This month saw Junior Infants head off on our first school trip.  We all travelled on a big coach to The Dock in Carrick-on-Shannon to watch the panto ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’.  We loved it! We prepared for our […]

The theme of the month was the Doctor’s Surgery.  We learned lots of vocabulary such as stethoscope, injection, receptionist, and surgery.  We cut out some shapes and stuck them onto a ‘doctor’s bag’. Then we used our own colouring materials […]

During the month of October, we learned about The Farm Shop and set up a shop in our role play corner.  We went for an Autumn Walk to spot the signs of Autumn.  We read lots of stories including ‘Pumpkin […]

Welcome to our Junior Infants Class of 2024 School Website.  Here you will find news and photos throughout the school year.  We hope that you enjoy!  Here are some photos of our first month in school…    

To finish the month off, we had our school tour, a visit from Rescue 118 and a Teddy Bear Picnic. Atlantic Sheepdogs was our first stop on tour.  What a fabulous morning to watch Misty the sheepdog at work.  We […]

Our final month in Junior Infants, and what a jam-packed month so far! The theme this month is ‘Holidays’.  In Aistear we set up the airport.  We have a check-in desk, and children must produce their passports and tickets to […]

During the month of May we took a break from Aistear and instead had Literacy Stations. We had 4 stations; the first being Decodable Readers, next Roll and Read, then Peer Reading with a reading buddy and finally a handwriting […]

The first day of March brought snow but March also brought us The Puppet Show! In Aistear we set up the role play area at a Puppet Show.  First, we had a show about ‘The Little Red Hen’.  Then we […]

February welcomed Spring in Junior Infants and a trip to the Vets!  We read about a pet lamb who hurt his leg and read about his trip to the vets. In Aistear we set up the role play area in […]

We returned to school on the 8th of January after a lovely Christmas break.  We started planning our Aistear theme ‘The Market’ straight away and set up stalls to sell the crafts that we created.  We read about Ella’s trip […]