Beannachtaí Lá Fhéile Pádraig daoibh!! Happy St Patrick’s Day to you all – this week in The Children’s House we will be celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge with St Patrick’s Day festivities at the end of the week; we will be decorating the classrooms, making rainbow art and leprechaun masks, and celebrating St Patrick’s Day on Friday with a céilí/disco – all the children can come in to school on Friday wearing green for this if they would like to! We would like to welcome in any family members this week who can play Irish music / instruments / do Irish dancing / sing Irish songs to show the children at circle time!

Within the classroom we use Irish phrases such as ‘faigh do chóta’ (get your coat), ‘dún an doras’ (close the door), ‘cé leis é?’ (whose is this), ‘anseo’ (here) etc on a daily basis, so this week we will be practising our Irish vocabularies greatly!

Óró, sé do bheatha ‘bhaile         Oh-ro You’re Welcome Home

Óró, sé do bheatha ‘bhaile,                 Oh-ro You’re welcome home,
Óró, sé do bheatha ‘bhaile,                 Oh-ro You’re welcome home,
Óró, sé do bheatha ‘bhaile                  Oh-ro You’re welcome home…
Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh!       Now that summer’s coming!

Rolaí Polaí (Irish rhyme)

Rolaí polaí suas, suas, suas,                    (roll arms and raise them up, up, up)
Rolaí polaí síos, síos, síos,                       (roll arms and lower them down, down, down)
Rolaí polaí amach, amach, amach,        (roll arms and stretch them out, out, out)
Rolaí polaí isteach, isteach, isteach!      (roll arms and bring them in, in, in, hugging yourself)