Thanks so much to Garda Dave, who gave up his time on last Friday morning to bring the Garda car down to the GAA pitch where the children had a great time thoroughly investigating his car, his cap, the siren…all the mini Gardai of the future!! This week the morning classes will be continuing on with our Timeline of the Eras project and learning about the Cenozoic Era – the age of the mammals, who replaced reptiles as the most prominent land animals; the children will be making pictures to represent the era. As well as this, we will be talking about how we deal with our worries with the morning classes, in preparation for most of them transitioning to ‘big school’. It’s important that children’s fears are acknowledged, verbalised, and that possible solutions are discussed. We will be making a worry box that we can put our worries into and mentally let go of – some children are more anxious than others, and making an abstract thought into something concrete is very beneficial – these worries can then later be torn up as they are dealt with, which is very satisfying! The afternoon children will be looking at musical instruments and the different noises they make, and both morning and afternoon classes will be doing some yoga this week!

Three Little Birds 

Don’t worry about a thing
Cause every little thing gonna be alright
Singing don’t worry about a thing
Cause every little thing gonna be alright!

Rise up this mornin’
Smiled with the risin’ sun
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin’ sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true
Saying: this is my message to you

Singing don’t worry about a thing
Cause every little thing gonna be alright
Singing don’t worry about a thing
Cause every little thing gonna be alright!