Junior Infants
Tree Planting for 80th Anniversary
Our Lady of Lourdes N.S is 80 years old this year. To mark the very special year we have planted a sapling grown from an acorn which has come all the way from Lourdes itself.
Garda Visit
The children really enjoyed learning about people who help us in our community. We had great fun learning about construction workers, traffic wardens, gardaí, plumbers and everything in between! Thank you to Garda Masters who came to teach us all about what it’s like...
Autumn Aistear
We have been having great fun learning all about autumn during Aistear. We worked together to clean up the fallen leaves as part of the Tidy Towns, we did beautiful leaf rubbings, we made autumn jigsaws, we built shelters for Harry the Hedgehog and developed our fine...
Musician Visits Our Classroom!
We were so lucky to have Aoife Burke visit us. She is an expert cellist with the Cork School of Music and she played some beautiful music for us. We really enjoyed guessing what animal the music was about, our favourite was 'The Swan'.
Garden Planting
We had great fun planting seeds and were so excited to see our plants grow. We also learned a poem called I Planted Some Seeds in My Garden.
Exploring STEM
A few times a week we explore STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) through hands on activities. The buildable snowflakes have proved a huge hit!
Doctors and Nurses
We had great doctors and nurses in our role play area. They took great care of all the sick babies.
Learning through exploring
Junior infants love learning through exploring. Each month we have a different theme which we explore through play. Learning through play really helps develop our language and vocabulary. We also love to explore STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths)...