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“Springing” into sequencing!

Blue Class have been participating in lots of sequencing activities this term. Ryan and Martin have been stacking boxes by size and having fun knocking them over afterwards!  Lee M has been setting up his own schedule for the morning … Continue reading

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Healthy Hearts

Navy class have been working well on our topic of food this term. We have made healthy soups with fresh vegetables for S.P.H.E. and included Personal Care work for our QQI module, focusing on washing our hands. At level 2 … Continue reading

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School Improvement Plans

Numeracy SIP Numeracy SSER St. Cecilia’s SIP St Cecilia’s SSER  

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Smoothing into 2016

Our topic of food was an instant success in Navy class. We started the term by looking at healthy smoothies for our SPHE lesson and we couldn’t wait to make our own choices of fruit to make our own drinks. … Continue reading

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Christmas Play 2015

What a fantastic Christmas play we performed today. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed their songs telling the story of Christmas. Particular thanks must go to Janice and Triona for all their organisation and hard work.

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I’m dreaming of a ginger Christmas

Navy class cooked up a special SPHE lesson this week. Have a look at our fantastic gingerbread house.

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Newsletter – December 15

Newsletter December 15

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Red Class out and about

In Red Class this term we have been focusing on places. we have visited lots of different places around Sligo, we have seen our Cathedral, some of Sligo’s dramatic coastline near Mullaghmore and we have visited some shops around the … Continue reading

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addition addition addition

Pink Class students have been practising their addition skills the last few weeks. One of their favourite activities is where they have to roll 2 dice and use counters to add the two numbers on a 10 frame.  

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Chocolate Log

Our resident Irish Bake off contestant, Steve was helping us out this week with our chocolate log in Navy class. We don’t have any photos of us , whisking, melting or tasting the strawberries, as the camera was busy elsewhere, … Continue reading

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Blue Class have been “getting to grips” with fine motor skills and pencil control this term. We have been using a variety of tools for mark-making and letter formation, and enjoying the action songs in the HWT programme. I wonder … Continue reading

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Christmas time in Yellow Class

This week in Yellow class we have been getting into the Christmas spirit by making Reindeer heads in Art. To make these we used cardboard, glue, paint and googly eyes. A very simple but effective bit of work by yellow … Continue reading

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LámhTime App is now available on iTunes!

  The Lámh Time App© is a new play and learning app for children who use Lámh signs© to support their communication. Lámh signs have been used in Ireland for over 30 years by children and adults with Down syndrome, … Continue reading

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Keep it Green!

This term in Green class we have been examining ways in which we can help the environment. We paid a visit to the recycling plant at ballast quay to see where our goes and how it is divided into categories … Continue reading

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Let’s Make Lemonade

Our A-Z.com reading book put us in a very sour mood last week! After reading in pairs and learning our new words and completing our comprehension exercises we used the instructions to make lemonade during our SPHE lesson. We all … Continue reading

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