Junior Infants

The whole school enjoyed dressing up for World Book day. It was great to see children and teachers dressed up as characters from their favourite books.

It was a very busy month on the lead up to the holidays in December. The parents classes enjoyed their graduation and had a celebration at the end of their classes. The parent's association enjoyed a special Christmas breakfast. Ms. Coleman had a very busy month. There was cuddle and read with the children in Early Start with parents, grandparents and other relatives coming in to read with the children. There was the draw for the Christmas Hampers for all the families that brought in their Christmas Wish stars. 4th class sang in Blackpool at the Community Christmas market. Everyone there enjoyed listening to them and the children enjoyed listening to the other schools performing as well. The two 2nd classes were busy as well. Mr. Stack's class went baking cookies while Ms. Twohig's class went playing Christmas games on the school chrome books. 3rd class put on their own puppet shows in their classes using shadow puppets that they made themselves. The end of the term finished off with a whole school December Assembly where 1st class performed a Christmas song through ISL (Irish Sign Language) and the Junior Infants performed some wonderful Christmas poems.

In late November Ms. O Neill surprised the whole school by inviting an ice cream van to the school. All the children (and staff) were delighted with the special treat.

The community Garda visited Junior and Senior Infants recently. The children enjoyed meeting them and had lots of questions for the Garda about their job. They also enjoyed

The whole school loved dressing up on the day of the Mid term holidays. There was super heroes, ninjas, witches and many more. Even the teachers got in on the fun.

There is some wonderful art on display in the classroom and on the school corridors. All this art has been done by the children in all the classes. They have been inspired by famous artists, Nature, Maths, and local landmarks.

Junior Infants were very busy recently. They have been practising making patterns. First they worked in groups making patterns before heading outside. The children decorated the school wall with lots of patterns using chalk.

We were delighted to welcome the Lord Mayor Councillor Kieran McCarthy to the school today. The whole school welcomed him with the infant classes waving their flags, while the children sang a beautiful rendition of Ireland's call. The Lord Mayor spoke to us about how he developed a love for the history of Cork City and how he was always trying to find out more information.

Junior Infants up to 2nd class were lucky this week to have a visit from trainers Ian and Cian. The trainers put the children through their paces with some warm ups before testing their fitness with games and relays. All the children really enjoyed it.

We held our Intercultural Day in the school yard today. It was a fantastic day where all the children dressed up in their traditional clothes. The projects that the children completed over the last few weeks were on display in the yard. There was also displays of tradition clothes. The parents and the children brought in tables of food from all the different cultures and nationalities. In the yard there was performances from some of the classes before all the parents and adults joined in for some zumba dancing. Ending the day was a céilí which everyone loved. Thank you to the teachers and all the parents who helped organising the day.