Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas from all our budding artists!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…. Today Fifth Class paid a visit to the Senior Infants’ Classroom. We were there to share our Christmas narratives. We had a wonderful time and were delighted to hear the Seniors own story of how Rudolph got an orange nose!  We hope to be back to share more stories in the new year!

Christmas Story Time

We are looking forward to Christmas and to celebrate the season of Advent, Fr Paddy celebrated Mass for us in Ratheniska Church. 6th Class led the prayers and we all joined in singing some Christmas carols.

Juniors, Seniors and First Class visited the Dunamaise Theatre in Portlaoise recently where The Ark and Music Network presented  a  festive music show exploring the magic and mystery of Winter. We sang, clapped and improvised along with the four musicians and we thoroughly enjoyed the show.

Advice from Junior Infants on what to do if Santa got stuck in your chimney!

Alex:- Sprinkle some magic dust, Santa will get smaller and be able to get down.

Oisín:- Don’t tell Mammy and Daddy- Just get a rope, tie it around Santa’s legs and pull him out!

Aoife:- Tell Santa to wriggle his feet, then simply believe and he will get down the chimney!

Recently Second Class learned about making fruit kabobs. They wrote their own step by step fruit kabob procedure. We discussed the ingredients and equipment we would need to make them. We also talked about and sequenced the method we would follow. Then the fun part……….we made the fruit kabobs!! We added some marshmallows and drizzled some chocolate over the kabobs as a Friday treat! They were KABOBOLICIOUS!!

We love reading in Second Class. We made monster bookmarks so that we will never lose our place in our favourite books again!

Second Class had great fun exploring the local natural environment. We found twigs, leaves, pebbles, pine cones and even moss!