Pancake Tuesday in Junior Infants

Ms Egan's class had a very exciting day for Pancake Tuesday. 

We talked about what is used to make pancakes. 

 

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We learned a new poem. 

 Mix a pancake

Stir a pancake

Pop it in the pan

Fry a pancake

Toss a pancake

Catch it if you can

 

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We had lots of toppings to choose from. 

While we were waiting to get our pancakes we did a colouring competition and listened to an audio story called Mama Panya's Pancakes. 

Everyone was delighted with their pancakes! 

 

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We gobbled them up super quick! 

Operation Transformation

The whole school took part in the Operation Transformation '10 at 10' initiative. At 10am everyone did 10minutes of physical activity. 

A huge well done to Ms Brady and her second class who organised the event and demonstrated the Macarena dance for everyone to follow. There were more exercise going on in the senior yard for the older children too!

Check out this week's Bray People to check out some brilliant photos of the morning! 

 

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Mad about Multiplication

3rd class have been working very hard on their tables at home and in school. We are playing multiplication and division games in pairs and small groups every morning.

We love board games, Kaboom and Multiples Bingo, but our favourite game is Team Challenge!

We also made multiplication 'fortune tellers' for our 3x tables. We like using them to play with our friends while learning our tables. They were tricky to make, so a big than you to the boys and girls who helped us to do it!

Butter Making

This week we were learning about butter with our visiting teacher Ms Gormley. We had amazing fun today when we got to make our own!!! We started off with a little cream, a rhyme and some hard work and abracadabra!!!! It tasted yummy!!!!

Debate Club

Our Debate team had a great win before Christmas against Holy Rosary NS, Wicklow Town.

The three girls did our school very proud. Here are some pictures of them in action...

This term we are preparing the other members of the club for their debut debate with the topic of racism. The group are working hard getting their speeches ready in time to show case the debate to some of the senior classes in the school in February.

After Mid Term we will be inviting Holy Rosary back to St Fergal's for another debate. 

Science fun!

Second class engaging with the discovery primary science investigations. Dancing raisins, magnetism and snake spirals. 

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Let me predict what will happen when I add raisins to a fizzy drink! 

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We made a paper clip float without our magnet touching it!  

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Experimenting with different size magnets. 

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Our snakes will only spin if we have heat below it. 

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Hot air rising and cold air takes its place. Look at our snakes spin! 

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Healthy Eating Policy

St Fergal’s National School – Healthy Eating Policy

This policy was formulated by the staff of St Fergal’s in consultation with parents, students and Board of Management.

Aims of this policy:

Ø To help all those in our school community – children, staff and parents - to develop positive attitudes to eating and healthy living.

Ø To promote the health of the children and provide a foundation for healthy living.

Ø To enable the children to become more aware of the need for healthy food in their lunch boxes and the importance of good nutrition for growing and staying healthy

Ø To enable the child, as they get older, to accept some personal responsibility for making wise food choices and adopting a healthy balanced diet.

v We hope to review these guidelines at the end of this school year and every two years after that.

Here are our Guidelines to help you make the right decisions for your child’s daily nutrition...

Drinks:

The best choice       At meal times only         Not tooth friendly

ü It is important that children take enough fluids during the day. If they do not drink enough, they may become dehydrated, thirsty, tired and weak.

ü Water and milk are the most suitable drinks for children.

ü Because of its natural sugar content, unsweetened fruit juice should be consumed with meals and ideally diluted.

Water  

Milk

 

Unsweetened fruit Juice

Flavoured Milk *  

Diluted sugar free juices

Yoghurt or milk drinks* 

Smoothies* 

Fruit Juices (Unsweetened)

Flavoured Water

Sweetened Fruit Juice drink

* Compare brands and choose those that are lower in sugar – You’d be surprised how much sugar are in some drinks.

 

 

Food:

The best choice       Not Bad         Not tooth friendly

Breads and Cereals

Meat and alternatives

Dairy Products

2 slices of bread

1 small roll

1 tortilla wrap

1 Pitta Bread

4-6 Crackers/Breadsticks

Pasta/Rice/Couscous

1 Small Bagel

Rice Cakes/Oatcakes

Crisp Bread

1 Pancake

Plain Scones

Croissants

2 Slices of ham/chicken/turkey etc.

Hummus Dip with some veg sticks.

A pot of natural yoghurt

A Fruit Yoghurt

A small portion of cheddar or other cheeses.

Yoghurts

Cheese triangles

v Every lunchboxes should include some fruit and veg if possible

 

The following is a list of things that are not allowed in school  

Fizzy drinks

Energy Drinks

Popcorn

Crisps

Chewing Gum

Sweets/Lollipops

Fruits Winders (These are considered sweets)

Bars, including cereal bars

Cakes and Pastries e.g. buns, chocolate croissants, doughnuts etc.

Chocolate (including spreads) and Biscuits

Nuts: All nuts are banned in school due to allergies, as well as the following:

·       Nut based breads and cereal/health bars containing nuts or labelled “may contain nut traces”

·       If your child has eaten peanuts/nuts before coming to school, please be sure their hands and face have been thoroughly washed before entering the school.

·       Ask children not to share their lunches.

Children have two break times to eat for about 10-15 minutes each.

Fractions and Andy Warhol

Third class has great fun learning all about fractions last week. We could even relate fractions to our art lesson!

We had been discussing halves, quarters and eighths. We had been dividing up materials into equal groups, making sure they were all the same. So we were inspired by Andy Warhols images, where he repeats the same image using lots of different colours. We discussed the fact that he drew things that were part of pop culture in the 50's and compared it to our pop culture now. This provided inspiration for emojis, pokemon, youtube and various foods! 

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