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Last week, 2nd class welcomed Baby M back to the school after the Christmas break and we couldn’t believe how much she has grown. Jerry noticed that she got taller and Leon noticed that she has even more hair. Our theme at the moment is sleep. We’re learning about active sleep, deep sleep, transitions and REM. We were talking about dreams and nightmares. We all shared something with the group. Ms Whyte told us that Baby M sleeps very well. We all got a chance to talk to Baby M and to play with her. Arpit noticed that she was really interested in us and she was looking at us more than... 

At the moment, 2nd class are covering Emotions as their theme in Roots of Empathy. We had a visit from Baby M last week and we couldn’t get over how much she has changed in just a few weeks! We made a podcast about her visit and an Animoto of our pictures from her visit. Well done to Anthony who led his first podcast!  

Yesterday, we had a very special visitor for Roots of Empathy in 2nd class. Our unit at the moment is called ‘Caring and Preparing for the Baby’ and we were learning all about teething. Ms Whyte brought Baby M in to visit us and we were so excited to see her again! We predicted how many teeth Baby M would have this time and Patrick (who was absent for our predictions) and Lana were correct – she doesn’t have any teeth yet. Check out our predictions. We asked Ms Whyte lots of questions about Baby M (and her twin, Baby R) and Ms Whyte showed us her bag that she brings out... 

Yesterday, 2nd class had their 4th Roots of Empathy session with Paddy. So far, we’ve met Baby M and covered the theme ‘Meet the Baby’. Yesterday, we started a new theme – ‘Crying’. We talked about why babies cry. We love our Roots of Empathy sessions. Story time is always special during Roots of Empathy. We read ‘How are you peeling?’ this week. Our doll is called Nicole. Listen to our podcast about what we learned during this week’s session. Well done to Adam, who led his very first podcast. We can’t wait to welcome Baby M into our... 

Our latest Roots of Empathy theme is ‘Who am I?’. We are learning about Baby T’s personality. Our Roots of Empathy journey is almost at an end! We have had an amazing time with Baby T and Gwen. They are so nice to us and we have learned so much. Check out our latest podcast to keep up to date on our Roots of Empathy work!  

Baby T was back in today. We’ve been learning all about emotions and sleeping recently. He was so friendly! He is never sad. He is taller and heavier now. He loves to play with the toys and can keep eye contact! Gwen taught us a lot about sleep and how Tristan needs lots of it. We have looked at all of the emotions babies can feel. We feel them too! We are learning a lot from Tristan. See our photos in the video above and don’t miss our lovely Vines from T’s visit below!  

2nd Class have now explored four different Roots of Empathy themes.  So far we have looked at: 1. Meeting the Baby 2. Crying 3. Caring for Baby and Teething. We recorded podcasts about Roots of Empathy before. You can find them here and here!   Our Roots of Empathy journey board that we are adding to all year! Last week we looked at Emotions. We recorded a podcast about it. Something amazing happened when Baby T was in last week. If you follow us on Twitter you might have heard about it! If you don’t, then you HAVE to hear our podcast to find out! It is so exciting! We hope you like... 

Roots of Empathy is going so well in 2nd Class. So far we have learned about: 1. Meeting the Baby 2. Crying 3. Getting teeth. This is our latest podcast and we talked about getting teeth and teething. Have a listen to hear about what we learned!  

We had a lovely time on Wednesday when Baby Tristan came to visit our class for the second time. This visit’s theme for Roots of Empathy was all about Crying. We didn’t learn about Tristan’s crying because he is such a good baby and just never cries. When the baby comes we do special things. 1. We sing our welcome song and a goodbye song 2. We weigh him and measure him 3. We play with the baby and have tummy time with him 4. We ask questions to his Mammy Gwen 5. We always come close to the baby to see if the baby notices us and work on our communication. We love Roots of Empathy.... 

Many of you know that 2nd Class are once again taking part in Roots of Emapthy this year. You can see our video about Tristan’s first visit here. But what is it all about? Why not hear 2nd Class explain how Roots of Empathy works in their latest podcast? [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/123959563″ params=”color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]   P.S. have you heard? St Peter’s has been nominated for an EduBlog award – read all about it...