National Scratch Champion 2016

Congratulations to Ellie Conlon (1st Class) who was selected as the National Champion in the Scratch Competition 2016 in the Primary Schools Minis Category (Jnr Infants – 1st Class). Ellie’s scratch project, ‘Planting a Seed’ was shortlisted for the Scratch Finals.  Ellie then attended the showcase on Thursday 28th April at the RDS.  She presented her project … Read more

Our Autumnal Walk

More poems by First Class published.  See below First Class went on an autumnal walk through Knocksink Woods on Friday 16th October 2015.  We enjoyed exploring the woods in autumn with all of our senses.  We wrote some autumn poems inspired by our walk in the woods. A Nature Trail by Annalisa Walsh An Autumn Walk … Read more

Bulb Planting

We planted bluebell bulbs under the big tree at the top of the hill, as bluebells like a woodland environment.  Ben helped us to make holes for the bulbs.  We’re looking forward to seeing them grow in spring.  We also planted an assortment of bulbs in-between the vegetable beds outside of the infant classrooms.  We … Read more

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow

We have all sowed an acorn and are looking forward to seeing our little oak trees growing by next spring.  First we did a float test to sort the viable acorns from those that would be unlikely to sprout. Did you know that an oak tree doesn’t start producing acorns until it is about 50 … Read more

Guzzler Workshop

Guzzler visited First Class on Friday 6th November.  We taught him a lot about saving energy and not wasting energy.  We hope he’s not guzzling up energy any more.

Science week in First Class

We have been exploring magnets and magnetism.  We investigated which materials were attracted to the magnet and which were not.  We also explored through which materials the magnet could attract the relevant metals (paper clips, copper coins, nails, etc.).  We’re now busy designing and making magnetic games and mazes.

Autumnal Walk

First Class are really looking forward to our upcoming autumnal walk.  We will use all our senses to explore the woods in autumn.