Merry Christmas!

We hope you enjoyed our Christmas performance today. Here are some photos.

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Christmas Arts and Performance

Parents, please come to school Tuesday 18th for our Samba performance at 10.15am. You can see our arts and crafts display and have a cup of tea and a mince pie.

Santa will be giving us treats from 1.15pm and we can go home straight after that. See you there!

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Homework Dec 10th

Junior Infants

Monday

·       Jolly Phonics book page 38

·       Paired reading

Tuesday

·       Jolly Phonics book p 39

·       Paired reading

PE tomorrow

 

Wednesday

·       Jolly Phonics book p 40

·       Paired reading

Thursday

·       Paired reading

Practise your numbers 1,2,3

Senior Infants

Monday

·        Class reading

·       Paired reading

·       Maths copy(numbers)

·       Spelling : “like”

• Word list

Tuesday

·       Paired reading

·        Class reading

·       Sounds in Action p46

·       Spelling : “have”

·       Word list [

·       PE tomorrow

Wednesday

·       Paired reading

·        Class reading

·       Learn your 2 spellings

·       Maths copy (sums)

·       Word list[

Thursday

·       Paired reading

·        Class reading

·       Sounds in Action p54

·       Learn your 2 spellings

·       Word list[

The Grinch!

We had great fun watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas today! Billis NS came and joined us, thanks to the International Fund for Ireland.

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Christmas presents for teachers

This year, as in previous years, the teachers are asking that instead of giving Christmas gifts to us, you would consider bringing in an item for a hamper that can be passed on to the needy this Christmas. We are also, as usual, collecting wrapped selection boxes for distribution by the St Vincent de Paul. If you wish to participate, please bring  the selection box, wrapped in Christmas paper,  into school by Friday 14th December. Thank you.

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas

All children from Junior Infants to Second class are being treated to a free performance of How the Grinch Stole Christmas along with Billis National School tomorrow as part of the Catholic and Protestant Schools Project and funded by The International Fund for Ireland. The performance takes place during school hours in the Community Centre.

Homework 3rd December

Junior Infants

Monday

·       Jolly Phonics book page 35

·       Paired reading

Tuesday

·       Jolly Phonics book p 36

·       Paired reading

·       PE tomorrow

Wednesday

·       Jolly Phonics book p 37

·       Paired reading

 Thursday

·       Paired reading

·       Write your name 3 times. Copy the first one, then cover it and try to do the next two from memory.

Senior Infants

Monday

·        Class reading

·       Paired reading

·       Sounds in Action 44

·       Spelling : “only”

·       Word list

Tuesday

·       Paired reading

·        Class reading

·       maths copy: numbers

·       Spelling : “old”

·       Word list

·       PE tomorrow

Wednesday

·       Paired reading

·        Class reading

·       Spellings: go over

·       Maths copy: number 7

·       Word list

Thursday

·       Paired reading

·        Class reading

·       Sounds in Action p 45

·       Learn your 2 spellings

·       Word list

Playing with our friends

On Fridays the two Junior Infant classes get together for playtime in Mrs White's room and the two Senior Infant classes get together in Mrs Keaney's classroom.

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Football stars

The boys of St Pat's College were in our class today to show us the cups they have won this year. They were encouraging us to play football too.

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Congrats Aoife

Well done to Aoife, who correctly guessed the  number of sweets in the jar- 161!
Thanks for sharing them with us Aoife. They were yummy!

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Green Schools

We're trying to get our third green flag, this time for saving water. We're learning about where our water comes from. We had a look at the well, the pump house and the septic tank on the school grounds.

Here's the well

In the pump house

This is the septic tank

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Paired Reading information for Junior Infant Parents

We discussed Paired Reading at the parents' information meeting last June, but here are some reminders just in case:

·        Paired reading is given each evening Monday- Thursday.

·        It’s called “paired reading” because the child and an adult read together.

·        Keep it relaxed and casual.

·        Make it an enjoyable time together, not a chore.

·        Allow your child to use the pictures as an aid to reading.

·        Don’t make your child “sound out” the words, just give them the word if they are stuck.

·        Parent to fill in the reading record (yellow book) every day.

What if?

·        My child is learning it “off by heart”?

This is ok. Learning “off by heart” is one of the early steps in learning to read. If it continues on into Senior Infants, then it will need to be addressed.

·        Is over-reliant on the pictures?

This too is ok in the early stages of learning to read. Pictures cues are important to early readers. If you find your child is still overly-reliant on the pictures by next Easter, then have a word with the teacher.

·        Goes off paired-reading?

This can happen for various reasons: perhaps the reading is too difficult, perhaps paired reading has become a battle. If this starts to happen on a regular basis, talk to the teacher.

·        Is not “getting it”?

A certain percentage of children will struggle with reading. Most of these will do fine in the long-run. The most important thing is that the parent doesn’t communicate worry or stress about this to the child. Paired reading is intended to be an enjoyable and confidence-building exercise, not a daily exposure to stress and failure! If you’re concerned that your child is not succeeding with paired reading, please talk to the teacher.

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Homework 26th November

Junior Infants

Monday

·       Jolly Phonics book page 32

·       Paired reading

 Tuesday

·       Jolly Phonics book p 33

·       Paired reading

·       PE tomorrow

Thank you for participating in the Parents’ Association Sponsored walk on Sunday. Please return any remaining cards as soon as possible.

Wednesday

          ·       Jolly Phonics book p 34

·       Paired reading

        Thursday

·       Paired reading       

• Write your name 3 times (use capital for first letter only)

Senior Infants

Monday

·        Class reading

·       Paired reading

·       Sounds in Action p38

·       Spelling : “one”

·       Word list (read only)

Tuesday

·       Paired reading

·        Class reading

·       maths copy: numbers

·       Spelling : “by”

·       Word list

·       PE tomorrow

Wednesday

·       Paired reading

·        Class reading

·       Spellings: go  "one" and "by"

·       Maths copy: numbers

·       Word list

Thursday

·       Paired reading

·        Class reading

·       Sounds in Action p 39

·       Learn your 2 spellings

·       Word list