Junior 3 are so happy to be back at school. In our class this year the adults are Michelle, Lisa, Teresa and Stella. The children are Sean, Christopher, Darragh, Sean, Harry and Tom.
Things are a little different this year. The adults have to wear masks and visors all day. They may look strange but we know it is to keep everybody safe. We are looking forward to the year ahead.

Our Class

Here is the group of superheroes in Junior 3 

Arts & Crafts

Some Winter arts & crafts that we can try at home! Have lots of fun!

STEM Challenges

 Junior 3 is full of great scientists, engineers, mathematicians. Try out some of these challenges at home.

Hide & Seek/ Scavenger Hunt

We love finding things that are hiding in the classroom! Have some fun looking for these things around the house- maybe ask some family members to help!

Winter

Our theme for the month of January is Winter. Use the video below to practice your Lámh signs for Winter.  

 Barefoot Books & Songs

Barefoot books are our all time favourite in Junior 3! We listen to them and read along on the interactive whiteboard. Some of us enjoy listening to the stories through our headphones and reading along with the book too. 

Let's Dance

We love nothing more than to dance in Junior 3. Check out some of disco moves! We are practicing these dances on our whole school zoom meetings on Wednesday's with our dance teacher Blaithin!

Yoga

Here are some Yoga poses to practice!

Relaxation

Each afternoon after a busy day we take some time to relax and chill out, we lay out on our mats and sometimes even close our eyes!

Circle Time Songs

We begin every morning in school with Circle Time. We say 'Hello' to each other and discuss the day, the month, the year and the weather. We love singing and practicing our Lámh signs. 

Playdoh

We all got playdoh from Santa when he visited the school. Here are some fun things we can do with our playdoh!

Musical Instruments

Gather some materials from around the house and have fun making some musical instruments. Pour rice, lentils, pasta into a jar or bottle and shake! Or maybe have a 'Drum Disco' with some pots and pans in the kitchen!

Everyone in Junior 3 would like to wish all their friends and family a Happy New Year! We can't wait to get back to our classroom and have fun together learning with all our friends!

Unwrapping our presents

Presents under the tree

Santa

Christmas Jumper Day

We all loved wearing our Christmas jumpers to help raise funds for Crumlin Children's Hospital.

Our Trip to Cappagh Park Playground

We were all so excited on Tuesday last as we got to visit a new playground on our bus outing, we had so much fun on the swings, slides and climbing frame. Check out our lovely pictures below- Spidermen in training!

Mr Piano Man

Sing us a song Mr Piano Man, 
Sing us a song tonight,
We're all in the mood for a melody....

Volcanoes

The Magic Glove

Making Playdough

This experiment involved some good clean fun... what a mess! We absolutely loved it. Our consistencies were a little off but like every good scientist it's all about trial and error.

Science Week

An exciting delivery arrived on Monday morning for the boys in Junior 3; we can't wait to see what's inside and have lots of fun with our Science experiments during the week. Little Einsteins in the making!

Three wise men sitting on a bench

Our new swings!

Music

Our band is coming together nicely. We should be ready to hit the charts any day now!

Halloween 

We had such fun at our Halloween fancy dress! We dressed up as pirates, witches, skeletons and we even had a certain Tony Holohan in the classroom for the day! We had a nice little party at the end of the day to round off our first half-term back to school!

Film Stars on RTÉ News

We had great fun being filmed during our Baboro Show. ​

Baboro

 For Culture Night in Galway this year, Phillida Eves and her team from Baboro brought their show "Hear Our Voice" to the school. Junior 3 and some friends from Junior 2 had great fun collecting pine cones, making a campfire, lying on blankets listening to music while shadow puppets cavorted above. It was a magical, multisensory experience for all the boys!

Bus Outing to Barna Woods 

Fine Motor Skills

Story-time

We had a new teacher when reading our story this week.

Music

Here we are setting up our own band. we would love for you to listen to our music. Here is one of our band members playing the glockenspiel!

Play Time

After all our hard work, we love to go outside to the playground for some fresh air and meet our other friends from the Junior school bubble.

Bus Outing

Once a fortnight we get to go on the school bus to see new places. This week we got to go to Dangan sports complex to run around on the pitches and running track. 

Mathematics

We are mathematicians in Junior 3. We absolutely love working with numicon. Numicon helps us to learn our numbers.