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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!
Autumn Art
Junior Infants 2021
Junior Infants have been painting autumn trees, making rainbow fish and learning new games on the playground. They have been busy during Aistear, building houses from polydrons and lego. They have enjoyed story time at the library, gone on a few nature walks and made lots of new friends!
Painting autumn trees.
Active Week 2021
We had a very successful “Active Week” in Walterstown last week. There were activities everyday, including dancing, a summer walk, and a skipathon. There was something for everyone! We had a fantastic time keeping fit throughout the week.
Our week ended with an amazing “Sports Day”. There were 16 stations and we were so lucky to have great weather. The highlights of the day were the bouncing castle obstacle course and the arrival of the ice-cream van.
Thank you to Ms. O’Rourke and Ms. Jennings for organising and managing the week so well!
Virtual Induction 2021
Operation Plant Donation
There was a huge response to our plant donation initiative! A big thank you to everyone for your generous donations of plants and money.
Everything we received on Friday will be put to good use in the school garden!
Thank you to Brad and Bean Uí Riain for organising and managing the event so well.
We Are All Unique Day
This Friday to celebrate how “We Are All Unique” we are encouraging all children to dress up in bright clothes and colourful socks and hats.
We look forward to having a school full of colour where diversity is celebrated.
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