Yoga after mid-term

Hurling has come to an end and we would like to thank the ever committed and dedicated Tommy Keogh for all his hard work with the boys over the last few weeks.

As was mentioned in the parent meeting at the start of the year, we will now begin a series of 'mindful movement' sessions with both classes. If you have a yoga mat at home and could spare it for a few weeks, we would be very grateful if you could lend it to your son for use during these sessions. If not, please do not feel the need to purchase one as the boys can share the gymnastics mats that are in the hall.

If you would like to learn more about the benefits of meditation and mindful movement, please look at the link attached.

http://www.yoga4classrooms.com/benefits-of-yoga-in-schools

Draughts League

We have been learning how to play draughts in 2nd class. It is proving to be great fun with the boys getting competitive and improving their technique each week. But as well as being fun, draughts teaches children to focus their thoughts, anticipate future moves and concentrate for a prolonged amount of time. It also shows them how to play fairly, how to lose with dignity and honour (!) and also develops their spatial awareness.

storytelling with 4th class

Mr Furlong's 4th class came in to visit us. The told us stories using keys as their prompts. We listened very carefully and decided which stories were the best. Telling stories is hard to do - you have to be very entertaining and use lots of descriptive language!!

Litter picking - September 2015

We have been busy so far this year, and it's only October!!! We have learned all about the community and even took a little trip to the Community shops where we met a host of shopkeepers and Ballyroan community members! We learned about being a good citizens and how to respect the local and wider communities in which we live. Check out some of the photos of our litter picking afternoon - we gathered up quite a lot of rubbish! Let's respect our community and leave it the way we should!!

Welcome to our 2nd class blog!

Welcome to our 2nd class blog! This is our first post. We hope you enjoy it! We will put up some games on the blog. We will show you some different things that we do in our class. We will share photos with you but first we need to bring back the permission slips! We will post again soon.

Greater Than, Less Than

We are working on our greater than >, less than < , and equals to = signs this week.
Here are some games that are fun for us to practise which signs we should use.
Remember, the alligator is very greedy and opens his mouth to gobble the greater number!

5 <  9 (5 is less than 9)

10 > 4 (10 is greater than 4)

6 = 6 (6 equals 6)

Click on the links to play the games!

Balloon Pop Compare Numbers

Genius Boxing

Crickweb Compare Numbers