The school hallways are filled with music and singing this week in Scoil Mochaomhóg Naofa. We are very busy preparing for our Christmas Carol Concert on Wednesday December 19th. There is s a great buzz around our school and we are very much in the festive spirit already.
An evening of Christmas Carols
We are delighted to announce that the children will perform a selection of Christmas Carols on Wednesday December 19th at 7pm in St James’ Church. All welcome to attend on the evening. It promises to be a festive treat for all. Admission is free of charge.
Spooky Scoil Mochaomhóg Naofa
Scoil Mochaomhóg Naofa was a spooky place today as the children dressed up for Halloween.
Maths Competition Winners
Congratulations to our Maths Competition Winners! As part of Maths Week, each class was asked to participate in a Maths through Art competition. Our winners were announced at Assembly this afternoon. Congratulations to Ronan, Kieran, Ava, Sarah, Cian and Faye. Well done to all the boys and girls for their fantastic entries – it was a tough decision to choose a winner in each category.
MS Readathon
The MS Readathon is ongoing in the school and we would ask parents to remind their children to take home some extra books for the Mid term break. Our aim is to raise some money for people living with Multiple Sclerosis in Ireland and also that the children would read as many books as possible at home. The MS Readathon will continue until 12th November. Best of luck!!
Boo!
Junior and senior infants are ready for a Spooky Halloween. We have been very busy practicing our fine motor skills with some spooky Halloween pumpkins. We also made some scary ghosts which we know is Puca in Irish and our scary signs. Enter if you dare!
Aistear -Thank You
Aistear is well underway in Junior and Senior Infants. We are having a great time. A huge thank you to everyone who donated items for Aistear. They are being put to great use! We look forward to starting the theme of Home in November. If there are any other items which people would like to donate we would be very grateful.
Aistear
Junior and Senior Infants have started Aistear. Our theme for this month is Autumn and The Farm. The children will work at 4 different play stations each week. They are the construction area, small world, the role play area and the creative area. We are having great fun. Have a look at some of our stations.
Aistear Programme
The school will run a play based learning programme called Aistear this year. Each month there will be a different theme. We would be very grateful if you could donate any clean and good condition items which could be used as part of this programme.
Items should be forwarded in a labelled bag/box. Items that are not needed will be returned.
The themes for the year will be as follows-
| October – Autumn / The Farm | November – Home | December – The Post Office |
| January – Space | February – The Artic | March – The Garden Centre |
| April – The Doctors | May – The Vets | June – The Airport |
Areas of play will include for example –
Role Play area – Dress up clothes, toy food, cash register
Small World – Dolls house, small people, small animals, Lego, car, construction blocks
Sand/Water – plastic shovels, moulds
Playdough – rolling pins, shape cutters
We would also be grateful for books relating to the above themes.
Maths Stations in Infants
On Friday, the Junior and Senior Infants participated in Maths stations. The children worked at four different stations including pattern, number recognition, sets and colours. Everyone is enjoying station work.
