Park Fun!!
On Friday Ms. Handcock’s classroom enjoyed a trip to the local park. It was great fun and the sun even came out for us!! Check it out below!
Fantastic February!!
Fantastic February in Ms.Handcock’s Restaurant
Our Play Session theme for the month of February was The Restaurant. Pupils learned about the different jobs in our local community, they created their favourite meals using playdough and paint, they built restaurants and they even created their own restaurant serving each other. It truly was delicious, catch all the action below!!
Mindful Meditation in Infants!
Mindful Meditation
Junior and Senior Infant pupils have been learning all about how Mindful Meditation can help them focus more in class. They have been loving Belly Breathing, Bubble Bounce (mindful looking), Rainbow Relaxation and Visualisation. See below for some very engaged and interested pupils.
World Book Day in 1st & 2nd Class
We began our celebrations of World Book Day in 1st and 2nd Class with a table quiz. Junior and Senior Infants joined us for some fun. The competition was fierce and each team showed their book expertise by answering questions on characters from famous books.
We designed book vouchers for a World Book Day competition and shared our favourite book with our classmates. Dog-man is pretty popular at the moment! We are looking forward to the Book Fair and Dress-up Day next week. There will be a prize for the student in 1st and 2nd class with the best homemade costume!
Don’t forget to visit https://www.worldbookday.com/families/ for some ideas on how to celebrate World Book Day at home.
November Fun!!
The Three Little Pigs
During the month of November our theme was houses and homes. This involved building houses from recycled materials, learning about the different types of homes and learning about the story The Three Little Pigs. Pupils listened to the story, generated questions about the story, sequenced the story and then made puppets so that they could recreate the story. Below are pictures of the pupils recreating the story of The Three Little Pigs.
Autumn Fun
During October, pupils in Ms. Handcock’s class were learning all about Autumn. Pupils learned about the changes in plants and animals during Autumn- leaves falling from the trees, animals gathering food for their impending hibernation, and farmers harvesting their crops for wintertime. Pupils made hedgehogs from potatoes, they created acorns with playdough, and they made prints with leaves. Pupils used lovely autumn colours such as brown, red, green, and yellow.
Junior Infants 2022
This September we welcomed our new Junior Infant class into Ms. Handcock’s room. Pupils had great fun playing, making new friends, and meeting everyone in their new school. We hope they enjoy their time at Maryborough National School!!
Litter Picking
Taking Care of Our School Environment
Throughout the month of March Junior and Senior Infants have been learning all about how to take care of the planet and our school environment. We have been discussing ways in which we can help to look after our school. Every day for the month of March they have been outside litter picking, checking the flowers and plants, and exploring our wonderful school garden. They have really enjoyed it and they have also decided to continue with their litter picking once a week. (It was an added bonus to have such good weather!)
A Taste of Christmas
Junior and Senior Infants were surprised last Friday with some Christmas treats from our Elf on the Shelf. They sampled mince pies, Christmas cake, yule log and cranberry bites. As you can see by all the smiles and thumbs up they really enjoyed it.
