The focus of Aistear during March is ‘The Garden Centre’ so we thought we would create our own! We planted lots of seeds today and placed them on the windowsills, where the sun will help t ...
Carol Reynolds from Connemara National Park did a workshop last month on Irish Mammals in the school hall. Junior Infants examined taxidermy models of mammals. They asked lots of questions about the m ...
For Valentine’s Day last week we made heart-shaped tealight holders and trinket dishes. Junior Infants did a great job manipulating and pinching the clay! ...
Junior Infants thoroughly enjoyed the workshop they did with marine biologist Brendan Joyce. Brendan told us lots of interesting information about sharks, shells, dolphins, and other sea creatures. We ...
Here’s some interesting information from the Schoolwear Cente regarding our Saving Scheme that might be of interest to you: ...
NEW DATE FOR THE CAROL SERVICE: POSTPONED, DUE TO ICY WEATHER! ...
We were delighted to make a presentation to Galway Hospice. The fundraising was thanks to our Hallowe’en walk and to our staff coffee morning. Well done to all, and especially to Lorainne and to ...
Lots of our classes logged on today for a wonderful talk by Danielle Wilcox from the Blackrock Castle Observatory. Danielle had lots of information for us on telescopes, how they work, the pictures th ...
The Check it Fits service is a full-time, nationwide, free expert service which aims to put parent’s and guardian’s minds at ease that their child’s car seat is safely and securely fitted in their car ...
Ms Herbert’s junior infants class joined us today and yesterday to take part in some interesting and fun science experiments! ...
We had a wonderful coffee morning in aid of Galway Hospice. Many thanks to Lorraine for organising such a fantastic event, and to all her helpers for making the hall so welcoming and pleasant. It was ...
During Aistear, we have been really enjoying making magic potions filled with spooky ingredients! ...
As we have been learning all about hedgehogs, we decided to make clay hedgehogs as they prepare to hibernate for winter. We used sticks to create spines and colourful gems to represent different body ...
Today we went on a lovely nature walk around the locality looking for signs of autumn including something smooth, rough, bumpy, brown and of course lots of leaves! ...
We at Scoil Chaitríona Junior are thoroughly enjoying Space Week 2022 Click on the image above to see our Space Display Day … Space Week 2022 … Here are some of the things we have done: Ma ...
Junior Infants are having lots of fun playing together during Aistear! ...
We had a terrific day today. We loved showing our space boxes to other classes and our parents, and demonstrating about space and rockets. Most of the classes in the school and many of our parents cam ...
We read a lovely story about an elephant called Elmer. Elmer taught us about diversity and differences. We practised our cutting skills and created lots of different elephants. ...
We tried our best to put Humpty back together again! ...
We are busy working on our fine motor skills here in Junior Infants! ...
A huge Thank You to Space Week Ireland who put us in touch with Eóin Tuohy. Eóin is an Irish engineer who works with Éirespás. He was working with ESA (European Space Agency) and he knows all about a ...
Our class designed and named planets to add to the Solar System in anticipation for Space Week! We designed and cut-out rockets, our cutting skills are really improving. ...
The cycle bus starts again on Thursday with the plan to run everyday (once the weather allows). The idea is for a group of children with their adults to cycle together in convoy to school… Reduc ...
