For the month of March in PE, classes will be participating in Dodgeball. Dodgeball is a firm favourite with the children of JSNS! The children will practice skills such as dodging, catching, throwing, blocking, and coordination.
They will also aim to improve their teamwork and communication with many laughs thrown in for good measure!
The children were asked to illustrate a picture showing the importance of groundwater as part of the Green Schools Poster competition.
The JSNS Green Schools Committee received lots of beautiful posters.
Well done to everyone who entered!
Enjoy the break everyone. We’ll see you next week!
Junior Infants have been busy ordering numbers this week! They made Valentine’s Day inspired number lines from 1-10!
LOVEly work Junior Infants!
Last week 2nd Class researched ‘The Chinese New Year’. They created beautiful posters and made Chinese lanterns in Art class. Lovely work 2nd Class!
3rd class decided to bring a pop of colour to school last week by creating Pop Art pieces of their own. The children learned about the art of Andy Warhol and how he created repeated images with loads of colour. The children traced photographs of themselves onto laminating sheets and stuck collages of paper inside afterward. They created amazing colourful pieces! Well done 3rd class!
Fourth Class students Ruairi, Aisling, Rudrakshi and Dorjee were awarded 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place for their Young Writer Competition entries this week at the Rotary Club, Dun Laoghaire. Congratulations 4th Class, what a fantastic achievement!
Sixth class have been participating in the Friends for Life Programme.
Friends for Life is a school based anxiety prevention and resilience building programme that teaches children effective coping strategies, problem solving skills and how to manage all kinds of emotional distress including worry, stress, change and anxiety.
Watch Anna, Sive and Julia tell you more about it here!
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Second class enjoyed a few moments of zen last week during a guided meditation session. Mindfulness is one of our core values at JSNS and helps us to live our motto: Laetus Impraesens-delight in the present.
Last week, 4th Class used a technique called pointillism by using cotton buds to create distinct dots of colour. They chose colours that would compliment each other and used water colours to create their background. Beautiful work 4th Class!