We have now learnt 4 sounds using the Jolly Phonics programme in Junior Infants; s, a, t, i.

You might like to practise naming these letters and making their sounds at home with your children! We have also been doing rainbow writing and using flour and rice to form these letters in school.

The video below will help with the actions associated with each sound too.

In Junior Infants we have been reading the story of the 3 little pigs. We have sequenced the story, discussed different endings, read the story through Irish and also created 3 houses made of straw, ‘bricks’ and ‘wood’ during art.

We’ve been having lots of fun over the past few weeks using various materials to help our fine motor skills. We’ve been using playdough, rice, flour, peg boards, shoes & laces, lace boards and much more. Take a look at some of our creations 🙂

We’ve been learning a new nursery rhyme each week in Junior Infants. We learnt ‘Hey diddle diddle ‘ last week and created some art work to go with it!

Take a lot at our lovely creations 🙂

Today we made our names using play dough! It was great fun. We also had a play dough disco. You might like to have a play dough disco at home too. It’s great for developing the children’s pre handwriting and fine motor skills!

In Junior Infants we have been spending a lot of time working on our pencil grip! Junior Infants are doing a fantastic job with their new triangular pencils that are helping their tripod grip! Some boys and girls have also been using fluffy pom poms to help them too 🙂

This video is a great way of explaining to your child at home how to hold their pencil appropriately! 🙂

In junior infants we read the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. We then created our very own bears 🐻🐻🐻

We have been learning some lovely songs in Junior Infants as Gaeilge over the past week! It really helps us remember the new Irish words we are learning 🙂

In Junior Infants we love to learn through play. Our first theme of the year is the ‘Home’ station. We have been learning about different types of houses in SESE and we have 4 different stations for the theme in our integrated curriculum, known as Aistear. We have the home corner (our role play station), the play dough station, the small world station and then construction station. Take a look at our home corner and some of the things we have been building during Aistear.

We have been enjoying our first few days back in school and Junior Infants are settling in so well. We have been reading lots of lovely books about starting school. Our favourite story was ‘The Kissing Hand’.

We designed some lovely hearts during our art lesson to go with the story.