Magnets and maths fun

We had great fun exploring with magnets this week.  We learnt new vocabulary including attract and repel while we made mazes for paper clips to travel through with the help of a magnet. Numicom is a favourite maths resource in our classroom and we used this to help with adding and subtracting.

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Our Superstar 5th Class Teacher

  Nakita wins Women’s National Novice Cross Country Title Donegal News Donegal Daily Donegal Woman

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Junior Infants – Operation Transformation

To kick start Operation Transformation the Junior Infants went wild in Aistear. Our first theme was exercise. We had our very own gym in the classroom, we had bikes and scooters in the yard. We played very active games with rules at the table tops like ‘Hungry Hippo’s’ ,  ‘the Fishing game’ and ‘Bamboozle’ .  […]

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Operation Transformation Links

Here are some links to Our Operation Transformation Programme Lisa McMonagle – HCSL teacher and Our Operation Transformation Hero Operation Transformation – A review 10@10 at Letterkenny Educate Together National School Educate Together National Blog Lisa in line for Operation Transformation Hero Award Our School Facebook Page Conclusion – Operation Transformation Week 1 – Week 2 […]

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Meet the cast of 3rd class!

We have a class full of superstars here in 3rd! Lights, camera, ACTION!!

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Reading & Procedural Text

Throughout the start of the Spring Term the Junior Infants have been busy learning how to read, write,  and follow procedural texts. We learned that a procedure tells us how to do something. First we learned to play ‘Beanbag Hoop’ . Next we made Jam Sandwiches with our 5th class buddies. Then we made play […]

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Operation Transformation – Week 6 – Well being

Operation Transformation – Week 6 – Well being (12th February – 14th February) Operation Transformation at Letterkenny ETNS We are the Sports Council at Letterkenny Educate Together National School and we represent our National School in all things sporty. In this, our final blog, we will be summarising our experience of the Operation Transformation Challenge. […]

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Operation Transformation – Week 5 – Teamwork

Operation Transformation – Week 5 – Teamwork (5th February -9th February 2018) Operation Transformation at Letterkenny ETNS We are the Sports Council at Letterkenny Educate Together National School and we represent our National School in all things sporty. In this, our weekly blog, we will be sharing our experience of the Operation Transformation Challenge which […]

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Fun and Learning with our Buddies

5th class and Junior Infants have joined together as buddy classes. We each have a buddy from the other class. We have fun together, learn from each other and look out for each other. Here are some of the activities we have done together. Making Jam Sandwiches Arts & Crafts with our buddies

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Making a Rainbow display with our Buddies

We just love working with our buddies in Junior Infants. We hope we are good role models for them and we encourage them to ask for help if they need it. We helped them make some healthy fruit and veg artwork for our ‘Eat a Rainbow …every day’ display. We worked on it for Nutrition […]

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