Great fun in Room 3 .. yummy pancakes!
Line of the Week Champions!
March 7, 2019
The boys in Room 3 and Prefab 12 were the worthy winners of our first Line of the Week challenge for 2019. Well done, boys!
There were great celebrations in both rooms last Friday after winning the yard trophy for being the best line at lining up after the bell goes 🏆
This is what the boys had to say…
Our class have been working extremely hard on our lining up recently, and last Friday the hard work payed off!
We made everyone proud when we received the trophy for Line of the Week.
We’re going to continue to do our best and see if we can retain our title for next week!
Drop Everything and Run!
March 7, 2019
All of our classes are taking part in DEAR (Drop Everything and Run) for the month of March. Every day the Junior Infants are running 3 laps of the school, the Senior Infants are running 4 laps of the school and the First Classes are running 5 laps! The boys are focusing on running at a steady pace and having fun!
PE Equipment
March 4, 2019
Thanks to the hard work of our Parents’ Association, we now have a great variety of PE equipment for the boys to use. As you can see in the photos, we store the equipment in clear boxes which enable both staff and children to see at a glance what is on the shelves. We also have bags with footballs, basketballs and Gaelic footballs.
Move Well, Move Often
March 4, 2019
In 2018/2019 we prioritised Dance as our P.E. strand for further development.
Two of our teachers attended the Move Well, Move Often seminar on the 6th November 2018 in Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel (Education Centre, Blackrock). The seminar was facilitated by the PDST. The Move Well, Move Often initiative focuses on developing the physical literacy of the pupil through the lens of fundamental movement skills. Seminar 2 focused on stability skills. In the seminar teachers were given a range of resources and tools to support the teaching of fundamental movement skills through physical education. The resources include a Teacher Guide and three Activity Books.
On the day, teachers took part in active P.E. lessons which focused on the fundamental movement skill of stability, with specific emphasis on landing and balancing techniques. Teachers also gave each other feedback by way of peer assessment.
As a follow up to attending this seminar, the teachers who attended the course went through the powerpoint presentation with the teaching staff and then taught the ‘Dance Around Ireland’ lesson to fellow teachers. This dance was then taught to pupils in P.E. lessons.
Folk Dance
Each year group held a Céilí in March 2019 as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge. Our Gaeilge coordinator photocopied resources for dance lessons and distributed these together with traditional Irish dancing music to all classes. The Junior Infant classes held a Ceilí Mór in the hall on Tuesday 12th March. The Senior Infant classes also held a Céilír Mór in the hall on Tuesday. Each of the three First Classes held their own Céilí in the hall on Tuesday and Wednesday.
All of the boys really enjoyed the Ceilí this year.
Drum Nature
February 14, 2019
The boys loved playing with all of the different instruments in the music workshop. They really enjoyed playing the rhythms. They played ‘1, 2, 3, have a cup of tea and ‘If you say a rhythm, you can play a rhythm’. There was also some great dancing to the music.
String Quartet
February 14, 2019
The boys really enjoyed listening to the violins, viola and the double bass. The conductor was excellent and did a great job directing all the boys.
Construction
February 13, 2019
The boys made their own buildings and put them together to make small towns.
