Pyjama Day

 We dressed up in our PJs on our last day and had hot chocolate and toast! We made over €500 for St Vincent de Paul. 

"Father Christmas" came to see us!

 

Letters for Christmas

 We wrote letters and cards for the residents of John Sullivan Home to wish them a merry Christmas.

Our Christmas song

 

Christmas Irish Story

 We did a Christmas story in Irish. 

Accelerated Reader

We are slowly bringing in Accelerated Reader for First Class. All children will be on it by Easter. 

It is a software programme that allows us to test your child's reading level and then help them to pick books that are suitable to that level. 

After they read each book, they log on to their own personal Accelerated Reader account and complete a reading quiz, which checks their comprehension of the book. 

You can check their progress by logging in to 

https://ukhosted92.renlearn.co.uk/6648402/homeconnect

Login using your child's username and password (provided to you on a sheet or written in their yellow reading record)

If you want to check the level of any given book (at the library or book shop) go to www.arbookfind.co.uk

Those two links can also be found in the side-bar of this blog. 

The Magical Christmas Grotto

 We are very lucky in Killygarry School, as our secretary Bernie made a fabulous Christmas Grotto in the GP room for us to enjoy with our friends. 

Christmas painting

 We had a very quiet day at school on Wednesday because of the electricity cut in the morning, so we decided to paint the windows for Christmas!

Meet Cheeky the Elf

 This friendly little fellow showed up in our classroom at the beginning of December. His name is Cheeky and we enjoy seeing him every day at school!

Rope-making workshop

 A lady called Steffi Otto from Heritage in Schools came into our school and showed us how people made rope in the olden days. We made 3 skipping ropes for our class and we also played some games using homemade ropes. We really enjoyed it.

Drama

 We are doing a drama based on the book "Ladybird on a Bicycle". Here is a picture of us making a giant map of the ladybird's journey from the Ladybird Tree to the spider's web, to the grassy field, to the brim of a girl's hat, to the field of flowers, to the back of a cow, to a cabbage field, into a lady's basket and then back home.

Thank you for the shoe boxes

 Thank you to everyone who filled up a shoebox full of lovely things for a girl or boy in a far away place who may not get a lot of presents this Christmas. They are now on their way across the sea to reach the children in time for Christmas!

Odds and Evens

 We used pairs of socks to learn about odd and even numbers. You could do it at home too! 

Halloween Dress-Ups

 Look at the spooky visitors who came to our classroom on the last day before the Halloween break!

Halloween in First Class

 We played games for Halloween. Some 6th class boys and girls came to help us.

Conkers

 We had fun playing conkers at school. Thank you to Miss Wynne's Fourth class for lending us their conkers.