Art, Music and Drama Page

Ildaite

2012-02-16T11:28:00.001-08:00

We went to see our friends in Miss Tierney's class perform their play entitled 'Ildaite' this week. The play is about two fairies who get really annoyed with some people they meet, who fail to notice all the colour in the world around them. We really enjoyed the performance - well done to all the children in Miss Tierney's class!!

Valentine's Day art

2012-02-16T09:51:00.000-08:00

We made these Valentine boys and girls for Valentine's Day. We decorated each one differently so each one is unique!! We really had great fun making these.

We also made a Valentine's Day card and wrote a Valentine rhyme on the back.

We decorated the heart on front with glitter.

Creativity in Senior infants

2012-02-16T09:48:00.001-08:00

A skipping rope and a lion's cage!!!

Teacher, look at the fishing rod we invented all by ourselves!!!!

We love inventing new things and play time is the ideal opportunity for doing so.

Ildaite: Dráma rang Ms. Tierney

2012-02-15T11:37:00.001-08:00

Valentine's Day art: Senior infants

2012-02-15T06:28:00.001-08:00

Boomwhackers in Senior infants

2012-02-14T07:25:00.001-08:00

We have new instruments in school called boomwhackers.They are wonderful for doing rhythm games on.

All about colours: Dathanna i rang Naíonáin Shinsearach

2012-02-13T11:09:00.001-08:00

Valentine's Day cards

2012-02-13T11:08:00.003-08:00

Paintings of houses in Senior infants

2012-02-13T11:08:00.001-08:00

Clay train sets

2012-02-13T11:07:00.001-08:00

An Féile Scoildrámaíochta 2012

2012-02-07T06:38:00.001-08:00

Cairde Learaí - Larry's Friends: Senior infants

2012-02-02T11:30:00.001-08:00

Na Trí Mhuc

2012-02-02T11:28:00.001-08:00

Chuaigh muid chuig an halla inniu chun dráma Naíonáin Bheaga a fheiceáil. Bhí sé ar fheabhas ar fad. Maith sibh. Go néirí an tádh libh i gConnemara ar an Mháirt seo chugainn.

We all went to the hall today to see Ms. Conneely's class perform the Three Little Pigs. It was absolutely wonderful. Well done to everyone. Best of luck to you all in Connemara next Tuesday. You will be great!

Na Trí Mhuc

2012-01-31T11:01:00.000-08:00

Beidh drama ar siúl ar an 7ú lá i mí Feabhra sa Seanscoil Sailearna Connemara. Bíonn na paistí ag clacthadh go dian agus tá siad ar fheabhas. Táimid ag dheanamh alán obair bunaithe ar na Trí Mhuc. Tá suil agam go bhainfidh na páistí alán taitneamh as an dhrama.

The drama is on in Connemara on the 7th of February. The children are practicing really hard and are fantastic. We are doing alot of lovely things about the three little pigs (have a look at our art). I hope the children enjoy the experience of being on stage and using their well learned Irish.

All about houses in Senior infants

2012-01-24T06:13:00.001-08:00

We are talking about houses. We know the different rooms in a house, different kinds of houses, and different houses from different countries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFYH7xj-EhQ

Today we painted houses while we listened to a really nice song about houses.

Here is the song we heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR5qPNPGCmY

Magic carpet ride

2012-01-22T12:48:00.001-08:00

We had a magic carpet in our room for a week.We learned a poem about a magic carpet and then the children wrote down where they would go to if they had a carpet that could bring them anywhere!

Learning about the Water Cycle

2012-01-22T12:47:00.000-08:00

We had two visiting teachers in from Italy,Lara and Marcella,who did a lovely art lesson with the children on the water cycle.They showed them a cardboard montage of the cycle and then the children had to imagine the journey of a raindrop.Next they did raindrop pictures using oil colours and a printing technique.When they had done that,they got to pick out fabrics from a box and use them to make a rain collage.It was a lovely lesson!

Eskimos in Senior infants

2012-01-22T12:41:00.001-08:00

Look at the eskimos we have been making in art.

We hope they are not too cold!

Music with movement in Senior infants

2012-01-18T04:39:00.001-08:00

We are learning a new song. It is called "Morning Town Ride".

We responded to this song through dance, mime and actions.

We had a lot of fun with our new song.

Here is a link to our new song from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6JCzkFpG8k

Construction in Senior infants

2012-01-18T00:21:00.001-08:00

Construction is part of our Art and Craft programme. Here you can see our future Architects, Engineers, Artists and Mathematicians creating and inventing!

Christmas elves come visiting

2011-12-22T00:29:00.001-08:00

Today we had a big surprise!Some elves took a break from making toys to come and say hello.Their names were Elfie,Minzie and Tiny.They played Christmas songs for us and joined in our dance.Elfie was very greedy and wanted to eat our lunches.

Christmas tree decorations

2011-12-22T00:28:00.001-08:00

Look at the fabulous paper decorations we made in class. We got some help:- from our class artist, Calin, who regularly shows us how to make some lovely crafts.

Fiddle players in Senior infants

2011-12-19T07:00:00.001-08:00

Teacher is learning the fiddle and brought in her fiddle to show the class today.They all had a go at holding it and bowing.They were naturals!

Sticklebricks and clay

2011-12-15T10:39:00.001-08:00

The story of the First Christmas Tree

2011-12-14T06:58:00.001-08:00

Teacher told us the story of the first Christmas tree.

It happened when a man from Germany got lost in a forest late one winter's night.

He lit some candles and put them on a tree to keep him from feeling lonely and frightened.

At drama time, the man from the forest came to visit us, and we were able to ask him lots of questions about his frightening experience, and about what the forest was like on the cold dark winter's night.

We also heard how he chose the perfect Christmas tree.

We really enjoyed this story. We will remember it whenever we look at our own Christmas trees.

Printing trees and The Gruffalo: Senior infants

2011-12-12T10:13:00.001-08:00

Christmas cribs in Senior infants

2011-12-09T10:41:00.001-08:00

Jack Frost art in Junior Infants

2011-12-08T11:49:00.003-08:00

Winter is here now and gone are the Autumn Colours. The colours of Winter are black, blue, white and silver. We did some colour mixing and mixed up all the cold colours and look at the results. So many colours.

Christmas Reindeer and Angels in Junior infants

2011-12-08T11:48:00.001-08:00

Handa's Surprise and Fruit printing

2011-12-08T06:54:00.001-08:00

After hearing about life in Chad, we read a lovely story called Handa's Surprise where we saw pictures of delicious fruit that grows in Africa.Then we did prints with fruit like pineapple,bananas,apples and passion fruit.

Rockets in fabric and fibre: Senior infants

2011-12-08T06:51:00.001-08:00

After our rockets experiment, we read a story about a little bear who flies to the moon in a home made rocket.Then we made our own rockets using sparkly crepe paper and felt.

Bird Watching in 2nd Class

2011-12-07T14:25:00.001-08:00

These are our drawings of birds. Tom from Birdwatch Ireland told us all about birds, and showed how to draw birds,and how to make a bird using paper folding- origami.

Russian Dolls in Second class

2011-12-07T14:23:00.001-08:00

We looked at Russian dolls today, Denis brought in his set of 5, and Ms.Keenan had a set of 7. We coloured our own Russian dolls.

Our Santa Masks are finished in Senior Infants

2011-12-07T10:27:00.001-08:00

Junior infant art work

2011-12-07T09:58:00.000-08:00

We have been learning about the artist Kandinsky. We loved his work called
Farbstudie Quadrante and so we decided to make our own version!

Felt Rockets in Senior infants

2011-12-06T14:35:00.001-08:00

Guessing time

2011-12-06T11:04:00.001-08:00

Papier mache masks in Senior infants

2011-11-30T12:09:00.001-08:00

Waterproof umbrellas in Senior infants

2011-11-29T10:49:00.001-08:00

An owl in a tree (Based on the Owl Babies)

2011-11-28T11:48:00.001-08:00

We have been doing the Big Book 'Owl Babies' in English and for art this week we finger painted this entire forest scene of an owl in a tree at night. First we wet the entire page with water and we finger painted the background using orange and yellow paint. When the background was dry we finger painted the tree, bushes and the owl using black paint. When that was dry we added two large white eyes with black pupils. We added stars and the moon. They turned out great - have a look!!!

Surprising rainclouds in Senior infants

2011-11-28T08:27:00.001-08:00

Percussion instruments in Junior Infants

2011-11-27T13:33:00.001-08:00

Knitting in Ms. Joyce's class

2011-11-24T14:53:00.001-08:00

Maggie loves to knit and she is really good at it! She has kindly offered to teach any of us who want to learn how to do it. We practice our knitting whenever we have finished our work early and during lunch time on rainy days. Sometimes we even take it home! We really love it, maybe by the end of first class we will be able to knit some hats and scarves for next winter!

Printing our families and celebrating birthdays

2011-11-20T11:46:00.001-08:00

Autumn pictures in Room 15

2011-11-20T11:13:00.000-08:00

Printing fruits in First class

2011-11-20T11:10:00.000-08:00

Painting in Room 15

2011-11-20T11:08:00.001-08:00

Rockets on display in and outside Room 5

2011-11-10T12:43:00.001-08:00

Felt Rockets in Senior infants

2011-11-08T13:41:00.001-08:00

Halloween art in Junior infants

2011-10-29T14:39:00.001-07:00

Autumn leaves are falling in Junior infants

2011-10-29T14:32:00.001-07:00

Autumn Leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down.
Autumn Leaves are falling down, down to the ground.

Autumn time in Junior infants

2011-10-29T14:31:00.001-07:00

We have a new season and it is called Autumn. We talked about the squirrel and all the animals that are busy getting ready to hibernate for the Winter. The leaves are beginning to fall from the trees. We painted an Autumn tree and used our fingers to paint the falling leaves - they are all different colours - orange, brown, red, yellow and some still are green.

Halloween mimes

2011-10-26T06:24:00.003-07:00

Scary skeletons in Senior infants

2011-10-26T06:05:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpvuqj5nv6U

Drama in Junior infants

2011-10-25T13:32:00.000-07:00

Some say we are very good at being dramatic in Junior Infants. We are fantastic at pretending which makes for fantastic actors.

Look how still we can be shhhhhh!!!

We love to pretend we are toys that come to life. The toy shop owner (teacher) fixes all the toys onto the shelves for the night and cleans them all. When she goes to bed something amazing happens, the toys come to life. When the toy shop owner hears all the noise she rushes to the toy shop to see what is going on. She finds the toys are in different places and very messy looking. The toys have to stay very still when the owner is there because she will sell any talking or moving toys for alot of money.

But when we come to life, we really make some noise!!

Halloween art in Senior infants

2011-10-25T13:29:00.000-07:00

We have made many wonderful things for Halloween this month. Have a look at the following:

Pumpkin men

Colourful ghosts!!!

Paper plate vampires

Spiders made out of clay

We made these spiders out of clay today. We had great fun beforehand banging the clay to get all the air out. Then we moulded the clay into a ball shape and pressed it between the palms of our hands to flatten it to form the basic shape of a spider. We pressed on googly eyes and stuck in pipe cleaners (4 on each side) for the legs. We will paint our spiders when the clay dries completely and they harden.

Baboró: Nubes (clouds) perfomance

2011-10-25T13:27:00.000-07:00

We went to see 'Nubes' (clouds) in the Town Hall Theatre on Friday as part of Baboró's International Festival for Children. Nubes/Clouds premiered in Madrid in 2009 and last year it also graced the stage of London’s world-famous Sadler’s Wells. It has won the coveted MAX awards for Best Children’s Show and Best Costume Design.

We thought that it was an amazing show from start to finish and it was stunningly beautiful to say the very least. We were simply mesmerised throughout the entire performance (both pupils and teachers alike!!!!!). We loved the flipper dance and the ladder dance not to mention the people dancing with no heads!!! The six dancers were superb - bravo to the Spanish dance company Aracaladanza!!!!!

When we returned to school after the performance we discussed, wrote about and drew a picture of our favourite parts. Have a look at the following video to experience a little taste of what we saw and prepare to be amazed!!!!!

Halloween band in Senior infants

2011-10-25T13:25:00.001-07:00

We are learning some lovely songs for Halloween. One of our favourites is a song called 'There was an old Witch'. We took out the instruments to accompany the song. We used claves for 'She tapped on the window'. We used maracas for 'swish goes the broomstick' and we used drums for 'plop goes the fat toad sitting on her hat'.

We also listened to some music from Harry Potter and we pretended to be ghosts, goblins, bats, monsters, witches and zombies. It was great fun.

Nubes at Baboro

2011-10-21T06:06:00.001-07:00

We saw a magical show in the Town Hall today-with shadows that did their own thing ,clouds floating out of rooftops,snow twirling out of umbrellas,dresses that turned from black to white.It was beautiful!

Hallwoeen masks in Senior infants

2011-10-20T14:15:00.000-07:00

We made Halloween masks and played games with them.

Clay hedgehogs and gallery tour in Senior infants

2011-10-20T06:00:00.001-07:00

Hedgehogs in Junior infants

2011-10-18T12:19:00.001-07:00

We had great fun finding all the shapes that were hidden in the clay.. We made a hedgehog body and added the spikes. It was hard work putting all the spikes into the clay and we needed to make sure the spikes were close together like on a real hedgehog.

We have learned a song about Harry Hedgehog. We know he is getting ready for a big sleep by gobbling up the berries and the insects and the worms. He is going to have a big rest for the Winter time and he doesnt wake up until the Spring time.

On our tour to Briget's Garden we learned of lots of animals that like to have a big sleep for Winter.

Friendship bracelets in Junior infants

2011-10-18T12:17:00.003-07:00

We love threading and doing activities with our hands. We discussed all about friends. Friends we have at school and home. We think we should treat everybody the way we would like to be treated. So we made friendship braclets to show we are all great friends in this class. We think they turned out brilliant. We think they even look as good as the ones you can buy in the shop.

Halloween prints and masks in Senior infants

2011-10-18T06:39:00.001-07:00

Rubbish bins in Senior infants

2011-10-12T06:35:00.001-07:00

We have been talking about putting our rubbish in the bin. We'll be talking more about recycling in the next week or two. Here are some lovely bins that we painted, cut out and filled with rubbish. They look quite realistic.

Constructing pumpkins in Senior infants

2011-10-11T09:33:00.001-07:00

Branar in Senior infants

2011-10-07T11:54:00.001-07:00

Branar Theatre company came to visit us today and did a show for us.It was a very funny show about two boys who are very different and speak different languages,but learn how to play together and how to share.

It was great!

Autumn leaves are falling in Senior infants

2011-10-06T06:42:00.001-07:00

Listen and watch this beautiful song about Autumn leaves: http://www.angles365.com/classroom/songsci04/fitxers/song04.swf

Printing with Autumn Fruits in 1st class

2011-10-05T12:12:00.000-07:00

Craftwork: Making crows and scarecrows, Ms. McLoughlin's senior infants

2011-09-30T06:09:00.001-07:00

Autumn hedgehogs: Ms. Flaherty's Senior infants

2011-09-27T14:34:00.001-07:00

We painted these lovely hedgehogs this week. We remembered to use autumn colours when painting the leaves. We then chose a colour to paint the background. When everything was dry we stuck on some speghetti pasta to make the spines. We also learned about the life of the hedgehog.

Circus pictures: Senior infants

2011-09-26T10:34:00.001-07:00

The children painted pictures of the circus - they did wonderfully imaginative pictures of elephants,acrobats,trapeze swingers and scary lions.
In drama ,we pretended to be the circus people -getting the town ready for the circus and performing as liontamers and lions,tightrope walkers,silly clowns and graceful acrobats!

Printed owls in Senior infants

2011-09-23T14:22:00.001-07:00

Musical instruments in Senior Infants

2011-09-23T13:00:00.001-07:00

Drama in Senior infants

2011-09-22T07:10:00.001-07:00

In our drama session we have been to the forest. There we met Ferdie the frog. He wanted to come back to the classroom with us, so we have let him stay in our classroom. We chose him a nice place to stay, on the Nature Table, sitting on some stones and leaves. We think he will be very comfortable there. We enjoyed our visit to the forest and especially the sights and sounds of Autumn.

Spinning Rainbow Colours: Ms. Lally & Ms. McLoughlin

2011-09-19T06:50:00.001-07:00

We learned a poem about colours (in Irish), a song about rainbow colours (in English) and a song from the whiteboard (in English) about mixing colours.

At the end of our very enjoyable session about colours Ms. Lally and her class taught us a great song and dance called "We Will Rock You". We need to practise this a bit more.

Autumn tree collage: Senior Infants

2011-09-16T11:10:00.001-07:00

Painting in Room 5

2011-09-06T13:17:00.001-07:00

Summertime drama in Senior infants

2011-06-28T05:52:00.001-07:00

Drumming lessons with Alan

2011-06-28T05:51:00.001-07:00

Art in Junior Infants

2011-06-24T10:41:00.000-07:00

Father's Day shirts in Senior infants

2011-06-16T06:07:00.001-07:00

Oisín in Tír na nÓg: Senior Infants

2011-06-11T01:40:00.001-07:00

We heard the story of Oisin and Niamh and Tir na nOg recently.We did freezeframes of the Fianna hunting,happy people in Tir na nOg,an upset Oisin finding his old house in ruins when he returns to Ireland and Oisin falling off his horse when he helps some men push a huge rock.

The children drew beautiful pictures of what they think Tir na nOg looks like.

Contempo String Quartet

2011-06-11T01:34:00.002-07:00

We visited the Contempo String Quartet in the Education Centre. We listened to excerpts of classical music and looked out for varying pitch, rhythm and dynamics. Rosa was allowed to play the violin!!

Easter pots

2011-06-11T01:34:00.000-07:00

We created pots with clay, painted them all different colours and filled them with hay and yummy eggs!

Mini-beast art in Senior infants

2011-06-10T13:16:00.001-07:00

The very hungry caterpillar display in Junior Infants

2011-05-31T15:25:00.000-07:00

Making kites in Senior infants

2011-05-30T10:44:00.001-07:00

Fluttering Butterflies in Senior infants

2011-05-28T02:12:00.001-07:00

Kites in Junior infants

2011-05-28T02:10:00.003-07:00

This week we made lovely kites from cardboard, painted them, put on a face and streamers and bows and strings. There was no shortage of wind this week so we were able go fly them this morning. We also sang " Lets go fly a kite".

Billy's Bucket in Senior infants

2011-05-28T02:07:00.001-07:00

We did a drama lesson today about a little boy who only wanted a bucket for his birthday.His parents want him to choose something else but he tells them it is the only thing he wants.Next,the children had to pretend to be different kinds of buckets in the bucket shop and Billy had to choose his favourite one.It was very hard to pick as the children came up with all sorts of brilliant ideas.But he couldn t resist a bucket that could fly and a bucket that could make you happy when you felt sad!

Summer art in Junior Infants

2011-05-24T05:59:00.001-07:00

This week we were taking all about Summer time. We now have a new month, May and a new season, Summer. Teacher is reading us a book full of interesting facts all about the animals that live under the sea. We painted a scene from the sea bed. We used sponge paints to sponge animals like the tortoise, a seahorse, a crab and fish. They are hanging in our classroom if you want to have a look at our fabulous artwork.

Summer suns in Senior infants

2011-05-21T13:20:00.001-07:00

We made these bright summer suns in art recently. They took a lot of work but the end result was superb!! First we sponge painted a large paper plate and the sun's rays using orange and yellow paint. We cut out the rays when dry and stuck them on to the sun. Next, we made some eyes and a mouth for our sun and stuck them on. We used foam pieces for the nose. We also decorated the rays of the sun with glitter.

Finger printing in Senior Infants

2011-05-20T06:05:00.003-07:00

We made some lovely finger print art. Look at our pictures!

Going for a dive with Billy in Senior Infants

2011-05-13T12:02:00.001-07:00

5th May:
We had a great Drama class today. Mr. Donohue was Billy, and all he wanted for his birthday was a bucket. We had to persuade him to choose another birthday present, then when he wouldn't do this we all pretended to be a bucket and we each tried to get Billy to choose us. It was a lot of fun. Later we drew pictures of our buckets. They looked great!

Crayon Resist Butterflies

2011-05-11T13:52:00.000-07:00

Billy Goat's Gruff in Senior Infants

2011-05-10T11:12:00.001-07:00

Have a look at us taking on the role of the troll in Billy Goats Gruff (Broadway here we come!!!).

Chinese New Year in Second Class

2011-05-10T06:26:00.001-07:00

Aboriginal Dot paintings in Second Class

2011-05-08T13:32:00.001-07:00

Drawings of Sydney Opera House

2011-05-08T13:31:00.001-07:00