Mrs. Treacy's Senior Infant class

Making words

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.