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Tuesday 26 November 2013

We are Composers!

Posted in | 15:06 | by Cecelia

Today we were composers! We all played an instrument to create a piece of music representing a storm. There was rain, wind, thunder and lightning. It got louder and louder (forte) and then, when the storm calmed, the music got softer (piano). When we were finished, we listened to the music back and created a score to represent it. A score is a special way of writing down music so that others can copy your music if they want to. Here are our video and score!



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Monday 25 November 2013

Arts Week!

Posted in ,, | 14:26 | by Cecelia


Today was the first day of Arts Week! This is a week where we focus on all the arts subjects - music, visual art and drama! We planned the Alphabet book we're going to make, made some bird feeders to feed the birds on these wintery days, planned how we are going to paint our glass shakers and listened and responded to 'March Past of the Kitchen Utensils' by Vaughan Williams. You can listen to it again here!

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Capital Y

Posted in ,, | 14:17 | by Cecelia


Today we learned how to write capital Y! Y on Make A Gif

Slant down right from up in the air. A long slanted pole, keeps it there.

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Wednesday 20 November 2013

Capital N

Posted in ,, | 14:19 | by Cecelia


Today we learned how to write capital N. 

Stick a nail in the ground and slant another one right. Add a third pointing up and say ‘nighty-night’!
N on Make A Gif

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Tuesday 19 November 2013

Recount Writing!

Posted in , | 14:21 | by Cecelia


Today in English, we did some early analysis of a recount. Here's what we came up with.

We'll be amending and fine tuning our definitions in the next week or so but for now..... 

Could you think of a recount using this structure?

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A Present from Honey Potts!

Posted in | 14:18 | by Cecelia


Copernicus brought us a present today! Ms Honey Potts was so happy with our science investigation on finding the best material for some waterproof bears' clothes that she sent us a very cool gift. 

 It's called hydrophobic sand and that means that it's sand that never gets wet! At first we didn't believe it, but we tested it out and it's true! When it goes into the water, it all sticks together and it looks like it's wet but then when you take it out it's actually dry and powdery! It was very cool! 

Here's a video of some hydrophobic sand in action!

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Investigating 3D shapes

Posted in | 14:04 | by Cecelia


We were investigating 3D shapes today. We wanted to see which shapes could stack, slide and roll. We found out that only shapes with curved faces could roll and only shapes with flat faces could slide and stack. 



We listened to this song too which helped us learn about the shapes.  We learned from the song that cuboids are also called rectangular prisms!  It was a fun lesson!

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Monday 18 November 2013

Sa Seomra Ranga

Posted in | 15:44 | by Cecelia


Rinneamar Photostory inniu de na focail go léir a bhímid ag foghlaim an seachain seo caite. Seo dhaoibh an fís!

Ar dtús, chuir Cecelia ceist orainn (mar shampla, cá bhfuil an siosúr?) agus má bhímid in ann í a fhreagairt, bhí seans againn griangraif den rud a thógáil.  Tar éis é seo, chuireamar na pictúirí go léir isteach i Photostory agus rinneamar taiféad de pháistí ag cur agus ag freagairt na ceisteanna.  Bhí a lán obair le déanamh againn ach ar deireadh thiar thall, d'éirigh muid é a chríochniú!

Féach ar an fís anseo!

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This Little Piggy

Posted in ,, | 15:32 | by Cecelia


Our nursery rhyme for the week is 'This Little Piggy'.   We love the piggy going 'Wee wee wee wee wee wee wee wee wee' all the way home!

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The Alphabet!

Posted in | 15:29 | by Cecelia


Here is a song we watched today to help us remember which capital letters go with which sound!

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Capital I

Posted in ,, | 10:36 | by Cecelia


Today, we learned capital I! Capital I starts with a door. All it needs is a roof and a floor.
Capital I on Make A Gif

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Friday 15 November 2013

Science Week 2013

Posted in | 15:53 | by Cecelia


Today was the finale of Science Week 2013! We had been doing fun science experiments with Copernicus during the week and today we concluded with a huge science extravanganza where the 6th class children taught all us lucky senior infants the wonders of science! Check out our video here!

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Thursday 14 November 2013

Painting Our Barrel Top Wagons

Posted in , | 14:40 | by Cecelia


We painted our barrel top wagons today! We did a great job and were really devoted artists who concentrated really well! :-)

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Capital S

Posted in ,, | 13:57 | by Cecelia


Today we learned how to write capital S.

S on Make A Gif


Silly S and s, those slippery snakes. Twisty, turny, ready to shake!

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3D Shape Game

Posted in | 13:56 | by Cecelia


We had great fun today playing this game to revise our 3D shapes! We even looked at pyramids (although we don't need to know this one in senior infants!)


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Ag Déanamh Beochán Íomha ar Íomha

Posted in | 13:52 | by Cecelia


Rinneamar beochán íomha ar íomha inniu le Aindí agus Lilí. Bhí an-chraic againn! Féach ar anseo!


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Wednesday 13 November 2013

Investigating materials to make waterproof clothes!

Posted in | 14:19 | by Cecelia


In Science today, Copernicus gave us a letter that his friend Honey Potts had sent us. Honey manages a bear's clothes shop but lately the bears were complaining because even though their clothes are very nice, when it starts raining, they get wet. 






Honey sent us some materials to test to see which would be the best for their new range of waterproof clothes. We tested nylon, wool, linen, cotton, leather and plastic. 




We made sure it was fair by putting 4 pipettes of water on each material. 





We found out that leather and plastic were the two best materials to keep out water. Nylon was the worst.  





Tomorrow we'll be discussing our results a bit more and writing a letter back to Honey to tell her which materials we would recommend.

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Monday 11 November 2013

Capital T

Posted in , | 15:00 | by Cecelia


We learned capital T today!

 T on Make A Gif

 Capital T is a big tall tree. Add a fort at the top so you can see!

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The Three Little Pigs

Posted in , | 14:45 | by Cecelia


We listened to 'The Three Little Pigs' today and we created images while Cecelia read the story! Here's the story we read!



Can you remember any of the images you created inside your head?

 In my mind I see....

 In my mind I hear....

 In my mind I feel....


 When you're finished creating your own images, you can read along with the story here.

And watch it here!

Here's what happened afterwards!





And here's a different version of the story....






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3D Shapes!

Posted in | 14:00 | by Cecelia


We started learning about 3D shapes today! We learned sphere, cube, cuboid, cone and cylinder! Here's a song with some of these shapes that we enjoyed!

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Jack Be Nimble!

Posted in | 13:51 | by Cecelia


Our new nursery rhyme is 'Jack Be Nimble'. Here's a really funny video showing the story of the rhyme!


Here's another video showing the times when Jack didn't go OVER the candlestick!

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Friday 8 November 2013

Reading Tricky Words

Posted in , | 15:21 | by Cecelia


Here's a video to help you practice reading the tricky words that we have learned so far.

 See if you can say the word before it changes! 

If you find it hard to remember some of them, here's a video where someone reads them some of them with you!

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Domino Patterns

Posted in | 14:39 | by Cecelia


We were also working on recognising domino patterns using regular and irregular patterns from 1-6.  

 See if you can say them before it changes!

 Regular Patterns

Irregular Patterns

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Number Recognition

Posted in | 14:35 | by Cecelia


We've been practising our number recognition in class this week. Here's are some video to help you revise these!


And a faster one!



And a super fast one!


And all numbers from 1-20!


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Countries of the World

Posted in | 14:09 | by Cecelia


During snack time this week, we've been watching the 'Countries of the World' videos. Even though we don't have to learn about this until we're much older, we really liked watching the videos and we get really excited when we see a country that we know!

Check out the videos below!






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Thursday 7 November 2013

Tricky Word Songs - like and have

Posted in ,, | 16:21 | by Cecelia






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Wednesday 6 November 2013

Capital M

Posted in , | 16:46 | by Cecelia


Today we learned how to write capital M. 

Go down, hit the ground, then draw a V. Hit the ground again, two mountains for me.

M on Make A Gif

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Tuesday 5 November 2013

Tricky Words - only and old!

Posted in ,, | 14:16 | by Cecelia


Today we learned two new tricky words - only and old. See if you can remember how to spell them!

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Extending patterns

Posted in | 14:13 | by Cecelia


Today we played a pattern game in maths. You start off with easy ones but if you're really good, you can move onto trickier and trickier ones! 

 We even did some of the 'tough ones' in class! It's a good way to get our brains working! :-)


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Monday 4 November 2013

Diwali!

Posted in | 16:07 | by Cecelia


The Hindu festival of lights - Diwali started yesterday (Sunday the 3rd of November). It will be continuing for the next 5 days. 


Today in class we watched a video about the story of Diwali (the Ramayana) and learned a little about how Hindus celebrate this important festival. Here is a video showing one version of the Ramayana.  






You can learn about how Hindus celebrate Diwali here.



Finally, here is a video showing some celebrations from India.





We will also be making Rangoli patterns later this week!

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Friends of 10!

Posted in | 14:14 | by Cecelia


We were getting a head start on learning our bonds to 10 today. 

Here's the video we were looking at!


Which friends of 10 can you remember?

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Capital H

Posted in , | 14:12 | by Cecelia


We learned to write a capital H today! 

Draw two lines from high to low, join in the middle to say hello!

Capital H on Make A Gif

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The House That Jack Built!

Posted in ,, | 14:11 | by Cecelia


We were learning a new rhyme today - The House That Jack Built. this kind of rhyme is called a ladder or chain rhyme because each part links onto the previous part. 

We've learned the first part already and will learn the rest during the week!

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