Thanks so much to Áine from An Taisce who delivered an energy workshop to Senior Infants, 4th, 5th and 6th Class. Áine showed Senior Infants the different types of energy and they also read 'Guzzler's Big Book on Energy' and played lots of fun games to help Guzzler to save energy. 4th, 5th and 6th Class created circuits and had lots of fun engaging in the workshop with Áine!

Welcome to Junior Infants! We were very excited to start our primary school journeys in Kilcornan National School! We have been making lots of friends and getting to know the school and our new classroom. We have been working hard and remembering to use our ‘Kind Words, Kind Hands and Kind Feet’ everywhere that we go. Ms. Balfry is very proud of us and we get stickers for our charts when we are kind to one another.

We love playing in Junior Infants and have had lots of fun building with lego, magnets, sticky bricks, straws and using the kitchen sets and mini vehicles. We also love movement breaks and dancing and moving our bodies with Go Noodle. We have maxed out two characters already!

Even though we are only in school a short time, we have been working very hard. We have learned lots of new sounds already and are practising our blending. We recite rhymes together and love doing Mental Maths and engaging in Maths Talk! We enjoyed using the Athletics equipment for P.E and are getting very good at skipping and hopping and jumping.

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Chloe comes to visit us every week from Music Generation and we have learned lots about musical instruments and singing. Art is definitely one of our favourite subjects and we have learned about the primary colours, secondary colours, colour mixing and warm and cool colours as well as making lovely autumn trees, engaging with fingerpainting and creating spooky Halloween Art like vampire bats! We loved dressing up for Halloween and Ms. Balfry didn’t even recognise some of us. We also took part in our first Jersey Day and had fun bringing our homework into school on ‘Anything but a Schoolbag Day!’

Thanks so much to Ms. Clancy who also teaches us and to Catherine who helps us in class every day. We deserve a good rest after our first term in school and we are looking forward to the Mid Term Break. Check back in with us again soon for more updates. Slán from Junior Infants!

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To end anti-bullying week, Odd Socks Day was held on Friday 15th November to celebrate that we are all unique and that pupils should be allowed to be themselves, free from bullying. The boys and girls wore odd socks to school. The junior classes listened to 'Simon Sock', a story that celebrates differences. Some of the other classes decorated an odd sock template! Well done everyone!

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This week, boys and girls from Junior Infants to Sixth Class engaged in lots of different science experiments and there was lots of excitement around the school! Some of the junior classes completed the dancing raisins and gummy bear experiments. Third Class made paper helicopters and they even got to test them outside! The senior classes completed a balloon and candle experiment as well as exploring chemical reactions with balloons! The children really enjoyed participating in Science week 2024!