A great big "thank you" to the Parents' Association. They invested in some fantastic Jaggo Blocks for Junior Infants. We had an absolute blast with them this week! There is something very exciting about being able to make large structures! We had a free play area with them in Aistear this week and had some very interesting pieces. Some children worked in teams and some alone. They made buildings, seats, benches, boats, houses, "a Great, Great, Great Wall of China," and some abstract creations. Have a look!
We were working around the topic of "The Three Little Pigs." In maths, we were working on the number 3 - a pretty tricky number to write (especially going in the right direction - don't worry, it will come with practice.) We sequenced the story, in history and made some fantastic maps in geography. In science, we compared the different materials used by the three pigs and tested to see what was strongest. There was lots of fun role-playing the story and there were some fantastic, alternative endings made. We did some fun "blow painting" in art, helping the wolf blow down the straw house and also making funny haired people. In Junk Art, we made new homes for the pigs, which secret doors, escape tunnels, fake chimneys and traps!
We had great fun playing maths games with Ms Kilboy's 1st class children, as part of Maths Week. Half of our class went upstairs to Ms Kilboy's and half of her children came down to us. We are going to be doing it again soon, with the other half of the class going upstairs. If you would like to see Ms Kilboy's photos from her room please check out her blog and scroll down a couple of posts.
In PE we have been working on the gymnastics strand. We've been improving our balance and strength on the benches and practicing log rolls and pencil rolls on the mats. We enjoy doing obstacle courses and stations usually. We did yoga in PE also and, it turns out, we have our very own yoga expert in class, who taught us all some of his moves. Finally, we also had a skipping workshop, which was great fun and pretty challenging too.