Senior Infants 2023-2024
Welcome to the Senior Infants page. Our teachers this year are Mary and Margaret. We will update this page with pictures and news throughout the year.
School Year 2022-2023
Welcome to the Senior Infants page. Our teachers this year are Mary and Chloe. We will update this page with pictures and news throughout the year.
Fun in class.....
Autumn Walk
We have been working hard in Senior Infants.......
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School Year 2021-2022
Sports Day
We all enjoyed this years sports day. Senior infants took part in a variety of races, basketball, GAA with Amiee, musical chairs and some parachute games. They particularly enjoyed their ice cream treat at the end of the day!
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Dublin Zoo
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Wellbeing Week
Art Gallery
We went on an Autumn trip to St. Anne's Park. We had a lovely day. There were Autumn leaves falling from the trees and we saw some cute squirrels running around. We even had time for a trip to the playground and a picnic.
Today we went on an autumn walk🚶🏻♀️ We found lots of leaves, conkers and pine cones.
Both Senior Infant classes behaved so well this month, they were awarded a toast party. Look at all those happy faces 😃
Take a look at some of our amazing artwork 🎨
School Year 2020-2021
What a fantastic end to the year!
It was so much fun making rice crispy squares🍫🍭
We loved our surprise ice-cream🍦
Our trip to the beach🏖
Look at our lovely artwork
Happy Halloween
What a fantastic start to September visiting Poppintree Park!
School Year 2019-2020
Welcome to the Senior Infants page. Our teachers this year are Rosemary and Mary. We will update this page with pictures and news throughout the year.
School Closure home activities 22/6/20 |
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Dear Senior Infants Parents and Guardians,
Rosemary and Mary here. We hope that you and your families had a lovely weekend and stayed safe. We cannot believe that this is our last full week in Senior Infants before our Summer holidays begin. We would like to begin our note this week by telling you all how PROUD we are of every single boy and girl in Senior Infants. They have shown us how BRAVE they are by being able to cope over the last few months and are capable with dealing with hard things because they know that soon things will start to get easier and we will all be able to see our friends again. BOYS AND GIRLS WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL! We hope that you all received your last work pack of the year last Friday. In it we hope that you found your child's school report and school holidays for the new school year beginning end of August. This work pack is full of revision activities from all the different activities that we have covered this year so it is important that your child completes these. We want to say a very SPECIAL THANK YOU this week for helping your children every day with their learning since our school closure back in March! We appreciate that this has been quite difficult at times but want to let you know that the work you have done with your children will benefit them greatly when they enter first class! We hope that you and your child had lots of FUN engaging with the different activities and that it has proven to be a positive experience for both you and your child! Rosemary and Mary have enjoyed being the boys and girls teachers so much! It has been such a pleasure to teach every single one of them! You have been such a JOY to be around and always made us SMILE and LAUGH! We were so lucky to be your teachers! THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU! In the meantime if there is anything else that you need help or assistance with please do not hesitate to contact the school by phone or email [email protected]. HAVE AN AMAZING SUMMER, YOU ALL DESERVE IT! We wish you the best of luck in 1st class! You have been the best class! Wash your hands and stay safe :-) HAPPY SUMMER! Rosemary and Mary Daily timetable to help with your homeschooling activities
.....Have lots and lots of fun!
PE
This is our favourite activity to do during the day. It is so important that all the boys and girls are staying active during this time whether it is exercising indoors or outdoors, the most important thing is to keep moving! Here are some links to different ideas for exercise time! |
Maths
Over the next two weeks we would like the boys and girls to learn about time. ( learning the months of the year, days of the week, sequencing their day, telling the time on the clock one hour intervals only.
Here are a number of activities you can do with your child. Do not feel under pressure to complete all as this is just a guide to support you!
1. Play. Play the game What time is it Mr Wolf. ( 1 person is Mr wolf, the rest stand against the opposite wall. Mr Wolf turns around so he cannot see the children. The children chant "What time is it Mr Wolf?" If Mr Wolf says 4 oclock the children can move 4 spaces, 2 oclock two spaces and so forth. If Mr wolf says its dinner time then he has to run and catch all the children.
2. Sequencing Break up your day into morning, afternoon evening, night. Discuss with your child the things you do during the day and when you do them. For example When do we eat our breakfast? When do we go to bed? When do we eat dinner. You could even make a visual timetable of your day to help your child to understand this concept.
3.Days of the week/ Seasons of the year. List all the days of the week out together and help your child to remember them in the correct order. Every morning ask questions such as What day is it today? What day was it yesterday? What day will it be tomorrow? Other questions could include What is your favourite day of the week? What days are the weekend? What day of the week begins with M? W? What season is it now? What happens in Summer? What is the weather like in Winter? What happens trees in Autumn?
4. Telling the time. Allow your child to search your house at home for any clocks they can find. Examine the clock together count the different numbers you see. Explain to the child that there are two hands on a clock 1 long 1 short. Show the child how the smaller hand moves around the clock slowly, by pointing at the different times and saying 1 oclock 2 oclock etc. A great activity could be to make your own clock at home using a paper plate.
4. Worksheets. Have a look in your work pack for some activities related to time to complete with your child or Download and print some capacity worksheets in our maths folder below. Keep scrolling down to find it.
More maths activities...
-Counting forwards to 40 and backwards from 20. Senior Infants are excellent at counting. They love playing a clapping game to count. You can clap a pattern and they have to guess the number of claps.
-Mental Maths Our boys and girls are fantastic at answering mental maths questions such as. What number comes before 9? What number comes after 11? What number is in between 5 and 7? What number is two more than 3? What number is one less than 8?
-Simple addition tasks. Number stories( If Emma has 5 apples and Alex has 4 oranges. How much fruit do they have altogether? etc
-Write numbers 1-10
-We have included lots of maths worksheets in our workpacks.You could choose to do one daily during your maths time
-Maths rhyme,some maths rhymes that our Senior Infants already know and could recite are - 1,2 Buckle My Shoe, 10 green bottles, 5 Little Ducks, 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the bed.
-Rice Krispie Buns- Baking is a great opportunity to practice a bit of counting! Making something like Rice Krispie buns is a great way to help your child count..count out the bun cases, count how many chocolate squares go in, count how many spoons of rice krispies are added in and so on. Enjoy!
-Maths hunt at home. Set your child a task of counting different items in your house. Count how many ( rooms, presses, boxes, books, windows, doors) 3D shape hunt. ( How many circles, squares, rectangles, squares can they find?)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/kids-activities/fun-maths-games-and-activities/
Over the next two weeks we would like the boys and girls to learn about time. ( learning the months of the year, days of the week, sequencing their day, telling the time on the clock one hour intervals only.
Here are a number of activities you can do with your child. Do not feel under pressure to complete all as this is just a guide to support you!
1. Play. Play the game What time is it Mr Wolf. ( 1 person is Mr wolf, the rest stand against the opposite wall. Mr Wolf turns around so he cannot see the children. The children chant "What time is it Mr Wolf?" If Mr Wolf says 4 oclock the children can move 4 spaces, 2 oclock two spaces and so forth. If Mr wolf says its dinner time then he has to run and catch all the children.
2. Sequencing Break up your day into morning, afternoon evening, night. Discuss with your child the things you do during the day and when you do them. For example When do we eat our breakfast? When do we go to bed? When do we eat dinner. You could even make a visual timetable of your day to help your child to understand this concept.
3.Days of the week/ Seasons of the year. List all the days of the week out together and help your child to remember them in the correct order. Every morning ask questions such as What day is it today? What day was it yesterday? What day will it be tomorrow? Other questions could include What is your favourite day of the week? What days are the weekend? What day of the week begins with M? W? What season is it now? What happens in Summer? What is the weather like in Winter? What happens trees in Autumn?
4. Telling the time. Allow your child to search your house at home for any clocks they can find. Examine the clock together count the different numbers you see. Explain to the child that there are two hands on a clock 1 long 1 short. Show the child how the smaller hand moves around the clock slowly, by pointing at the different times and saying 1 oclock 2 oclock etc. A great activity could be to make your own clock at home using a paper plate.
4. Worksheets. Have a look in your work pack for some activities related to time to complete with your child or Download and print some capacity worksheets in our maths folder below. Keep scrolling down to find it.
More maths activities...
-Counting forwards to 40 and backwards from 20. Senior Infants are excellent at counting. They love playing a clapping game to count. You can clap a pattern and they have to guess the number of claps.
-Mental Maths Our boys and girls are fantastic at answering mental maths questions such as. What number comes before 9? What number comes after 11? What number is in between 5 and 7? What number is two more than 3? What number is one less than 8?
-Simple addition tasks. Number stories( If Emma has 5 apples and Alex has 4 oranges. How much fruit do they have altogether? etc
-Write numbers 1-10
-We have included lots of maths worksheets in our workpacks.You could choose to do one daily during your maths time
-Maths rhyme,some maths rhymes that our Senior Infants already know and could recite are - 1,2 Buckle My Shoe, 10 green bottles, 5 Little Ducks, 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the bed.
-Rice Krispie Buns- Baking is a great opportunity to practice a bit of counting! Making something like Rice Krispie buns is a great way to help your child count..count out the bun cases, count how many chocolate squares go in, count how many spoons of rice krispies are added in and so on. Enjoy!
-Maths hunt at home. Set your child a task of counting different items in your house. Count how many ( rooms, presses, boxes, books, windows, doors) 3D shape hunt. ( How many circles, squares, rectangles, squares can they find?)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/kids-activities/fun-maths-games-and-activities/
Reading
-Read as many books as you can with your child EVERY DAY. Get them to tell you about the front cover, title, author, illustrator, characters. Senior Infants are FANTASTIC READERS!
- Print and play some tricky word games from our Tricky Word Folder down below.
If you don't have lots of books at home, here are some websites that have easy books for your child to read.
https://www.abcya.com/grades/1
http://www.wonderland.cjfallon.ie/
-Read as many books as you can with your child EVERY DAY. Get them to tell you about the front cover, title, author, illustrator, characters. Senior Infants are FANTASTIC READERS!
- Print and play some tricky word games from our Tricky Word Folder down below.
If you don't have lots of books at home, here are some websites that have easy books for your child to read.
https://www.abcya.com/grades/1
http://www.wonderland.cjfallon.ie/
Writing tasks
Senior Infants love writing in their copies. They are very good at writing sentences especially with rhyming words in them.
Some examples of sentences that you could call out to your child to write are as follows:
1 She fell down the well.
2 He put oil on the coin.
3. Look at the glue, it is blue.
4. I see the snail on the rail.
5. The sheep likes sweets.
- Write two sentences of what you did today or at the weekend.
-Write two sentences on things that make you happy
-Practice writing capital letters scroll down to print a handwriting worksheet from our handwriting folder below
-Draw pictures of your favourite thing to do at home
Senior Infants love writing in their copies. They are very good at writing sentences especially with rhyming words in them.
Some examples of sentences that you could call out to your child to write are as follows:
1 She fell down the well.
2 He put oil on the coin.
3. Look at the glue, it is blue.
4. I see the snail on the rail.
5. The sheep likes sweets.
- Write two sentences of what you did today or at the weekend.
-Write two sentences on things that make you happy
-Practice writing capital letters scroll down to print a handwriting worksheet from our handwriting folder below
-Draw pictures of your favourite thing to do at home
SPHE/ Mindfulness
It is very important that during this time, we take time to look after ourselves. When we are in school the boys and girls love to do yoga and some mindfulness activities throughout the week, usually at the end of a very busy day as a way to help children unwind and to pause and reflect. Here are some links to some mindfulness/yoga activities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_qU7l-fcU
It is very important that during this time, we take time to look after ourselves. When we are in school the boys and girls love to do yoga and some mindfulness activities throughout the week, usually at the end of a very busy day as a way to help children unwind and to pause and reflect. Here are some links to some mindfulness/yoga activities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_qU7l-fcU
SESE
Talk to your child about Summer and sun safety. Ask your child questions such as:
What do you wear on a hot day?
Why do we need to wear suncream?
Why is it a good idea to sit under an umbrella in the sun?
Why do we wear sunglasses in the sun?
What kind of food do we eat in Summer to help us cool down?
What is your favourite thing about Summer?
Talk to your child about Summer and sun safety. Ask your child questions such as:
What do you wear on a hot day?
Why do we need to wear suncream?
Why is it a good idea to sit under an umbrella in the sun?
Why do we wear sunglasses in the sun?
What kind of food do we eat in Summer to help us cool down?
What is your favourite thing about Summer?
Printable resources
Please download each of these files to print a selection of different worksheets and games to go alongside this weeks work
Please download each of these files to print a selection of different worksheets and games to go alongside this weeks work
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More Online Resources that your child can complete during their daily screentime:
Edco Learning have given free access to all their books online, there are books for all subjects , you just need to pick the Senior Infant books. If asked for login details: The username is : "primaryedcobooks" and password is "edco2020"
https://www.edcolearning.ie/Book/List
CJ Fallon have also given free access to all their books online. You can enter class level and what subject books you would like to see.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources
English:
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
Maths:
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/kids-activities/fun-maths-games-and-activities/
https://www.abcya.com/grades/1/numbers
https://www.abcya.com/games/number_match
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
SESE- (Geography, History and Science):
https://explorewithmesample.edco.ie/
https://www.abcya.com/games/five_senses
Physical Education:
https://family.gonoodle.com/channels/the-kidz-bop-kids
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga?app=desktop
https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=body+coach+pe The Body Coach will carry out live PE classes every morning at 9am, all past PE classes are saved.
Art:
https://www.abcya.com/games/abcya_paint
Edco Learning have given free access to all their books online, there are books for all subjects , you just need to pick the Senior Infant books. If asked for login details: The username is : "primaryedcobooks" and password is "edco2020"
https://www.edcolearning.ie/Book/List
CJ Fallon have also given free access to all their books online. You can enter class level and what subject books you would like to see.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources
English:
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
Maths:
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/kids-activities/fun-maths-games-and-activities/
https://www.abcya.com/grades/1/numbers
https://www.abcya.com/games/number_match
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
SESE- (Geography, History and Science):
https://explorewithmesample.edco.ie/
https://www.abcya.com/games/five_senses
Physical Education:
https://family.gonoodle.com/channels/the-kidz-bop-kids
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga?app=desktop
https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=body+coach+pe The Body Coach will carry out live PE classes every morning at 9am, all past PE classes are saved.
Art:
https://www.abcya.com/games/abcya_paint
Autumn in St. Joseph's Junior School
We had great fun outside looking for signs of Autumn. We got to create bark rubbings.
School Year 2018-2019
Our teachers this year are Rosemary and Rachel. Keep an eye on our page for the latest news and photographs.
The Fire Engine Visits Senior Infants
Rosemary and Rachel's Senior Infants have been learning all about the Fire Station and the great work of Firefighters in Aistear. We were so lucky to have a visit from the local firefighters and the fire engine. We had so much fun. We got to ask the firefighters really interesting questions, sit in the fire engine and even spray the hose. We all got soaked but learned so much. Have a look at some cool pictures of the future fire fighters.
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Pancake Tuesday
We had so much fun making pancakes on Tuesday. Rosemary brought in our favourite toppings. We put Nutella, marshmallows, lemon and sugar on our pancakes. We ate our pancakes in the staff room and they were yummy.
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Hot Chocolate Party
We won a hot chocolate party for all our hard work. We even had some cookies too. Mmmmmmm!!!!!!!!
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3-D Shapes
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Rosemary's class had fun making different 3-D shapes, using match sticks and marshmallows. We were talking about their edges and corners.
Poppintree Park
Both Senior Infant classes were brought on a walk to our local playground in Poppintree. They have all been working so hard and being so kind to others! Rachel and Rosemary are so proud of them.
Fruit Party
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Christmas
Senior Infants are having so much fun preparing for Christmas in school. We have been doing lots of Christmas art, playing the North Pole Post Office in Aistear and singing Christmas carols. We worked really hard preparing our Christmas play "When Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney". All our family and friends came to see us in our play and were very proud of us. Rosemary and Rachel were very proud of our big performance.
Senior Infants got a great surprise when Santa came to visit them in school with lots of prizes. Santa told us we have been very good boys and girls this year and have worked extra hard in school. We were so excited and happy with our fantastic presents.
Senior Infants and their teachers would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Senior Infants and their teachers would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Hallowe'en
We have been preparing to celebrate Hallowe'en in Senior Infants. We have been doing Hallowe'en art, decorating our classrooms and we are even going to dress up in our Hallowe'en costumes on Friday. Check back here soon to see pictures!
Maths Stations
The children in Senior Infants love to make learning Maths fun! We play Maths games and do Maths stations twice a week. Look at how much learning we do and still have fun!
Aistear
Theme: Home
Our Aistear theme for October has been 'Home'. The children have been exploring new language through this theme. We have been playing in the Imagination Station, Construction Area, Small World and we have even been doing the washing up in the Sensory area! Look at us using our imaginations!
Theme: School
Rachel's Senior Infants have been busy playing 'School' during Aistear time. They needed to make a plan to decide who would be the teacher, students, principal and secretary.
For the theme of 'School' they played in the Imagination Station, Construction area, Sand for Sensory play and Small World.
Look at our pictures!
For the theme of 'School' they played in the Imagination Station, Construction area, Sand for Sensory play and Small World.
Look at our pictures!
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Aistear
The boys and girl's in Rosemary's Senior Infants have been having great fun in Aistear and learning through play. We have been exploring the themes of school and the home.
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St. Anne's Park
We had an exciting trip to St. Anne's Park. The boys and girls in Senior Infants went for a lovely walk and they got to see the autumn trees and even some fairies. After our walk we had so much fun playing in the playground.
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Autumn Adventures
The children in Rachel's class have been learning all about the season of Autumn. On our nature walk we noticed the leaves are changing colour! We did leaf rubbings and paintings using the Autumn leaf colours that we saw: red, orange, yellow and brown. We sang our seasons song 'Seasons of the Year' also.
The boys and girls in Rosemary's Senior Infants have been working really hard learning about autumn in Science. They are very interested in learning about all things autumn and about the different parts of the tree. We even did some cool autumn bark rubbings.
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School Year 2017-2018
Welcome to the Senior Infant page of our website. Our teachers this year are Mary and Rachel. Keep an eye on our page for recent news and pictures.
Imaginosity
We went on our end of year school tour to Imaginosity, the Children's Museum. We had a great time play exploring the different areas such as; the supermarket, the mechanics garage, the dentist, the post office, the gym and the news room. Afterwards, we went to a local park for a picnic. It was a great day!
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The Fire Station
We are learning about the Fire Station in Aistear. We like to pretend to be fire fighters, rescuing people in different emergencies. Finglas Fire Station heard we were working hard in our Fire Station and came to visit us here in St. Joseph's.
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The Pet Shop
We have been learning about The Pet Shop in Aistear. We have visited the groomer with our pets, bought some food and toys for them and made our own pets too in junk art. Have a look at some of our pictures.
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Dancing with Naomi
We have started dance classes every Friday with a dance teacher called Naomi. We are really enjoying it and look forward to showing you some of our dance moves at the Christmas concert.
Book Buddies
Rachel's senior infants and Rosemary's second class meet every Wednesday for Book Buddies. Children from second class read to the group then each second class child is paired with a senior infant and they read to each other. The children in both classes look forward to the session each week.
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Home
Our Aistear topic at the moment is all about home. We have been learning how to wash the dishes, building houses, chilling at home watching the tv, making food and drinks and having a bath. They are really enjoying the topic as you can see from the pictures.
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An Autumn Walk
Rachel's class went on an Autumn walk. They found lots of signs of Autumn. They collected red, brown, yellow and orange leaves to use in the classroom.
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A Trip to St. Anne's Park
We have been trying our best to follow the school rules. As a treat for doing our best, we went to St. Anne's Park in Raheny for some playground fun with our friends.
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School Year 2016-2017
Building Fun
Shiela's class are having great fun with their new building blocks. The built a very tall building. As you can see they are very proud of their work!
