in this story. It was great fun making the characters faces during art.
Houses and Homes
Our theme for Aistear this month is home. We've been learning about the different parts of a house and the different types of houses that people build. We have out own home corner in the classroom and we've designed houses in the construction area.
Autumn has arrived!
We love autumn! Here in senior infants we have been learning about what happens in autumn. We made spiky hedgehogs using the fallen leaves, painted beautiful tree picture and we went on a autumn senses walk in the wood. After reading The story of the Scarecrows' Wedding we made our own colourful scarecrows.
Fáilte to dtí Naíonáin Shinsearacha
Welcome to Senior Infants 2017
RSA Visit
Catherine from the RSA came to speak to us about road safety. We learned how to travel in car safely, wear a hi-visibility jacket when out walking and always to wear a helmet if cycling.
Kilcolgan Doctor's Surgery
January is usually a very cold month and lot of people can get sick so we decided to open a doctor's surgery in our classroom. We were kept very busy!
Hanukkah Celebrations
Carla's mum Avital came to teach us a little bit about Hanukkah. We learned about the miracle of Hanukkah and made our own human Hanukkah lamp and Amina was the shamash who pretended to light us. At the end of lesson we got to make our own traditional dreidels.
KETNS Toy Shop
As it's now December we have been very busy ordering, buying and selling toys in our toy shop.
Tibetan Bowl Singing
Fiona visited it us to share a lesson on Tibetan Bowl Singing with us. We got to play her Himalayan bowls using a rin gong. They are often used for yoga, music therapy, meditation and religious ceremonies.
Happy Thanksgiving
William's granny came to share a thanksgiving lesson with us as she was over visiting from the States. We learned all about how the Indians shared their harvest with the first pilgrims and gave thanks together.
Our Post Office
We were very busy in our post office this November.
Autumn
Autumn has arrived! We have enjoyed learning about and observing the signs of Autumn around our homes and school. During literacy we read the story of The Scarecrows Wedding and then in groups we made our own scarecrows. In the writing area we wrote a wedding list to help the Scarecrows from the story (Hetty and Harry) plan their wedding.
Look at the fabulous paintings we did of Autumn trees!
Look at the fabulous paintings we did of Autumn trees!
Houses and Homes
We have been learning about different types of houses and homes. In the construction area we designed our own log cabins and drew some colourful houses on the ipads. In the sociodramatic area we had our own kitchen and made houses using art straws in the art station. The giant doll houses were so much to play with!
Fáilte go dtí Naíonáin Shinsearacha
Welcome to Senior Infants 2016
Happy Easter!
Every year the Student Council hold an Easter bonnet competition for any student who would like to enter. This year we were even more imaginative than usual! Look at some of the amazing headpieces from Senior Infants...
Engineering Week 2017
We learned all about what an engineer does when Dara's dad came to visit our school with some of his engineer friends. They showed us the special clothes they have to wear when on site and they even let us try some of their things on! Not only that but we also helped them with some experiments, it was great fun.
World Book Day
We love reading and listening to stories here in Senior Infants so we were delighted to hear there was a special day dedicated to books!! Everybody brought their favourite book to school and we shared our stories with each other.
Happy Chinese New Year
It's the Year of the Rooster! Chinese New Year began on the 28th of January this year and is usually celebrated for around 2 weeks. Chinese New Year takes place on a different date each year because it is based on the lunar calendar. Chinese people all over the world will mark the festival though lion dances, dragon parades, feasting and fireworks. Shops, restaurants and all the streets are decorated in red and gold. It is a tradition for children to receive red envelopes, which contain gold coins.
Third class surprised us with a visit and a present for all of us - a red envelope with a gold chocolate coin!
Thanks Third Class!!
Third class surprised us with a visit and a present for all of us - a red envelope with a gold chocolate coin!
Thanks Third Class!!
Autumn is Here!
We have been learning about what happens to the world around us when it's Autumn time. It was lovely to go on a nature hunt around the walled garden and record signs of Autumn. In class we painted pictures of Autumn trees.
We have been learning about what happens to the world around us when it's Autumn time. It was lovely to go on a nature hunt around the walled garden and record signs of Autumn. In class we painted pictures of Autumn trees.
Our Home Area
This month our role play area for Aistear was The Home. We discussed different types of families and thought about the different people in our families and the roles they play.
European Day of Languages
Both Alex's and Adrian's mums' come from Spain. They very kindly came in and read us a story in Spanish and celebrate European Language Day with us.
Senior Infants 2015
Census 2016
Jasmine's dad, Fergus, is carrying out the census this year all around South Galway. He has over 300 houses to visit. We learned a little more about this when Fergus came to visit us. Jasmine's little sister Ruby was his special helper!
Spring has Sprung!
We have been learning all about spring. The days are getting longer, baby animals are being born and floweres are blooming. We went on a nature walk and looked for signs of spring all around our school. We also learned about the life cycles of frogs and butterflies!
KETNS Animal Surgery
We are very busy at our Vets at the moment. All animals are cared for. If you would like to make an appointment, please call us at 000-1234!
3D Fun!
We have been learning about the properties of 3d shapes. Blindfolded we had to find the correct 3D shape using our sense of touch. We also made some fabulous creations from different types of 3D objects.
Burns Night
Burns Night is a Scottish celebration held on the 25th January. It commemorates the life of the poet Robert Burns. Otis's mum and dad are from Scotland and his mum Avital came in to share this special day with us. We tasted some Scottish oatcakes, acted out one of Robert Burns famous poems and designed our own family tartan!
Receiving our Flag
As part of initiatives to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising, all primary schools in Ireland are to receive the national flag. Last Tuesday two members from the Defence Force visited KETNS and presented Carla and Kolja (our two youngest pupils) our flag. Murragh and Cathal received our copy of the Proclamation. We learned a little bit about the Rising beforehand and we all felt very proud to sing Amhrán na bhFiann at the end of our visit.
KETNS Doctor's Surgery
KETNS Doctor's Surgery is now open! As it is January, we are very busy with lots of patients visiting with cold's and flu. Please call our friendly receptionist if you would like to make an appointment. Open Monday - Friday!
Guzzler's Visit
Guzzler with his friend Will from the SEAI came to visit us. Guzzler loves to take care of the environment and he shared lots of energy saving ideas with us. We also had lots of fun playing games!!
KETNS Post Office
Our Aistear theme for November was the Post Office. This is a very busy time of year for postal workers and we had a lot of customers that needed to post letters and parcels.
We wrote postcards for our friends in the writing area.
In our maths area we delivered lots of post to our Fairytale friends houses.
One day, a postman (Aoibhinn's dad, Brian) came to visit us and he told us all about his job. We saw how the postman/woman's uniform changed through the years. It was great to be able to ask him lots of questions and find out even more about what it is like to work for An Post. Brian is also an artist and he showed us some lovely pictures of inside his van. We also got to hear Brian play a tune with his flute.
We wrote postcards for our friends in the writing area.
In our maths area we delivered lots of post to our Fairytale friends houses.
One day, a postman (Aoibhinn's dad, Brian) came to visit us and he told us all about his job. We saw how the postman/woman's uniform changed through the years. It was great to be able to ask him lots of questions and find out even more about what it is like to work for An Post. Brian is also an artist and he showed us some lovely pictures of inside his van. We also got to hear Brian play a tune with his flute.
Maths Week 2015
We celebrated Maths week with 4th class. It was fun to do a maths trail around our school!
An Autumn Walk
We have been learning about Autumn and the changes that occur so that we know that Autumn has arrived. On Wednesday we went for a nature walk and investigated signs of Autumn around our school.
Five Senses Experiment
Humans and animals have five senses - sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. Our five senses give us information about the world around us and we use them everyday. We carried out an experiment to see if we could still guess what a food was without being able to see it. We relied on our senses of touch, smell and taste instead.
European Day of Languages
European Day of Languages 2015 was on the 26th of September. Hadrian's mum came in and read us an information book all about space. It was great fun recognising some words, which were the same in English. Kate who is from Poland taught us a song in Polish and we also learned some Polish words. As Anna our principal speaks German a lot when she is at home dropped in and with the help from Isla, read us a story about our favourite elephant Elmer. It was such a fun day.
