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Monday 30 September 2013

A Friend Like Simon

Posted in ,, | 16:36 | by Cecelia


Cecelia's Senior Infants started Human Rights Month a day early!  After lunch today, we read 'A Friend Like Simon' by Kate Gaynor. This was a lovely story all about having friends that might act a little differently but appreciating them for their uniqueness.  It also reminded us about how important it is to be nice to everyone - even if they don't always do what you expect! 

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Numbers in the Teens (Have a group of TEN!)

Posted in | 16:24 | by Cecelia

We also learned today that numbers in the teens have a group of ten cubes and some extra cubes! This was another really fun song from Harry's Kindergarten Music!

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Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat

Posted in ,, | 16:21 | by Cecelia

We watched this video about Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat today. Can you remember the rhyme? :-)

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Friday 27 September 2013

Drawing pictures of our families

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Thursday 26 September 2013

Our Photostory on Na Baill Beatha!

Posted in | 16:36 | by Cecelia



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Tuesday 24 September 2013

Senior Infant Orchestra!

Posted in | 14:19 | by Cecelia


We had our very own orchestra in class today! Everyone got an instrument and we all had to keep a steady beat with the music. Some people got it straight away, others need a little bit more practice but everyone had great fun with the instruments!


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New Tricky Word Songs - said, here and there!

Posted in ,,,, | 14:06 | by Cecelia








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Two Little Dickie Birds!

Posted in , | 13:56 | by Cecelia



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Photostory ar na Baill Beatha

Posted in | 13:41 | by Cecelia

Bhímid ag déanamh Photostory ar na baill beatha i nGaeilge inniu. 

We were making a Photostory about body parts in Irish today!

Tar ar ais le haghaidh an fís críochnaithe amárach!
Stay tuned for the completed product in the coming days!




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Numbers in the teens!

Posted in | 12:22 | by Cecelia


Here's our new maths song! Numbers in the teens, they start with a 1! 

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Friday 20 September 2013

The Marvellous Melting Icemen!

Posted in | 17:48 | by Cecelia


In Science on Wednesday, we met Copernicus. He's a scientist and he loves to hear us talking about all our different ideas in science. 


 Together, we carried out the experiment that we had planned on Monday. 

 We put three cubes of ice into each bottle and wrapped one of them in cotton wool. 


We even put some cotton wool on top like a hat!


We learned that science always has to be FAIR so we made sure to put the same amount of ice into each bottle and to put them in the same place. 



We worked hard while we were waiting for the icemen to melt.






When we checked them, the one without the coat had all melted but the one with the coat still had ice cubes in it!  We couldn't believe that the coat of cotton wool had actually made the snowman melt slower! Most of us had guessed faster! 
It turns out cotton wool is an insulator - it keeps warm things warm and cold things cold! 

 Next week we'll be designing and making an insulating cover for our drinks so that we can keep them nice and cool to quench our thirst! Start thinking now about what you're going to use! :-)

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Parent Information Meeting

Posted in | 14:38 | by Cecelia

Thanks to all the parents who attended the information meeting today in the classroom. If you were unable to attend (or have mislaid the booklet), digital copies of the sheets (and some additional information sheets also) have been uploaded under the Parent Information tab of the class website - betnsseniorinfants.weebly.com.  
Thanks again.  Your attendance is greatly appreciated.

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A Blue Book

Posted in , | 00:27 | by Cecelia


Here is our first browser book - A Blue Book!

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Wednesday 18 September 2013

Buachaill nó Cailín

Posted in | 15:43 | by Cecelia


Rinneamar photostory inné leis na focail nua a bhímid ag foghlaim as Gaeilge - 'Buachaill nó Cailín'! 

 We made a photostory yesterday through Irish - 'Boy or Girl'.


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Tuesday 17 September 2013

Melting Snowmen!

Posted in | 14:42 | by Cecelia


We were doing some more work about heat today in science. We looked at a Concept Cartoon all about putting a coat on a snowman. 

Then we made hypotheses about what we thought would happen. 

 Finally, we planned an experiment to try to see what would actually happen. 

Since it's not snowing outside, we're going to make 'icemen' in bottles instead (so it doesn't make such a big mess!) 


 We're excited to see how it turns out tomorrow! 

 What do you think will happen?



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What do you think?

Posted in | 12:40 | by Cecelia


Our water experiment from yesterday looks different today. Why do you think that is?

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Monday 16 September 2013

Tricky Word Games

Posted in ,,, | 14:07 | by Cecelia

In stations today, we were doing a wordsearch with our tricky words. If you want to play it again, click here! 


 You can also play another game where you need to find the correct tricky word here... 
...and one where you need to type it in here!!


Finally, there's a great unscrambling game here!

 


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Heat!

Posted in | 13:49 | by Cecelia


We were learning about heat today in science. We talked all about hot and cold weather, hot and cold food, what we do if we feel too hot or cold and also hot and cold water. Then we did an experiment to see what happens if you put hot and cold water into a big tub of water.
1. First we filled the tub with room temperature water. 



2. Then we put red food colouring in the hot water and blue food colouring in the cold water. 

3. When they were ready, we put the two jars into the big tub.  The coloured water started to move out of the jars. 


5.  After a while, all the red water had moved to the top of the tub and the blue water had moved to the bottom.





From watching this, we learned that hot things (liquid and air) go up and blue things go down!  


It was great fun!



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It's Raining, It's Pouring!

Posted in ,, | 13:28 | by Cecelia


Here is our nursery rhyme for this week!

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Friday 13 September 2013

Tricky Word Songs - you and your

Posted in ,, | 12:15 | by Cecelia

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String Printing

Posted in | 10:43 | by Cecelia


Here are the finished string printed t-shirts! 

Click on the picture to see a flippable book of our work.

Our String Printed T-Shirts

Don't they look lovely! J

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Thursday 12 September 2013

String Printing

Posted in , | 16:23 | by Cecelia


Here are some photos from our string printing today! It was great fun. We use all three primary colours (Red, yellow and blue) and the secondary colours too (green, orange and purple)!
Powered by Cincopa

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Wednesday 11 September 2013

Shape Trail!

Posted in , | 14:52 | by Cecelia


Here are some photos from our shape trail!

 And here's a video of us at work!

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Shapes Galore!

Posted in , | 14:02 | by Cecelia


We've been learning all about 2D shapes in maths. Here are some of the cool videos we've been enjoying!



 





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Tuesday 10 September 2013

Dressing for the weather!

Posted in ,,, | 13:54 | by Cecelia


We were learning all about choosing the right kinds of clothes to suit the weather. Imagine if the three bears from the Goldilocks story were going for a walk on a sunny day... or on a rainy day..... or on a cold snowy day!  What would they wear?

 Here are some great games that let you learn all about just that! 

 Dress Sid for the weather!

 and 

 Wacky weather on CBeebies!
Have fun!

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Tricky Words - are and all

Posted in ,,,, | 13:50 | by Cecelia





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Counting back from 20!

Posted in , | 12:09 | by Cecelia


We had great fun counting back from 20 today! We loved this song!

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Posted in , | 12:07 | by Cecelia


Inniu, rinneamar taiféad de 'Tá mo lámha fuar'.


listen to ‘Tá mo lámha fuar’ on Audioboo

Tá mo lámha fuar, 
Tá mo lámha fuar, 
Haigh hó mo Dhaideo, 
Tá mo lámha fuar. 

 Tá mo lámha te, 
Tá mo lámha te, 
Haigh hó mo Dhaideo, 
Tá mo lámha te.

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The Syncopated Clock

Posted in , | 12:04 | by Cecelia


We listened to The Syncopated Clock by Leroy Anderson today! Can you spot the times when the clock is ticking and when it goes asleep?

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Monday 9 September 2013

Na Baill Beatha

Posted in | 16:45 | by Cecelia


Déanaigí athbhreithniú ar (nó foghlaim!) na baill beatha anseo: 

  Revise (or learn!) your body parts here (in Irish):

 http://flashcards.educationlabs.com/Default.aspx?page=YourDecks#/Play/?deckid=11909 

 Is feidir an cuntas ranga a úsáid nó (níos fearr) cuntas a chruthú duit fein. Má tá cuntas pearsanta agat, cuimhníonn an súiomh na cinn nach bhfuil agat agus déanann tú níos mó cleachtadh orthu. You can use the class account or (even better) create your own account. If you have a personal account, the site remembers which ones you don’t know and let’s you practise them more. 

  Cuntas ranga – Class account: 

  username: seniorinfants@live.co.uk 
 password: _betns123

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The North Wind Doth Blow

Posted in ,, | 16:43 | by Cecelia


Here's our nursery rhyme for the week!

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Tricky Words Songs!

Posted in ,,, | 16:29 | by Cecelia


Here are the tricky word songs we have learned so far! Sing along at home to revise how to spell these words!



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Thursday 5 September 2013

Pease Porridge Hot!

Posted in ,, | 17:19 | by Cecelia


Here we are singing Pease Porridge Hot! :-)

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Wednesday 4 September 2013

Picnic with the Junior Infants

Posted in ,, | 22:57 | by Cecelia


Today was a very exciting day!  We had a picnic lunch outside with the junior infants since the weather was so nice.











We also played outside with the junior infants for the very first time!





Rory and Izzy found an unusual insect on the school window.
We were very excited by all the goings on so we did some meditation after break to calm ourselves down.  It was lovely.


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Tuesday 3 September 2013

Oisín is an author! :-)

Posted in ,,, | 22:03 | by Cecelia


Here's a wonderful story that Oisín made using the Storymaker website. Absolutely amazing job, Oisín! :-)

Check it out here!

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Revise your sounds!

Posted in ,,,, | 13:43 | by Cecelia


It's been a while since everyone has been in school so you might have forgotten some of your sounds.  You can revise them here!

You can use the class account or (even better) create your own account. If you have a personal account, the site remembers which ones you don’t know and let’s you practise them more. 

 Class account: 

 username: seniorinfants@live.co.uk 
password: _betns123

Have fun!

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Monday 2 September 2013

Maths on Monday!

Posted in | 17:04 | by Cecelia


In maths today, we had great fun learning the chicken counting song...

We also played Likki Likki Lox, where you have to guess how many blocks are hidden in the box... (There are always 5 to begin with) 


We finished off with some great work in our maths books!




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