Such a lovely relaxing walk this morning with this group of Parents /Guardians. It is so lovely to just take time for ourselves and enjoy a walk while chatting to others.
All are welcome- looking forward to seeing more of you next week!!!Depending on the weather, we might go on Thursday morning. I will send a message.
Aisling, HSCL
On the 7th of June we had our Active School Week. We really enjoyed the week in Junior Infants. We took part in so many fun activities. First, we went outside and practiced some novelty races. We loved the relay races using the batons. We also completed races using hurdles, we enjoyed jumping over the hurdles. We also had the egg and spoon race. Then the next day, we went over to Sligo IT and had great fun using the big foam shapes, hoppers, hula hoops. We also played Hockey. The next day we had great fun learning GAA skills with the GAA instructor. We played a fun game of Ship, Sea, Shore. We were very good at listening to the instructions. On the next day we used the gymnastic equipment in the hall. We had great fun jumping off the high beam, walking across the bench, jumping across hoops and crawling through the tunnel. Then we had to pull ourselves up the bench and up onto the climbing frame and across the climbing frame. This was great fun! Some of our friends from 4th class helped us. On our last day of active school week we went to the track at Sligo IT and had great fun competing in races. We ended our Active Schools Week with the Sponsorship Walk.
Last Thursday we had a great day on our School Tour to Castle Adventure Farm in Ballyshannon. We enjoyed the bus trip to the farm. Senior Infants and children from the Ark also joined us for our tour. We loved the spin on the barrel train. We had great fun in the outdoor playground. We saw many different types of farm animals: pigs, goats, birds, ducks, chicks. We fed the goat some grass. Then we got to pet some of the animals on the farm, the guinea pig was only 5 days old. We got to pet a baby eagle and a very young baby duckling. We finished off our tour with some lovely hot food in the Cafe. We had a great day out! Have a look at the photos and videos below.
We have a number of children from 4th to 6th class participating in the Athletics Fest this Friday here in the school. Christopher O Donnell, Sligo’s very own olympian just wanted to wish them all well too!
What a week we had at Summer Camp this year with lots of fun, discovery, sports and baking! Ms .Kivlehan, Ms. Quigley, Ms. Devaney & Ms. Browne probably had even more fun than the kids with all of the exciting activities that took place as well as a number of surprises thrown in throughout the week.
The weather really was on our side, with sunshine every day and plenty opportunities to be outside having fun with our friends and getting to know each other even better. It was a great week of exploring, learning through fun and play as well as challenging ourselves to learn new games, We went on Scavenger Hunts, did Maths Trails, searched for different types of outdoor life in the school grounds as well as enjoying walks to The Famine Graveyard where we took part in learning all about ‘history in our locality’.
Each Group had so much fun and exercise outside on the yard as well as on the pitch and the Maze. We played tag rugby, soccer, basketball and hockey. The children enjoyed the obstacle courses and some parachute fun with their friends. Other groups were challenged in orienteering tasks and some even got to make tie-dye t-shirts. Groups were discovering science with experiments as well as making yummy treats in the kitchen (There was probably very little left to take home to share with you all!!!)
Beautiful art was seen throughout the camp with each group using different materials and various methods to create masterpieces. We painted with pastels and baby oil and and made ice cream cones
Ms. Grimes arrived into our classrooms on Friday with pizza for us all – what a treat for the boys and girls who were so fantastic all week long. A big ‘Thank You’ to Ms. Grimes and to Ms. Quigley for organising this pizza party.
We had a visit from Lou from Sligo County Library on Thursday – she presented each group with their Summer Stars reading bags and told us all about the Summer Stars Programme in the Library and the great prizes that can be won. Keep an eye on our school Facebook page for more details. Lou read some lovely stories to us and we really enjoyed listening to these tales with our friends.
Group 1 – Ms. Devaney busy busy busy …. having lots of fun and learning through play.
Group 2- Ms. Quigley – enjoying outdoor and indoor fun and learning .
Group 3 – Ms. Kivlehan and her slime making, orienteering bunch !
Group 4 -Ms. Browne and her basketballers of the future who just love a good old pizza and ice cream party !!!
Well done everyone – it was a wonderful week and we will remember it always! Enjoy the holidays and please Stay Safe. !!!
St. Edward’s NS, ‘Sports Week’ – such a fun week planned for all the pupils of St.Edward’s. It is not just for the pupils though- its a fun filled week for all of the family. So let us all get ready for some exercise, some excitement and great laughs together!
This week is all about taking time together as a family to do various fun filled activities and to let your hair down! No matter what age we are, we all want to laugh and we all love to get involved in games and some really exciting activities. Our children deserve some real fun this week and the teachers have planned lots of simple games etc for you all to enjoy. Don’t forget to send pictures to your teacher of your family enjoying St. Edward’s NS Sports Week. We love to see you all and your pictures really cheer us up!
Keep an eye on St. Edward’s NS Facebook Page every day this week and you might see some familiar faces demonstrating the various games and activities!!! ( Look out for the Kerry Flag during the week!!!!)
The HSCL Phone (086) 7769756 is always on so please ring or text me if you have any questions, concerns or just for a chat- I am here to listen and to support you, the Parents/Guardians. You are doing a fantastic job and this week you all deserve a break from school work.
Remember – there is so much learning for us all in playing games and sharing fun times together as a family!
“How shall I teach this child,” I cried?
Into my hand he put the key,
“Come” he said , “play with me.”
Looking forward to seeing all the photos and the videos and to hear all about your ‘Sports Week.’ Have Fun, Fun, Fun!!!
Talk soon
Aisling xx
Hello to all the parents and children of Junior Infants. I hope you are enjoying the lovely sunshine outside.
Below are a few ideas for activities this week. Pick and choose what best suits your child. I will send a timetable by email to help you organise the day for your child.
Phonics:
Here are two different songs for the sounds V and Y:
Blend the words and match them to the correct picture:
Picture Match game (start with phase 2 sets 1-5)
Reading:
Have a go at reading: Zac the Rat and Peg the Hen
Maths:
Have a go at this money game, it’s a different one from last weeks, start with 1 cent up to 10 cents: Toy Shop Money game
You could create your own Toy Shop at home, make up prices for your own toys and pay for them with real 1 cent or 2 cent coins.
Irish:
Listen to the following clip from RTE school hub about “Is Mise” and have a go at practising the phrases: Irish lesson RTE Hub
Have a go at the song and actions: Hócaí Cócaí
Art:
You could go on a nature walk with an adult, have a look at what you see around you, talk about what you see with an adult and have a go at drawing all the lovely spring flowers, trees and animals that you see on your walk.
PE:
This week would have been our active schools week, here are a few activities to try this week with your family:
You could make your own obstacle course indoors, here is an example:
Here are a few pictures to remind us of the games you played with our coaches in the hall. Tell your family at home about the games and maybe you could try them with your family.
I hope you enjoy having a go at some of these activities. Myself and Ms Marren would love to hear how you get on, you could ask an adult to take a few photos and share them with myself or Ms Marren by email. We would love to hear from you.
Enjoy the lovely weather!
Take care,
Ms Cornyn
Hello to all the boys and girls and parents in The Ark!
I hope everyone is safe and well and enjoying more of that lovely sunshine. I have been in contact with mums and dads this week and they have said that you are all happy and well but are missing school a lot. They also told me that even though you are missing your friends at school, you all are getting to spend lots of time with you family (mums and dads, brothers and sisters, dogs and cats!) This is great to hear! The first friends we make are family and when we get older we sometimes forget that. It good to hear that the families in The Ark are using this strange time to play and learn together.
It’s also great to hear that everyone is out and about and getting loads of exercise! It made me tired listening to all the great activities! We definitely don’t have to do much more exercise or activities for Active Schools week when you see these photos! A big thank you to all the parents involved who gave us specific permission to post these pictures on our blog…
Phew! I’m getting tired even looking at them! The boys and girls in The Ark have also been working hard everyday and working through the work packs, getting some fine motor and reading, writing and art activities done. There’s also time for some life skills work as well!
That is a lot of work! After all that hard work it’s time for some relaxation…but not for the boys and girls in The Ark! What they like to do in their down-time is (my favourite!) baking! Valerie, Vincent and Grainne will be so impressed with these skills and cant wait to taste some of these cupcakes when we come back! Hope the last picture is for me!
Even though they have been working hard, they didn’t forget all the people in the country who is keeping us safe everyday.
I am so proud of all the boys and girls in The Ark. They are happy and health and enjoying spending time with their family. They work very hard but play hard too. Even though there are hard and sometimes difficult times in homes across the country, the smiles on their faces in all these pictures shows how happy and safe the boys and girls in The Ark are. I am also proud of the mums and dad who are keeping them safe and well. Keep in contact and keep those lovely pictures coming in. Everyone is getting taller and taller and soon you all will be taller than me!
Ms McGovern.
We celebrated our first Advent Assembly together in St Edward’s this morning.It was a lovely calm time with Hope from 5th Class lighting the first candle on our Advent Wreath.This first candle represents ‘hope’ – we look forward with hope to the birth of Baby Jesus on December 25th.
At Assembly this morning 2nd and 3rd classes were presented with their certificates from Sligo IT. These certificates were given to the children for their hard work and dedication to the P.E Sessions in Knocknarea Arena every Monday morning for the past 6 weeks.
The pupils were so enthusiastic and really listened well to the Student teachers. Sligo I.T were so impressed with their behaviour and their skills.
Well done to all the boys and girls in both classes- we are all very proud of you.
On Monday 2 Nd & 3rd class went on a bus to Union Wood to take part in Orienteering with our Student Teachers. Working in groups of 3’s we explored the woods looking for clues. We took turns marking our Orienteering Cards and had great fun trying to locate each clue.
How lucky were we to find Advent Calendars hidden in the trees for us !!! The Students presented us all with beautiful Certificates as well as praising us for our hard work over the past 6 weeks.
Take a look at the photos of our great day in Union Wood.
We are really enjoying our P.E classes in Sligo I.T It is great to try different physical activities We have played Badminton and loved playing with the equipment in the I.T The students really encourage us to try our best and to have lots of fun as we move our bodies in various ways
Next week is our last P.E session – we are going to Union Wood on a bus for some Orienteering!!! We are really good at Orienteering because we went on an adventure on the grounds of the I.T with our Teachers Take a look at the pictures and see for yourselves the fun we had !!!!
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