Classes

Classes 2023

We have been busy this year across the school. Here are some of the wonderful activities from our school community.

Junior Infants A

Junior Infants A are having a wonderful year. We love to play, especially at Aistear time when we get to explore small world, sand, water, role play, art, construction and so much more. We are a very creative bunch and we love to take time on our creations.

We really enjoy coming to school. We like playing on the yard and in the playground and we really enjoy story time. We are all good friends and we use kind hand and feet with one another. We are great at our Maths and Literacy activities. We have been so busy learning our numbers and letters, and soon we will begin to read books.

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Senior Infants

Senior Infants A&B have enjoyed exploring the stories of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘The Three Little Pigs’. They re-created characters from the story during Aistear in the Art & Craft and Playdoh Areas. They have enjoyed exploring the topic of length through active, hands-on lessons. Senior Infants C set up their own restaurant, built creative restaurants and printed using fruit and vegetables. They also grew cress plants and wrote some instructions for planting cress.

Senior Infants, inspired by a word, dressed up for World Book Day. The 3 classes enjoyed Cluichí sa Halla during Lá Glas. They have also been showing off their dance moves with Anne-Marie during dance lessons. Senior Infants are looking forward to GAA coaching after Easter

2A and 2B

2A and 2B moved to the lovely portacabin village this year and love it. Everything is so shiny and new! Aswell as doing lots of hard work in second class, the children have been having great fun dressing up for various themed days. They dressed up as all things spooky and nice for Hallowe'en. They wore Christmas jumpers and accessories on the day of The Late Late Toy Show which also coincided with our sponsored walk. World Book Day provided another opportunity for the children to get creative with costumes and the teachers joined in the fun! Then they had Lá Glas and so the school turned 40 shades of green for the day.

Third Class A

3A have been very busy over the past few months. We have been learning the ukulele and are slowly building a collection of tunes we can play.

We visited Enniscorthy library recently and got a tour of it. We borrowed books to read over the next while and were treated to a story time session while there.

Our most exciting news is that we have been hatching chickens in our classroom. We need to take great care of the eggs. It takes just 21 days for a chick to develop. We have kept a close eye on their development by ‘candling’ the eggs. We have constructed chicken coops and chickens in Art. The chicks are so fluffy and soft. We will miss them when they return to the farm!

News from The DEN

We have been very busy this Spring in the DEN. We have been learning lots about The Zones of Regulation. We really enjoyed making and flipping pancakes. Much love went into beautiful Valentines Cards we sent to the residents of Castle Garden Nursing Home. We were also delighted to see our daffodils bloom again and added some pretty primroses to brighten up our flower bed. In the next term we hope to see our French beans, peas and herbs grow and look forward to cooking with them.

A big highlight for all was when ‘Nutmeg’ the rabbit came to visit the DEN for a day. She was so soft and furry and loved all the cuddles.

4A

Term 2 has been a busy one for 4A. We have really enjoyed learning about different countries such as Kenya. We found the Maasai tribe and their love of music and dance particularly interesting. We learned and performed An Haka Gaelach during Seachtain na Gaeilge and believe we could intimidate the All Blacks with it! Olympic Handball has become our new favourite sport and we’ve been fine tuning our throwing and catching skills. We ended this term with a surprise trip to the library where we got to meet a famous author and show off how imaginative we can be.

Fourth Class B

4B have been having a fantastic time and learning loads down here in the Portacabin village. We are very lucky to have our new portacabins. They are so spacious and bright and are really warm!

Last week we paid a visit to Enniscorthy library to attend a creative writing workshop with local children’s author, Caroline Busher.

We love our reading in 4^th class and so far this year we have read Roald Dahls ‘The Twits’ and ‘Fing’ by David Walliams. At the moment we are reading ‘Bad Dad’.

4B are learning about Procedural writing and have written lots of procedures over the past few months. We’ve designed and created our very own board games and have written instructions on how to play them. We also made elastic propelled rockets in Science.

We have had many dress up days this year and we really enjoyed dressing up at Halloween and for World Book Day.

In fourth class we have learned to play Olympic Handball. It’s a bit like basketball but without bouncing the ball and you have to throw the ball into the goal.

AS Class

What a great year we’ve had so far in ASC! We have been learning lots both inside and outside the classroom. In October we took a nature trip to Ballycross Apple farm. We visit our local shop and café on social outings and love taking daily walks around our local area.

We are super artists and have enjoyed creating lots of fantastic artwork including snow globes, 3D solar system and spring flowers to name a few. We have also started baking and are really enjoying making tasty treats!

In our daily stations we work on our numeracy, literacy and also study different topics in SESE. So far this year we have researched projects on Egypt, local sports stars, our favourite countries, space and most recently our very own Vinegar Hill.

In March, three of our classmates made their Confirmation, we were all so proud!

We are now looking forward to the last term and all the fun we will have together.

AS Class B

We have had a fantastic year in AS Class B! In October, we enjoyed a trip to Ballycross Apple Farm to visit their witches’ village and pumpkin patch. It was a fun-filled day! We celebrated science week in November by trying out lots of different experiments. We are enthusiastic scientists in this class! In December, we created lots of colourful Christmas art, joined our mainstream classes to sing carols and had so much fun trying to guess what teacher or SNA the mischievous elf was! We also enjoyed a jam-packed day in Leisure Max; we played in their huge soft play area, got competitive in a game of bowling and relaxed in their Lego club area.

When we returned after Christmas break, we began taking weekly trips to our local shop. We really enjoy getting out for a walk and seeing the friendly faces in the shop. We learned all about St Brigid’s Day and created some beautiful Valentine’s Art in February. In March, we had a lot of fun celebrating St Patrick’s Day and are ending this term with a trip to Blackwater Open Farm.

Fifth Class A

We here in 5A have had a very busy and enjoyable year so far. We have been learning a lot in the classroom and outside the classroom also. We have been working extremely hard in all curricular areas.

The children really enjoy SESE topics and love to carry out research independently! We have done lots of projects and some of our favourites were world cup countries, famous scientists and most recently an inspirational woman of our choosing! We have done many science experiments this year but making Drawbots was one of our favourites!

We are very creative in 5A and have done many different art strands from drawing, construction and painting to name a few. The highlight of art was most definitely our famine houses and Christmas foxes and most recently our funky Easter bunnies.

During world book day, we read with JIA and it was really enjoyable. It was lovely to read with junior infants and everyone loved it. We are looking forward to the next time we read with them.

For Seachtain na Gaeilge, we looked after two stations for our game’s day- Musical Chairs & Lá Fhéile Phádraig Bingo. We loved it and everyone had a great day.

We are looking forward to the last few months in 5A and all the exciting projects we will be doing and memories we will be creating.

Fifth Class B

We have had a great year in 5B so far.

We took part in swimming lessons at the start of the school year and we also did rugby, GAA, volleyball and boot camp. We are currently doing dance lessons, this is great fun and we have learned so many new skills from all the coaches. We also make the most of the playground when we have good weather.

5th class can be challenging but we have worked so hard in all our subjects so far this year. We have enjoyed reading our novels ‘Under the Hawthorn Tree’ and ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ which we are currently reading. We worked on recount and explanation writing and we each researched and reported on an animal of interest to us, explaining all about that animal and their life cycle. We loved sharing the information we found with each other.

During SESE, we have covered many interesting topics including The Famine, earthquakes, Anne Frank and many more. When we were learning about Anne Frank, we looked into the Holocaust and we planted crocuses to remember all the people who lost their lives during this time.

Over the last few weeks we have been making Mother’s Day gifts and Easter baskets, we really enjoyed this and loved showing our creative sides. We also took part in a number of zoom webinars and we created some cool drawings of Paddington Bear, Dracula and Snoopy.

We look forward to the rest of our year in 5B, we are getting excited about our school tour to Let’s Go!’ and we are very excited to be going into our final year of primary school.

Fifth Class C

We have been very busy learning and having lots of fun in 5C!

We have learned about so many interesting topics this year; The Explorers, Volcanoes, the physical Geography of Ireland, Animals & Plants and The Great Irish Famine. Every child in 5C has used their incredible writing, research, drawing and creative skills to design their very own class project.

So far, our writing genres have been Recount and Explanation Writing. All the children have created wonderful pieces of work. We have really enjoyed reading our class novels too, Kasper: The Prince of Cats and Under the Hawthorn Tree. The children have loved taking part in Drama lessons based on these novels.

5C are very talented, especially in Maths. All children work together in our Maths lessons to achieve a deeper understanding. Some of the topics we have been working on are long division, long multiplication, time and area.

We are a big fan of teamwork in 5C and promote it in every aspect of our learning inside and outside the classroom. The children have had many opportunities to take part in different sports. Some of these sports include Rugby, GAA, Volleyball, Rackard League, Swimming, Athletics, Basketball, Soccer and we are really looking forward to taking part in Dance lessons after the Easter holidays.

We are all looking forward to what the next few months will bring in 5C.

We have been very busy in the DEN so far this year. Last October we loved making slime and creating some fabulous clay pumpkin pots. In November we planted some daffodil bulbs and have been keeping an eye on their growth, checking on them every week. We can’t wait to see them bloom in the not too distant future. Making and decorating gingerbread was a highlight for all in December. During the past few weeks we have made foam dough, coloured rice, paint foam and had lots of bubble fun.

We also enjoy story time, ‘Fing’ and ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ are two of our favourites. Our mindful minutes and yoga help us to relax also. Watch out for some awesome project work coming soon!

We have had a super year so far this year. We love to learn through play. We have been exploring lots of different topics in our play this year.

We loved bootcamp with Eddie and we are really enjoying gymnastics in the hall at the moment. We also love to visit the school playground.

At Christmas time, we made a Christmas card for our family and posted it in the post box. The postman delivered the cards to our homes.

We have been having great fun this year in Senior Infants. We have been reaching our learning objectives through lots of exciting themes such as: The Gingerbread Man, The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, Home Sweet Home, Santa’s Workshop and many more…

We especially enjoy learning through hands-on activities such as role play, nature walks, art and crafts and even yoga! Station-teaching is one way we explore problem-solving strategies in small groups. This enhances our learning of mathematical concepts in an active and fun way.

We have been learning about how to keep our bodies active and healthy this term. We love exploring the outdoors by visiting the sensory garden, Vinegar Hill and the playground.

We know that it is very important to look after our well-being. We practice mindfulness through mindful breathing, colouring and listening activities.

We look forward to having even more fun this year through our upcoming themes of Africa, Minibeasts, Under the Sea and Travel & Transport.

Senior Infants A & Senior Infants B

1B have been very busy learning and playing since September! We have been very lucky to participate in some fun activities in school like designing our (winning) Halloween pumpkin, having a Christmas party with a special, secret, visit from Santa to our classroom and our mid-term walk to Vinegar Hill. We love going to the playground everyday and exploring our SESE topics through play. Our favourite topics that we have learned about so far have been about the people who help us in our community and the polar regions. We learned lots of new facts about the Gardaí when they came to visit our school which was very cool! They showed us their uniforms, and we got to try on their hats and hold their batons. We even got to put the handcuffs on! We also really enjoyed learning about the Inuit people in the Arctic and all the different animals that live there and in Antarctica.

We have made magic potions during science week, we made slime during Aistear and we have been using clay to make igloos and famous landmarks from around the world.

Our favourite day in school so far was at Halloween. We all came to school dressed up in our scariest costumes, we designed and painted a pumpkin that won a prize in the school’s pumpkin patch, and we had a spooky disco outside in the yard. We also made potions during Aistear, played with colourful rice, and chanted the “Magical Muddle” song as we did it. It was a lot of fun!

We have also been working really hard at improving our writing this year. We have gotten very good at using adjectives in our sentences and stories. We have even become authors and published our explanation writing in our class that describes our new inventions. We worked very hard as a team to create the inventions, plan how they would work, add in our adjectives, write our explanations, and edit them before we could publish them.

We are very proud of all our hard work this year and we’re looking forward to finishing our year in first class.

2A have had a very busy and active year so far. We enjoyed boot camp with Eddie before Christmas and we are currently learning new GAA skills on Tuesdays with Geraldine. It is a lot of fun!

We are learning about procedural writing at the minute and did a fun procedure ‘How to make a rocket balloon’ it was very enjoyable. We also made yummy smoothies and rice Krispie buns as part of our procedural writing too.

We are also busy preparing for our First Confession and First Holy Communion and we cannot wait for our big day on the 11th June.

A big hello from 2B!

Each day is a busy day in 2^nd class. Her is a little sneak peak at some of the things we get up to. We learn lots of Irish, we are learning about Aimsir at the moment, and we practice speaking Irish every day. Maths is harder in 2^nd class, but we are enjoying the challenge. We have been practicing our procedural writing over the past few weeks. This has been so much fun! We made smoothies and balloon rockets. We do lots of movement breaks during the day, GoNoodle is our favourite. We are wonderful artists here in 2B and really enjoy free drawing and colouring time.

We are very busy in 2nd class B getting ready for our 1st Holy Communion. We are learning about the life of Jesus and practicing our prayers each day. Our Communion is in June and we are very excited. We recently went on our first visit to St. Senan’s church.

3A have enjoyed a jam-packed but enjoyable year so far. There has been lots of change as we move into the senior end of the school but we have definitely risen to the occasion. We have been working hard to create a positive, ‘give it a go’ attitude in our class. We have loved saying our positive affirmations every morning as a reminder of how capable we are!

We are an active and enthusiastic class and have really enjoyed spending time outdoors whenever we get the chance. We have especially loved using the outdoor reading circle, movement breaks, playground time and all the wonderful coaching sessions we have received.

As a class we have embraced every opportunity to carry out research and create projects on different topics such as trees, Denmark, Galway, the Vikings and our Grandparent’s Day project. You could say we are expert researchers at this stage!

We particularly enjoyed reading ‘Gangsta Granny’ and listening to teacher read the follow-up novel ‘Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!’ We have been working hard on multiplication for the first time and played countless multiplication games.

We look forward to the last few months of third class and all the fun that lies ahead!

We particularly enjoyed reading ‘Gangsta Granny’ and listening to teacher read the follow-up novel ‘Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!’ We have been working hard on multiplication for the first time and played countless multiplication games.

We look forward to the last few months of third class and all the fun that lies ahead!

This year has been a busy one! We have all enjoyed being back in the classroom and seeing our friends again. 5th class has been challenging at times, but we can be proud of our efforts in class. Our favourite memory from the year so far was making a Lego movie for our Christmas project. We have also signed up to take part in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme. So far we have drafted up some business ideas, learned about Irish entrepreneurs and pitched our ideas to “The Dragons”. Next on our list is to choose our final idea, conduct market research and then produce and sell our product. Stay tuned to see how our entrepreneurs in 5A do.

We have had a great year in 5B so far.

We took part in GAA coaching at the start of the school year and we are currently doing rugby and boot camp down on the Astro pitch, this is great fun and we are learning so many new skills. We also make the most of the playground when we have good weather. We have went exploring up Vinegar Hill and I am sure we will make another few trips up there before the year is out.

5^th class can be challenging but we have worked so hard in all of our subjects so far this year and we are very proud of the fact that we are top of the school in Mathletics all year. We have enjoyed reading our novel ‘Charlotte’s web’ and ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ which we are currently reading. We worked on report writing too and each researched and reported on a subject of interest to us, some of which included researching Harry Potter, Ronaldo, global warming, Korea and World War 2. We loved sharing the information we found with each other.

During Maths, we had a lot fun playing maths games and working out problems and riddles together.

Over the last few weeks we have been experimenting with clay and making Valentine’s coil hearts and we really enjoyed this and loved showing our creative sides. We also took part in a zoom art workshop with Ark Studio and we created some cool axolotyls.

We look forward to the rest of our year in 5B, fingers crossed we have a school tour this year and we are very excited to be going into our final year of primary school.

We here in 6A have had a very busy and enjoyable year so far. We have been learning a lot in the classroom and outside the classroom also. We have been working extremely hard in all curricular areas.

The children really enjoy SESE topics and love to carry out research independently! We have done lots of projects and one of our favourites was on Space! We have done many science experiments this year but the Drawbots & balloon powered cars were definitely two of our favourites.

We are very creative in 6A and have done many different art strands from drawing, construction to painting to name a few. The highlight of art was most definitely our Christmas foxes and our Giacometti inspired sculptures.

Halloween was fantastic and we all made an effort to dress up- the costumes were great!

This year as we couldn’t do a normal Christmas play- we decided that we would reimagine our Christmas play and do our own but outside! We had so much fun and everyone really got into character and embraced filming in the cold!

We are currently doing our Junior Entrepreneur project which we are really loving. We are brainstorming different project/product ideas. Keep an eye out for our product which will be available soon!

We are looking forward to the last few months in 6A and all the exciting projects we will be doing and memories we will be creating.