The Borrowers!
This week 5th and 6th class went on a trip to the Gate Theatre where they saw a production of The Borrowers.
Everyone had a great time!
Wellbeing And Gratitude Week!
Last week, we took part in Gratitude and Wellbeing week, and we all enjoyed sharing in lots of activities centred around this important theme.
We all dressed up last Friday and enjoyed yummy smoothies to end our theme week with a Feel Good Friday.
Do you like our positive affirmation tree? Lots of us used our home languages to write something about ourselves.
Thank you to Mrs. Anderson and Ms. Comerford for organising such a lovely week.
Teddy Bears From The Past In 1st Class!
1st class have been learning about toys in the past in History. The class learnt about the history of teddy bears. They also designed their own teddy bear and made a lost poster about a toy that went missing from the story ‘The Lost Toys’. Everyone was asked to bring in their favourite teddy bear or toy that is linked to the past for show and tell on Friday afternoon. It was wonderful!
Maths Week in JSNS!
Before the break, JSNS participated in Maths Week!
The week was filled with fun activities including codebreaking in 6th Class and ‘Maths on Me’ dress up day. Here are some highlights from the week. Maths week Ireland is an all-island initiative promoting positive attitudes towards maths and highlighting the importance of maths in our lives. Maths Week is one of four national STEM festivals and is the world’s largest maths festival.
4th Class Debate-Hallowe’en In School Or Not?
4th Class are debating whether Hallowe’en should be celebrated in school or not. They have been working hard to incorporate the characteristics of persuasive writing they’ve learnt.
What do you think?
Space Week In 2nd Class!
2nd Class celebrated space week by creating their own mini factbooks on each planet with coloured pictures of the solar system. They learnt about the first man on the moon, sang about stars in Irish, the planets in English and successfully launched a balloon rocket!
They have done almost everything besides travelling there themselves!
Lovely work 2nd Class!
John Scottus Helps Launch The MSReadathon!
3rd class were recently involved in the launch for this year’s MS Readathon. They were visited by Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl series, and a team from MS Readathon. You can read all about it here. Eoin read some of his books and answered lots of wonderful questions.
Find out more about the MS Readathon here.
So Close For The Girls Gaelic Football Team!
JSNS girls played their final GAA fixture against Scoil Mhuire at Clanna Gael on Tuesday afternoon.
It started off a very one sided game in favour of the opposition. At half time they were winning 2:2 to our 0:0.
The second half provided the opportunity for our girls to show just what they are capable of with a tied score of 2:2 – 2:2. However, the opposition managed to score a goal at the end resulting in a final score of Scoil Muire – 3:2 JSNS – 2:2.
Well done to the JSNS team! Congratulations on a well deserved win for Scoil Mhuire and many thanks for the opportunity to play.
WOW Day 9th October 2024!
*WOW Day tomorrow 9th October*
Our Green School Committee had their first meeting last week to discuss and brainstorm all the ways they can encourage everyone to walk to school more often. They came up with a great incentive for WOW day! Children can wear their favourite shoes and “bling” them up if they walk to school on WOW day tomorrow 9th October 2024. We can’t wait to see all the amazing creations!
JI Do Some Fun Fine Games!
Junior infants have been doing lots of fun activities to develop fine motor skills!
The class has been threading, making shapes with lollipop sticks, cutting and colour matching games pieces with tweezers.