Hi Everyone, my name is Julie and I have taught Junior Infants and Junior/Senior Infants over the last few years. I will have a straight Junior Infant class this coming school year. My favourite space fun fact is that the sun weighs about 330,000 more than earth. I really enjoy incorporating active and hands on learning within the classroom and I feel that this usually leads to inquiry based learning. I find magnets are a great resource in the infant classroom and children really enjoy trying them out and finding things that are magnetic. We normally go on a little trail around the school to explore different materials. I also like the lesson in relation to making a waterproof raincoat. I normally ask the children to make the raincoat for a teddy but this year I will introduce the alien and we can make a raincoat for the alien through exploring different materials that would be suitable etc.