Friday 22nd September

22/9/2017

Another great week in Rm 5 although I think that the tiredness of the first few weeks was hitting us hard this week. I think everyone was feeling it at some stage, myself included. But that is to be expected. It is a big change for the little ones and with all the hard work we do it's not surprising when they get a bit overwhelmed. So make sure everyone gets a good restful weekend with plenty of family time and sleep. That said, we got lots done this week and I hope your little ones will share some of their new found knowledge with you here.

Maths - The focus was colour and pattern

We continue our focus on colour and pattern and incorporate that into our learning wherever possible. Orange was the colour to be this week.

We even added pattern and colour to our PE lesson!

Pattern and Colour, Everywhere! from Ms Murray on Vimeo.

Art

The children couldn't wait to get all messy today! I'm sure they'll tell you all about it. Check back next week to see how our colour mixing art went.

Pre-phonics work

Before the children begin their phonics they have to learn to listen and hear sounds to help them understand the structure of language. Below the children are listening to a sentence I say and they have to count the words in the sentence. Not as easy for them as your would think. This is called phonological awareness and it forms the important foundation skills of reading.

Aistear

The Theme this month is Myself and My Family. But the focus is on teaching the children the skills of successful play. Aistear is just the most natural way for children to learn... you can just see them growing more confident each day.

Irish

The children have really taken to learning their new language, Irish. They are so excite and enthusiastic about it! They are really picking up the new vocabulary so well. Keep it up boys and girls! They love this song and want to practice it all the time, I think you'll agree they are so cute in this little video.

Is mise an train! from Ms Murray on Vimeo.

Little Red Riding Hood

Together we sequenced the parts of the story in the correct order. What happened first, next... at the end?

Then the children worked in small groups and had a go themselves! If you get the chance, read Little Red Riding Hood with your child this weekend and ask them some questions about the story.

Have a lovely weekend! I look forward to seeing everyone who can make it at the parents' meeting on Monday at 12.30pm in the school hall.

Kind Regards,

Ms Murray

14 Comments

Jolita (Deans mum)

22/9/2017 06:34:46 pm

Great job 😊if not your for updates on the internet I don't think we would know what our kids are doing and learning week by week, thanks a lot

Ms Murray

22/9/2017 06:54:45 pm

Thanks. My hope is that you will be able to encourage learning at home as well as in school. But most of all I want you to know that they are happy in school. Glad you are enjoying it.

Alan (Dean's dad) Byrne

22/9/2017 08:02:27 pm

Really great blog Ms Murray, it's great to see my son's progress.. all their activities writing, singing songs and even the PE class. Dean told me as we went through the blog how he mixed the colours red and yellow to make orange. I look forward to reading the blog every weekend.

Ms Murray

22/9/2017 09:02:11 pm

That's lovely to hear. The blog helps them get the conversation going. I think they'll get a laugh out of the P.E. video.

Adel Watkins

23/9/2017 07:24:57 am

We just checked the blog this morning and Sarah is GUTTED she missed school on Friday, the messy play looked like so much fun. I went thru all the pictures and Sarah told me the names of all the boys and girls in her class. She thinks of them all as her friends :)

SARAHS MESSAGE
I really love my teacher and Roz, she is my teacher too.
I broke my bone playing in a boat with nanny, mammy took me to the hospital with my sister.
I wish I didn't have to wear the bandage for 4 weeks.
This is my first time wearing a bandage and I really don't like it.

Ms Murray

23/9/2017 12:42:15 pm

We heard about poor Sarah's arm! We hope she is o.k.? What a terrible thing to happen! Don't worry about missing the art, she can do it next week with her good hand. Unfortunately we only had Roz with us for the first week while the children were settling in. She comes to visit us occasionally, but is much in demand by all the teachers so she has to share her time with the other classes. We hope to see you next week Sarah!

Lindsay (Isobel's mam)

23/9/2017 12:30:37 pm

Such a great blog!
So nice to see to see her coming out of her shell!!

Ms Murray

23/9/2017 12:32:57 pm

Thanks. Glad Isobel seems to be settling in so well.

Ruwida

23/9/2017 11:10:16 pm

Such a blog Ms Murray,
They're awesome. Sajed did miss the Bus song :),
Thanks

Ms Murray

24/9/2017 12:29:56 pm

Thanks! Tell him not to worry... no doubt the children will be having another go at it next week! :)

Vanessa McKenna

25/9/2017 06:52:11 pm

Ms Murray, Thank you for making all the learning fun. Elizabeth says thank you for all the snacks :)
Its great seeing all the fantastic progress even in the short time you've had this class
Vanessa

Ms Murray

26/9/2017 06:01:28 pm

Thanks, She's really starting to come out of her shell in a great way! She's just like Ruadhan, she has a great appetite! All the hard learning makes her hungry lol!

Marie Heather's Mammy.

9/10/2017 07:00:25 pm

Thank you so much for all the lovely pictures and videos. It is lovely to see Heather's activities during the day and to see them learning through such creative play.

Ms Murray

10/10/2017 08:48:10 pm

My pleasure. They're great fun to teach, so enthusiastic ?

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