The Junior Infants are currently learning all about different types of materials, but we are learning lots about autumn too!
Spotting seasonal changes is so easy when you go to school in Nun’s Cross. We are so lucky to have the garden that we have and be able to see the changes in nature right on our classroom door. We enjoyed going on an autumn hunt around our school garden and were able to spot most of the signs of autumn including horse chestnuts, mushrooms, berries and lots of different coloured leaves! Afterwards, we completed a list of all of the things we found in the garden.
We have an autumn inspired funky finger station where the children are invited to exercise their fine motor skills by making a hedgehog from matchsticks and marla! A tricky task for little fingers!
We have also looked at the colours of autumn and the variety of colours on the trees around us. We used these colours to create our own finger print autumn trees
We have also learned about some of the animals which are very busy in autumn getting ready for hibernation. We have read lots of stories about them and have really enjoyed creating pictures of them including making marks and patterns with paint and using tissue paper to create a textured collage.
