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May 20, 2025School life, STEM, by

Junior & Senior Infants’ School Tour to Explorium

On May 19th, our Junior and Senior Infants classes set off on a very exciting adventure to Explorium, Ireland’s National Sport and Science Centre! From the moment the children arrived at school, there was a buzz of excitement in the air. With bright smiles and …
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May 19, 2025Outdoor Learning, , by

Creativity with stickyweed – Junior Infants – 16th May 2025

We are noticing really interesting things. We made sticky weed crowns. We played games and climbed. We made leaf prints with clay. Someone had a special nature birthday. We made a nature birthday cake and danced around it, finishing with cleaver birthday tea.
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May 19, 2025Outdoor Learning, Uncategorized, , by

Bealtaine and the fairy tree – Junior Infants May 9th 2025

Junior Infants are learning so much about the forest through observation, curiosity and wonder. Our job as leaders is to follow that interest and support the learning that they are drawn towards. There was a lot of fairy magic in the woods this week. We …
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May 12, 2025Outdoor Learning, , by

Dandelions – wishes and faces and more – Junior Infants – May 2nd 2025

Journey to basecamp Junior Infants always notice interesting things on the way to our basecamps. Dandelion magic Dandelions are a very generous plant for children. They can colour with them, make wishes with them, make land art faces with them, make tea with them and …
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June 12, 2024Outdoor Learning, by

Junior Infants – Session 6

Today we began with our Welcome Circle, where we introduced ourselves and planned how to prepare for our parents’ visit next week. The children decided on our route to the base and selected games to teach their parents. On our journey, we stopped at an …
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June 10, 2024Outdoor Learning, by

Junior Infants – Session 5

This week, the children engaged in a number of different activities, with each group going in different directions led by their interests and curiosity. Here are some of the activities they enjoyed:
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May 22, 2024Outdoor Learning, by

Bealtaine celebrations – Junior Infants – 4

Today was an exciting day as we were filming the forest school sessions. We are doing this to help others understand what forest school looks like and what the benefits might be so that more children might have access to this type of learning. This …
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May 21, 2024Outdoor Learning, by

Week 3 – nest building – Junior Infants

We looked the the materials in the nest. What was the difference between the outside materials and the inside materials? They found white long hairs in the inside. This nest came from my garden. I told how I clean the hairs from my comb during …
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May 9, 2024Outdoor Learning, by

Junior Infants 2 – Grandmother tree and invertebrates

The children are already creating memories and routines. They are finding many treasures and using their sensory and observation skills to develop their curiosity. For more photos and information have a look at Liz McMahon’s blog on Forest Friday | DLR Creativity in the Classroom …
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April 22, 2024Outdoor Learning, by

Junior Infants – first day in Forest school

Junior Infants had their first session in the forest today. They used all their senses and their imaginations and had lots of fun learning. They noticed things with their ears and hands and bodies and eyes and noses and mouths and did lots of wondering, …
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