Grandparents Day
or...
A Room Full of Love
On a very cold Thursday at the end of January, we welcomed in the brave Nanas and Grandads of the boys from Room 2.
Some had travelled from England, Limerick, Galway and Gorey, others braved the icy paths of Terenure, but all had come with one mission - to see, support, chat to and hug their wonderful grandchildren.
The boys had completed mini-projects on their grandparents, finding out whether they grew up with phones, tvs, shopping centres or electricity. They had baked their grandparents favourite treats, tidied up the classroom and cleaned the desks. They were ready!
The atmosphere in the room was wonderful, Nanas and grandads being shown around the room, hearing school stories and seeing their grandchild's work. No boy was left on his own, Nanas and Grandads adopted those whose grandparents couldn't make it and took them under their wing for the hour.
When the feast started, the scene was likened to a street party after the war. What a wonderful comparison!
Before we said farewell to our Grandparents we sang them 'The Ugly Duckling' - a song which we thought they might remember from when they were little too.
One Grandad also had Happy Birthday sung to him - because birthdays are special, regardless of whether you're 6 or 56!
One of the boys wished that he could travel back in time to live the day again.
One parent had the scene described to her as 'a room filled with love' and I honestly can't think of a better way to describe the morning.
Some had travelled from England, Limerick, Galway and Gorey, others braved the icy paths of Terenure, but all had come with one mission - to see, support, chat to and hug their wonderful grandchildren.
The boys had completed mini-projects on their grandparents, finding out whether they grew up with phones, tvs, shopping centres or electricity. They had baked their grandparents favourite treats, tidied up the classroom and cleaned the desks. They were ready!
The atmosphere in the room was wonderful, Nanas and grandads being shown around the room, hearing school stories and seeing their grandchild's work. No boy was left on his own, Nanas and Grandads adopted those whose grandparents couldn't make it and took them under their wing for the hour.
When the feast started, the scene was likened to a street party after the war. What a wonderful comparison!
Before we said farewell to our Grandparents we sang them 'The Ugly Duckling' - a song which we thought they might remember from when they were little too.
One Grandad also had Happy Birthday sung to him - because birthdays are special, regardless of whether you're 6 or 56!
One of the boys wished that he could travel back in time to live the day again.
One parent had the scene described to her as 'a room filled with love' and I honestly can't think of a better way to describe the morning.
If you have other photos of the day that you would like to share, please email them in to the school and I will upload them to the gallery.
Welcome!!!
Welcome to our Junior Infant blog.
We will be posting pictures of the wonderful boys from Ms. Mulhall's and Ms. Harte's classes as they work hard and also have lots of fun!
We will be posting pictures of the wonderful boys from Ms. Mulhall's and Ms. Harte's classes as they work hard and also have lots of fun!
Bushy Park
Now that we are old enough and our legs are strong enough, we got to go to Bushy Park!
It was a perfect day - the sun shone, the hills were perfect for rolling down, the playground was full of wonderful things to play on and climb over, under or through. We could run as fast as we wanted and we had our friends all around us. Friends we knew from before Infants and new friends we made this year.
Who knew school could be this much hard work!!!!
It was a perfect day - the sun shone, the hills were perfect for rolling down, the playground was full of wonderful things to play on and climb over, under or through. We could run as fast as we wanted and we had our friends all around us. Friends we knew from before Infants and new friends we made this year.
Who knew school could be this much hard work!!!!
Clonfert Farm Trip
Early one Thursday morning in June, the excited Junior Infants abandoned their books and classroom and boarded a bus bound for Clonfert Farm, Maynooth.
With sun-cream, rain gear, packed lunches, drinks and high hopes they set off on their first day trip together.
Despite the high winds of the previous night, the sun came out and shone on these wonderful boys.
At Clonfert they saw lots of animals - capall, bó, lacha, asal, turcaí, sicíni, muc, gé - to name but a few.
(They have been learning the animal names 'as Gaeilge' for the past couple of weeks.)
There was also crazy golf, zip wire, a fairy fort, bouncy castle, playground, a picnic area and football pitches for them to enjoy.
I wonder how many happily tired boys collapsed once they got home???
With sun-cream, rain gear, packed lunches, drinks and high hopes they set off on their first day trip together.
Despite the high winds of the previous night, the sun came out and shone on these wonderful boys.
At Clonfert they saw lots of animals - capall, bó, lacha, asal, turcaí, sicíni, muc, gé - to name but a few.
(They have been learning the animal names 'as Gaeilge' for the past couple of weeks.)
There was also crazy golf, zip wire, a fairy fort, bouncy castle, playground, a picnic area and football pitches for them to enjoy.
I wonder how many happily tired boys collapsed once they got home???
Balloons!!!
Science Week
Hallowe'en
All dressed up and no-one to scare.......
Christmas
Shared Reading
Every year, the junior classes are teamed up with a senior class for paired reading.
The boys themselves are then paired up with each other and over the year they become buddies.
It was scary at first to have such grown up boys on our classes, or to leave our class and go up to the senior class, but after a few weeks, we really looked forward to seeing our buddies and chatting with them.
The senior boys model reading to their junior charges and share their love of reading.
In some cases, the seniors find out what their buddy likes and then write/print them a story featuring their buddy.
The boys also shared their favourite books with each other.
The boys themselves are then paired up with each other and over the year they become buddies.
It was scary at first to have such grown up boys on our classes, or to leave our class and go up to the senior class, but after a few weeks, we really looked forward to seeing our buddies and chatting with them.
The senior boys model reading to their junior charges and share their love of reading.
In some cases, the seniors find out what their buddy likes and then write/print them a story featuring their buddy.
The boys also shared their favourite books with each other.
Book Fair
Our First Day in the Yard
Learning to play and line up in the red yard - it's really hard work.
When can we eat lunch???
When can we eat lunch???
Active Week
P.E.
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