Halloween, Halloween!
Creepy, Crawly, Halloween! The boys and girls in Junior Infants really enjoyed their 'dress up' day and Halloween Party. A great day was had by all. Enjoy little snippets of the fun we had together :)
Junior Infants ‘Drummin and a Dancin! ;)
Junior Infants: Drum Beats Watch Them Dance! The last two weeks the children have been taking part in Dance Lessons in the PE Hall on Friday's. The children are really enjoying these lessons. They are really working hard on their dance moves and 'shining' like little stars already. Well done to the boys and girls [...]
Junior Infants At The Doctors!
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away! The boys and girls are enjoying their first experience of Aistear in Big School. The children are role-playing the Dr. Surgery in their different stations. The children will spend time playing at the five different stations over a two week cycle i.e. Small World, Home Corner (Drama), [...]
Santa must be on his way!
Spotted over Barefield National School on Tuesday morning was one of Santas reindeers. Also we were lucky enough to see one of Santa’s signs, X marks the spot. These signs tells us Santa is definitely on his way…..
Lessons with Ms. Buckley
Ms. Buckley is currently on placement in our school. She visited our classroom today and taught two lovely lessons. The children listened to a beautiful story called "Cloudette" by Tom Lichtenheld. They read some of the story, discussed it and answered questions based on the story. Afterwards, pupils were treated to a fabulous autumn collage [...]
Goldilocks and the Three Bears – Junior Infants
On Friday Junior Infants put on a performance of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The children have been working very hard over the last couple of weeks learning their lines and songs. They did a fantastic job. They all looked great! Mr. Ruane was our audience and he thought the children were super! Well done [...]
Music with Elvie Miller
This morning, as part of the Creative Schools programme, the two first classes were lucky enough to have a music lesson with Elvie Miller. Elvie brought her piano accordian into the classrooms and taught the children some fun and catchy songs including 'Hello', 'What are you Wearing? and 'Hop Little Bunny.' Afterwards, down in the [...]
We are back in School!
Everyone was delighted to be back at school today. Our pictures here tell the story of the excitement!
Elfie
We had a special visitor in our classroom when we came to school today. An elf was sitting up on top of the whiteboard. The pupils have named him 'Elfie'. Elfie is a kind and well behaved elf. It will be great fun to have him in our room until the Christmas holidays.
Poetry in the Making
This week pupils in Fifth and Sixth classes have been working hard on their entries for the Cleaner Air Poetry Competition. This year's theme is 'My Journey to School'. We are looking forward to hearing all of their fabulous poems!