Well we have been very very busy here in the Junior room in Term 1. Senior infants and I got to meet our two new super infants Aurora and Leo this September and we have had a fun filled, jam packed learning adventure since!! Here is a little video of some moments from the past term. Wishing you and yours a joyous and peaceful Christmas and a very Happy New Year in 2024!!!
As we start a new school year, 1st & 2nd class are busy exploring the theme of “All About Me”. This week, we put a fun twist on our self-portraits and created Minecraft selfies. Great work, boys and girls!
Toy show night is one of the most magical nights in the life of a child. 3rd and 4th class took this to a whole new level on Friday, when we presented our very own toy inventions to the junior classes in our school.
We worked hard all week planning, designing, and creating our toys. We set up our very own studio and demonstrated our toys for the younger children. We created a Lego World Cup stadium model, a sweet dispenser, a horse box, a party bus with flashing lights, a Pokemon robot, and we even made Santa’s Sleigh!
It was a very magical day in our classroom! Here is a snippet of our work!
Last year the Junior and Senior Infants classes and Third and Fourth classes embarked on a creative journey with artist Tom Meskell. This was a fantastic opportunity for the children and teachers to work alongside an experienced artist and broaden our creative views while having so much fun expressing ourselves creatively. We completed many activities using a variety of mediums in a very hands on approach. This project was carried out during very challenging Covid times for our pupils so it was a ray of sunshine that carried us through this period of time in school. I hope you enjoy looking through our journey in the following link – Gortskehy NS Creativity in Lockdown 2021
This is my Halloween Art.
It is a haunted house.
I used paint for my background.
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This is really good art. I like the mixture of the sky and clouds. The structure of the house is great. It looks like a haunted house.
I like how you used different colours for the background.
Lovely work Cathal.