Christmas party

We had a party on the day of the Christmas holidays.We made hot chocolate and marshmallows to warm us up and danced to Christmas songs!

Christmas elves

We had a visit from Santa's elves before the Chrstmas holidays!They had heard what good children were in Senior Infants so they popped in to see them.Elfie was very funny - he sat in Jake's chair and tried to write on his table!He played some Christmas songs but he kept getting the words mixed up.Minzie and Tiny Elves came in soon after and started singing with Elfie.They knew a song about the days of the week that we listen to in school!

Footprints in the snow

We followed the trail of adult and child footprints in the snow in the yard to find a Santa hat and sack! 

Reindeer

We all made red nosed reindeer using handprints to help Santa 

Our snowmen

We made snowmen using paper plates ,wrapping them up warm in ear muffs and scarves!

Acid or alkali?

We did an interesting experiment recently testing things like vinegar,coke,lemon juice ,orange juice and toothpaste to see if they were acid or alkali.If they contained acid, red cabbage juice turned a reddy/pink colour.If they were alkali,it went blue green.We saw that lots of the drinks we drink have a lot of acid in them and we learned that toothpaste is an alkali and alkalis counteract the effects of acids. So when we drink coke or orange juice ,we should make sure we brush our teeth after!

Fun in the snow!

The cold weather may have been inconvenient but the children loved it! They built a snowman and threw lots of snowballs the first day we had a decent amount of snow on the ground.