St. Andrew's National School

The sun has been out this week, and so have the Junior Infants! Every day, we had at least one lesson outside in the garden. It was much nicer outside than in the classroom, and much more fun. We ran to the Irish words Ms Bosveld called out, we talked about stories, we played vocabulary games, ate our snacks and today, our buddies in fifth class read books to us.

Today we got lucky again! 6th class had organised games for everyone in school, including us! We were divided into groups, and everyone got to get a go with all activities. Thank you, 6th class!

In Junior Infants we had a great day today. We joined Senior Infants in PE. We practiced our races for the sports day together. It was so much fun to practice together! But today's fun did not stop there. We discovered that we have studied all 26 letters now, and our 5th class buddies organised a party for us! We went out the back field and hunted for letters. Then we had to come up with words with that letter. And to top it all off, we got a certificate and a sticker!

This afternoon we in Junior Infants received a surprise! We knew a visitor would be coming, but we wanted it to be a surprise who it was. We were so happy to see Ms Cole, our very first teacher in St Andrew's, walk into the classroom! And she did not come by herself, she brought her baby Charlie with her. We tried really hard to stay as calm as possible, so he would not get a fright. It was so good to see Ms Cole again, and wonderful to meet baby Charlie.

During the month of April, we worked on the theme 'The garden centre'. We transformed our role play corner into a garden centre, where we took care of plants and sold and bought them. We made flowers from various materials and sorted seeds (have you seen how many pumpkin seeds were collected?). Our mathematics and literacy was also garden themed. And in science we learned about germination, photosynthesis and pollination! We also learned about bumblebees, they are an endanger

We had a visitor in school today: Poppy the lamb! Before we went out to meet Poppy, we discussed what would be a kind way to treat the lamb. Then we went to the outdoor classroom, where Poppy and her owner were waiting for us. We learned about where Poppy lives and what she likes, and we got to ask some questions. The best part came at the end- we got to pet Poppy!

Junior Infants planted beans!

On June 18th, Junior and Senior Infants set off on an exciting school tour to Airfield Estate in Dundrum — and what a fantastic day we...

Junior and Senior Infants visited Pine Forest Art Centre today. They had a wonderful day filled with lots of fun activities including art...

Junior Infants had a great time learning about the Doctor’s Office. They learned all about the doctor and instruments they use. They...

5th Class and Junior Infant buddies enjoyed a walk to Bray library this week. Once at the library, the buddies were encouraged to choose...

Junior Infants have been learning all about Autumn time and the weather. We went on a nature walk around the school and spotted lots of...