Junior Infants
Miss Malone
Welcome!
Welcome to our Class. Its a very busy place! Come and see all of the exciting things we get up to over our very first year in Primary School. We hope you enjoy everything as much as we do!!
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Food Glorious Food!
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We explored the theme of food in February. We went shopping everyday in the supermarket in our classroom and also visited the restaurant. We loved pretending to work in all these places. We had to sort, order and stack lots of different produce and loved counting money! The customers had lists of shopping they needed to collect and the waitresses were busy taking breakfast, dinner and drinks orders.
At the art station we created delicious burgers using fabric and fibre. We also used stencils to create some beautiful and textured vegetables and fruits. We became chefs too and rustled up some delicious Rice Krispie buns to celebrate Valentine's Day. We read the story of Handa's Surprise too. We had lost of fun learning about the delicious exotic fruits that grow in Africa and the cheeky animals that caused Handa's surprise. We tasted an abundance of tropical colourful fruits too. We had avocado, pomegranate, pineapple, mango and passion fruit. Pomegranate was the most enjoyed fruit! Whilst avocado proved to be the least popular (yuck!) Click here to listen to the story of Handa's Surprise. |
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Active February; Jumping Jellybeans and African Dancing
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Clothes and Weather
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We are having such fun learning all about clothes and weather this term We love it so much we've even opened a Fairytale Clothes Shop in our classroom. We've also been designing crowns, umbrellas, wellington boots and read lots of stories. Have a look to see what we've been getting up to! 
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We read the story of "The Smartest Giant in Town". Poor George the giant wanted to be the smartest looking giant in town, however all did not go quite to plan for this kind giant.
Click on the book cover to listen to the story. |
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Starry Night
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Junior Infants loved learning all about Vincent Van Gogh and his incredible masterpieces. We explored the painting of "Starry Night" In particular and listened to the song inspired by this magical painting. We recreated our own Starry Night masterpieces by creating swirling paintings using our fingers. It was great fun to get so messy. The clean up wasn't as much fun. Click on the links below to listen to the song "Starry Starry Night" and to witness the swirling magic of this creation.
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Gymnastic Geniuses
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We love using our bodies to move in a variety of different ways. We especially love taking a trip to the jungle and doing bear walks, bunny hops, frog jumps and donkey kicks. Have a look at some of the amazing shapes we can create with our bodies and the different ways we can move. Prepare to be amazed!
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Christmas Celebrations in Junior Infants
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Junior and Senior Infants are really enjoying preparing for our Christmas Play "The Sleepy Shepherd". We have learnt a plethora of lines, songs and poem to dazzle our audiences for this festive season!
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Christmas Cardio
We love to sing and dance in our classroom. This year in our pursuit to attain the Active School Flag we love to learn a dance or two every month. It is really enjoyable and also keeps us healthy. We tried singing along with our dancing this Christmas! It was much more difficult!
Homes:
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We are having great fun exploring and learning all about homes and different types of homes. We have written the story of the Three Little Pigs and illustrated our stories using Fabric and Fibres. We have explored how to build our own homes using blocks and straws and have even managed to bring a kitchen into our classroom.
We also read the story of A Squash and a Squeeze. Click here to listen to the story! |
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Counting, Patterns and Sorting
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Maths is one of our favourite lessons each day! We love sorting, counting as well as extending and creating our very own patterns. Our sorting can be quite tricky and we love trying to trick our teacher. Last week she couldn't figure out how to sort out our transport vehicles because we had sorted them using two attributes; wheels and no wheels and colours!
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A Visit from a True Champion and Idol
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Rachel Ruddy came and spoke with the children about her lifetime achievements and engagement with ladies sport. She was a true inspiration for all the children and we loved the trophies she brought in! She won a GAA All Star award this year and was also on the Dublin Ladies Football Team who won the All Ireland this year.
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Autumn Exploration
Hallowe'en Horrors
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Click on the picture to listen to the story. We have also learnt lots of songs, poems and dances to celebrate Hallowe'en. The Skeleton Dance is a personal favourite of ours! Click here to dance along!! |
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Hallowe'en Treats; Barm Breac and Chocolate Apples
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Dress Up
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Maths Week 2017
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We had so much fun during Maths Week. We made our very own 2D Monsters, played Maths BINGO and the best thing we did was make yummy pizzas.
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Masterpieces
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Junior Infants are admiring beautiful autumnal colours. We painted our very own autumn trees and matched lots of leaves to the gorgeous colours of leaves we have collected.
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Stories
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We love to read in our classroom. We are learning all about silly scarecrows and how busy the farmer is in autumn.
Click on the picture to listen to the story of "The Scarecrows' Wedding". 
To celebrate the wedding of the scarecrows we decided to learn a scarecrow dance.
Click here to listen and dance along. 
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We Are Farmers!
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Make and Do!
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We're already very busy in Junior Infants; making lots of friends and learning lots about our brand new school. We already love playing with our new friends and we are having great fun building and making our very own creations. Have a look to see what we have been up to already! Click on the picture below to play one of our fun counting games! 
Literacy Links
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Please click on the links below to find out more... Parent/Teacher Guide Free Parent/Teacher Resources Jolly Phonics Actions Group 1 Activities : s, a, t, i, p, n Group 2 Activities: ck, e, h, r, m, d Group 3 Activity Sheets: g, o, u, l, f, b Jolly Phonics Letter Sounds App New!!! |
Please click on the picture to listen to our phonics songs.......
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Up the Dubs!
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In support of the Dublin football team, for the upcoming All Ireland Football Final, Junior Infants adorned the school wearing their county colours! Up the Dubs!!
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