Junior Infants continued with our 'Once upon a Time' theme this week with the story of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'.
English
We started the week exploring our story sack which held clues about our new story. Inside were 3 bowls, porridge, a golden wig and a teddy bear. The children had lots of fun creating sound effects for different parts of the story using musical instruments and sequencing pictures of the story. We have looked at lots of rhyming words this week aswell as pre handwriting skills and correct pencil grip and posture.
Maths
It was Maths Week this week. The children created a colourful display of bears from our story and we had fun putting numbers on them.
We explored the number's 1,2 and 3 this week. The children made these amounts using lots of practical hands on resources as well as singing number songs including '
1 Finger 1 Thumb keep moving' and 'Two Little Dickie Birds'. We 'met' the numbers using BBC Numberblocks videos. The children were very excited to have a go at writing the numbers on their whiteboards.
Irish
The children continued with the topic of 'An Scoil' this week. They have learned lots new vocabulary for things found in the classroom aswell as learning how to follow simple instructions. The class have been learning a new song this week called '
Seáinín ar a rothar'. Check it out here
SESE
We learned some interesting facts about squirrels this week
Art
The children did some leaf rubbings to create some beautiful autumn pictures and they also made their own bear faces for a display.
Music
Aistear
The children have been recreating parts of our Goldilocks story in their free play this week using props such as different sized bowls and cups which helped everyday maths language such as 'large' and 'medium', a golden wig and teddy bears. They built alternative homes for the Bears including a castle and a mansion!
Lámh Day
The children learned some new words such as 'hello' and 'good morning' using sign language this week and also had fun singing the song 'Mr Sun'.
