What a lovely month we have had during June. As the restrictions have lifted slightly, we are enjoying the stories our children are
telling us, about them meeting up with Grandparents and relatives outdoors.
We shared some lovely moments, engaging in our exciting activities and we made some special memories with our Pre-school
children, as they graduated from Pre-school class. We are so delighted for them, as they soon embark on their next big journey of
Primary School. Before then though, we are looking forward to creating more memories with them during the Summer months.
Special thanks to all our Educarers and staff who made Graduations such a special day for our children, and thank you Chef Aaron for
the amazing cake that he made.
We loved our Summer Festival, celebrating the Euros football tournament, and for Fathers Day, we got very creative and made some
lovely cards and artwork for them. Keep an eye out on our Social Media Channels for photos of our daily activities.
In this newsletter, we have shared some insight into the activities from each of our rooms that has taken place during the month of June.
Joanne and Clara – Crèche Managers
Photos from our Pre-School Graduation
Activities from our Baby Room
Our babies showed lots of interest this month in
the cars and trucks in the room, so we made our
own car. The children loved to help paint the car
with their hands and feet.
They also loved to learn about the sea and did lots
of water play and loved to introduce sea animals
into the play also.
Our children enjoyed water play and bubbles in the
garden, and they created images of the beach,
whales, fish and dolphins through art.
We enjoyed lots of sensory play with colours and
messy play with spaghetti, (introducing new
colours each week), playdough and ice play.
Our Wobbler Room News
The children became interested in change of weather, so we learnt a lots of new songs about the Sun, Rain clouds and the
Rainbow.
We showed real life images of different weather we see outside and created pictures of the sun using paint and sand.
For our Monsters theme, we made a big class monster this month using children’s feet. All the children loved to get creative
and messy by walking on the paint on the floor and making a big Monster called “Hugo”.
All the children loved caring for baby dolls in the room, and they loved giving bath time and changing the babies’ nappies and
putting them to sleep at night-time. From this the children learned about what we do before sleep time. So, they made tooth
brushes for brushing their teeth before sleep.
They made twinkle stars and learnt about the stars they see at night-time and made dream catchers for over there beds at
home.
All the children have become very interested in learning about there body parts in the room.
We have been learning- Head shoulders knees and toes and playing Simon Says too, and we are enjoying that a lot.
Lots of Children were interested in Holidays after returning from Holidays the last few weeks so we learnt about Summer
Holidays and created role play of an Ice Cream Shop and had yummy 99 ice creams.
We enjoyed lots of water play, made a big flip flop and swimming goggles for the beach. We also made a parasol for the
beach.
Tales from our Toddler Room
One of the children was very interested in Doctors so we made a doctors surgery in our room for the babies. We made an
ambulance’s and had races in the garden in them.
We found a snail in the garden were all very excited about him and gave him the name Sam. The Children then painted
pictures of Sam in the room and created a small world for mini beasts in their room.
We created pictures of other mini beasts we have seen in the garden, such as spiders, bumble bees, butterflies and lady
birds.
For our Sky theme, we made a Rainbow using finger paint and a picture of the sky using lots of different materials for
display in the room. We pretended to go on holidays and made passports for our journey.
On the Farm, we loved making masks, and playing with our farm animals in a bucket of water. We used recyclable materials
to make a barn for our animals for they could sleep in a cosy place.
Father’s Day was marked by making lots of cards for our dads.
Pre-school Room News
Friendship – We made friendship bracelets for our friends and
sent friendship letters, we made a post box to post our letters
and we made our own post office and did role play working it the
post office. We brought our role play to the garden and used the
trailer as our shop/ post office and ice cream shop. We discussed
all of the reasons why we love our friends and how we can show
kindness to our friends.
The Zoo – We made our own zoo and used the animals in our
class for small world play, we made different animal masks and
role played all of the different animals in the zoo. We played
walking in the zoo making different animal sound and walking
like them.
Construction – we made Adventure City using different STEM
materials in the class, we had lots of buildings, a hospital, shops
and a farm with lots of different animals.
Fathers Day – we have all been busy making different cards and
presents for our dads for fathers day, we drew pictures, made
cards and discussed all of the reasons why we love our daddys.
Volcanos – We made our own volcano using scrap pieces of
paper and watched it erupt using baking powder and vinegar, we
put some of our animals and dinosaurs around it and made it
into a jungle for role play. We drew our own volcanos, played the
floor is lava game and learned all about the different parts of the
volcano and lava.
Water and beach safety – We discussed what we can do at the
beach and near the water to keep ourselves safe, we spoke about
the different flags we might see and the different people that
might help us if we get into difficulty, we spoke about what
vehicles we might see in the water or near the beach and what
they are used for.
We learned all about the lifeguards and what we need
to do if they are helping us. We made our own beaches
using paper plates and sand and decorated them with
all the different things we might find on the beach. We
discussed what animals we see at the beach and what
ones live in the see and which ones live on land. We
made crabs fish, Jellyfish and sharks. We did lots of
water play and put all of our sea creatures in the water
making the ocean. We made an under the sea mural in
our class for all of the animal crafts we made.
Where we live – We spoke about where we live and all
of the different places and buildings in our community,
we spoke about who we might see around ie garda,
doctors, firefighters etc and how they would help us.
We learned all about earth, what it looks like where
Ireland is on a map and all of the other countries on Earth. We made our own earth with paper plates and
painted it different colours. We looked at the globe and
where all the different countries are, we discussed the
different areas of the world. We spoke about the Sahara
desert and all of its aspects.
Summer – We discussed all of the different activities we might do in the summer,
what we would wear and what we would eat/ drink, we painted our own ice
cream craft, we made people and dressed them in their summer clothes, we
made an ice cream shop in the garden using the trailer and the ice cream craft we
made in the class. We discussed where we are going on our summer holidays and
what we are going to, we discussed what we would need to bring with us and
pack in our suitcase.
Colours – We were learning all about the different colours, we learned what they
were in English, Irish and Spanish. We did an experiment to see what colour we
could make by mixing some of the colours together.
Graduation – We have all been busy preparing for our big jump to big school and
are so excited for a new adventure, we’ve been making our graduation caps, lots
of different art displays and making t-shirts. We have been discussing what big
school will be like and all of the things we will need when we start, we are sad to
be leaving preschool but cant wait to start a new adventure.
Music, theatre and cinema – we discussed what different musical instruments
we know, what they look like and what they sound like. We looked at pictures of
them and listened to their sound, we played different instruments we have in the
class and discussed what made them sound different. We made a puppet show in
our dramatic play centre and made different puppets to put on a show for all of
our classmates.
Naíscoil & After-school Room News
Naíscoil
Superheroes – We learned all about different superheros and
made masks and superhero puppets, we talked about our
favourite superhero, what they do, wear and how they help
people.
Camping – We learned all about camping, what we need to
bring with us, where we can go camping, where we sleep and
what activities we can do. We made our own camping tent in
the dramatic play centre. We sang lots of different camping
songs. We discussed how we would cook our food and what
kind of food we might bring with us. We learned all about safety while camping, what we need to
be careful of and how we can be safe, we made our own
binoculars and decorated them as we wanted with feathers,
pom poms and sticks, we told campfire stories and had a
scavenger hunt in the garden.
Cooking – We were practicing our cooking skills during role
play. We made a restaurant in the class and had different
chefs, waiters and customers. All of the children really
enjoyed getting involved in the role play. We made chef hats,
menus and lots of yummy food for all of our friends. We
made our favourite pizza with paper plates and put all of our
favourite topping on it.
Deserts – We were learning all about the desert and all of the
different thing we might see and find there, we learned all
about camels and the different animals that live in the desert.
We looked at different pictures of pyramids and where we
would find them and what they are for.
World cultures – We learned about aa lot of different
cultures and celebrations around the world, and how they
are different in Ireland. We learned some of the different
flags of the world, their colours, patterns and designs. We
made Mexican hats and sang some songs and even learned
some dances.
After-school
Around the World – We learned some of the flags from
around the world, what country they belong to and why
they have the colours and design they have. We made
flags of the countries that some of our classmates
families / relatives are from. We discussed the different
celebrations they have and what the meaning of them
is. We discussed what differences there are between
different culture ie clothes, food etc.
Summer – As we get ready for summer camp, we
discussed all of the different things we will be doing this
summer, if some of us might be going on holidays and if
so where they will be going and what they are most
looking forward to.
Jobs – We spoke all about different jobs people have
and what they have to do, we all discussed what job we
want to have when we are older and why. We discussed
what some of our parents work as and what they have
to do for their job.
All of the children in Afterschool really enjoy making
different handmade crafts, we made bracelets,
necklaces and friendship cards for our friends
Sahara animals – We discussed what animals we might
find in the Sahara desert, how they are different to the
animals we have here and what they eat and drink to
survive in the desert. We made our own desert in the
class with sand and put some of the animals we have in
the class around our desert.
The beach and camping – We learned all about safety
while camping, what we need to be careful of and how
we can be safe, we told campfire stories and had a
scavenger hunt in the garden. Some of the children
shared stories with the class about camping trips they
have been on and what they had done.
