Mrs. Treacy's Senior Infant class

Sharing and Caring

2012-01-29T21:04:00.002Z

In our SPHE lessons we have been talking about sharing things in the classroom like crayons, lego, duplo, books, pencils etc.. We also talked about caring for each other and respecting things that belong to other people.

The children have built this castle over a number of weeks. Most of the children have helped with the building of it. They shared the Lego as they built it. It also shows that they respected what other children had built and they did not damage it.

Pictures

2012-01-29T20:49:00.000Z

We love to look at photographs of us which were taken since we came to Senior Infants. We love our Witches Walk photos.

Construction

2012-01-17T21:27:00.000Z

Construction is part of our Art and Craft programme. Here you can see our future Architects, Engineers, Artists and Mathematicians creating and inventing!

Saving

2012-01-16T20:57:00.000Z

Two students from GMIT came to our classroom each week before Christmas for six weeks. They read stories to us and told us about how to save our money. They gave us money boxes for holding the money we save.

First Prize

2011-12-05T21:25:00.001Z

Darren, from our class, won first prize for his picture of An Office which teacher entered in an Art Competition. We can see Darren in the picture after receiving his prize of a Labelling Machine and Money from Elwood Office Supplies. Well done Darren!

Bulbs

2011-12-04T20:34:00.005Z

We sowed some Hyacinth bulbs in our classroom. We sowed some of the bulbs in a pot of clay. We put one bulb in a glass of water. We sowed two more bulbs outside in our outdoor garden.

We will watch and see which bulbs grow the fastest and we will find out the reason why.

Town Hall Theatre

2011-10-23T20:20:00.000Z

We went to the Town Hall Theatre last Friday to see a show called Nubes meaning Clouds. It was part of the Baboró Festival. We saw six dancers create a world of moving objects and dream-like imagery utilising the theme of Clouds in the most magical way.

We went to the Town Hall by bus and that was very exciting. We discussed and drew pictures of our favourite parts of the show when we returned to the classroom.

Library Visit.

2011-10-18T13:24:00.001Z

We walked to Ballybane Library last Friday. We were there for Storytime. We heard the story of The Widemouth Frog. We really enjoyed it. Jonathan played the guitar for us too. We looked at the books there. We were very tired by the time we had walked back to our classroom.

Bottle Bank

2011-10-17T21:01:00.001Z

We visited the bottlebank last week as part of our Science lesson. We were discussing Recycling. Teacher brought in some bottles so we all went to the bottlebank and we decided into which bank each bottle should go. Two gentlemen came with a big box of various coloured bottles. We watched to see were they putting the bottles in the right banks. We know a lot about Recycling now.

Our Garden

2011-09-25T20:06:00.003Z

We are settled back into school with our teacher Mrs Treacy. We are in Senior Infants now and we are kind to the new Junior Infants in the yard.

Kay came to visit us last week. She talked to us about our garden and how to take care of it. She helped us plant lettuce, cabbage and garlic. We will take care of them now. We will water them when they need water and watch them grow.

Senior infants sports day

2011-06-24T16:03:00.002Z

Our Train Day

2011-06-10T14:08:00.003Z

Check out the video of the day's event on http://www.livestream.com/galwayeducationcentre/video?clipId=pla_4d85ad5b-89da-43f4-a95a-69268f49aa21&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb

Details of our class tour

2011-06-03T19:29:00.003Z

Caterpillars

2011-05-31T21:31:00.001Z

We have been watching our caterpillars grow in the jar since we got them. They have eaten all the food that came with them. They got much longer and fatter.

Yesterday morning we were surprised to see the caterpillars had formed cocoons and were hanging from the top of the jar. Teacher transferred them into the Butterfly Garden and now we are watching for them to come out of the cocoon as butterflies.

A movie of our train project with Ms. McLoughlin's class

2011-05-18T19:18:00.001Z

Spring Walk - Friday, 4th March

2011-05-03T20:55:00.001Z

We went for a nature walk on Friday to observe all the signs of Spring. We saw two birds' nests just beside our school and the birds were busy flting back and forth to the nests. We spotted one bird with a twig in its beak flying back to its nest. We noticed how birds like to build their nests up high for better protection from both humans and animals. We also saw that most of the trees had buds on them by now whereas a few weeks ago there were no buds to be seen around our school!! We saw some lovely daffodils and some snowdrops also. Then we all closed our eyes for a minute and just listened to all the sounds we could hear. It was lovely to hear the birds singing.

Our Garden

2011-05-03T20:39:00.002Z

We planted some lettuce and radish seeds today in our garden outside our classroom. Our daffodils are dying back but they were lovely. We planted the daffodil bulbs before Christmas.

We watered the seeds with our watering can as the soil was very dry. We will have lettuce and radishes to eat before we get our Summer holidays.

Fire Brigade.

2011-03-30T16:12:00.004Z

The Fire Brigade and Firemen visited our school last Thursday. No, we did not have a fire. We were allowed use the water hoses and spray the water. We were also allowed up into the cab of the fire brigade and look at what was in there. The firemen work to protect us.

Bridges

2011-02-13T21:10:00.003Z

In our Construction, which is part of Art, we have been designing bridges. Teacher says we will be great Architects and Engineers.

Letters and blending

2011-02-13T21:05:00.001Z

We have been using our magnetic letters to put the alphabet together and to create three letter words which we can sound out and read. We are getting much better at our reading.

Visit to the Teddy Bear Hospital

2011-01-31T18:29:00.003Z

We visited the Teddy Bear Hospital. Click on the pictures to increase the size and read about the trip.

Learning to save

2010-12-20T22:08:00.000Z

We had Marion and Bob in our classroom one day each week for the past few weeks teaching us how to save.

They are Business students in GMIT and we loved when they came to our class. Bob is from China and he gave each of us some of their money. It is different to ours. They gave each of us a certificate and teacher took some photographs.

Our Snowman

2010-12-05T19:55:00.001Z

We made a lovely snowman in front of our classroom last week. We used our shovels to gather the snow. We brought in little stones from home to use for his eyes and buttons. We had a carrot for his nose but we did not use it as it was too big for the little snowman. We had a cap and scarf for him too.

When we came to school the next day the snowman had nearly all melted away. We discussed in class why he melted away and we had lots of reasons. Now we are glad we still have the pictures to look at!

Clay

2010-11-30T20:15:00.001Z

We made some lovely pots out of clay last week. We had to roll and shape the clay carefully. We rolled it into a ball and then used our thumbs to shape it into a pot.

We left them to dry for a few days. We painted and decorated them. They looked lovely when we had them finished.

Recycling

2010-11-10T20:39:00.002Z

Today we were talking about recycling in our class. We have to put different coloured bottles and jars into different coloured recycling bins. Our teacher took us down to the bottle bank and she had a bag of different coloured bottles to put into the bins. We had to guess into which bin we had to put each bottle.

Gardens

2010-11-10T20:26:00.002Z

We were sowing vegetables in our gardens last week in class. We were learning to sow them in rows. We put one type of vegetable in each row and we did not mix them. It was good fun. We had lovely stickers of the vegetables.

Patterns

2010-09-19T21:36:00.006Z

We are back at school and settled in to our new Senior Infants class. Last week we were talking about patterns and making patterns. We made patterns using bears, links, elephants and cubes. We also made patterns on our Interactive whiteboard where we dragged and dropped animals to create a pattern. We will search at home for something with a pattern on it and bring it in to teacher.

Picnic at the beach

2010-06-23T21:25:00.002Z

We went on a picnic to the beach yesterday. It was a nice sunny morning and we had a lovely walk there. We had our picnic first at the picnic tables. We left the place clean and tidy after us. Then we went down on to the beach. We kept away from the water and we had lots of fun on the sand. We made lots of sandcastles and we used feathers as our flags. We played hopscotch and collected shells and crabs.
We washed our hands before we came home. By the time we reached our classroom we were exhausted but we all had a very enjoyable day.

Construction

2010-06-15T19:14:00.003Z

Construction is part of our Art and Craft programme. Have a look at our future Engineers, Architects, Artists and Scientists at work. They are very proud of what they make!

Floating and sinking

2010-05-25T20:49:00.004Z

Today we were doing an experiment to see what would float and what would sink. We discovered that a pencil, wood, a bottle and a piece of paper float. We discovered that a stone, a coin, and a piece of lego all sink. Teacher gave us a ball of plasticine each. When we put it in the water it sank to the bottom. We discovered that if we made it into a boat shape it would float.

Making words

2010-05-25T20:29:00.004Z

We make lots of words using our magnetic letters on our magnetic boards. We are able to make lots of words without any help.

The Lifeguard

2010-05-25T20:03:00.007Z

We had a visit from Séamus, the lifeguard, on Monday. He told us a lot of rules about swimming at the beach. We must swim between the yellow and red flags where it is safe. A red flag means "danger" so we should not swim if it is up. We should not swim after eating as we might get a cramp. He gave us stickers if we could tell him one of the many rules.
Séamus showed us a lifebuoy and showed us how a person is pulled from the water using the lifebuoy. He also told us not to mess with the lifebuoy as some day it might be needed to save someone.

Raised vegetable bed

2010-05-25T19:33:00.005Z

Wictoria's dad made a lovely " raised bed " for our classroom. It is a wooden rectangular frame with a canvas base. He kindly transferred the potatoes which we had growing in a plastic bag into the new bed. We planted two cabbage plants into the bed. We also sowed some lettuce seed and onion seed in the bed. We water them every day and we are waiting for the seeds to grow.
A big "thank you" to Wictoria's dad from all of us!

Caterpillars

2010-05-17T21:21:00.003Z

We got five caterpillars in school last Wednesday. They came in a container with enough food inside for them. There are air holes in the lid of the jar so they can get air. We look at them every day to see if they are growing!

Bird's Nest

2010-05-13T20:46:00.003Z

Yan brought in a bird's nest today. It is big and heavy. It is made from sticks woven carefully together. The inside of the nest is lined with hair. We all examined the nest and came to the conclusion it belonged to a big bird. We think it may belong to a Magpie!

Potatoes

2010-05-13T20:38:00.003Z

Our potatoes are doing well. We can see the leaves over the soil now. We love to water them using our watering can. We get the water from the "water butt" outside.

The Volcano

2010-04-25T19:35:00.004Z

We have heard a lot of talk about the Volcano in Iceland. Using our Interactive whiteboard we had a look at the volcano erupting and we were fascinated by it. As a result we decided we would make our own volcano.
Leah made this volcano using Papier Maché. Teacher brought in breadsoda, vinegar and red food dye. Our volcano erupted beautifully and we needed a big tray to collect the Lava!

Planting Potatoes

2010-04-25T19:14:00.003Z

As part of our Nature Study we planted three potatoes in a plastic bag outside our classroom. We put a few shovels of compost in the bag. We placed the potatoes in the compost. We covered the potatoes over with more compost. We watered them and left them to grow.
We look each day to see have any shoots come up from the potatoes and we water them frequently. When the shoots come up over the soil we will cover them again with compost which will increase our crop of potatoes.

Nature walk

2010-04-25T19:00:00.004Z

We went on lots of Nature walks. Here we are looking at the changes Spring has brought to nature. We are looking at the buds opening on the Ash and Horsechestnut trees.

Printing

2010-03-18T20:22:00.002Z

We did some lovely printing using half of an apple. We did them in green in the outline of an apple. We think they look very nice.

Feeding the Birds

2010-01-12T15:55:00.004Z

Last Thursday when we came back to school after the Christmas holidays the ground was hard with frost and it was very cold. Teacher told us that the little birds would not be able to find any worms now so we decided to put out our bird feeder. We put some nuts and water into it and then we put it on the outside of the window. We will check each day that there is food there for the birds so that they will not be hungry.

Patterns

2009-12-13T20:31:00.003Z

In our Maths class we were looking at patterns. We found patterns on material, on paper, on bracelets and lots of other places. When we understood what patterns were we made our own patterns. We used links and made a chain with different coloured links creating a pattern. We also made our own bracelets using different coloured beads to create a pattern.

Recycling

2009-12-08T20:43:00.007Z

We have been talking about recycling in class and we have been using our grey and green bins every day. Yesterday we went to the bottle banks and we saw the banks for the different coloured glass bottles. Teacher brought some glass bottles with her so we put them in the right banks. We had one juice tin so we put that in the bank for tins. We saw a bank for old clean clothes there too.
Back in class Leah showed us her lunch bag which was made from two recycled plastic bottles.

The Witches Walk

2009-10-30T20:48:00.004Z

We had our annual Witches Walk on Friday October the 23rd. It was a very enjoyable day for all the children. Thanks to all the parents for dressing up the children and making the day so memorable for them. Thanks also for all the money you collected and donated.

Spiders

2009-10-30T16:15:00.003Z

We made lovely spiders using clay and pipe-cleaners with Miss Newell. We rolled, pinched, banged and flattened the clay into a nice round flat shape. Then we put in the legs and bended them. Lastly we put on the eyes. It was a lot of work but we really enjoyed it. Have a look at us working.

Back to school

2009-09-20T19:20:00.003Z

We are back to school since the first of September. There are 11 boys and 9 girls in our class now. The two new boys are Denis and Aaron. We have two Aarons in the class now. We are getting to know the new boys and we all get along very well together.

Picnic at the Beach

2009-06-28T20:21:00.003Z

We went on a picnic to the beach last Wednesday. It was a beautiful day. We were all well prepared with our sun hats, sun protection cream and suitable clothing. It took us about half an hour to walk there. We had our picnic first at the picnic tables. We left the place really clean after us. Then we went down on the beach. Teacher told us to keep away from the water. We wrote our names on the sand, made sandcastles, played hopscotch and gathered shells and crabs. We had lots of fun but all too soon it was time to wash our hands under the tap and walk home again.

Crazy Hair Day

2009-06-19T20:38:00.003Z

We had our Crazy Hair Day on Friday May 29th. Children were asked to be creative and wear a crazy hairstyle for the day. The day was a great success. Well done parents and children!. The money raised went towards funding for interactive whiteboards.

Butterflies

2009-06-19T19:21:00.008Z

We were watching the cocoons in our Butterfly Garden for about two weeks. Eventually, one morning when we came into school, we noticed one of the butterflies had come out. Its wings were still damp so it could not fly yet. When all five butterflies came out we fed them bits of orange and banana as well as water and sugar. We released them on Friday the 29th of May. We were a little sad but happy to see them fly away. We still watch out for the butterflies when we are outside.

Drumming

2009-05-21T19:39:00.004Z

We went to our first drumming lesson today with Alan. We had a drum each and a stool to sit on. We did warm-up exercises first. We had good fun beating the drums.

Caterpillars

2009-05-21T19:32:00.003Z

Our five caterpillars have formed their cocoons. They were hanging from the lid of the jar so teacher moved them carefully into the "Butterfly Garden". We watch them every day to see if we can see the coloured wings forming inside in the cocoon.

Caterpillars

2009-05-06T20:14:00.004Z

We got five caterpillars on Tuesday of last week. They were very short and thin and they did not move about much in their jar. When we came back to school on Tuesday of this week we were surprised to see how long and fat they have grown. They have eaten a lot of their food.

2009-03-12T20:57:00.005Z

We learned about the story of The Salmon Of Knowledge.

We all picked a scene to illustrate.

Look at the fantastic pictures we made to go with the story.

We thought the legend was very interesting.

Balancing

2009-03-08T19:04:00.003Z

We worked hard to see what balances we could make in PE

All the boys and girls came up with their own shapes.

Some children made some really good balances and teacher could not balance like the children.

Take a look at some of the excellent balances the boys and girls in room 8 were able to do.

Balance

2009-03-08T18:51:00.005Z

Room 8 learned all about balance.

We experimented with cubes and items we found around the classroom.

We wanted to see how many cubes it took to balance the scale when we place different items on the scale.

We all guesed how many cubes it would take to balance the scale.

Everyone was suprised to see that the book took 33 cubes to balance the scale.

Construction

2009-03-05T18:19:00.007Z

Today we worked really hard on constructions.

We made a stage.

We learned that every story has a beginning a middle and an end.

We chose the scene of the kitchen and the porridge made by Mammy Bear.

We stuck the scene to the back of a shoe box.

We cut the characters out on card so they would stand up.

We will have great fun making other stories using our characters.

2009-03-05T18:01:00.003Z

We talked about special things.

We all have something that is speical to us.

We shared our special things with our class.

Take a look at some of the things that are special to the boys and girls in room 8

2009-03-05T16:38:00.004Z

Today it was Oliwia's name day.

She brought a treat for every body in the class.

Polish Name Day Tradition
If you have ever seen a Polish calendar, you may have noticed that each day of the year has a name on it.

Names appear on almost every Polish calendar and indicate what is called imieniny or “name day”, the feast day of the saint for whom you are named.

In Poland, name days are a special time for family and friends to gather.

Sometimes friends and family simply stop by to wish the person celebrating their name day Wszystkiego najlepszego! (All the best!) and sto lat! (A hundred years!).

Clay

2009-03-02T19:54:00.001Z

Have a look at us as we worked really hard with clay to make beautiful Valentines Day hearts! We hope you liked them.

Making puppets in room 8

2009-02-26T15:32:00.014Z

Look at our puppets

This week we used different sorts of materials to make puppets.

We had great fun making our puppets.

Our puppets are made from felt. Two pieces of felt were sewed together to make the puppet.

We brought the puppets to life by giving them faces and hair. We used wool, cotton balls, pipe cleaners and other bits and bobs.

Look at the fantastic puppets we made.

Science

2009-02-24T16:54:00.005Z

Science in room 8

Today we worked as scientists.

We carried out an experiment to see if all heavy things sink.

We looked at alot of different things to investigate the question.

We all told teacher what we thought was going to happen.

13 children thought that all heavy things sink and 4 children thought all heavy may not sink.

We wrote our guess on our sheet and some boys and girls put the object into the water, we all watched closely to see if it would float or sink. We recorded the result on our record sheet.

We were all really suprised to see that the orange floated in the water.

The result of the experiment showed us that not all heavy things sink.

It was very interesting!

The Mulkerrin Brothers

2009-02-24T16:35:00.005Z

The Mulkerrin Brothers

The brothers came to our school and played music and Séan danced sean nós.

The boys are very talented. They are dancing in the final of "Irelands Got Talent" on March 15th. They need all of our votes. Good luck to the boys from the West.