Ball Jar Treat!!!

We finally filled our ball jar last week and there were lots of different ideas about what we would have as a treat. A Teddy Bear's picnic proved most popular but we had to postpone as the weather wasn't nice enough so we are going to have it next month so our next choice was to have a movie day! Our classroom was turned into a cinema with a cinema treat shop, designated seats and tickets. We had so much fun! 

S.E.S.E 

We have been making the most of the nice weather and doing some of our work outside in the sunshine. We went on a nature walk and explored all the signs of Spring we could see in our school garden and surrounding area and recorded what we saw through pictures. 

Gaelic Football 

We are very lucky to have Theresa in again from the Meath Sports Partnership. She will be here for 6 weeks teaching Gaelic football to all the classes and she is a firm favourite with the kids! 

Aistear - April 

We had student teacher Miss Crowe in with our class for three weeks and she did lots of wonderful things with us for Aistear. Our role play was the Science lab. We got to explore and study various different mini beasts using magnifying glasses. In our Lego corner we worked in pairs to build bug hotels. In our Art station we made bees and in our writing stations we made fact files on different mini beasts. 

March Fun! 

Road Safety Awareness 
A member of RSA came into our class to give us a talk about ways in which we can keep safe when we are on the road. It was very interesting and it was great to be reminded of the dangers on our roads and what we can do to avoid them. 

Science Fun! 

Our topic for Science was all about sound. We listened to sounds in and outside the classroom. We distinguished between high and low sounds and loud and soft sounds. As part of our Green schools initiative to reduce the amount of waste we use, we decided to use recycled bottles to make maracas. We used rice, salt, dried peas and pasta for each maraca and then tested to see which instrument made the loudest/softest sound. The pasta made the loudest sound and the salt made the softest sound

Pancake Treats!

We celebrated Pancake Tuesday on March 1st. We learned all about where the name Pancake Tuesday or "Shrove Tuesday" came from and we learned about the steps in making pancakes by completing a cutting and sticking activity. The fun part was decorating our pancakes with lemon, sugar and chocolate spread. They tasted yummy!

Aistear Theme - The Supermarket 

Our theme for this month was all about the Supermarket. In our role-play we had the cashiers desk and the supermarket and we had to go shopping with our shopping list, our shopping bag and our money. We played food related matching pairs game son our I-pads. In our writing station we wrote out our shopping lists. We made lots of food using our playdough tools and mats and we did some cutting and sticking activities. We loved playing the shopping list game in our group and the pupils also enjoyed working in small groups and using the lego to create new shops to put into a shopping centre. 

SESE Topic - Space 

This month we have been learning all about Space. We explored the first landing of the moon and did a fact file on Neil Armstrong. We came up with some questions we would ask him in an interview. We created rockets using recycled material from our homes and we created 2D shape pictures of aliens. The pupils loved doing this theme! 

Winter Topic - Penguins 

We have been learning lots of different facts about penguins throughout the month of January. For Art we painted Penguins for our classroom display and we also did some cutting using 2D shapes to make penguins. 

January Aistear - Space Travel Agents 

We had such fun with Aistear this month as we were doing all things Space related. In our Aistear corner we were booking holidays to space through our Space travel agents. We were using our giant block links to create rockets - some were nearly as tall as me!! In our art corner we were using our recycled objects to make our very own rockets. We were doing some spray art and matching with our I-pads  and we were directing our BEEBOTS to the stars while also improving our counting to 20. 

Winter Nature Walk 

Junior, Senior and First class went on a lovely Winter Walk around the school grounds. We had a checklist of all the Winter things we wanted to see. Our list included frost, icy leaves and snow drops. We were very excited to spot the snow drops but we weren't so lucky in finding icicles as it wasn't cold enough but we were very happy with what we did see. It was nice to be out in the cold crisp air and wrapped up in our winter woollies! 

Christmas Aistear 

The theme in our role play corner this month was "The Christmas Post Office." The pupils had great fun delivering parcels and posting Christmas Cards. We were also very busy at our different stations  - We played Christmas matching games and jigsaws on the I-pads and we directed our BEEBOTS on the North Pole mat. We did some cutting and sticking using different Christmas templates and we created objects on the theme of Christmas with our playdough. In our writing station we wrote letters to Santa. In our lego corner we constructed Santa's workshop - The kids had some great ideas - some even adding in an ice rink for Santa and the elves. Lastly we had our wrapping station where the pupils perfected their skills in wrapping presents using ribbons, paper and bows! 

Christmas Panto and Hot Chocolate and Cookies!!

Junior, Senior and 1st have been working hard to fill their ball jar over the past few weeks. We have been working on following our yard rules - kind words and gentle hands and feet. We finally got it filled yesterday and today we watched the Christmas Panto "Little Red Hood" and had cookies with cream and marshmallows and chocolate chip cookies. It was a yummy treat and we had a lovely day! Well done everyone! 

Numeracy - Topic - 3D Shapes 

Last week we were learning all about 3D shapes. We explored the properties of 3D shapes e.g how many sides/faces?,  can they roll? Can they stack? We did some station work on 3D shapes including making 3D shapes using marla and match sticks, playing 3D shape Bingo, making and constructing using 3D shapes and shape colouring activities! 

Aistear Theme for November - Homes/Building 

This month in Aistear our theme was all about Homes. Our group stations included building Lego mazes, making objects for rooms in the house using lego, using the BEEBOTS on Three Little pigs story mats and using a variety of different materials to make the Three Little Pigs houses. In our Role-Play corner we did the Traditional Fairy-Tales - Goldilocks, The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood 

P.E - Topic - Creative Dance 

Junior, Senior and 1st Class have been covering the topic of dance in P.E for the month of November. This week we were working in pairs to perform a mirror dance where one child made up 5 dance moves to music and the partner had to mirror the moves. We performed these dances in front of the rest of the class and we did 2 stars and a wish peer assessment. This involved the children saying 2 things they liked about the dance and something they would like to add or change to improve the dance. The pupils responded to this really well and all the children were so chuffed with the positive comments about their dancing. 

Meeting the kittens!

One of the children in Junior Infants brought his new kittens in for a visit. We met the mother Boo and the 3 new little kittens Marvel, Boo Junior and Ella Eile! They were so cute!

October Fun - Aistear!

We are having lots of fun this month with our Aistear theme! For the first part of the month our theme was the farm and we had a Farmer's Market role play and then for the second half of the month we have had a Halloween themed Aistear and the children have been busy making lots of potions in our potions lab !

Junior, Senior and 1st Class Art !
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September Fun with Aistear!
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Junior, Senior and 1st Class had lots of fun with Aistear this month. Our theme was the Doctor's surgery!

We have been busy!

Stay connected with all the fun activities of Junior Infants, Senior Infants, and First Class below.

A Big Welcome to JI, SI and 1st Class!

Look at all the wonderful children in the Junior room this year! They are ready and excited to learn so much! We can't wait for this year ahead!

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ACTIVE CAMP

4th June 2021

Active Camp came to St. Peter's on Friday 4th June. The sun was shining and the kids had an absolute blast. We made trophies in the Art Station, Played with the Parachute, Played the running and rock, paper, scissors game and the most fun of all was had in the water play area. The kids were absolutely drenched but loved every minute of it.
​Happy Faces all round!