Our Little Beings

We have been busy in First Class since we came back to school in January. On the 15th of January, we went to Leisureland to a concert given by the R.T.É. Concert Orchestra. The conductor's name was Gearóid Grant and he was very funny! We saw and heard all the instruments of the orchestra. It was great!

Sr. Breda came to visit us last week. She asked us questions about the Christmas story, and we sang songs for her. We were so good that she said we could have a night off homework! We were listening to stories about little beings, so for Art last week, each of us made our own little being! You can see the photos here.

St. Brigid's Day

Friday was Saint Brigid's Day. We were learning about Saint Brigid all week. We listened to stories about her and we made Saint Brigid's Day crosses

St. Brigid's cross

Look at the St. Brigid's cross made by a granny of one of the girls in our class.

Real crosses are made with rushes, and have many layers.

We really like this one.

Thanks Granny!

If you would like to learn to make one by yourself, follow the instructions on this page:

Visit from Sr. Breda

Advent wreaths

Saying the Rosary

Fr. Rob came to visit us again recently, and he gave each of us beautiful rosary beads. We are learning how to say the rosary and we try to say a decade a day if we can. We are really good at praying for everyone and are getting very good at saying the rosary. Thank you Fr. rob for the beautiful rosary beads.

Fr. Rob

May altar

We are celebrating Mary this month. We have made our very own May Altar in school. We brought in some beautiful May flowers to decorate it with. Teacher was very pleased with us!! We are saying special prayers to Mary all this month and singing about her in choir. We love you Mary!