October included lots of fun, learning through play, exploring natural materials, eating marshmallows, pretending to go camping  and a trip to the Botanic Gardens! Oh Autumn, we love you.

Junior Infants September 2015

Junior Infants September 2015

Look what we've made.

Look what we’ve made.

Team work.

Team work.

Collaborative mark making

Collaborative mark making

Mark making together.

Mark making together.

Another fine building.

Another fine building.

A card for someone special.

A card for someone special.

Enjoying the water.

Enjoying the water.

Drip, drip.

Drip, drip.

Writing in the role play area.

Writing in the role play area.

Building again.

Building again.

Small world.

Small world.

Busy with the house.

Busy with the house.

Look what I've made.

Look what I’ve made.

New boat in the small world.

New boat in the small world.

We love the water area.

We love the water area.

Junk art creation

Junk art creation

Small world.

Small world.

Make and do.

Make and do.

Splish, splash, splosh

Splish, splash, splosh

This phone never stops ringing.

This phone never stops ringing.

Look what I made.

Look what I made.

More junk art.

More junk art.

Water play.

Water play.

Concentrating on a construction job.

Concentrating on a construction job.

Malleable area - exploring play dough.

Malleable area – exploring play dough.

Organising, cooking and tidying in the home corner.

Organising, cooking and tidying in the home corner.

This is fun.

This is fun.

Writing and designing.

Writing and designing.

Exploring damp sand.

Exploring damp sand.

Look what I've found.

Look what I’ve found.

Junk Art

Junk Art

Construction area - where we love to design and build together.

Construction area – where we love to design and build together.

The home corner - lots of work to do here.

The home corner – lots of work to do here.

What will we build today?

What will we build today?

Busy chatting.

Busy chatting.

Hello?

Hello?

Drawing a long snake from the small world area.

Drawing a long snake from the small world area.

Busy learning through play.

Busy learning through play.

Happy together.

Happy together.

Junior Infants

Junior Infants

Say cheese!

Say cheese!

We walked a long way, but no one complained, we were having too much fun to notice.

We walked a long way, but no one complained, we were having too much fun to notice.

So much to see!

So much to see!

We loved walking with our partners.

We loved walking with our partners.

Yummy.

Yummy.

You have to be careful and have an adult to help you.

You have to be careful and have an adult to help you.

So tasty.

So tasty.

Waiting patiently for the marshmallows to heat up.

Waiting patiently for the marshmallows to heat up.

Delicious.

Delicious.

Our Autumn walk in the Botanic Gardens.

Our Autumn walk in the Botanic Gardens.

Botanic Gardens

Botanic Gardens

National Tree Day walk to the Botanic Gardens.

National Tree Day walk to the Botanic Gardens.

Roasting real marshmallows, just like in the story we read.

Roasting real marshmallows, just like in the story we read.

Roasting real marshmallows.

Roasting real marshmallows.

Camping!

Camping!

Inside the tent in the camping themed role play area.

Inside the tent in the camping themed role play area.

Writing during play.

Writing during play.

Exploring natural materials and toy mini beasts in the small world area.

Exploring natural materials and toy mini beasts in the small world area.

Playing, designing, making, problem solving in the junk art area at playtime.

Playing, designing, making, problem solving in the junk art area at playtime.

Junk art creation

Junk art creation