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Monday 28 October 2013

Self Expression Day!

Posted in , | 20:33 | by Cecelia


For Self Expression Day, we all chose clothes that told others something about our identity - sports we like, teams we follow, favourite things to do, favourite foods, our culture, language, religion etc. 

Additionally, we all designed a personal crest showing some aspects of our identity also. We told everyone in the class why we were wearing our outfits and then we visited some other classes too. It was a really fun day!

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Making Chapatis

Posted in , | 16:42 | by Cecelia


We were using stories to learn all about life in different parts of Asia. As part of this, we read 'What Shall I Make?' by Nandini Nayer. We decided to make chapatis just like Neeraj in the story. To help us with this, we invited in Naraen's mum Rama to give us some hints and tips about making chapati. It was really good fun and we learned lots and lots!

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Thursday 24 October 2013

The Rights Factor!

Posted in ,, | 13:58 | by Cecelia


Today we did our performance for the Rights Factor!  This is always one of the highlights of Human Rights Month and this year was no different!  Check out our wonderful singing below!  The song is based upon the book 'Whoever You Are' by Mem Fox that we read in the first week.  We've learned a lot about human rights and equality since then! :-) 


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Musical Patterns

Posted in | 13:36 | by Cecelia


Today we watched a video that showed us how to make musical patterns in an aab style.  Could you think of any other words you could use?

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Wednesday 23 October 2013

Learning ISL (Irish Sign Language)

Posted in , | 18:00 | by Cecelia


Today we were learning some ISL (Irish Sign Language) with Sarah. It was really interesting and great fun! You can learn some of the words we did by watching the video below! :-)

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Capital D

Posted in ,, | 14:39 | by Cecelia


We were learning capital D today! 
 Down to the Ground, then take a break. Half a circle is what you'll make! 5NuT4K on Make A Gif, Animated Gifs

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Tuesday 22 October 2013

No Gender Stereotypes in Senior Infants!

Posted in , | 13:57 | by Cecelia


We were talking all about gender stereotypes today. We discussed some stereotypes that exist about colours, toys and activities for boys and girls. We looked at some photos showing the gender stereotypes in the world around us. 
Image from http://www.trendsactive.com/#!/news/gender-stereotypes/ 

  We decided we weren't going to use stereotypes in our classroom and tell other people when they use them - 'Don't be silly, that's a stereotype!'.

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Ai, ay and a_e sounds!

Posted in | 13:43 | by Cecelia


We watched an episode of Alphablocks today to revise both the 'magic e' rule for a and the ai/ay sound. Remember shy i doesn't like to be at the end of a word so then toughy y takes his place!

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Making Patterns!

Posted in | 13:38 | by Cecelia


We were making patterns today. We watched this video from Sesame Street to start us off thinking about patterns.



Then we played this game where we had to continue patterns.


Could you create your own patterns from scratch? Give it a go with some shapes here!




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Monday 21 October 2013

There Were 10 in the Bed

Posted in | 14:15 | by Cecelia


We watched this maths song today. It's a good way to start thinking about all the different ways to make 10! For example, 9 and 1 make 10. How many can you think of?

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Learning Capital A

Posted in ,, | 14:07 | by Cecelia


Pull down twice from the top. Add a seat to view the apple crop!    2wvxJU on Make A Gif, Animated Gifs

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Ag foghlaim ár nGaeilge!

Posted in | 14:03 | by Cecelia

Cuir an bruscar sa bhosca bruscair!




Cuir an bruscar sa bhosca bruscair, le do thoil!





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Friday 18 October 2013

Learning capital C!

Posted in ,, | 14:05 | by Cecelia


Cars cruise down curvy c. Stop near the ground- that’s it you see!
Capital C on Make A Gif

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Wednesday 16 October 2013

Learning Cant

Posted in , | 15:30 | by Cecelia


We were learning some Cant today as part of our equality work for Human Rights Month. See if you can remember the words below? 

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Tricky Word Songs - by, my and one

Posted in | 15:20 | by Cecelia





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Tuesday 15 October 2013

Capoeira

Posted in , | 16:30 | by Cecelia


We had a great session of capoeira today! Last week, we learned all about the human rights history of capoeira and today we had great fun practising some moves today! You can see what we got up to in the video! :-)

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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Posted in , | 13:50 | by Cecelia


In the run up to our referendum on Friday, we've been learning lots and lots about human rights and specifically, children's rights. You can revise some of them below!



What do you think? 
 Are children's rights respected in Balbriggan?

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Our Class!

Posted in | 13:39 | by Cecelia


Revise the golden rules and meet the class! :-)

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Monday 14 October 2013

Addition facts

Posted in | 15:46 | by Cecelia


Here's another deck that lets you practise your addition facts.  See if you can figure some of these out! :-)


You can use the class account (user name:seniorinfants@live.co.uk password: _betns123) or even better make your own account so it remembers the ones YOU get wrong! 

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Ar Scoil - Lón

Posted in | 15:41 | by Cecelia

D'fhoglaim muid roinnt focail ag baint le scoil inniu. Déanaigí athbhreithniú orthu anseo! 

We learned some vocabulary related to school today in Irish.  Revise them here!





You can use the class account (user name:seniorinfants@live.co.uk password: _betns123)  or even better make your own account so it remembers the ones YOU get wrong!

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Saturday 12 October 2013

Books We're Reading

Posted in , | 13:34 | by Cecelia


Check out our new Shelfari widget to keep up to date with what we're reading in class! 

You can set up your own shelf if you want to keep track of your books - you can even rate the books and write their own reviews! If you do make an account, let us know so we can connect together!

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Friday 11 October 2013

Autumnal Trees inspired by Jasper Francis Cropsey

Posted in | 00:16 | by Cecelia


Today in art, we were inspired by the American artist Jasper Francis Cropsey. We looked at some of his paintings of the Hudson valley in autumn time and used his colour scheme to create our own autumnal trees using both painting and printing.


Check out our work below. :-)


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Thursday 10 October 2013

Ordering numbers

Posted in | 13:44 | by Cecelia


Today we played a game where we ordered numbers from smallest to largest. We did it from 0-10 and also from 0-20. See if you can do it yourself at home! You can even put in your own numbers to order if you like!  


Click on the t-shirts on the clothes line to play again!



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Tuesday 8 October 2013

Describing a polar bear!

Posted in , | 13:45 | by Cecelia


We wrote a description of this bear today. We did a great job and remembered all the types of sentences that you need when describing.



Could you describe the bear using...

... a colour sentence? 
... a size sentence? 
... a position sentence? 
... a number sentence? 
... an action sentence? 
... a feeling sentence? 
... a shape sentence? 
... a texture sentence?

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Count and Move

Posted in | 13:39 | by Cecelia


We had great fun today counting up to 20 as the numbers moved along! See if you can count at home too!

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Tricky Word Songs - Go No So

Posted in ,, | 13:37 | by Cecelia

We have new tricky words to learn! 
Go, no and so!


  

  

 

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Monday 7 October 2013

Human Rights Month - Learning about Deafness

Posted in ,, | 15:31 | by Cecelia


As part of our work on disability for huma rights month, we have been learning a lot about people who can't hear very well. Sometimes, these people are called deaf people.

 First of all, we read a book called Moonbird. This told the story of a young prince that couldn't hear earth sounds. He visited some animal friends and they showed him how to communicate with his hands. When he returned to earth, the king and queen learned how to talk to him using their hands and eyes too. 


Then we read Freddie and the Fairy. This story is all about a fairy who can't hear very well so she sometimes mixes up the wishes that the boy is asking for. This book taught us the 3 Golden Rules for speaking to someone who can't hear very well - speak clearly, don't cover your mouth and always face towards the person. 


Today, we read A Birthday for Ben. This book is about a boy called Ben who hates birthday parties because he feels left out of the games that need music. He even decides that he doesn't want a party for his own birthday because he doesn't want his deaf friends to be left out. Luckily, his mother comes up with lots of ways to make sure that everyone can join in all the party games by using lights and coloured cards as signals as well as music. 



We also looked at the First Animal Sign Book today. We learned all the signs for the animals in the zoo. It was great fun!




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Old Mother Hubbard

Posted in , | 12:12 | by Cecelia


Our new rhyme for this week is Old Mother Hubbard. 

 Here are some of the verses we will be learning!

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Counting Fun!

Posted in | 12:11 | by Cecelia

Today we were practising counting up and back from ten with the Angry Bird song. 


We also practised counting the correct number of spots for the ladybird! 

 Click on the picture to play again at home!

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Unscrambling sentences!

Posted in , | 12:08 | by Cecelia


We were unscrambling sentences today in stations. 

 Click on the picture to play at home!


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Saturday 5 October 2013

Ag Foghlaim na Dathanna

Posted in | 15:33 | by Cecelia


Bhímid ag foghlaim na dathanna i rith na seachtaine. Ag deireadh na seactaine, rinnemamar an fís seo ionas go mbeidh daoine eile in ann iad a fhoghlaim freisin! Bainigí taitneamh as! 

We were learning our colours during the week. At the end of the week, we made this video so that other people can learn them too! Enjoy!

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Dha Éinin Bheaga

Posted in | 11:02 | by Cecelia


Féach ar fís den rann nua 'Dhá Éinín Bheaga'!  


 Nach bhfuil sé galánta?

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Friday 4 October 2013

Posting comments!

Posted in | 13:37 | by Cecelia


To write a comment to any of the posts on this blog.... 


1. Go to the end of the post.  Click on 'Comments'. 


 2. Write your comment in the box. 

  3. Choose 'Name/URL' from the 'Comment as' selection. 

4. Write in your name. 

 5. Click 'Publish'. 

 6. Your comment will appear once it has been moderated. :-)

 Happy commenting! 

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Thursday 3 October 2013

Numbers Help Me Count!

Posted in | 14:51 | by Cecelia


Here's a really nice video we watched today all about how numbers help us count! It was great fun!

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We Are All Born Free

Posted in ,, | 14:47 | by Cecelia


We read 'We Are All Born Free' in school this week. 


We learned about some of the rights that all humans should enjoy. You can watch a video showing some of these here! 


Remember, everyone has rights so everyone also has the responsibility to protect other people's rights!

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Na Dathanna!

Posted in | 14:02 | by Cecelia


D'fhoglaim muid ár ndathanna inniu. Déanaigí athbhreithniú orthu anseo! 
We learned our colours in Irish today. Revise them here!

http://flashcards.educationlabs.com/Default.aspx?page=Home#/Play/?deckid=11918

 You can use the class account (user name:seniorinfants@live.co.uk password: _betns123)  or even better make your own account so it remembers the ones YOU get wrong!

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Tuesday 1 October 2013

Tricky Word Song for Our New Word - 'they'

Posted in , | 14:09 | by Cecelia

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Shopping Lists!

Posted in | 14:08 | by Cecelia


We were learning all about shopping lists today. Here are the rules we came up with for writing a shopping list!

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Underwater Treasure

Posted in , | 14:04 | by Cecelia


We were practising our counting up to 10 today - being really careful to only say one number word for each object. 

 We had great fun playing the Underwater Treasure game. You can play it again by clicking on the picture!


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What are Children's Rights?

Posted in ,, | 13:49 | by Cecelia


We watched a really nice video today that taught us all about what children's rights are. We learned that children have a right to go to the doctor, to clean water, to go to school, to healthy food, to believe what we wish and most importantly, the right to PLAY!

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Whoever You Are by Mem Fox

Posted in ,,,, | 13:45 | by Cecelia


The senior infants read this lovely book in class today - Whoever You Are by Mem Fox. It taught us about how despite our differences, all the children around the world share lots of similarities. Here's a video of someone else reading the story.



 Did you like the story? Let us know by leaving a comment below!

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