On January 24th, we welcomed our Grandparents into our class. Everyone enjoyed having their grandparents in to see the classroom. The girls played the tin whistle, sang ‘We Sing a Song to Brigid’, taught them some Gaeilge and also chatted to their Grandparents about the differences between school in their day in comparison to now. The girls gave their grandparents a card and St. Brigids Day cross. We hope all the grandparents had a lovely visit.

On December 15th, second class welcomed their parents into the classroom. The girls put on a whole interactive show for them, teaching them Gaeilge, mindfulness exercises, singing, poetry, and showing them how good they are at playing the tin whistle. The girls also painted their clay Christmas decorations with their parents. Everyone really enjoyed the day and had a great time.

This week the girls made an extra effort to be kind to everyone in school. Each child also had a secret friend that they had to be extra kind to. They brought in a sweet treat for their secret friend on Thursday and we had a ‘coffee morning’ in the halla. Our motto for the week was “to have a friend is to be a friend.”

This week the girls were engaged in many maths activities such as maths trails, challenges, games, and maths stations. The children enjoyed working as part of a team, and using their maths eyes to answer maths challenges around the school and in the classroom. Maths week is a time to appreciate the value of maths in our daily lives and recognise that maths is everywhere.

The girls experienced a calming and mindful morning with Úna Curran. Úna taught the children several mindfulness techniques such as square breathing, dragon breathing, bubble breathing, as well as some yoga moves.

Today we celebrated Bluebells day during Friendship week. Everyone wore something blue to celebrate and we raised money for playground equipment in the Bluebells yard. All of the girls learned about our Bluebells class and about autism which they found super interesting. They visited the Bluebells classroom and sensory room which they loved. Go blue for Bluebells!

Welcome to our second class blog where we will post about what the students get up to throughout the year!