As world book day approached, we had the opportunity to visit Raheny Library. We were told a story by a storyteller and we created a story den. This den was decorated with characters from our favourite books. On world book day, Ms Downes visited us and read us an excerpt from ‘The Twits’ by Roald Dahl. We all squirmed in our seats listening to the horrid pranks which they played on each other!
In the days coming up to Pancake Tuesday we filled our pom-pom reward jar for great listening! The reward was making pancakes. Each group made a bowl of batter, cracking the eggs, measuring the milk and stirring. They were yummy!
Throughout December, 2nd class had lots of fun getting ready for Christmas. We made beautiful outdoor decorations for the yard, we turned into fashion designers and created real outfits and we made beautiful decorations for the yard. A highlight of our PE was our gymnastics circuits! In late December we had a visit from Santa, made some tasty treats and even had a pj day! Here are some of the snaps of our December highlights.
Just after we retuned from October half-term, Reverend Kevin invited our school to participate in a church service, celebrating the new school year. We had a wonderful time singing some of our favourite songs and listening to some readings and poems too. Reverend Kevin also gave us a short tour of the church explaining what each the different items at the front of the church were used for.
In celebration of filling our pom-pom jar to the half-way mark, rang a dó had an ‘Australia Day!’ Over the past few weeks, we have learned about schools in the outback, the climate and all about the native animals. Today, each group presented their projects on native Australian animals. It was great fun having all the children in the class present to each other. To help us celebrate we also had some teddies, we tried our best accents and we ‘roasted’ marshmallows on our ‘campfire’.
