The children in 3^rd Class have had great fun recently when parents visited their classroom on Friday mornings to play some Maths games with them.

Ms. Lemasney and the children had started learning all about Multiplication and were trying really hard to be the best in the school at their Multiplication Tables.  Thirteen parents of 3^rd Class worked with Clare Hatcher in the Parents Room over the course of six weeks to find games which would help the work of the  teacher and make Multiplication easy and fun.

All of the adults tried new games and found that the children were enjoying the games so much that they forgot they were actually learning Maths!

Eileen Nolan gave each parent involved a Maths pack to use at home and it has been reported by both parents and children that it has helped at homework time. The children were sad when the Friday mornings with parents came to an end but they still have great fun working hard at Maths with their teacher.

Click here to view the December Newsletter for Junior Infants. 

Our Oral Language theme for the month of December is Food. 

Below are all of the food words that we want the children to learn by the end of the month.

1. banana
2. bread
3. pineapple
4. meat
5. orange
6. apple
7. pasta
8. fish
9. chicken
10. milk
11. cheese
12. rice
13. burger
14. carrot
15. peas
16. onion
17. pizza

Don’t forget to check back in January for our new oral language topic. 

Once again, teachers, pupils, families and community members participated in the One Book One Community reading project during September and October. The books read this year were “Dog Lost” by Ingrid Lee for classes from 3^rd to 6^th and “Piper” by Emma Chicester Clark for all the younger children.

Mams and Dads came to the classrooms for Art & Craft sessions, workstations based on “Piper”  and to hear all about caring for dogs. It is so nice when the adults join the children in school.

Visits from DogsTrust, Dogs for the Disabled and Maxi Zoo took place. We are all so kind to dogs in Scoil Ursula and really know how to care for them.

All the classes showcased wonderful Art work and three children from every class were chosen as winners with Julia Poltorak from 6^th Class taking the Overall Art prize.

Families worked together at home on designing posters . The theme was a  lost dog. Many wonderful entries were submitted. The Hyde Family ( Ava 3^rd Class ) and the O Donovan Family (Alisha 3^rd Class) were Runners Up in this Family Competition with the Fanning Family (Alex 4^th Class) taking top prize. Congratulations to all!

Scoil Ursula was represented in an Intergenerational Quiz by four boys from 5^th &  6^th Classes-Marty O Brien, Josh O Hare, Daniel Lynch and Sean Morrissey. The boys displayed an in depth knowledge of “Dog Lost” and did their school proud.

Many thanks go to all of the families and staff members who supported the old clothes collection which helps to fund the project. €743 was raised in November towards next year’s project.

A special thank you also to Lynda Lynch, Mum to Daniel (5^th Class) who was  our photographer at the Quiz and Prizegiving for all the local schools in Mahon Community Centre on Tuesday October 25^th.

We can never underestimate the value of losing oneself in a good book so hopefully the children in Scoil Ursula will continue to enjoy reading for a long time.

Happy reading everyone!

An Invitation to all Parents & Family Members

• Christmas Craft with 2^nd Class Thursday December 1st 1.30-2.30

• Aunty Poppy with 1^st Class Thursday December 1^st & 8^th  9-10.30

• Maths For Fun with 3^rd Class  Friday December 2^nd   8.50-10.15 

• Christmas Craft with 6^th Class   Tuesday December 6^th 1-2.30

• Christmas Craft with 4th Class  Thursday December 8th 1.30-2.30

• Cookery Class for Adults  Tuesdays 9-11.30 Starts in January

• Homework Tips for Parents to be introduced by parents and  for parents in Parents Room, early 2017

• English for Speakers of Other Languages, Wednesdays 9.30-11.30, January 2017

Information on any of the above can be obtained from Eileen Nolan,

Home School Coordinator

Click  here  to see the Parents page of our website.

During the month of November, every class in Scoil Ursula will be looking at the oral language theme of Homes.

Below is a list of the 24 words associated with this theme that we want the children to learn. 

Parents can help by trying to use these words in conversations with their children at home.

1. table
2. chair
3. bed
4. couch
5. high chair
6. bathroom
7. bedroom
8. kitchen
9. sitting room
10. cot
11. chest of drawers
12. microwave
13. kettle
14. radiator
15. laptop
16. washing machine
17. iron
18. hair dryer
19. lamp
20. hoover
21. television
22. cooker
23. fridge
24. lamp
    

    Check back in December for the next oral language theme. 

1st class had a very exciting day today as Auntie Poppy came to visit us. However, she did not come alone, Ed was with her! We all had great fun listening to Ed and Auntie Poppy.

Ed is fantastic at telling stories!. Many children got to join Ed and Auntie Poppy at the top of the classroom and help Ed decide what rooms were in his house. The children were great at explaining to Ed what items you would find in each room.  Ed loved talking about his house today!

Ed set the children a task of creating their own house and we all had great fun doing this. The children’s houses are hanging up outside their classroom for anyone to come and see. I’m sure they would only love to describe their house to anyone who comes along.

 A huge thank you to all the mums, dads and helpers who came in today to help us out. Auntie Poppy will be joining us in 1st class again for the next two Thursdays (1st and 8th of December) We cannot wait to have more fun with Ed and Auntie Poppy.

Junior Infants in Scoil Ursula are very lucky to have the wonderful people of Happy Talk working with us this year.

We are half way through our Happy Talk sessions for Term 1 and we are working hard on our language and communication skills.

Our mums, dads and helpers have been working on Modelling and Expanding with us. These are very important skills that will help improve the way we communicate.

We have been working extremely hard on our listening skills with the help of Nibbles. We are excellent at spotting when Nibbles is not showing us his listening skills.

Our listening skills are:

Eyes are looking.

Ears are listening.

Mouth is closed.

Hands are still.

Feet are on the floor.

We can practice these skills at home and in school.

Thank you to our adults and Niamh from Happy Talk for coming into our classroom every week!