This is the link to our 1st Class padlet with resources to support classwork this year.
Gymnastics!
We are loving our gymnastics lessons this month! We have been working on our strength, balance and flexibility!
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Gaeilge
In Gaeilge, our theme is Bia and we have been learning the names of all our favourite foods. We have enjoyed discussing our mboscaí lóin and telling everyone what we ate for bricfeásta each day! We decided to write news reports and read them to the class...
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Maths..
We have been learning all about repeated and growing patterns in 1st class. We enjoyed working together to make patterns!
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Bí cineálta
For anti-bullying week, we have been carrying out acts of kindness and discussing all the ways we can be kind to others and do things with love! We are so proud that our class is full of kindness, friendship and inclusivity.
Houses and homes
We have been learning all about different types of houses and homes in 1st class this month!
We learned about apartments, cottages, bungalows, terraced, semi-detached, detached houses and many more.
We talked about houses and household items from the past and compared them to our homes today - we even interviewed family members to find out more!
We created some beautiful cityscape art after looking at and responding to James Rizzi's work. We also designed and constructed some houses using cardboard.
We learned about apartments, cottages, bungalows, terraced, semi-detached, detached houses and many more.
We talked about houses and household items from the past and compared them to our homes today - we even interviewed family members to find out more!
We created some beautiful cityscape art after looking at and responding to James Rizzi's work. We also designed and constructed some houses using cardboard.
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Happy Halloween!
In Ms Rothwell's First class, we have been getting excited for Halloween, learning about ancient, old and modern Halloween traditions and completing some spooky artwork. We have been learning some Halloween songs, Oíche Shamhna as Gaeilge and we even tried some Báirín Breac! We had great fun dressing up, decorating our classroom and engaging in 'show and tell' about our amazing costumes.
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Litter picking fun..
Big smiles, big impact! First class had a blast while making a real difference in our community—working together as a team to clean up litter and protect the planet.
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OCTOBER
Happy Halloween!
We celebrated midterm by dressing up, having a game of conkers (linked to our learning about Autumn) and having a mini-disco! Happy Halloween from 1st Class!
SCHOOLS IN THE PAST
In History we have been learning about schools in the past. We got a chance to sit in the old school bench in our school and we also visited the old school across the road. In the old school we got to see Ms. Murphy's old classroom. In Ms. Murphy's classroom in the old school the emergency exit was the window and so the boys and girls (and Ms. Murphy!) had to climb out the window onto a specially made bench outside the window when there was a fire drill! We had great fun trying the emergency exit for ourselves! When we returned to school we wrote wonderful reports about schools in the past.
ART
We hope you enjoy seeing some of our art work from this month below.
AUTUMN
We have been learning about Autumn and the life cycle of the oak tree. We went on an autumn walk to The Hugging Tree and collected some autumn leaves along the way. When we returned we used the leaves to make our beautiful leaf lanterns.
IRISH
In Irish our theme has been 'An Scoil'. We have been using partner games to work on asking and answering questions in Irish. Our cómhrá is below if you would like to try it at home.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
- We participated in a litter pick in the local community as part of our Green Schools work.
- We really enjoyed our visit to the school book fair.
- We started our gymnastics lessons with Kenny.
- In P.E. we worked in groups to create games using hoops and beanbags. We then taught our games to our classmates and we all tried each others games. It was lots of fun!
- For Maths Week we participated in a Maths quiz and we have also been playing lots of games including partner games and 'Buzz' with the days of the week and months of the year.
Book fair
We had a wonderful time visiting and choosing from the fantastic range of books at the Scholastic Book Fair. Huge thank you to all staff involved in this initiative, we really enjoyed it. Happy reading everyone!
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From all of the girls and boys in first class - BEst of luck Bride Rovers!
SPACE week!
We had lots of fun learning all about space during Space Week 2025! We read the report 'Adventures of an Astronaut', watched lots of videos about Chris Hadfield, read his book 'The Darkest Dark' and learned the poem 'Climb Aboard the Spaceship'. We created some wonderful artwork to celebrate Space Week, became more familiar with our solar system, and some of us have even decided to pursue a career with NASA in the future!
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Autumn is here..
We have been embracing the seasonal changes in Ms Rothwell's First Class! We have been adding to our nature table, learning about hibernating animals and using nature to create some lovely artwork! We read some reports on this topic too; 'Four Seasons in One Day' and 'Winter Sleep'. We based our hedgehog art on the story 'Don't Hog the Hedge' and learned the poem 'Bed in Summer'. We recently went on a nature walk to explore the seasonal changes in our local area and have been learning to identify leaves of trees that lose their leaves. In Maths, we have been learning about the four seasons and their months. We are also very proud of our reports about hedgehogs which have been hung on our 'Wow Work' wall. In Gaeilge, we have been learning the names of different animals such as 'gráinneog', 'coinín', 'sionnach', 'iora rua' and 'broc'. We have started to decorate for Halloween and we are very excited!
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Maths
In Maths, we have been exploring 2D shapes and numbers beyond 10. We have been enjoying lots of hands-on activities and learning through play. We created our own robots using 2D shapes and have been practicing our mental maths skills. We have enjoyed engaging with some Maths Week activities this October too!
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OUr class displays
Just a few of our displays for each subject this month in Rang a hAon!
Back To School!
Space Week
We are having great fun celebrating Space Week in school. We have been learning about the planets, the first Moon walk and the astronaut Chris Hadfield. We read Chris Hadfield's book The Darkest Dark, learned the poem Climb Aboard the Spaceship and completed art activities such as a drawing of a rocket blasting off from Earth and a moon walk that featured us as the astronauts! We also plan to write a report about space and create some aliens using clay! Below you will find some videos we have been watching to help us learn more about space.
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Science
In Science we have been learning about the 5 senses. We explored our sense of hearing by spending some time outside using only our sense of sound to identify what was happening in the world around us and we also played sounds bingo. For our sense of touch we tried to identify objects that our partners placed in our hands using only our sense of touch and we then investigated if it became harder to identify objects if we were wearing gloves. We also completed an obstacle course in the halla with our partners. One partner closed their eyes and, relying only on the senses of hearing and touch, let their partners guide them around the obstacles. We also completed a taste test to explore the 5 different taste qualities and our personal preferences. We tasted dark chocolate (bitter), Tuc crackers (salty), lemon (sour), jelly tots (sweet) and tomatoes (umami/savoury). Bitter was the least popular taste quality in our class. Sweet and salty were the most popular taste qualities in our class. You can see some of our reactions to the different taste qualities in the slideshow below as well as some photos of our other senses experiments!
Maths
We have been doing lots of active learning in Maths and having lots of fun exploring numbers beyond 10, 2-D shapes and time. We even used our Maths learning in our art to create pictures with ovals, squares, circles, triangles and rectangles!
Irish
In Irish we have been working on the theme of Mé Féin. We learned the songs Ceann, Gualainn, Glúin is Cos and An Luan, An Mháirt. We also worked on our conversational skills with our partners and used our finger puppets to help us! You will find a copy of our cómhrá below if you would like to try it at home.
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Drama and PE
In Drama we have been having lots of fun playing Drama games (our theme for September). In P.E. we have been working on our ball handling skills using beanbags, basketballs and footballs and we also enjoyed games with our Lego Six Bricks.
Classroom displays
Below are photos of just some of the wonderful work we have been completing.
Friends 😊
We are all great friends in 1st Class 😊