School Year 2023-2024
Welcome to the First Class page. Our teachers this year are Meghan and Naomi. We will update our page regularly throughout the year.
School Year 2022 - 2023
Welcome to the First Class page. Our teachers this year are Kate and Meghan. We will update our page regularly throughout the year.
Nature Walk
Botanic Gardens
School Year 2021-2022
Donabate Beach
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Singing Workshop
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Wellbeing Week
Art Gallery
Autumn trip to the Botanic Gardens
School Year 2020 - 2021
Sports Day
We ended the school year with a fantastic day full of fun activities.
Look at our art work. We love art in first class!
School Year 2019 - 2020
Welcome to our First Class page. Our teachers this year are Manus and Kayleigh. We will update our page regularly throughout the year.
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Update for Parents 22nd June 2020
Dear Parents and Guardians of First Class,
As the school year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to say thanks.
Thank you for supporting all our efforts. Thank you for taking the time to read our school website, notes and workpacks. Thank you for reading with your child and helping them learn.
It has been a privilege to teach your child this year. We will miss your child's stories, jokes and laughter. We wish all of our students every success in their new class. We have no doubt they will do great.
Finally, we hope you all have a lovely summer and we cannot wait to see you all very soon.
Kayleigh & Manus
As the school year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to say thanks.
Thank you for supporting all our efforts. Thank you for taking the time to read our school website, notes and workpacks. Thank you for reading with your child and helping them learn.
It has been a privilege to teach your child this year. We will miss your child's stories, jokes and laughter. We wish all of our students every success in their new class. We have no doubt they will do great.
Finally, we hope you all have a lovely summer and we cannot wait to see you all very soon.
Kayleigh & Manus
A Poem To Help Children Understand - The Rainbow Children
Reading
An important goal of the curriculum is to enable young learners to become fluent readers. The best way to develop pupils' comprehension skills is through reading. Every week we will add new stories for our pupils to read and a story for our pupils to listen to. Let's take a look at this weeks stories.
Weekly Stories
This week, we have added lots of stories for you to choose from over the summer. Continuing to read over the summer months gives students a chance to strengthen their skills.
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Audio Book
Have you got your listening ears ready?
The above video has multiple stories you can listen to over the summer. Those of which include:
All are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold: 00:10
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss:03:07
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson: 20:23
Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss: 26:03
Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown: 34:50
REMEMBER!
There are many more wonderful books you can listen to right here, just click the link. www.storylineonline.net.
All are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold: 00:10
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss:03:07
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson: 20:23
Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss: 26:03
Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown: 34:50
REMEMBER!
There are many more wonderful books you can listen to right here, just click the link. www.storylineonline.net.
All About Summer Powerpoint
Why do you like Summer? Write it down.
Handwriting Revision
It's really important to keep up all your handwork and get some handwriting practice in over the summer. Attached below are some revision sheets you may like to try.
Here is a blank template you can download and use. On this template you can write about anything you wish.
Things to remember when writing:
1. Our writing stays on the line.
2. We use capital letters at the beginning of a sentence
3. We use full stops at the end of a sentence.
4. We use finger spaces inbetween every word.
Things to remember when writing:
1. Our writing stays on the line.
2. We use capital letters at the beginning of a sentence
3. We use full stops at the end of a sentence.
4. We use finger spaces inbetween every word.
Oral Language...
Through oral language your child develops listening and speaking skills through talk and discussion. In turn, this increases your child's knowledge of words and improves his / her listening skills.
Talk and Discussion
Talk about what is going on.
• What could you call this type of place?
• Have you ever visited a place like this?
• What time of year do you think it is?
• What clues can you find in the picture?
• What things do people enjoy doing at the beach?
• What safety rules do children need to follow when they are at the beach?
• Can you think of five things you might find or use at the beach that begin with ‘s’?
• If you were at this beach right now, what activity would you most like to take part in?
• What animals might you find at the beach? What habitats or homes do they live in?
• When the weather is not so warm, what might the beach be like? Can you describe how the picture might change?
• Imagine you are packing your bag to go to the beach. What items would you take? Mime how you would pack your bag and call out the list of items you are packing.
• What could you call this type of place?
• Have you ever visited a place like this?
• What time of year do you think it is?
• What clues can you find in the picture?
• What things do people enjoy doing at the beach?
• What safety rules do children need to follow when they are at the beach?
• Can you think of five things you might find or use at the beach that begin with ‘s’?
• If you were at this beach right now, what activity would you most like to take part in?
• What animals might you find at the beach? What habitats or homes do they live in?
• When the weather is not so warm, what might the beach be like? Can you describe how the picture might change?
• Imagine you are packing your bag to go to the beach. What items would you take? Mime how you would pack your bag and call out the list of items you are packing.
Weight
REMEMBER..
Weight is how heavy or how light something is.
Let's take a look at these objects and circle which you think weighs more.
Build your own balance scale
Materials: plastic hanger, two paper or plastic cups, string/yarn, hole punch.
Method:
At the top of each cup punch two holes on opposite sides and string through.
Hang the cups on the hanger and place different items in the cup to see which one is heavier.
Challenge:
Pick some small objects from inside or outside your home.
Predict which object, item will be the heaviest.
Test the items in your homemade balance scale and see if you guessed correctly.
Method:
At the top of each cup punch two holes on opposite sides and string through.
Hang the cups on the hanger and place different items in the cup to see which one is heavier.
Challenge:
Pick some small objects from inside or outside your home.
Predict which object, item will be the heaviest.
Test the items in your homemade balance scale and see if you guessed correctly.
Brain Teasers
Let's listen to Goldilocks and the Three Bears in Irish.
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Dathaigh isteach an Cinnín Óir
🏃♂️🏅Dance At Home🏅🏃♀️
See if you can dance along to the Icelandic Eurovision Song Contest Entry "Think About Things".
How To Draw A Face
Let's take a look at how we to draw a face. The video below has broken down the process into nice, easy steps. To get started, all you will is a black marker / pencil or pen, a piece of paper and colours of your choice. Once you have all your equipment, let's begin!
Musical Concept: Dynamics
🎼Tempo / Dynamics / Pitch 🎼
Well done for working so hard over the past month. We've learned about the musical concepts of tempo, dynamics and pitch.This week let's have some fun learning about Dynamics with Mr.Greg's Musical Madness
Well done for working so hard over the past month. We've learned about the musical concepts of tempo, dynamics and pitch.This week let's have some fun learning about Dynamics with Mr.Greg's Musical Madness
Science: "Natural & Man Made"
This week we are learning about natural and man made objects. Man-made things are created or caused by people, rather than occurring naturally. Natural materials are sourced directly from nature -- cotton is picked from cotton plants, corn harvested from corn fields and granite is mined from quarries.
Clothes Now and Then
Clothes Now & Then
This week we are learning about clothes from the present and the past. What differences are there between old and new clothes? See if you can find any old clothes around your house and talk about them with an adult. Would you wear those old clothes today? Why? Why Not?
This week we are learning about clothes from the present and the past. What differences are there between old and new clothes? See if you can find any old clothes around your house and talk about them with an adult. Would you wear those old clothes today? Why? Why Not?
Night And Day
This week for Geography we are going to be looking at "Night And Day" 🌳⛪. On page 43 of your What A Wonderful World workbook you will find the page broken in half. In the first box draw two people who work at night while others sleep. In the bottom half, draw two animals that only come out at night - nocturnal animals.
Try this!
Make up your own dance
Mix it up!
Teach the dance to a partner and perform the dance together
Make up your own dance
Mix it up!
Teach the dance to a partner and perform the dance together
Daily Life Skills
What ways can you help out at home?
1. Cleaning your room.
2. Dressing your bed.
3. Helping do the washing up.
4. Filling the dishwasher.
5. Sweeping the floor.
6. Help out with the dinner.
7. Help fold or put away the clothes after the wash.
8. Tidy up your toys when you are finished using them.
What ways can you help out at home?
1. Cleaning your room.
2. Dressing your bed.
3. Helping do the washing up.
4. Filling the dishwasher.
5. Sweeping the floor.
6. Help out with the dinner.
7. Help fold or put away the clothes after the wash.
8. Tidy up your toys when you are finished using them.
We loved planting our daffodils and cannot wait to get outside & do as many activities as possible soon!
Here are some gardening activities for kids. There are so many fun ideas here deciding where to start might be the only challenge!
GARDENING ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
Here are some gardening activities for kids. There are so many fun ideas here deciding where to start might be the only challenge!
GARDENING ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
- Up-cycle a few plastic bottles & turn them into these adorable planters.
- Use eggshells to make a mini garden.
- Take it a step further and make eggheads.
- Turn an old toy truck into a mobile garden.
- Explore science & grow a magic beanstalk.
- Use recycled cans to make a tin can herb garden.
- Use ice cream cones as planters. My kids found this hilarious for some reason.
- Grow a grass house with the kids.
- Get out the paint, & make garden markers using rocks.
- Grow an adorable grass head friend.
Maths:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ Is great for online Maths games.
Noggle (search ‘Noggle Maths’ into Google images and complete as many number sentences as you can with the given numbers)
https://www.mathsisfun.com/ Is another great online website for Maths games
https://www.arcademics.com/ Fun and free educational games for kids in K-8. Featuring multiplayer learning games, math games, language arts games, and much more!
Literacy:
These websites are full of fun and interactive phonics games for children.
“Alphablocks” Phonics Youtube Videos: Excellent for learning phonics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI-WbhuVOXI
These website have a range of stories that the children can listen to in the spare time! http://storiespodcast.com/ https://stories.audible.com/start-listen.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=Age+5-6&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=# (Excellent free readers to help your child read to their level.)
https://www.storyberries.com/bedtime-stories-short-stories-for-kids/
https://www.abcya.com/grades/1
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase1Menu.htm#
https://stories.audible.com/discovery
https://www.starfall.com/h/index-grades123.php
News2Day: this is a fantastic child-friendly website that will help the children keep up with the latest news from Ireland and around the work. trte.rte.ie/news2day/
Gaeilge: Listen to some pop songs in Irish with TgLurgan or watch some children’s cartoons in Irish using Cúla4. We have been learning “Old Town Road as Gaeilge”. “Séideán sí” will read the children a story in Irish. “Féasta Focail” teaches Irish words through games.
www.youtube.com/user/tglurgan
www.cula4.com/en/shows/
www.seideansi.ie/dep/files/connacht/An_Gadai_Beag.html
ccea.org.uk/learning-resources/feasta-focal
Movement Break websites:
Go Noodle https://www.gonoodle.com/
10 at 10 https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
Joe Wicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w
Yoga https://www.cosmickids.com/
Dancing https://justdancenow.com/
Audio Book Link: Here is a link where educational books are read aloud to your children https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery-21122358011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dpsh_cntr-0
Art: Here is a list of some art website that you may find useful to get some inspiration from! =
www.artprojectsforkids.org
https://www.artforkidshub.com/
https://www.drawingnow.com/
http://www.kidsfront.com/how_to_draw/
Twinkl: As explained on the sheet that was sent home with the children this is an excellent website which has lots of useful resources.
https://www.twinkl.ie/search?term=
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ Is great for online Maths games.
Noggle (search ‘Noggle Maths’ into Google images and complete as many number sentences as you can with the given numbers)
https://www.mathsisfun.com/ Is another great online website for Maths games
https://www.arcademics.com/ Fun and free educational games for kids in K-8. Featuring multiplayer learning games, math games, language arts games, and much more!
Literacy:
These websites are full of fun and interactive phonics games for children.
“Alphablocks” Phonics Youtube Videos: Excellent for learning phonics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI-WbhuVOXI
These website have a range of stories that the children can listen to in the spare time! http://storiespodcast.com/ https://stories.audible.com/start-listen.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=Age+5-6&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=# (Excellent free readers to help your child read to their level.)
https://www.storyberries.com/bedtime-stories-short-stories-for-kids/
https://www.abcya.com/grades/1
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase1Menu.htm#
https://stories.audible.com/discovery
https://www.starfall.com/h/index-grades123.php
News2Day: this is a fantastic child-friendly website that will help the children keep up with the latest news from Ireland and around the work. trte.rte.ie/news2day/
Gaeilge: Listen to some pop songs in Irish with TgLurgan or watch some children’s cartoons in Irish using Cúla4. We have been learning “Old Town Road as Gaeilge”. “Séideán sí” will read the children a story in Irish. “Féasta Focail” teaches Irish words through games.
www.youtube.com/user/tglurgan
www.cula4.com/en/shows/
www.seideansi.ie/dep/files/connacht/An_Gadai_Beag.html
ccea.org.uk/learning-resources/feasta-focal
Movement Break websites:
Go Noodle https://www.gonoodle.com/
10 at 10 https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
Joe Wicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w
Yoga https://www.cosmickids.com/
Dancing https://justdancenow.com/
Audio Book Link: Here is a link where educational books are read aloud to your children https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery-21122358011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dpsh_cntr-0
Art: Here is a list of some art website that you may find useful to get some inspiration from! =
www.artprojectsforkids.org
https://www.artforkidshub.com/
https://www.drawingnow.com/
http://www.kidsfront.com/how_to_draw/
Twinkl: As explained on the sheet that was sent home with the children this is an excellent website which has lots of useful resources.
https://www.twinkl.ie/search?term=
Happy Halloween
We had some really scary people in our school today. Here are some pictures to prove it.
Newbridge Park and Playground
We had so much fun on the swings, slides and merry-go-around. Take a look!
Merry Christmas
Santa came the whole way from the North Pole to visit us today, he delivered some presents too. We're so lucky!
Daffodil Planting
We love providing the children with hands on learning experiences. Have a look at all our hard work digging, planting and watering our bulbs. We can't wait to show you our beautiful daffodils in bloom.
Shangan Garden
Thank you to everyone at Shangan Garden for providing us with such an enjoyable experience. We loved using all our senses hearing, touching, smelling, tasting and seeing all this beautiful garden had to offer. We loved our surprise of hot chocolate and gingerbread men.
Golden Time
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This week as a treat we got to make slime for all our hard work. How lucky are we?
Ingredients: 2 oz of PVA glue 2 or 3 drops food colouring 1/4 tsp baking soda 1 tsp saline solution Plastic cups Spoons Method: 1. Add food colouring to glue and mix with spoon. 2. Add baking soda and mix well. 3. Add saline solution and stir slowly. 4. Remove slime from the cup and warm in hands. Directions: 1. Add food colouring to glue and mix with spoon. 2. Add baking soda and mix well. 3. Add saline solution and stir slowly. 4. Remove slime from the cup and warm in hands. Enjoy! |
Pancake Tuesday
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First class were very busy making and decorating thier pancake with toppings today. They were so delicious they even had seconds. Thank you to all our hard working chefs Sheila, Lisa, Jessica, Daryl and Natalie for all of your help.
Here is our secret recipe: 100g plain flour 1 egg 300 ml of milk 1 tbsp of melted butter Strawerries Chocolate spread Rasberries Method: 1. Sift the flour into a mixing bowl and make a well in the centre 2. Crack the egg into the well, add the melted butter and milk 3. Stir with a wooden spoon 4. Heat a small pan at a meduim heat 5. Lightly grease with butter 6. Add the mix and cook for 1 - 2 minutes 7. Add toppings of your choice Enjoy! |
School Year 2018-2019
Welcome back to all the children who have joined 1st class with Elaine and Matthew. We hope you had a lovely summer and are all ready for the wonderful things we are going to do this year. Below you will get a chance to read about some of the things we have been doing this year.
April news:
We had a very short month in school this month! We were very busy as usual in 1st class and we got to do some planting of seeds. We grew pea plants, baby carrots, runner beans and cress....it was great to see how quickly our plants grew. Kimberly's runner bean plant grew the best and it was SO tall we think a giant might have lived at the end of it!
March news:
We had lots of fun this month; our favourite day was Pancake Tuesday. We learned all about where the tradition of eating pancakes comes from. We learned lots of new things in SPHE, especially how to keep ourselves safe. We also celebrated St. Patrick's Day and we all wore green to school on Fri 15th March. It was great fun when we got to show off our costumes at assembly.
Boxing Lessons
We were very lucky to have a visit from a brilliant boxer from the senior school. We learned some boxing moves and how to skip properly. We love having visits from the senior side.
February news:
This month went really fast. We were busy doing all our great work in ALL our subjects. We have been doing amazing art with Miriam and the corridors look fab with all our artwork. We learned about the Earth and how it moves to give us the seasons and night and day. We also learned about Neil Armstrong and got to watch some slips of the 1969 Moon Landing. We think we should definitely try to get back to the moon soon.
January news:
We are back in school and really ready to get going on all our schoolwork. We have been doing great reading in our Power Hour groups and our teachers are really proud of us. We have been learning more pieces on the recorder with Niall and we are really enjoying it. We have started hurling every Friday and we love it, especially when we get to play Dodge Ball at the end of the lesson.
December news:
December has been a very busy month in 1st class! We have been busy getting ready for our school concert. We went on a trip to the Axis to see 'A Christmas Wish', it was really nice. We played the recorder and sang some songs for all our Mammies and Daddies at our Christmas concert and they thought we were brilliant! We had our school Christmas Raffle on Thursday 20th December and lots of us won prizes. But best of all.....Santa came to visit us and he had presents for everyone!
October news:
We have been working really hard since coming back to school. We are really looking forward to the Halloween break.
We have been working really hard in Power Hour and Maths Stations and our teachers are really proud of us. We have been learning all about trees, bats, and Halloween. We did lots of lovely art for Halloween and we even got to make Chocolate Apples. Some of us got to make amazing artworks with Miriam. We also got to dress up on the last day of school!
September news:
We have really settled into school and are getting used to the longer day. We have been learning lots already. We went on a trip to the Botanic Gardens and we have started learning to play the recorder. Below are a selection of photos we took on our trip to the Botanic Gardens.
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School Year 2017-2018
Welcome to the 1st Class page of our website. Our teachers this year are Elaine and Daryl.
Welcome to the 1st Class page of our website. Our teachers this year are Elaine and Daryl.
Dancing with Naomi
We have started dancing every Friday with a dance teacher called Naomi. We are really enjoying it and hope to show you our dance moves soon.
Pancake Tuesday Fun
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We love to work hard.......
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Hi From Daryl's Class
Recorder
First class are learning to play the recorder with our music teacher Niall. The children are learning several tunes and hope to play them for you at the Christmas concert this year.
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Trip to Malahide Castle Playground
We went on a trip to Malahide Castle playground for making a good start to positive yard behaviour. We are following our very important school rule of hands to self.
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School Year 2016-2017
Dublin Zoo
We went on our end of year trip to Dublin Zoo. It was a great day out. We got to see lots of animals and got taken on a tour of the African Plains. We hade a picnic in the Zoo and had some playtime in the playground. It was a fab day!
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Our Trip to the Botanic Gardens
First class were very lucky to get a tour of the sculptures at the Botanic Gardens. We saw some fabulous sculptures such as, a lady made from grass sitting on a branch of a tree and foxes surrounding a bin. Here are some pictures of the tour.
First class were very lucky to get a tour of the sculptures at the Botanic Gardens. We saw some fabulous sculptures such as, a lady made from grass sitting on a branch of a tree and foxes surrounding a bin. Here are some pictures of the tour.
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