Monday 27 November 2017

Our trip to the cafe

As our theme in November is 'Food', we set up a cafe as our role-play area in Aistear. It was important to have a real cafe experience before setting one up in the classroom. We visited the local cafe where we ordered food and drink from the waiter. We paid the waiter with our €2, took our seats, ate and chatted with our friends. The manager informed us of all the different work that takes place in the cafe. We now love acting in role in our cafe in the classroom. 






Food Glorious Food.....

In November, we learned a lot about food and where certain foods come from. We now know that some fruits grow on trees and some vegetables grow in the ground-some vegetables are root and others are leafy. It is important to eat lots of fruit and vegetables to grow big and strong-we talked about foods that are good for us and not so good for us. Have a look at this journey through photographs.....we hope you enjoy!!!

We tasted lots of different fruits......apple, banana, orange, strawberry, pineapple, mango, blueberries, raspberries and even melon. Our favourite were the strawberries. They taste delicious. The melon was yucky!




We painted fruits from observation-some fruits have skin we must peel and others must be washed before we eat them. Fruits have lots of different shapes and feels-some are smooth and others are rough like the pineapple.



Vegetables 

Carrots, Peas and Broccoli,
Vegetables are good for me.
For my snack and in my lunch,
Veggie sticks are great to munch.
Carrots, Peas and Broccoli,
Vegetables are good for me.


Ms. Walsh brought in lots of vegetables for us to look at and feel. We had never heard of some of these vegetables before such as the courgette, aubergine and sweet potato. We eat vegetables every night for our dinner as they are important for helping us to grow. They are healthy foods.

We drew as many vegetables as we could think of-like fruit, they have lots of different colours. 



We are learning to write some of our letters but it is important that we have the correct pencil grip so we even practised drawing and writing some fruits and vegetables as a morning activity.






Children were given the opportunity to try out some healthy snacks...carrot sticks, celery and pepper. We dipped these into hummus which made it even tastier. We're not a fan of celery in Room One.








Monday 13 November 2017

Halloween

Green Halloween


We had a fashion show at Halloween this year. All the boys and girls made costumes out of recyclable materials. We got to show off our costumes in front of the whole school-it was really fun! We made spooky spider hats out of different types of paper and straws. 

Have a look......




And then there was fancy dress......






We were busy this week making halloween potions.....we used vinegar, food colouring and baking powder for the bubbling effect. It was really cool and we got into role as witches.











Have a look at our drawings.......



Monday 6 November 2017

Marvellous Maths!!!

This week we took Maths outside the classroom and we had a 'Maths Fair' in the hall. Children worked with one teacher in small groups-we used number fans, dice, counters, and dominoes for counting. We used magnetic shapes and flat 2D shapes for making things and we even used a mouse to follow directions which was very cool....maths can be lots of fun!