Eggciting news in Merlin Woods

We were so excited when farmer John arrived to school with our hatching eggs on Monday. He told us his hen had laid the eggs and he had placed them in the incubator to hatch. He brought us some lovely books and pictures that showed the life cycle of a chick. 
We all got an opportunity to go and see the eggs. The incubator keeps the eggs nice and warm until they are ready to hatch. 
We learned all about the life cycle of a chick and the different stages- egg, nesting, hatching, chick, hen! We sequenced the pictures so we can tell everyone at home all about the chicks.

Múinteoir Annmarie read the story of the Little Red Hen- we really enjoyed the story. 

 

 

 

 

Spring is Here

We had a lovely Spring walk in Merlin Woods last week. It was a lovely sunny day as we went in search of signs of spring. We found wriggly worms, daffodils, lots of buds on the trees, birds building nests and singing from the tree tops. It was lovely to get some fresh air and exercise too :)

 

 

 

 

 

Pancake Tuesday & Love is in the Air :)

 

We learned how to make yummy pancakes on Pancake Tuesday. We sequenced the pictures the way we could help mum & dad to make them at home. 
Múinteoir Annmarie made us some pancakes to taste and add our favourite topping- delicious :)

 

 

Clay Pot Candle Holders

 Here we are working very carefully painting our clay pots. We made the pots by pinching the clay and shaping it into a nice pot shape with our fingers. We left them to dry for a few days before painting them and adding our candle. We hope our Mammies & Daddies like our special presents :)

 

 

 

Valentines Day:

Love was in the air on Wednesday in Junior Infants. We made a special effort to be nice to all our friends, the teachers and our families. We made lovely valentines cards for our families to tell them we love them very much. Múinteoir Annmarie was so impressed with our fabulous writing. :)

 

 

Friday 2nd February

Junior Infants are working hard learning all their sight words, letter sounds and handwriting. We can wait to start our reading books next month. Here you can see us having fun during Literacy stations. :)

 

 

 

 

 

I Scream, You Scream- We all scream for ICE-CREAM :) Junior Infants got a really "cool" treat today for getting all their stars *