A Euphonium in Senior Infants

Teacher's trumpet: Senior infants

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Our class will be going to a Music in the Classroom concert in Leisureland in January.  We are listening to lots of fun classical music, and learning new songs for the concert.  Some of the music has trumpet pieces in it.  Teacher brought her trumpet to school so we could hear what it sounds like, and get to see and feel it.  We didn't however get to try it out because teacher doesn't want to be spreading germs.  This trumpet is actually a flugelhorn, a member of the cornet or trumpet family.  We thought teacher must be rich to have a trumpet made from gold, but actually teacher explained that this flugelhorn is made from brass, not gold - she can play this instrument in a brass band.  We can't wait to see the full orchestra with trumpets and flugelhorns.

Humpty Dumpty drama: 1st class

Ms. McGuire's class put on a wonderful show for us in the Halla today.  It was all about Little Jack Horner making a new friend, and Humpty Dumpty's terrible accident.  Have a look at a few of the pictures we took while watching it.

Can you see the judge, Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Little Bo Peep and the sheep?  We loved this show.  Well done to the wonderful actors, and to Ms. McGuire!

Making Fridge Magnets: Senior Infants

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

We are making some nice Christmasssy fridge magnets.  They are made with Polyfilla and moulds.  Teacher made up the Polyfilla mix and poured this mix into the moulds.  We dried them on the heaters and teacher popped them out of the moulds. 

 They look nice and white and smooth now. 

They need to be painted next, and a magnet stuck on the back.  They will look great on our fridges!

Christmas bells and angels: Senior infants

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

We made papier mache Christmas bells yesterday.  Teacher made glue for us from cooking flour and water.  She had cut up newspapers.  We dipped the bits of newspaper into the glue and put them on a yoghurt pot.  We left them to dry on the heater.  (Teacher took some photos of us making the bells, but they seem to have disappeared from the camera.  That's a shame!)  This morning we painted the bells, and sprinkled them with glitter.  Patricia put ribbons on them so we can hang them on our Christmas trees.  They look great.

We also made angels for our Christmas trees.  Yesterday we painted toilet rolls and left them to dry on the windowsill.  Today we painted angels, stuck on silver wings and halos, cut out the angels and stuck them on the toilet rolls.  (Teacher took lots of pictures of the finished angels, but they too have disappeared, she'll take more tomorrow,  maybe it has something to do with the magic of Christmas, or maybe she just needs a new camera!!!)  They are so nice they almost look like real angels.  Check back tomorrow to see photos of them.

Making snowmen: Junior infants

 

We made our very own snowmen that will not melt like the snowman we made from real snow.  We used glue and cotton wool (but we like to call it "the fluffy stuff") to make our snowmen. 

Nativity scenes

Potato print cards: Senior infants