We used our Tír na nÓg map to learn about length.  We measured the distance between Oisín and the castle, Oisín and the playground, Oisín and the forest and Oisín and Niamh using cubes. We estimated the distance in first and then checked it using cubes.

Our sound this week is /oo/ /oo/.  A little girl got a cuckoo clock for her birthday and at 4 O'clock the little cuckoo popped out and said, uu oo.
Try these words and see which /oo/ sounds rights:
good                   hood
look                   wood
shook                 cook
foot                  took
brook                food
loop                   roof
moon                 root
noon                  zoo
soon                  smooth
shoot                 spoon
Dictation:
Can you cook food on the moon?
Look at the big cats in the zoo.

It is Spring so the daffodils will start to appear in our gardens soon. We were learning about all the different parts of the daffodil - the bulb, the roots, the stem, the leaves, the petals and the trumpet. This boy brought in his Dad's trumpet to show us how the trumpet in the daffodil got its name! . Everyone loved seeing and hearing the trumpet!

The church is a special place. We were learning about the altar, candles which show God is all around us and the baptisimal font where we were baptised. Thank you to the children who brought in photographs of their baptism. We have them on display in the classroom.

Well done to grúpa oráiste who won Table of the Week!

We looked at and discussed the Picasso painting, 'Girl with Dark Hair'. We talked about the shapes, the colours and said whether or not we liked it. Then we used oil pastels and paint to make our own Picasso inspired portrait.

This week we are learning the sound /ee/ /or/
We sing these words to the tune of 'Twinkle Twinkle' to remember the sounds that the letters /ee/ and /or/ make.
See the donkey in it's stall,
Ee or, ee or
is it's call.
Here are some /ee/ /or/ words and sentences to dictate to your child. He/she will be able to sound it out and write the words.
seed
free
tree
need
street
speed
fork
horn
thorn
storm
story
sport
1. Do not beep your horn in the morning. 
2. Did you feed the sheep with a fork?