Bodyke National School

The Junior Room went on a nature walk today to observe the signs of Autumn.

We saw leaves of different colours, leaves falling from the trees and a lot scattered on the ground. We found blackberry brambles, acorns and even oak apples.

We have been learning about the different kinds of leaves, and talked about their shape, edges and arrangements on the stem. We did some leaf rubbings, contour drawings, and we even collected some leaves to turn into fun pictures. Here is some of our work so far:

Our Clay Creations were finally fired and collected and we had a great surprise when Ms Ryan showed them to us today. We can’t wait to take them home to show them off…

We got some great news this evening…the Junior Room has been successful in our application to participate in the Explorers Education Programme™ 2017/2018.

Our class has been chosen to take part in the Seashore Safari Module of the programme.

Our class will be visiting the seashore to participate in a field trip involving interactive activities learning about marine habitats, living things and environmental awareness and care on the shore.  We will be accompanied by an Explorers education officer while exploring the seashore and we will also be doing some cross curricular project work based around our visit.

The programme is funded by the Marine Institute and we can’t wait to take part. For more information about the programme, visit www.explorers.ie

Fitness Friday

Our school had great fun beating the teachers at penalty shoot outs. Teacher s will be practicing during the school year to ensure this defeat will not occur again.

Finally as European Sports week comes to a close, we are delighted to reveal that Bodyke reached Cardiff through our run around the school competition. We reached 581KM!!!

Great effort from all the pupils!!

Team work Thursday

Due to the bad weather on Thursday, Team work Thursday was postponed. We managed to complete some team work games at small break on Friday instead.

Wiggle it Wednesday formerly “Walk on Wednesday”

Unfortunately due to the bad weather today. Our walk from the church to the school was cancelled. As the children stayed  in all day, we changed the name of the day to “Wiggle it Wednesday” where children performed their dance moves during break-time.

Today our school received a visit from Graham of the MidWest Taekwondo Club. We learnt a number of skills in the practice of Taekwondo. Ryan demonstrated some of his knowledge and we learnt how to perform high kicks. We discovered that Taekwondo originated from Korea and promotes skills such as courtesy, integrity, perseverance and self-control.

Big Thanks to Graham www://Facebook.com/MidwestTaekwondo.Clare for his time and effort with the children

The children are still hoping to complete their laps before Friday to reach London!!

Today our School engaged in “Move it Monday”. Our Active School Committee rang a bell Mid Morning and in the afternoon, where all the children had to abandon their work and congregate in the School Yard. There, the children moved actively to the Music set up in the yard. Both teachers and students all loved this Activity Break.

Our Active School Committee were also busy counting the number of laps done by the school each day. One lap = 1km, we are hoping to reach London by Friday! See all details below

BeActive-LEAFLET-2017

We are celebrating the European Week of Sport again this year with lots of fun activities for the children to take part in.

Monday is Move it Monday. All classes drop everything and move to music in the yard.

Tuesday is Try it Tuesday. We are delighted to welcome Graham who will be leading the school in a Taekwondo taster.

Wednesday is Walk on Wednesday. We hope the whole school will join us as we walk to school from the church.

Thursday is Teamwork Thursday. Everyone will take part in co-operative relays and games during their breaks.

Friday is Take on the Teachers day. Pupils and teachers compete in various challenges.

We are looking forward to a fun filled week of sport

Beware of the dragon in the Junior Room during Aistear playtime! We are having lots of fun learning about medieval times. The children have been taking on roles of characters from the past and dressing up as Kings, Queens, Princesses and Knights. They have been reenacting stories of dangerous fire breathing dragons, knights in shining armor, damsels in distress, and brave, loyal knights guarding the castle against attack!

The children have been devising their own stories and exploring them through Construction and Small World, and creating puppet shows allowing them the freedom to express themselves, explore themes and practise content specific vocabulary through play and active learning.