5th Class Marathonkids!

There was great excitement and much relief as 5th Class Yellow received their medals from Mr. Gibney on Monday on completion of 26.2 miles as part of Marathonkids Ireland.
The children completed the challenge over a number of weeks.
Congratulations 5th Class!

Senior Infants Penguins!

Senior Infants spent last week learning all about penguins. They made their own penguins out of shapes they learned about in Maths. Lovely work Senior Infants!

 

Telling time in 1st Class!

1st Class Red has been learning all about time in Maths. They have been learning how to read and record various times by engaging in lots of fun and hands-on activities during our Maths stations. They have also been practicing how to read the times in hours as Gaeilge too! 

 

Christmas has landed in JI!

Christmas has landed! The children in Junior Infants have been busy wrapping presents and creating Christmas trees and decorations

 

MS Readathon

Reading Month is over. To date €237,000 and counting has been raised by readers all over Ireland. As of last week, the participating children in John Scottus and their sponsors have contributed €1,052 to this. The MS Readathon will accept donations until the 23rd of December. Thank you all so much for taking on the challenge. Reading can be a great solace and distraction in turbulent times. Well done everybody!

Back at hockey for 5th and 6th Class!

5th & 6th class have started their hockey season. 
Here they are in action!

6th Class – Animal eyes!

6th class was busy last week drawing animal eyes.

Each student chose an animal, zoomed in on the eye, examined it closely and drew it.

Lovely work 6th class!

 

2nd Class Homes and Buildings!

Second class was working on the theme of homes and buildings last week. They were busy problem solving and engineering ways to make these beautiful houses stand on their own for their mini town!

Junior Infant Doctors!

Last week Junior Infants were at the Doctors Surgery in Aistear. 

They were busy taking care of patients, check ups and x-rays – it’s a very busy place!

2nd Class STEM Conker Critters

Students in 2nd Class have been like busy squirrels collecting conkers and acorns to create these super Conker Critters for a fun art and STEM activity. Stay tuned to see what we are working on with them…. 🎬🎥