Senior Infants Blog
News from Senior Infants
What a fun packed week in Senior Infants! On Tuesday we had our Dancing Display, raised our 7th Green Flag and presented our Green School Project for Action Day.
On Friday we went on our First School Tour to Copper Coast Farm. We had so much fun, had a really interesting tour from the farmer and we got to hold and feed lots of animals. We will all sleep tonight!!
News from Senior Infants
It was great to be back to school after the long weekend and it’s great to see the sun shining! With the lovely weather we are having, it is important to stay safe in the sun. We must remember to Slip, Slop, Slap. We need to slip on a t-shirt, slop on high factor sun cream and slap on a hat and sunglasses. This simple rule will help keep us all safe in the sun.
We enjoyed our last session of Gymboree with Mrs Hardiman and we would like to thank her for the wonderful creative, energetic and fun times we’ve had during the past two years. We will really miss Gymbo!
We are also busy getting ready for our Green School presentation on energy efficient appliances on Tuesday. We will say our poem, show pictures of appliances and explain why they are energy efficient. We also have our Dancing Display and School Tour to look forward to. It’s a busy few weeks in Senior Infants
News from Senior Infants
This week we started The Stay Safe Programme in Senior Infants.
The topics that we will be discussing are: Feeling Safe and Unsafe, Friendship and Bullying, Touches, Secrets and Telling and Strangers.
The girls will have worksheets coming home with them over the next few weeks. This is an opportunity for parents to talk about these topics with your child.
If parents would like to view The Stay Safe programme they can log onto www.staysafe.ie
As we have a short week next week, senior infants will not be getting homework. This is a good opportunity to enjoy some outdoor activities, plant some flowers or vegetables, visit the library or create your own Aistear theme at home.
Homework 21st May
Senior Infants Homework: Please return homework on Thursday Senior Infants Homework: Please return homework on Thursday
Monday 21st May
CAPER
The child and parents read the book together.
Guided Reading: Please listen to your child reading the book. Talk about the book. Bring the guided reading folder back to school every day.
Sound Copy
Revise sound: oo Read the four words. Ask your child to do the actions when they say the sound.
Jolly Phonics Word Book
Page 10: sound out the words: yes, yak, yam, yap, yet, yell, yelp, yank, yard. The child puts their finger under each letter as they sound it out and blend to make the word.
Tricky words: Revise: 1-12 Write words at home.
Just Handwriting: Pg 45
Tuesday May 22nd
CAPER and Guided Reading
The child and parents read the books together.
Sound Copy: oo Revise sound and words.
Jolly Phonics Word Book
Page 10: .sound out the words above. The child puts their finger under each letter as they sound it out and blend to make the word.
Tricky words: Revise 1-12. Write words at home
Just Handwriting: Pg 46
Wednesday May 23rd
CAPER and Guided Reading
The child and parents read the books together.
Sound Copy: oo revise sound and words
Jolly Phonics Word Book
Page 10: sound out the words above. The child puts their finger under each letter as they sound it out and blend to make the word.
Tricky words: 1-12. Write words at home.
Just Handwriting: Pg 47
Active Flag: Please do 5 minutes of active homework every night.
This week we remember our Baptism. Bring in photo if you wish.
A fun week in school!
This week in senior infants we started our new Aistear theme ‘The Wedding’.<
In the Socio-Dramatic area the bride and groom and wedding party got ready for the wedding. They took lots of photographs and had a lovely wedding reception at the hotel. We had so much fun.
In the Creative area we designed the wedding cake using lots of recycled materials. They looked so delicious, almost too good to eat!
In the Small World area we built the hair salon, the church and the function room in the hotel. We had so much fun planning and designing and we came up with lots of creative ideas.
In the construction area we built the function room where the wedding reception took place. We made the seating plan, the top table, the dance floor and we made lovely 'favour ideas' for each table.
In the writing area we made the wedding invitations. This involved us planning, designing and writing the invitations. We also made special envelopes to put them in.
The reading/writing area was used by all groups and we got lovely wedding books from Ferrybank library. We really enjoyed these books.
Check out some of our photos from a busy week in senior infants.
Homework May 14th
Senior Infants Homework: Please return homework on Thursday Senior Infants Homework: Please return homework on Thursday
Monday 14th May
CAPER
The child and parents read the book together.
Guided Reading: Please listen to your child reading the book. Talk about the book. Bring the guided reading folder back to school every day.
Sound Copy
Revise sound: ng Read the four words. Ask your child to do the actions when they say the sound.
Jolly Phonics Word Book
Page 10: sound out the words: van, vicar, visit, vet, vex, velvet, vest, vivid, vent. The child puts their finger under each letter as they sound it out and blend to make the word.
Tricky words: Revise: 27- 31
Planet Maths: pg 112
Tuesday May 15th
CAPER and Guided Reading
The child and parents read the books together.
Sound Copy: ng Revise sound and words.
Jolly Phonics Word Book
Page 10: .sound out the words above. The child puts their finger under each letter as they sound it out and blend to make the word.
Tricky words: Revise 27-31
Planet Maths: Pg 113
Wednesday May 16th
CAPER and Guided Reading
The child and parents read the books together.
Sound Copy: ng revise sound and words
Jolly Phonics Word Book
Page 10: sound out the words above. The child puts their finger under each letter as they sound it out and blend to make the word.
Tricky words: 27-31
Planet Maths: Pg 114
Active Flag: Please do 5 minutes of active homework every night. Choose from: Jumping Jacks, Burpees, skipping, jog on the spot, running, cycling or star jumps.
News from Senior Infants
This week we really enjoyed preparing for our new Aistear theme ‘The Wedding’.
We read the story ‘The Scarecrows’ Wedding’ by Julia Donaldson. She is one of our favourite authors and we really enjoy her books and illustrations. We all joined in and said our favourite sentence from the story:
‘Let’s have a wedding, the best wedding yet, A wedding that no one will ever forget.’ We also also had great fun acting out this story in drama.
