by Little Island National School | Dec 20, 2011 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Here in rang a hAon we recognise the importance that reindeer have to Santa and all the children around the world. Santa wouldn’t be able to get from house to house or even carry that sleigh with all those presents. So we decided to give the...
by Little Island National School | Dec 12, 2011 | Latest News
On Thursday next,15th December, we in Junior Infants are staging our nativity play. We have put in many hard hours of practise and are very excited about threading the boards! Check back here later in the week for an update on our Christmas Play.
by Little Island National School | Dec 12, 2011 | Fourth Class, Latest News
During the past number of weeks fourth class have expanded their understanding of making statements. Initially we explored the difference between knowing something and thinking something, based on factual and opinion based statements. We all agreed on the value of...
by Little Island National School | Dec 9, 2011 | Latest News, Third Class
Third class 2011 are wonderful mathematicians – each day, we L O V E to learn all about numbers, measures, shapes, etc. This week, we have been learning all about length – here are some pictures of 3rd class on a Maths Trail in our yard. We first estimated...
by Little Island National School | Nov 25, 2011 | Latest News
During the month of November we, in Junior Infants, have been reading and studying different stories and rhymes. One of our favourites has been “The Gingerbread Man”. So in his honour, we decided to make our very own Gingerbread Men in class. We were very busy! Just...
by Little Island National School | Nov 16, 2011 | Latest News
Science Week in Junior Infants As part of Science Week 2011, we in Junior Infants have been exploring, experimenting and investigating. We were so delighted to be invited to attend the science expo in fifth class, that we decided that we would host our very own...
by Little Island National School | Nov 16, 2011 | Latest News
Sciath na Scol Final November 10th 2011 This story begins 2 months ago, back in September when we had no pitch to play on, a new school extension to deal with and only 5 footballs to our names! We weren’t sure how the year was going to pan out for us with all these...
by Little Island National School | Nov 16, 2011 | Latest News, Third Class
Rang 3 boys are taking part in a football blitz for the next four weeks. This is a non-competitive blitz with an emphasis on participation and skill development. However, there were many cheers when our boys won 3 out of 3 matches on our first day!! Here’s to...
by Little Island National School | Nov 1, 2011 | Latest News
Of course, we in Junior Infants were delighted when we learned that Scoil Inse Rátha was taking part in Dress Up for Barnardos. Here we are in all of our ghoulish Halloween glory, don’t we look...
by Little Island National School | Oct 28, 2011 | Latest News
With Halloween approaching, we decided to make our very own witch’s potion. We used special witch’s powder (otherwise known as baking soda) and mixed into this some vinegar and a few special magical ingredients, and POW! We created our very own amazing...
