Today we had our first ever sports day. We were really grateful for the amazing team that helped set it up for us, thanks guys!
​We had 12 stations to complete in total. 

1. Sack races
2. Potato races 
3. Letter match 
4. Welly throw
5. Beanbag toss
6. Balancing
7. Sponge race
8. Obstacle course
9. Frog jump
10.Bubbles
11. Penalty shootout 
12. Javelins

We really enjoyed these stations. 

After those stations we raced!

In the afternoon, we got to go to the ice cream van!
We ate ice cream, had our lunch and then we enjoyed the rest of our day in the sunshine! 

In PE we played a game called 'frogger'.
 
The aim is:
Get across the pond (hall) without falling off the lily pad (hula hoop)!

There is only one problem! There are not enough lily pads to go around. Each pod made sure to get everyone safely across without anyone falling in the water. 

This week we have been creating our own music. 
We imagined we were giants. We thought of all the sounds giants could make. 

We used pictures to map our sounds and so we could read our music. We discussed the sounds and the pictures that we needed. 

We really enjoyed being able to read our own music!
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Our first composition was..
5 stomps
10 standing on lego 
4 muddy puddles 
​5 swimming sounds 

Composition 2

Our second composition was...
6 going through the bushes 
5 muddy puddles
3 snores
3 quiet 
2 dinners 
2 stomps
1 lego

We really enjoyed learning about Irish myths and legends in History this week.
We learnt all about the 'Children of Lír' legend. 
We sequenced the story. We looked at what happened at the beginning, in the middle and at the end.
Have a look at the pictures we drew!

Today we had our school tour! 
We had a very busy day!
Firstly we started with a creation station. 
We got to put our seats wherever we wanted!

We had our lunch and went outside.
After yard we got to see the animals!
We pet the big animals first. 

Goats

Chickens 

Lambs and a Pig

Ducklings!

After the big animals we got to pet the small animals!
Some of us even wore them as hats!

After that we had a barn dance! We created some lovely art work that we added to the PE hall!
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We were very tired after that, we had a break and a few sweets. BEST DAY EVER!

Today we completed a big milestone in Junior Infants!
We finished learning all of our sounds.
This means we will be able to read lots of words. 
They have worked so so hard all year and I am so proud of them. 
We had a surprise party to celebrate!
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Our last sound was 'ar'! We finished our last new rainbow letter. We have gotten so good at writing words that have our sound in it. 

For the last two weeks we have been learning all about data. 
We did a lot of exploring and investigating. 
Firstly we wanted to see what colour car was the most popular in the staff car park. 
We split into groups and got counting. 
When we came back to school we created a graph. 
This helped us read the data. 
We found that there were 
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5 blue cars
5 silver cars
6 grey cars
10 black cars
16 white cars
1 red car. 

We then investigated our favourite pets.
We listed a number of animals. 
We each got a vote and picked the animals we liked best. 
We then discussed what animal had the most votes, who had the least and if anyone the same amount. 
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Lastly, we read the book 'Handa's Surprise'. 
There are lots of yummy fruit in the book. 
We all voted to see what fruit was the most popular in the class! Can you tell what one we liked best

We recently got a new app for the junior ipads. Big thanks to Aoife B (4th class teacher) with that.

The app is called 'Read with Phonics'. This app helps us reinforce our sounds and helps us blend words in a fun way. 

Hopefully in the future we can make accounts for parents and they can use the app at home!

*We are wearing our coats as we were getting ready for home time!

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We work so hard when we practice our writing. 

We make sure we are sitting nicely, have our chair pulled in and we make sure we have our feet on the floor. 
We love learning how to make new letters. 
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We especially love using the magic pen (it disappears when you write with it).

We are very proud of our handwriting copies. We work hard to keep them neat!

Today we wrote our first sentences. It was a really big deal and we were very happy with the outcome. 
Have a look below to see our very first sentences. Our sentences were based on our reader this week, 'MMM Snacks'.

This week we have been learning about the different jobs people can have. We discussed the jobs the people in our lives do. We love leaning about the different jobs. 

Have a look to see what we want to be when we grow up.