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We focused on the theme of the restaurant for Aistear this month. We role played being chefs, waiters and customers at our very own restaurant, we made playdough food and we built restaurants out of Lego.

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This month we have been learning all about the farm. We set up and worked at a farmer's markets, built farms and farmhouses out of magnets and Lego, used our playdough to make things we would need on the farm and drew pictures of things that we see on a farm.

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This month we learned all about the home. We learned about the various types of homes, the different rooms in a home, we played 'house' together, we arranged all the furniture in the doll's house and we made things you would find in the house out of playdough!

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We drew pictures of our families in our home.

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We working on our cutting and sticking skills to dress the three little pigs!

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During art, we made the straw, wooden and brick house from the story "The Three Little Pigs".

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We made the house from the story "Goldilocks and The Three Bears" out of Lego.

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We worked in our groups to make a "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" collage.

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We had lots of fun making the three bowls of porridge from the story using our playdough!

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We worked on sorting various concrete materials in groups according to colour, size, etc.

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We used our playdough to make the Incy Wincy Spider.

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We practiced threading Daddy Bear.

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We used a threading board and pen to make designs.

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We practiced writing using a pencil and remembering the 'froggy legs' pencil holding technique.

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We practiced writing using a pencil and whiteboard.

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This month we learned about the doctor's surgery. We talked about the different responsibilities doctors and nurses have, our own experiences at the doctor's, we played "doctors" at the roleplay station, we used out playdough with doctor themed playdough mats, we played at the small world doctor's surgery and we made a hospital out of Lego!

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This month we were lucky enough to have a cricket instructor to come in to teach us some cricket skills. The children had lots of fun!

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We have been discussing a lot about the season of Autumn this month. We decided to paint some Autumn trees!

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We have been focusing on two colour pattern this month for Maths. We have been working very hard making our own patterns!

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We made the house from the story 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' out of Lego.

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This month for maths we practiced creating 3 colour pattern using a variety of concrete materials.

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We engaged in some experiments to celebrate Science Week. All the experiments are very easy to re-create at home! We watched pepper jump up from our plates onto our balloons.

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We rubbed balloons on our heads to make our hair stand up!

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We created a skittles rainbow!

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We practiced number formation 1-5. We had lots of fun going outside to decorate the courtyard!

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We went on a nature walk on the green in front of the school to look for things that remind us of Autumn. We worked in pairs and used a checklist to mark what we found.

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The children really worked hard on their costumes for their first self expression day. We all looked amazing and had a really fun day!

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This month we were lucky enough to have a parent from our school offer to do a dance class with us. We had a ball!

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We practised counting up to 10 and down from ten and ordering mixed up number lines!

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This month we read the story 'The Jolly Postman and Other People's Letters'. Our focus for the month was the post office. During Aistear, we wrote and posted letters in our classroom postbox, created post office buildings using Lego and drew the Jolly Postman's journey on a map. We ended our month by taking a trip as a class to the local post office and posting our own letters in the post box.

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We used our problem solving skills to work together to make jigsaws.

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We utilised all of the skills that we have practised so far in Junior Infants to play maths games in groups. This also helped to develop our turn taking and co-operation skills.

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This month we were lucky enough to have two representatives from the RSA visit us to teach us some road safety skills. We learned the safe cross code, got our very own drivers licenses and were able to put what we learned into practice in our town.

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We read the story of 'The Gingerbread Man' and 'An Fear Sinséir' (translated into Irish). We constructed houses for the Gingerbread Man and worked in our groups to create a map of his journey.

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We read the story 'Don't be afraid Pip' and drew our own representations of Pip the penguin.

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This month we have been learning about the supermarket. We discussed the different jobs that a shopkeeper has to do and all of the things you can buy in the supermarket. We worked at the checkout, stocked shelves, filled our trolleys and baskets, wrote shopping lists and paid for our shopping!

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We designed and constructed supermarkets and car parks using Lego and Magsnaps.

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We have been learning about 2D shapes-circles, squares, triangles, rectangles and ovals.

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We made shape monsters using 2D shapes.

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We are very lucky to have Adam from St. Anne's GAA in teaching us GAA skills every Wednesday for the next few weeks. The children are thoroughly enjoying it!

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We are getting so much better at practising cursive letters. We are also strengthening our core muscles by challenging ourselves to write on our tummys!

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Sarah C and John worked hard during the first week back to create new zones in the yard for games, soccer, basketball, free play, skill work, building, reading and drawing. We have been loving these outdoor activities!

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This month for Aistear we were learning about the Vet. The surgery was overrun with animals needing to be looked after so we had to work overtime!

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We painted one half of a butterfly and folded the paper in half to create a mirror image on the opposite side!

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We created cherry blossom tree art to celebrate the coming of Spring!

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We learned all about the number 0 and practiced writing it on our whiteboards.

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We parctised the skills of throwing and aiming using different equipment. The children had lots of fun engaging in the various challenges!

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We also did some extra practise on our skipping this month.

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We  practiced the sounds we have been learning about by engaging in a fishing game in which we had to find the correct letters and picture cards in a fish bowl. We had tonnes of fun!

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We have been learning about measures and weight this month. We took turns choosing two items from the classroom and the children had to guess which one was lighter, heavier or if they were equal in weight.

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We created a group poster of different ways in which we can care for the environment.

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We were extremely lucky this month to be visited by our local vet and veterinary nurse from My Vet in Firhouse. We learned so much about all the jobs that a vet has to do. We even got to meet Rosie the dog!

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This month we have been learning about the Garden Centre. We worked at a garden centre, built gardens, greenhouses and garden centres out of Lego and magnets and we moulded flowers using playdough.

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This month we learned all about the travel agents and how to organise a summer holiday. We planned our trips at the travel agents, built airports out of Lego, designed our own flight attendant uniforms and discussed and drew pictures of our dream holidays.

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This month we learned about space and the solar system. We discovered new facts about the various planets, created aliens out of playdough, built rockets, made space jigsaws and spaceships using Lego, designed our own new planets and engaged in interviews with aliens and astronauts!

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We went to Go Kids Go play centre in Blanchardstown for our Junior Infants school tour. The children had a wonderful time and enjoyed creating with clay, dancing in the disco room, climbing, testing out the various slides and playing on all the equipment.

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We decided to take full advantage of the warm weather and engage in some outdoor water play. We were lucky that we could dry off in the sun afterwards in case we got splashed!

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We were so lucky this month to get a special visit from coaches from Firhouse Carmel football club. We have so much fun practising our skills and we even got to play a match!

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We have been working hard on our listening and oral language skills over the last year so we decided what better way to showcase how far we've progressed our skills than to take part in show and tell every Friday. We love seeing all the interesting things that we bring in to show eachother!

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One of our wonderful SNA's Michelle came to visit us this month to teach us some words in Irish sign language. Both Michelle's parents were born deaf so she is hugely experienced. We learned how to say the alphabet and some animal names.

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We have been learning about light and shadows in our Science lessons and we had fun drawing eachother's shadows out in the courtyard.

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Our ability to write in cursive form has progressed hugely in the last number of weeks, no doubt considering how hard everyone has been working.