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Aqua Class 2021
The boys & girls in the Aqua Class have been learning & exploring lots of new things.
We are practicing our reading every day.
To celebrate autumn we made colourful leaf rubbings, friendly squirrels & leafy hedgehogs.
During sensory play time we played with cornflour, shaving foam, playdoh & dried foods.
We had fun with our friends walking on the track, playing in the yard & doing yoga in our classroom.
This month we made ghosts, spiders and witches. We are listening to Halloween songs & rhymes. Happy Halloween everyone!
A very special visitor – Sonia O’Sullivan!
We had the pleasure of welcoming Olympic Silver Medallist and local star Sonia O’Sullivan to Walterstown National School today. Sonia came with Trevor Cummins and did a short athletics workshop with every class in the school.
Everyone was delighted to have a Cobh legend at the school, even though we were a little starstruck! Sonia even modelled the school hat, designed by Rang 6 (more info on this coming soon!).
It was a very exciting day and everyone had fun exercising with Sonia and Trevor.
A huge thanks to them both for sharing their time and expertise with us. We hope they will visit again soon!
First Holy Communion
Congratulations to Rang 3 who made their First Holy Communion last Saturday, October 9th, in St. Colman’s Cathedral. The boys and girls enjoyed a lovely ceremony by Fr. Tom, and great celebrations were had by all. Comhghairdeas libh go léir!
National Tree Day
Zac in Orange Class planted a native Irish wild cherry tree to celebrate National Tree Day on 7th October. The theme was ‘Trees are Good Neighbours’. We will plant it in the school garden next spring.
Cobh Pirates RFC – Rugby For Girls
Cobh Pirates RFC are on the hunt for new players from age 10 to 18.5 for their girls rugby teams. They have a fantastic team of coaches and are all very enthusiastic about developing the girls squads over the next couple of years. Training takes place on Tuesdays: 5.30 – 6.30pm for under 12/14s 5.30 – 6.45pm for under 16/18s Any younger girls (age 5-12 year olds) can attend Mini’s rugby training on Saturday mornings at 11am. Please register interested players with Charlotte on 087-6332345. (Send player name, date of birth and parent contact info). See the attached poster for more information!
First Class 2021
First Class have been very busy working hard and having lots of fun with their friends since they returned to school. They have drawn self portraits and painted beautiful autumn trees. They have been learning all about nocturnal animals and have constructed colourful hedgehogs to brighten up the classroom walls!
They also love practising their numbers and recording themselves speaking as Gaeilge using microphones. Every week they work hard to earn Golden Time on a Friday. They use this time to play board games, build with LEGO and check out the latest books in their library!
Our self portraits.
Enjoying well earned Golden Time.
Our autumn trees.
Playing board games on Friday.
Colourful hedgehogs decorating our walls.
Our Reward Chain.
We painted autumn leaves.
Practising our numbers during maths.
Calvin Jones – School Wildlife Safari
There was great excitement in the school on Tuesday when we had our first visitor since the beginning of the pandemic!
We were delighted to welcome Calvin Jones to Walterstown National School. Calvin, Founder and Managing Editor of Ireland’s Wildlife, is a Natural History Heritage Specialist on the wonderful “Heritage in Schools Scheme”.
Calvin brought some lucky classes outside to the field to take part in a “School Wildlife Safari”. Each class got an insight into local wildlife and got an opportunity to explore the school surroundings on the search for plants, insects, birds, amphibians and mammals. Calvin’s safari gave our students the freedom to indulge their innate curiosity and reconnect with nature on their own terms.
Everyone had great fun exploring and learned a lot about the wildlife of Ireland, particularly the wildlife in our own local area.
A huge thanks to Calvin for taking the time to visit Walterstown and sharing his passion for the natural world with us!
Be sure to take a look below at some of the pictures from our wildlife safari!
Le Chéile Orange Class 2021
The Orange Class have settled very well into the new school year. They have been busy doing lots of learning, fine motor activities and autumn arts & crafts. We have also gone on nature walks around the school track. Some of the children are really enjoying integrating into the mainstream classes and making lots of new friends. Well done everyone!!
Le Chéile Orange Class 2021/22
Le Chéile Orange Class 2021/22
Busy at work!
Busy at work!
Making fruit smoothies!
Making fruit smoothies!
Lots of fun fine motor activities!
Lots of fun fine motor activities!
Autumn arts and crafts.
Autumn arts and crafts.
Fun and games in the playground
Fun and games in the playground
Fun and games in the playground.
Fun and games in the playground.
u12 County Camogie Final
Huge Congratulations to the Cobh Camogie U12 ‘Yellow’ team on winning the County Final on Sunday against a very tough Na Piarsaigh side.
The match was won after extra-time and a great performance was put in by all.
Some of our current and past pupils were involved in the game. Congratulations to 5th and 6th class pupils Abby, Eve and Mollie. We are very proud of you all!
Senior Infants 2021
Senior infants have been delighted to be back at school. They are enjoying time on the playground, autumn themed art, investigating new math concepts with their partners, and of course Aistear! 🙂 It is great to see them all so delighted to be back in the classroom playing and learning alongside their peers.
Fun on the yard!
Playing Musical Statues
Senior Infants – Aistear fun!
Maths activities in pairs, using counters
Measuring height using cubes
Senior Infants – Aistear fun!
Senior Infants – Aistear fun!
Senior Infants – Aistear fun!
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