We are delighted to be involved in Maths Week 2022.
Here are some of the activities in which we are involved.
29
Mar.2023
We are having a lot of fun with 3D shapes:- sphere, cylinder, cube, cuboid, triangular prism, hexagonal prism, cone, triangular pyramid, square based pyramid etc. We can identify shapes that have cir ...
8
Feb.2023
Learning how to add is fun when we use boards and blocks. We are experts on tens and units now. ...
20
Dec.2022
We brought our teddies with us to school today. We played Spelling Board Games and Maths Board Games (addition and subtraction) this morning. Our teddies helped us. It was a lot of fun. ...
16
Dec.2022
Today we made a Christmas data chart. We had to choose our favourite thing about Christmas. We made this into a data chart and were able to compare which part of Christmas is the most popular. We even ...
14
Nov.2022
We had a very busy month in room 12! We were excited preparing for Halloween and doing lots of spooky activities. We hunted for spiders, made some brownies and played some traditional Halloween games! ...
27
Oct.2022
We are having lots of fun in our maths groups. We played with the addition and subtraction tiles, 2D shape snap, tangrams and dice and counter games ...
27
Oct.2022
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Oct.2022
Event registered with Maths Week Ireland 2022 Maths week games in Senior Infants (Oct 2022) Snakes and ladders in R1 Senior infants (Oct 2022) Maths stations in Prefab 4A Senior infants (Oct 20 ...
26
Oct.2022
During Maths Week, we were busy using our maths eyes 👀 We saw 2-D and 3-D shapes, different colours, and lots of different measurement tools. We were amazed with everything we saw with our maths brain ...
26
Oct.2022
As part of Maths Week, we did a maths trail. we had lots of fun completing the trail with our friends- we also created our own challenges! We loved using the trundle wheel to measure the yard too. &nb ...
21
Oct.2022
Here’s our final survey of the week for Maths Week 2022. We have had fun doing these surveys. ...
21
Oct.2022
We enjoyed doing the maths trail around the school yard. ...
20
Oct.2022
Here’s our Survey of the Day: We love comparing our results to 1st class next door: We went on our Maths trail outside today. It was exciting using our maths eyes with our friends. We finished ...
20
Oct.2022
First Class had lots of fun investigating 3D shapes for Maths Week. ...
20
Oct.2022
Today, Ms Cronin helped us to make a spooky potion using pom poms, spoonfuls of glue or water and sprinkles of glitter, all in a black cauldron. We counted out our ingredients using the numbers from 1 ...
20
Oct.2022
We enjoyed playing some maths games in Room 2 this week! ...
20
Oct.2022
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Oct.2022
20
Oct.2022
The children in Prefab 1A went on a maths trail around the school. We also created our class data chart based on our birthdays and seasons! ...
19
Oct.2022
Today’s survey of the day: We used target boards and our mini whiteboards today. We identified big numbers, small numbers, odd and even numbers. We looked at rows and columns. We sorted number ...
19
Oct.2022
First Class had fun collecting data about people’s favourite fruit, ice-cream flavour and sports activity. They used this data to make pictograms. They also got to investigate 2D shapes and use ...
19
Oct.2022
18
Oct.2022
Look at the 3D construction structures we are making this Maths week! ...
18
Oct.2022
Today First Class went on a fun maths trail around our school. They worked in pairs and used their maths eyes. Have a look at the fun they had. ...
18
Oct.2022
Here is our survey of today (which we compared to the survey done in Room 10). We love having our say. We played some maths games in PE today. We made groups of 3 or 4 or 5 or 17. Then we made shap ...
17
Oct.2022
We are enjoying Maths Week. Today we had our survey of the day. We made a data chart of the houses in which we live. We also went on a walk to look at the different types of houses in our neighbourhoo ...
17
Oct.2022
We had a great morning this morning for our stations as we played some new maths games!!!! ...
17
Oct.2022
We started the day with a game of Snakes and Ladders to begin Maths Week. ...
14
Oct.2022
We began with some maths games today in order to get ready for Maths Week next week. We played Snakes and Ladders. We focused on turn taking, winning & losing. We enjoyed going up the ladders 🪜 bu ...
13
Oct.2022
We got some delicious banana bread for our lunch today. Miss Ní Cheallaigh helped us to make a data chart of how popular it was. Teacher just loves the banana bread, but unfortunately it wasn’t ...
11
Oct.2022
We are working on the number 16 and adding 3 numbers together. We had fun playing maths games today. We used dice, counters, white boards and playing cards. ...
6
Oct.2022
We braved the wind and the rain and took a trip to Petmamia for a fantastic, fun filled morning.We held and learnt about some amazing creatures including a musk turtle, rabbits, guinea pigs, leopard g ...
30
Sep.2022
We had great fun baking cookies. We worked on procedural writing and discussed the recipe and all the individual steps required to make a delicious cookie. We worked in groups of seven and ther ...
27
Sep.2022
We are very impressed with rectangles. From a rectangle we are able to make other 2d shapes – smaller rectangles, squares and triangles. From a rectangle we are able to make 3D shapes – cy ...
26
Sep.2022
In preparation for Space Week next week, we have made foam rockets. We used radiator insulation foam, duct tape, and card for the fins. We understand how we can make squares and triangles from rectang ...
17
Jun.2022
We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded: Well done to all the students, teachers and parents of Scoil Chaitríona Junior for all the hard work (and fun) in our science projects and investigati ...
9
Mar.2022
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Mar.2022
We planted strawberries, potatoes and lots of seeds today. We were good at measuring exactly 100mls of water for our soil to expand. ...
25
Nov.2021
We did lots of hands-on maths in Junior Infants in September. Here are some pictures of us sorting objects according to shape and colour. We had lots of fun finding objects around the room to put in o ...
17
Nov.2021
We are learning about tens and units. Today we played bankers boxes. When you throw the die, you can collect something from the banker’s box. 10 objects can be swopped for a 10. It’s a ...
1
Nov.2021
We had lots of fun making both 2D and 3D shapes with marshmallows during maths week. ...
1
Nov.2021
During Maths Week we went on a numeracy trail around our school grounds. We counted windows, doors and steps. We measured the length of the yard using our stride. We also used our stride to measure th ...
29
Oct.2021
We had lots of fun predicting, calculating and measuring during our maths trail and discovered many ways of using what we are learning in maths outside the classroom. ...
29
Oct.2021
We engaged in fun maths activities including tangrams, snakes and ladders, geoboards and magnetic construction sets during maths week. ...
23
Oct.2021
Senior infants busy on our maths trail for Maths Week. We had to look for different shapes, count items, measure our yard in footsteps etc. We had great fun. ...
22
Oct.2021
For maths week we learned about 2D shapes and played lots of counting games. Our favourite is the ladybird game! We practised cutting out and matching shapes. We even looked for shapes in our classroo ...
22
Oct.2021
We had a great time in Prefab 1A with maths activities this week. We did some coding with BeeBots and went on a maths trail around the school. ...
22
Oct.2021
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Oct.2021
We love the old-time-favourite “Snakes and Ladders”. We are really enjoying Maths Week 2021! ...
20
Oct.2021
We tried a Maths Trail today. We counted steps, measured lengths, looked around for shapes, estimated, wondered, measured. We were very excited about maths everywhere, all around us! HAPPY MATHS WE ...
20
Oct.2021
We are really enjoying Maths Week 2021. In groups we have been doing clock and calendar challenges, and also playing addition and subtraction tile games, tangrams and place value puzzles. We particul ...
20
Oct.2021
Mr Faherty’s class enjoyed estimsting and measuring different distances for Maths Week. ...
20
Oct.2021
We went out today to use our Maths eyes to do a Maths Trail around the school. We found lots of shapes, counted steps and doors and drew lots of pictures. It was great fun! ...
20
Oct.2021
We have had lots of fun completing maths activities this week. We have had lots of time just playing with maths activties, games and resources. We enjoyed putting on our maths glasses and getting outs ...
19
Oct.2021
Here’s our survey of the day. We love having our say! ...
19
Oct.2021
HAPPY MATHS WEEK 2021! How many shapes can you recognise? How many shapes can you make? Chart available from https://wisdomlearning.co/products/2d-shapes-3d-shapes-wall-chart We could name and make ...
19
Oct.2021
HAPPY MATHS WEEK 2021! How many shapes can you recognise? How many shapes can you make? Chart available from https://wisdomlearning.co/products/2d-shapes-3d-shapes-wall-chart ...
19
Oct.2021
HAPPY MATHS WEEK 2021 Enjoy a maths trail around our school. ...
18
Oct.2021
We are celebrating Maths Week by doing extra FUN MATHS every day this week. We used our mini whiteboards and a target board. We identified big numbers, small numbers, odd and even numbers. We looked ...
18
Oct.2021
HAPPY MATHS WEEK 2021 Enjoy playing Target Board Maths ...
18
Dec.2020
We love playing board games: a fun way to learn about addition, subtraction, telling the time and place value! We are als learning lots about making words with our literacy board games. ...
18
Dec.2020
As part of our learning about keeping our bodies and ourselves healthy, we were talking about healthy food and snacks. We made a data chart of our favourite foods and also of our favourite snacks. We ...
17
Dec.2020
We learnt about patterns in Maths. We made our own patterns. It was fun. ...
15
Dec.2020
We love having a chance to have our say. We also love chatting about the choices that were made in our class. ...
20
Nov.2020
We were using our number lines this week to do our number stories. We are getting so good at adding and jumping along the number line. ...
6
Nov.2020
Maths week was a great success in prefab 1a! We spent the week exploring our classroom and school grounds for shapes & numbers. We even made shapes using our bodies! We worked in pairs to solve ma ...
2
Nov.2020
During Maths Week we had lots of fun in Room 10 making shapes using spaghetti and marshmallows! Here are some pictures of us.. ...
23
Oct.2020
To the Principal, Good afternoon. My name is Jonathan Comerford, I work with Cork Institute of Technology on a project called DojoMór. I am contacting you to ask for your support on behalf of the High ...
22
Oct.2020
We can’t wait to get involved in EU Code Week 2020. Here are some of the programmes tried! Coding with Bee Bots 2nd class (Oct 2020) Coding with Kodable and Angry Birds 2nd class (Oct 2020) Codi ...
19
Oct.2020
We used lots of manipulatives (2D shapes, geoboards, geostrips, 3D construction shapes) to make all sorts of 2D and 3D shapes and designs. Can you spot squares, rectangles, triangles, semi circles, ci ...
16
Oct.2020
Here are some of the many CodeWeek activities in Scoil Chaitríona Junior, October 2020! Scoil Chaitríona Junior’s EU Code Week 2020 Coding with Bee Bots 2nd class (Oct 2020) Coding with Kodable ...
16
Oct.2020
We really enjoy coding with Bee Bots. ...
16
Oct.2020
We had fun telling the time (hours, half hours and quarter hours). We are getting so good at this and also at predicting what time it will be in a quarter, half or hour’s time (or what time it w ...
15
Oct.2020
For Maths Week, today we had fun with our calendar. We asked each other questions like How many Wednesdays in October? What day is October 16th? What is the last date in October? What date is Hallowe ...
14
Oct.2020
Today teacher had a challenge for us…..could we make these shapes with cocktail sticks and mini marshmallows. We found that when we worked in pairs we were really good at this challenge. We made ...
14
Oct.2020
Do you have a pet? Yes-17 No-8 ...
13
Oct.2020
Our Survey of the Day today asked if we like pepperoni on our pizza or not. The results were: Yes- 4 No- 19 Keep an eye out for our surveys over the next few days! ...
13
Oct.2020
We tried a Maths Trail today. We counted steps, measured lengths, looked around for shapes, estimated, wondered, measured. We were very excited about maths everywhere, all around us! ...
13
Oct.2020
We played a Maths Week game. We played in pairs. We had to throw tow dice and add or subtract the two numbers. whatever answer we got we could cover this number with a counter of our own colour. The ...
12
Oct.2020
Here are some of the exciting events we had for Maths Week 2020: Maths Week activities in Prefab 1B 2nd class (Oct 2020) Target Boards 2nd class (Oct 2020) 4 in a Row 2nd class (Oct 2020) Maths trail ...
12
Oct.2020
We are celebrating Maths Week by doing extra FUN MATHS every day this week. Today we used our mini whiteboards and a target board. We identified big numbers, small numbers, odd and even numbers. We l ...
2
Oct.2020
We are learning all about the planets for Space Week. We made a data chart today of our favourite planets. Here are the interesting results: ...
2
Oct.2020
We are learning all about 2D shapes using attribute blocks. For each shape we need to be able to identify its size (big or small), colour (red, blue or yellow), its thickness (thick or thin) and the s ...
22
Nov.2019
Mr. Lawless class had a great time in the space dome today where we learned about the planets and looked at the stars. We were all very excited. Every Friday, we also play lots of different Math game ...
20
Oct.2019
We had great fun using the coding bees 🙂 ...