Dance

We have been doing Dance as our P.E. topic and here are the children doing The Cuckoo Dance from Austria today! They are super dancers. 

Dancing for P.E.

How good are our moves??? Have a look at the Juniors and Seniors performing 'A Bird Flew into the Wood', a dance from Finland. 

Maths Trail

Last Friday the Junior Room went on a number hunt around Trim. Here are just some of the photos of numbers in the local environment they took with the new school iPads!  

100 Days of School

WOOHOO!!! We have done 100 days in school so far this year! Juniors and Seniors kicked off the celebrations today with 100 Exercises...10 exercises 10 times! Tomorrow is dress up day...we're looking forward to seeing the children dressed up like they're 100 years old! 

P.E.

Look at the dance we learned in P.E. today! What quick learners! 

Brain Breaks

In our classroom we do a lot of brain breaks. These are active breaks from concentrating on written work. There is lots of research showing that breaks like these increase academic achievement, help with concentration, improve behaviour and student attitudes. 

Brain breaks increase oxygen and energy flow to the brain, which reduces stress levels and helps children to re-focus. 

We love to do dancing in our classroom as a brain break, and some stretching too! We use the website GoNoodle and also some YouTube videos. Sometimes we have quick disco to get all the crazy sillies out and to help us to get ready to learn!

Sports Day Practice

Juniors and Seniors having a great time practicing for our upcoming sports day! 

Zumba

We have really enjoyed Zumba with Edel the past few weeks! Here are some videos of us on Thursday during our last Zumba class:

Thank You Edel! :) 

Library Trip

Trim Library very kindly invited us down today to take part in Yo-Yo Yoga Storytelling! The children were read three books. Each book had lots of different yoga poses to go with it, and the children in Junior and Senior Infants were very good at these! Then the children got under blankets for the final story and practised their breathing. It was a great way to mix exercise with reading, and made the stories so exciting for the children!