Welcome to 1st Class!

1st Class 2023 - 2024

Please visit our page throughout the year to see what we get up to in 1st class!

BeeBots

First Class had great fun using BeeBots over the last few weeks. A BeeBot is a programmable bee robot that is designed to be used by children. It can be programmed by using the arrows on its back to move forward, backwards or turn 90 degrees. We had lots fun programming the BeeBot to move in order to solve problems. A big thank you to Ms Murphy in Senior Infants for teaching us some cool tricks to do with the BeeBots.

Pancake Tuesday 🥞

Happy Chinese New Year

新年好 🎇🐉

In 1st Class we celebrated Chinese New Year. This year is the Year of the Dragon, as a class we created our own dragon to celebrate this. The children learned about the traditions surrounding Chinese New Year.

The class learned about the Great Wall of China and in groups planned and recreated their own Great Wall of China. Have a look at our creations.

Internet Safety Day🖥️

We learned all about how to stay safe when using the internet. 1st Class shared their stories of being on the internet and we spoke about the correct ways to use it. We all agreed that the internet is a wonderful place to visit as long as you follow the safety rules

- Always ask for permission before using the internet and don't spend too long online

- Don't talk to strangers and don't share personal information

-Be kind online, we don't like cyberbullies!

In pairs, the children took part in a 'Crack the Code' activity revealing an important message 'Always check before you connect.' The class took part in a colouring competition, it was a very difficult decision choosing just 3 winners of the competition. Congratulations to all for their fabulous work!

A Trip to the Cinema🍿

On Friday, February 2nd, the whole of Boherbue National School enjoyed a trip to the Omniplex Cinema in Killarney to see the movie 'Migration'. We really enjoyed the movie and the whole trip!

St. Brigid's Crosses

In celebration of St. Brigid’s Day, the children in 1st class made some St. Brigid’s crosses. We used rushes, rubber bands and pipe cleaners to make our St. Brigid's Day crosses. A big thank you to Ms Buckley, Margaret and the pupils from 6th class who invited us into their classroom and helped us to make our crosses.

Catholic Schools Week 2024

'Catholic Schools: Communities of Service'

This week we celebrated Catholic Schools Week 2024.

We reflected on the theme 'Catholic Schools: Communities of Service', and discussed different communities, including our own school community and how we can be kind to everyone.

We celebrated Grandparents day on Wednesday by sharing stories all about our grandparents, listing all the things we love about our Grandparents and creating pictures of us with our Grandparents.

Happy Australia Day🎇

This week we learned all about Australia. We looked at different Australian animals, the Aborginal culture and famous landmarks in Australia. The children got to hold boomerangs and didgeridoo. The children read the Dreamtime story "Kookoo Kookaburra" and learned that "Kindness is like a boomerang- if you throw it often, it comes back often". The children created their own kindess boomerang.

There is a storm coming.......🍃☔

In History, we learned about Francis Beaufort and Anders Celsius and different types of weather. For Art, we then created images as if we were stuck out in a storm.

Reading Buddies📚

We are very lucky in First Class to have the Sixth Class children come and visit our class to listen to our reading every week.

🌟The Angel Express 🌟

Christmas Time in First Class

The run-up to Christmas was extremely busy in First Class with lots of fun and laughter in the class. We created melted snowpeople as well as baby Jesus in the stable. We did a lot of building and created some wonderful pieces. To celebrate their fantastic performance of their play "Angel Express" the children decorated their own Christmas cookies. We also had a movie day and watched Santa Claus II 🎄☃️🍪

Science Week🧑‍🔬🎈🏎️

During Science Week we had great fun trying different experiments.

We made gummy bears grow by letting them "swim" in cups of water, salt water, and vinegar. We let the bears swim overnight. Have a look at the photos to see what works best.

We also experimented with static electricity. We had loads of fun making our hair stand up with a balloon.

Finally, we made slopes and investigated what materials and height would make the car travel further.

Happy Halloween🎃👻

In First Class, we had great fun celebrating Halloween. We started off the day by having a school assembly and finished it off by creating 'Floating Ghosts'.

Food Dudes!!

In First Class, we had great fun taking part in Food Dudes. We got to try different types of fruit and vegetables for 3 weeks. The children loved getting their fruit and vegetables at the big break🍏🍌🥕🍅

Céard ba mhaith leat ar do phíotsa?

In Irish we were learning all about 'Ag Ullmhú Píotsa'. We learned the words for the different toppings, how to ask and answer 'what would you like on your pizza' and how to ask and answer 'what did you put on your pizza?' The children got to make their own 'píotsa' and sample their cooking skills. We also made strawberry smoothies. The children had great fun learning all about making pizzas as Gaeilge and creating their pizzas😀🍕

'Ireland's Call'

We were supporting the Irish rugby team by learning 'Ireland's Call'. We had great fun learning the song and supporting Ireland ☘️

We had a dance party and Ms Murphy came to join the party🎉💃🕺🪩

In History, we were learning about schools in the past. The children got to look at the old school roll books(some nearly 100 years old!) The children also found some people they knew in the books.

Walk to School Week 2023

We celebrated Walk to School Week in 1st Class by taking part in a whole school walking survey, designing a shoe competition and learning how to power walk and stride walk. We put our new walking skills to the test by having relay races. We had great fun!

'International Dot Day'

On 15th September, we celebrated 'International Dot Day'. We listened to a lovely story called “The Dot”. We learned that we are all artists and that we can all be creative if we use our imagination.

Here are the wonderful dots that the children created!