Author Archives: Eimear O'Donovan

Writing buddies!

We were delighted to meet our pals from 6th class again today to do another session of writing buddies! On this occasion, we wrote about Christmas. It was as much fun as usual!  

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Karate demonstration

We were delighted to welcome Rex’s Dad to the yard this morning where he gave a karate demonstration to the boys in Senior Infants! We really enjoyed watching Charles but promise we won’t be trying to copy his moves in … Continue reading

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Infant Christmas concerts

The highly anticipated Junior and Senior Infant Christmas concerts will take place this coming Friday December 15th in the Junior Infant room. Both classes have worked extremely hard and can’t wait to perform for you all! Juniors will take to … Continue reading

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Reading buddies – Senior Infants and 6th

After our very successful writing buddies session last week, we couldn’t wait to work together again! So today, the boys from Senior Infants and 6th paired up again and read stories to each other. The older boys remembered some classics … Continue reading

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Writing buddies – Seniors and 6th class!

The boys in Senior Infants have been learning all about different kinds of jobs and workplaces. Today they paired up with a buddy in 6th class and wrote about what they would like to do when they grow up. They … Continue reading

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Scholastic book fair 2017

The calm before the storm… The Parents’ Association are organised and ready to go for this year’s book fair. They will be open from 8:30-9:30am and 1:30-2:30pm tomorrow, Thursday and Friday in the 2nd class classroom just across from Mary’s … Continue reading

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Senior Infant rockets!

We had so much fun colouring, cutting and sticking rockets recently! We got very creative with our designs!

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Learning from our peers…

We were delighted to get a visit from big boys in 5th class who came to show us what they have being doing with their Vex Robotics. We were suitable impressed by what we saw. Well done boys!

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Tall towers in Seniors!

The boys in Senior Infants just love building towers – the taller the better! The best of all is when they come crashing down!

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Taispeántas Gaeilge – rang a dó

Every month in St. Joe’s a class performs a song, poem, or rhyme they have learned as Gaeilge and today it was the turn of 2nd class. They kept us all highly entertained with poems called ‘ar scoil’, ‘buail ar … Continue reading

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