1st & 2nd Class

November News

Wrinkled Heart

In 1st & 2nd Class, we learned that if you upset someone you wrinkle their heart. If you say sorry it will be smooth out the wrinkle a bit, but it will always leave a wrinkle. We learned a poem and did Art. It was fun.

By Clara & Esmé


Yoga 

In 1st & 2nd Class, we did yoga, it was very fun. We all sat beside each other. We played lots of games like pom poms and freeze poses, it was fun, we loved it! We also did roll the dice yoga poses and it was fun.

By Sarah & Maisie


Smarties Data 

In Maths, we have been learning about Data. On Thursday, Ms Walker bought smarties for the whole entire class. We divided the smarties into colours and made a graph using the data. Afterwards, we ate them!

By Maya & Luka


Penguin Art 

In 1st & 2nd Class for Art, we made Penguins. First, we cut out the body. Then, we cut out the arms, feet, beak and eyes. We painted a background, using pink and blue paint. We made an iceberg for the penguins to stand on. After we stuck them on, we added pom poms, hats and snow. 

By Emmeline & Derek


Autumn Leaves 

In 1st & 2nd Class, for art we made Autumn Leaves. There were lots of different types of leaves. We cut out our chosen leaves . We covered the edge of the leaves with chalk and we used our fingers to spread the chalk onto the paper. We then took off the leaves and we were left with the outline.

By Robin & Gwynne


Science Week 

On Monday, we did lego science. We build a bulldozer. It was made of technics and it was really fun.

By Cameron, Arvo & Max


Patterns 

In Maths, we learned that there are so many ways to make patterns. There is one called a growing pattern and one called a repeated pattern. In groups, we made both patterns!

By Jessica & Niko

October News

Nature Table

In 1st & 2nd Class, we have been learning about counting the rings on a tree stump in our Over the Moon reader and skills book. Then, Mrs McNicholas brought in two tree stumps. Then, Ms Walker made a nature table. It started to fill up after a few days.

By Clara & Emmeline

Free Writing

On Wednesdays we do Free Writing and it is so fun!

By Gwynne

Maths Week

Maths Week was fun and amazing. It was cool and super fun! We went on a Maths trail.

By Cameron, Sam & Max

Junior Praise (Hymn Book)

In 1st and 2nd Class we have Junior Praise. We think it is the best book in the world. We got our own one of them. We love them! Maisie's hasn't come yet, it's running late. We are having a Junior Praise playdate. We are going to sing and sing! It is amazing!

By Elise, Sarah & Maisie

Bats

In Art, we made hanging bats. It was fun. We painted a sunset and we made bats. They have a surprise on their tummies. 

By Esmé & Luka

Halloween Bingo

It was fun, we got jellies. We played it two times. There was a haunted house. We love it!

By William & Arvo

Halloween Dress Up

We did Halloween dress up, it was so cool. We saw lots of people dressed in their Halloween costume. It was so fun! We dressed up as scary cheerleaders. The 6th Class boys are dressed up as Oompa Loompas. 

By Jessica & Anna

September News

1st & 2nd Class have had a very busy September! Our classroom had a big change over the summer and we got lovely new storage. The classroom now looks very tidy all of the time and can store all of our toys and books. We love them so much, thank you to the school for getting them for us! 


Welcome to Our Class

On the first day back at school, we were all given a colouring sheet. Then, Ms Walker told us that we would be putting all the sheets together and make one big picture that said Welcome to Our Class. It had lots of pretty pictures and it was full of colours.

By Clara and Robin


Our Teacher

Ms Walker teaches us in 1st and 2nd Class. She teaches us so much Gaeilge, Music, Art, Maths and lots of other things. She is very nice. We look forward to a great year together!

By Luka and Jessica


Our Summer Memories

In 1st and 2nd Class we wrote all about our summer memories. We drew pictures of our holidays.

By Maisie, Elise and Sarah


Our Colour Wheels

We had to use red, yellow and blue to make the secondary colours. We learned that red + yellow = orange, blue + yellow = green, and red + blue = purple. We made very nice pictures!

By Richard and Esmé


Crayons

In Art, we designed our own crayons. They are colourful. They are outside our classroom. We listened to a poem about crayons and how we are all unique.

By William and Cameron


Cozy Corner

The cozy corner is a cozy place. The cozy corner is a tent and it has animals on it. The cozy corner has cushions and it has windows that open.

By Sam and Gwynne