Monday 22nd-26th June 2020 Hello everyone, We have reached the final week in what has been a very unexpected summer term. Thank you to the parents for all of your hard work in supporting your daughters' learning at home, for sharing her work with me through email and for the updates as to how the girls have been getting on. It has been a pleasure to teach your children in Senior Infants. Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. I hope that you all have a wonderful summer and enjoy the well earned rest. I look forward to seeing the girls again soon :) Stay safe, Ms Duffy ENGLISH The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision(when possible)
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 16
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday
Thursday
MATHS (daily) Continue to go over mental maths activities.
SESE Comparing Junior and Senior Infants:
SPHE Sun Safety is our topic for this week.
MUSIC
PE Online Ideas:
OTHER SUGGESTIONS Songs:
Story:
Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Duffy ************************************************************************************************** |
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Monday 15th- Friday 19th June 2020 Hi everyone, I hope you are all well. We are almost at the finishing line! Thanks again to those of you who continue to send in work weekly. This week we have included extra sports activities to mark when we would have had our 'Sports Day'. You can read about it under PE below but you shall also receive an explanatory email. Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. Have a lovely week, Ms Duffy
Monday 8th- Friday 12th June 2020
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Tuesday 2nd- Friday 5th June 2020
Hello everyone, I hope you are all well and enjoying the bank holiday weekend and glorious weather that we are having. While I am posting work today (Monday), I have not scheduled any work until tomorrow to allow for the bank holiday. Thanks to those of you who sent in work last week. Please continue to send in work weekly - a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be great. Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. Have a lovely week, Ms Duffy ENGLISH The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision(when possible)
Tuesday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 15
Wednesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Thursday
Friday
Have you child write a report (one to four sentences) about the funfair. See examples below.
MATHS (daily) Continue to go over mental maths activities. -Say the days of the week/ months of the year/ seasons in order. -Find/name 2D/3D shapes in her environment. -Count from 0-20 and backwards. Count in 2s- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyCr0IgbYcI
IRISH(daily)
You will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Select the file which suits your computer Mac or PC
Password: trial SESE
SPHE Respecting Difference in Cultures is our topic this week.
ART
MUSIC
PE Online Ideas:
A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS Song: ‘Here we go Loopy Loo’ song
Video: A child at a fun fair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y38K5IDzUDM
Story:
History/Interview: A day at the fair long ago
Sensory Meditation:
Aistear/Play:
Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Duffy ************************************************************************************************* |
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Monday 25th- Friday 29th May 2020
Hello everyone, Thank you for coming to collect your child's books last week and for returning the readers. It was great to see so many of you and to have a quick chat with some of the girls. Now that your daughter has her books, you will see that some specific workbook pages have been included in this week's work. Please continue to send in work weekly - a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be great. Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. Have a lovely week, Ms Duffy ENGLISH The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision (when possible)
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 14.
1. horn 2. thorn 3. short 4. fork 5. cord
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday Dictation– Call out the following sentences for your child to write down. Call out each sentence, then allow your child to repeat, and then you repeat as she writes it down. Treat it like the test she does in school every Friday morning. Note: The sentences in green are more challenging if you feel your child is capable of these. Choose either the purple or green sentences.
MATHS (daily) Continue to go over mental maths activities.
IRISH(daily) You will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Select the file which suits your computer Mac or PC
Password: trial
SESE Spain:
SPHE I am special See attached lesson ART/ SCIENCE Colour Mixing
MUSIC ‘Marvellous Things’
‘Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah’
PE Online Ideas:
A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS Songs: ‘Spain Tour Bus’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp61aNnhLNo ‘Apples and Bananas’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5WLXZspD1M Videos: Car-Toons: El Materdor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0s9N2dEr7s History: Revision: Ancient Egyptians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_VAKsav2W4 Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Duffy *************************************************************************************** |
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Monday 18th- Friday 22nd May 2020
Hi everyone, I hope that you are all well and having a good week so far. Thank you to all those who sent me emails last week. Please continue to send in work weekly - a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be great. Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. Take care, Ms Duffy ENGLISH The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision (when possible)
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 14
1. sheep 2. three 3. week 4. green 5. seen
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday
Thursday Encourage your child to write a report on Ancient Egypt. Ask her to write at least four facts. She can do this after learning about Ancient Egypt (see SESE below). You can give her the following prompts: Egypt is in _____ . In Ancient Egypt the kings and queens were called ______. The Egyptians built ______. They wrote using __________. Friday
Word Family –ot
MATHS (daily) Continue to go over mental maths activities.
This week’s topic is Number.
5 spoons, 3 spoons and 1 spoon makes 9 spoons. 5 and 3 and 1 makes 9 altogether. 5 add 3 add 1 is the same as 9. 5 and 3 and 1 are equal to 9.
Benny has 2 blue crayons, 2 red crayons and 4 yellow crayons. How many crayons does he have altogether? Betsy has I doll, 5 marbles and 2 skipping ropes. How many toys does she have altogether? I have 3 buns, 4 buns and 2 buns. How many buns do I have altogether?
IRISH(daily) You will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Select the file which suits your computer Mac or PC
Password: trial
SESE
Your child can watch these short videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V3C6szgcIY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Gp7PUOFtA&t=7s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yiqGtZXCmQ SPHE This week's SPHE lesson focuses on mindfulness. I have attached a ‘happiness journal’ for your child to fill in daily. She can draw two pictures each day of things that have made her feel happy. She can also write a sentence about them if she chooses. If you do not have printing facilities your daughter can make her own booklet from paper. ART
MUSIC
PE Online Ideas:
A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS Songs: ‘The Water Cycle Rap’ by GoNoodle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM-59ljA4Bs ‘The Water Cycle Song’ by Have Fun Teaching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb4KlM2vts ‘Ten Fat Sausages Sizzling in a Pan’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBjFM-Di7_M Videos: Peppa Pig, S1 E17, ‘Picnic’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctbws0O3_1I and S3 E13 ‘The Fire Engine’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYBaUSgVAjA Story/History:
Science:
Aistear/Play:
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Monday 11th- Friday 15th May 2020 Hello everyone, I hope that you are all keeping well. Thank you for your emails last week. The girls have been doing some fantasic work and it is great to see your lovely photos each week. I have uploaded some photos of work completed at home on our blog for all to see. Please continue to send in work weekly. Do not hesitate to email me if you have any questions about this week's work. Again, I will remind you how it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. Have a great week, Ms Duffy ENGLISH The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision(when possible)
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 13.
1. farm 2. park 3. march 4. sharp 5. jar
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday Procedure: How to make ______________ (e.g. a chicken salad sandwich) (Procedural texts explain how to do something- informative, step-by-step instructions, present tense, captions, real pictures)
Step 1: ___________ Step 2: ___________ Step 3: ___________ Step 4: ___________ Thursday
Friday Dictation Call out the following sentences for your child to write down. Call out each sentence, allow your child to repeat, and then you repeat as she writes it down. Treat it like the test she does in school each Friday morning. Note: The sentences in green are more challenging if you feel your child is capable of these. Choose either the purple or green sentences.
Word Family –an
MATHS (daily)
This week’s topic is DATA. Everyone will need the attached worksheets. There is one per day. If you do not have printing facilities, they can be used as an oral activity where your child calls out the correct number/answer. It is also possible to have your child write down the answers on a separate piece of paper. Ask your child questions about the data provided. E.g. worksheet 3: What was the most popular treat? How many more children liked lollipops than candy canes?* Which was the least popular treat? How many less children liked gingerbread men than ice-cream?* *Stress the need to find the DIFFERENCE between the two amounts. Online Maths Games: Note: You will have to use your login to FolensOnline for these. https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_024/index.html https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_047/index.html https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_076/index.html IRISH (daily) If you have not done so already, you will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Password: trial
SESE Electricity
SPHE
ART
MUSIC
PE Online Ideas: PE with Joe Wicks- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyCLoPd4VxBsXs1WmPcektsQyFbXTf9FO PE with our basketball coach, coach Ciarán- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0UW-PBrumE RTE's 10@10- https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/ Cosmic Kids Yoga Videos- https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS History:
Geography:
Story: Gregory the Terrible Eater- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7FR1XGvAPA Questions:
Aistear/Play: Socio-dramatic play: Your child could open a smoothie café. Free writing: Your child could write and illustrate her own smoothie recipes. Small world: Your child could create a café or kitchen with doll’s house furniture and small figures. Construction: Your child could construct kitchen equipment out of junk-art to use in their smoothie café. Creative play: Your child could create bowls or baskets of fruit from playdough. Water area: Your child could play in the water with empty juice cartons and measuring jugs and practise her capacity words. Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Duffy ************************************************************************************************* |
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Tuesday 5th- Friday 8th May 2020
Hi everyone,
I hope that you all had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend. Thank you for your emails last week. It is wonderful to see the fantastic work you are doing at home.
Please continue to send in work by Friday of each week.
As before, a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be preferable. You are also welcome to email me if you have any queries regarding any of the work below.
Again, I will remind you how it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. While I have included some printable worksheets in this week’s work, they are for those of you who requested more of this type of work and have the facilities to print.
Have a good week,
Ms Duffy
Hi everyone,
I hope that you all had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend. Thank you for your emails last week. It is wonderful to see the fantastic work you are doing at home.
Please continue to send in work by Friday of each week.
As before, a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be preferable. You are also welcome to email me if you have any queries regarding any of the work below.
Again, I will remind you how it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. While I have included some printable worksheets in this week’s work, they are for those of you who requested more of this type of work and have the facilities to print.
Have a good week,
Ms Duffy
ENGLISH The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision(when possible)
Tuesday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 13
1. her 2. perch 3. never 4. fern 5. sister
Wednesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Thursday Summer
The days are: (longer/shorter) Friday
Word Family –ab
MATHS (daily)
Compare weights of objects through handling.
The pencil is lighter than the book. The book is heavier than the pencil.
IRISH (daily) If you have not done so already, you will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Password: trial
SESE Summer
SPHE
ART
MUSIC
PE Online Ideas: PE with Joe Wicks- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyCLoPd4VxBsXs1WmPcektsQyFbXTf9FO PE with our basketball coach, coach Ciarán- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0UW-PBrumE RTE's 10@10- https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/ Cosmic Kids Yoga Videos- https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS History:
Stories:
Video:
Aistear/Play: Socio-dramatic play: Your child could open a smoothie café. Free writing: Your child could write and illustrate her own smoothie recipes. Small world: Your child could create a café or kitchen with doll’s house furniture and small figures. Construction: Your child could construct kitchen equipment out of junk-art to use in their smoothie café. Creative play: Your child could create bowls or baskets of fruit from playdough. Water area: Your child could play in the water with empty juice cartons and measuring jugs and practise her capacity words. Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Duffy ************************************************************************************************* | .
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Monday 27th April- Friday 1st May 2020
Dear Parents/ Guardians, I hope that you all had a lovely weekend. Thank you for your emails last week. It was great to receive photos and to hear from so many of you that the girls are keeping well and enjoying their school work at home. Please do not hesitate to email me if you have any questions about the work suggested for this week. I cannot stress enough how it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. It is important that you work with your child in a way that best suits your own home and daily routine. While I have included some printable worksheets in this week's work. they are for those of you who requested more of this type of work and have the facilities to print at home. Thank you for your continued support with your child's homework. Ms Duffy ENGLISH The following should be covered daily as would be carried out typically for homework. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision (when possible)
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already, go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’.
1. blue 2. fuel 3. cue 4. due 5. glue
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday Fact file: Animals that live in water
The ___________ lives in a river. The ___________ lives in a pond. Thursday
Friday Dictation Call out the following sentences for your child to write down. Call out each sentence, allow your child to repeat, and then you repeat as she writes it down. Treat it like the test she does in school each Friday morning. Note: The sentences in green are more challenging if you feel your child is capable of these. Choose either the purple or green sentences.
Word Family –ad
MATHS (daily)
Online Maths Games: Note: You shall have to use your login to FolensOnline for these. https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_115/index.html https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_099/index.html IRISH If you have not done so already, you will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Password: trial
SESE
SPHE
Stories
PE: Active HOME Week (April 27th – May 3rd) National ‘Active SCHOOL Week’ takes place every April and is a really enjoyable part of the school year for many children. This year, because of COVID-19, it is not possible for this to go ahead so we are inviting you to participate in the ‘Active HOME Week‘ challenge instead. Download Challenge Card here :https://activeschoolflag.ie/index.php/active-home-week-2020/#toggle-id-1 Online Ideas: PE with Joe Wicks- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyCLoPd4VxBsXs1WmPcektsQyFbXTf9FO PE with our basketball coach, coach Ciarán- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0UW-PBrumE RTE's 10@10- https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/ Cosmic Kids Yoga Videos- https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS: History: Retell the story of the Ugly Duckling in the correct sequence (what happened at the beginning/middle/end?) Split a page in three and draw a picture from each stage. Geography:
Science:
Art: Paint or draw and colour a swan from the story ‘The Ugly Duckling’ or any animal they have learned about that lives in water. Music: Play the track and talk about the song with your child. Did you enjoy listening to it? Did you think it was funny? Did Katie Beardie’s circus have the usual circus animals? (sheep, pig, hen, duck, mouse) Would you expect to find Katie Beardie’s animals in a zoo, a circus or on a farm? Have your child sing along with the song, adding actions and clapping along with the chorus. Aistear Sociodramatic play: The children could pretend that they are zookeepers and animals in the zoo. Puppets: The children could discuss their experiences of the zoo (e.g. favourite animals), using puppets. Small world: The children could create a zoo with different enclosures, using small toy animals. Construction: The children could construct animal masks from cardboard and elastic. Creative play: The children could make their favourite animals from playdough and make a playdough zoo. Free writing: The children could write their own ‘Dear Zoo’ letters. Video: There are some episodes of ‘The Zoo’ available to watch on www.rte.ie/player/series/the-zoo/SI0000001948?epguid=AI000003266 Games: Animal charades, and reading games on roythezebra.com. Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Duffy :) |
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Dear Parents/ Guardians,
I sent you all an email on Monday to the address you had supplied to the school. If you have yet to receive this email or are having trouble finding it in your inbox, it may have been re-directed to spam or junk mail. If you cannot locate the email, please contact me at [email protected] and I would be happy to send it again.
Thank you,
Ms Duffy
I sent you all an email on Monday to the address you had supplied to the school. If you have yet to receive this email or are having trouble finding it in your inbox, it may have been re-directed to spam or junk mail. If you cannot locate the email, please contact me at [email protected] and I would be happy to send it again.
Thank you,
Ms Duffy
Monday 20th- Friday 24th April 2020
Dear Parents/ Guardians, I hope that you and your families are keeping well, that you all enjoyed your Easter break, and that the Easter bunny was able to visit your home. Thank you again for your engagement in the survey. I was pleased to discover that most of you were satisfied with the volume of work provided. I understand that many parents are working from home and others among you may be unwell or caring for somebody who is unwell at this time. I cannot stress enough how it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. It is important that you work with your child in a way that best suits your own home and daily routine. While I have included some printable worksheets in this week’s work, they are for those of you who requested more of this type of work and have the facilities to print at home. I shall be contacting each of you by email and I will be requesting two pieces of work per week from each child (where possible). Typically this will include one piece of work (a photo of which will suffice) and another sample of active or creative work chosen by you and your child. Further details can be found in the email sent today. Emails from me will be sent from [email protected]. ENGLISH The following should be covered daily as would be carried out typically for homework. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision (when possible)
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already, go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’.
1. out 2. loud 3. our 4. shout 5. mouth
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday Elephant Fact File
They have: (tusks/long trunks). Thursday
Friday Dictation
Word Family –at
MATHS (daily)
Online Maths Games: Note: You shall have to use your login to FolensOnline for these. https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_104/index.html https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_105/index.html IRISH You will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Password: trial
SESE
SPHE
Stories
PE > PE with Joe Wicks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hdR8Mlib3M > 10@10: Daily 10 minute exercise videos - https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/. > Try out some Cosmic Yoga- https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga OTHER SUGGESTIONS: History: Retell the above stories in the correct sequence (what happened at the beginning/middle/end?). Art: Paint or draw and colour an elephant or some zoo animals. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqm54vlotYs&feature=youtu.be Geography: Draw a map of the zoo and track the order in which Jack and Kate saw the animals in the Starlight stories. Video: There are some episodes of ‘The Zoo’ available to watch on www.rte.ie/player/series/the-zoo/SI0000001948?epguid=AI000003266 Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Duffy |
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Hello girls, I hope you are all keeping well. I really miss seeing you every day in our classroom. Hopefully we will all be back together soon. I cannot wait to hear your news and stories about what you have been getting up to at home. I know Teddy is very excited to hear your news too! I have been doing lots of reading, jigsaw puzzles, walking, running, and baking delicious Rice Krispie buns to keep busy. I have also been singing the Alphabet song while washing my hands. I'm sure you are doing that too. I hope you all have a very happy Easter with your families. I'll see you soon! Slán :) Dear Parents/ Guardians, Thank you all for your cooperation over the past three weeks and for completing some work with your children at home. Thank you to those of you who took part in the survey regarding homework during this school closure. This feedback is greatly appreciated and will be taken on board when arranging any future work after Easter. As it is now the Easter holidays, we will not be assigning any specific work to be completed for the next two weeks. However, if you are interested, you can still find a range of suggested activities on the websites linked in my previous posts and on the 'School News' page on our website. I hope that you can make the most of this time at home and enjoy lots of play, games, reading, baking, exercise, art and whatever it is you enjoy doing as a family. Wishing you all a very happy and healthy Easter. Take care. Ms Duffy |
(2) Updated homework arrangements during school closure Monday 30th March - Friday 3rd April 2020
30/3/2020
Monday 30th March - Friday 3rd April 2020
Dear Parents/Guardians,
I hope that you and your families are continuing to keep safe and well. Here are some additional homework arrangements that you can do with your child to keep her up to date during this school closure. These are merely guidelines and I must stress how it is not imperative that your daughter completes all of this work. I understand that for many reasons this may not be possible and keeping safe and healthy is by all means priority at the moment.
Reading:
Go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight Senior Infants resources for Unit 11: Sea Creatures.
Oral Language:
Login to FolensOnline.ie as described above.
Digraphs:
Writing:
Maths:
Science:
More water play!
Resources:
Songs:
‘1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive’ song
Play and sing along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--BhTBXdc1o
‘A Sailor went to Sea, Sea, Sea’
Sing this version of the song ‘A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea’ to revise the names of the sea creatures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFxAiWkSePk
‘Under the Sea’
Listen and dance to the song ‘Under the Sea’ (from Disney’s The Little Mermaid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC_mV1IpjWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH-7A3NVQbY
Videos:
Watch the online video clip of:
Storytime:
Hooray for Fish!
Play the story Hooray for Fish! By Lucy Cousins: https://vimeo.com/52877670
Other suggestions:
Make an ocean-related item at home
Have your child make one of the following ocean-related items at home, giving them the following guidelines:
Picture Books
See ‘School News’ page on the school website for a full list of suggested activities.
Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Stay safe and healthy.
Ms Duffy :)
Dear Parents/Guardians,
I hope that you and your families are continuing to keep safe and well. Here are some additional homework arrangements that you can do with your child to keep her up to date during this school closure. These are merely guidelines and I must stress how it is not imperative that your daughter completes all of this work. I understand that for many reasons this may not be possible and keeping safe and healthy is by all means priority at the moment.
Reading:
Go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight Senior Infants resources for Unit 11: Sea Creatures.
- Locate Big Book 11 - Under the Sea and play the story. Discuss. Scroll back through the pages and click on the headphone icon on the top corner of each page. Have your child answer the questions.
- Locate Core Reader Three - All About Whales. Go through the flashcards. Your child can play the sight word game. Then, listen to the story and discuss.
- Begin reading the third story in blue Starlight reader: All About Whales.
- Sight words for next week: from know other use
- Revise word lists 1-10.
- Begin learning word list 11.
- Play sight word games.
- Encourage your child to put all of these words into sentences.
- Oxford Owls have a free e-book library which is very good for supplementary reading www.oxfordowl.co.uk
Oral Language:
Login to FolensOnline.ie as described above.
- Locate Poster 11 - Sea Creatures. Listen to Story 1 and discuss.
- Complete 'Labelling' activity.
- Listen to Story 2.
- Answer 'Questions' and complete 'Activity'.
- Listen to Poem: Ocean Travel by Jennifer Tweedie.
- Discuss and pick out the rhyming words.
Digraphs:
- Revise all digraph sounds learned last term: sh, qu, ch, th, ai, oa, ng, ie, oo, oi, ou, ue, er, ar, ee, or
- Ask your child for examples of words containing these sounds (some examples can be found in her spelling notebook)
- Have your child write some of these words sounding them out as she does.
- Jolly Phonics songs to accompany each digraph sound can be found on YouTube.
Writing:
- Revise the formation of lowercase and capital letters covered. Begin to learn the formation of capital 'U'
- data.cjfallon.ie/resources/gwtf-handwriting/letter/index.html?dataFile=GWTF_B_LF_U_up.json&referrer=http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/gwtf-handwriting/index.html#!/book-sections/1/section-groups/1/group/2/
- Your child should engage in free-writing.
- Sea creature fact file
Encourage your child to write a fact file report. Ask her to write four facts on a chosen sea creature. Give her the following prompts: - This is a: (crab/seahorse/shark/starfish/jellyfish/octopus/blue whale…)
- It lives: (close to the shore; under the sea …)
- It is: (colourful, clear, big, small, amazing …)
- It can: (move, catch food, bite, walk on its side, smell from far away …)
Maths:
- Recite days of the week, seasons and months of the year. Talk about what comes before/after/in between.
- Your child should engage in water play. Have her fill and empty containers of various sizes e.g. bottles, jugs, scoops, spoons, pots, cups etc.
- Discuss which (from a selection of two) holds 'the most' and which holds 'the least'.
- Compare and order a number of containers from which holds the least to which holds the most.
- Estimate which container holds the most/least and investigate this by measuring.
- Estimate and then measure how many smaller containers will be required to fill a larger container.
Science:
More water play!
- Have your child name some items that they think will float or sink in water.
- Carry out an experiment to investigate if certain objects float or sink (pebble, cotton wool, pencil, coins, cardboard, full and empty bottles, yogurt pots, plastic counters)
- Don't forget to have your child make a prediction prior to investigating.
Resources:
Songs:
‘1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive’ song
Play and sing along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--BhTBXdc1o
‘A Sailor went to Sea, Sea, Sea’
Sing this version of the song ‘A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea’ to revise the names of the sea creatures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFxAiWkSePk
‘Under the Sea’
Listen and dance to the song ‘Under the Sea’ (from Disney’s The Little Mermaid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC_mV1IpjWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH-7A3NVQbY
Videos:
Watch the online video clip of:
- the blue whale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dciLg3Zm1hI
- Fungi the Dolphin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w8HRSoVTI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK-LeeGslMA
- Ocean habitats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YtofuJ-TL4
Storytime:
Hooray for Fish!
Play the story Hooray for Fish! By Lucy Cousins: https://vimeo.com/52877670
Other suggestions:
Make an ocean-related item at home
Have your child make one of the following ocean-related items at home, giving them the following guidelines:
- Shoe box ocean scene: Get an old shoe box and decorate with paint, crepe paper, sand, shells, cut out fish, etc. Talk about what you’d expect to see in the ocean.
- ‘Under the Sea’ sensory jar: Put water, blue dye sand, small shells, plastic fish, glitter and baby oil in a small plastic container. Discuss what happens if the jar is put on one side. Try simulating the motion of waves; finding an object that will float on the top of the oil; counting shells, etc.
Picture Books
- Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoqxhIi4HbQ
- Tiddler by Julia Donaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcTQADUywZY
- The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09mJq3TPrSo
- Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pRhgZ8Jffs
See ‘School News’ page on the school website for a full list of suggested activities.
Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Stay safe and healthy.
Ms Duffy :)
Dear Parents/ Guardians,
Here are some homework arrangements that you can do with your child to keep her up to date during this school closure.
Reading:
Digraphs:
Writing:
Maths:
Other suggestions:
Resources:
Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Stay safe and healthy.
Ms Duffy
Here are some homework arrangements that you can do with your child to keep her up to date during this school closure.
Reading:
- Two supplementary readers have been sent home in your child’s homework folder.
- Revise blue Starlight reader: Read My Classroom and Cow Takes a Bow!
- Revise word lists 1-10.
- Revise all sight words in her folder.
- Play sight word games- find the words in Starlight reader and other books, hide words around the home to be found and read aloud (hide and seek), play sight word bingo.
- Encourage your child to put all these words into sentences.
Digraphs:
- Revise all digraph sounds learned last term: sh, qu, ch, th, ai, oa, ng, ie, oo, oi, ou, ue, er, ar, ee, or.
- Ask your child for examples of words containing these sounds (some examples can be found in her spelling notebook)
- Have your child write some of these words sounding them out as she does.
- Jolly Phonics songs to accompany each digraph sound can be found on YouTube.
Writing:
- Revise the formation of lowercase and capital letters covered so far. Your child can use the letter card in her homework folder as a guide.
- Your child should engage in free-writing.
Maths:
- Recite days of the week, seasons and months of the year. Talk about what comes before/after/in between.
- Have your child make amounts up to 10c using 1c, 2c, 5c, and 10c coins.
- Request alternative ways of making certain amounts.
- Have your child answer some mental maths money problems. Start with two amounts then move on to three remembering to have a maximum total of 10c. e.g. An apple costs 2c. A banana costs 4c. How much would an apple and a banana cost altogether?
Other suggestions:
- See ‘School News’ page on the school website for a full list of suggested activities.
- Picture books
- Drawing and colouring
- Jigsaws and board games
- Cutting and sticking activities
- Get some exercise - dance, skip, practise GAA skills learned in PE
Resources:
- www.twinkl.ie/resources/roi-resources There are lots of amazing resources available on Twinkl. They are offering free access to all their resources for parents during school closures.
- dabbledoomusic.com/p/parents Dabbledoo have lots of fun interactive music activities which are free to parents during school closures.
- www.gonoodle.com/ Provides movement and mindfulness videos.
Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Stay safe and healthy.
Ms Duffy
We were so excited to wear our wonderful Halloween costumes into school today! Wishing everyone a safe Halloween and happy midterm break.
Our Aistear theme for this month is the Potions Lab. We have been preparing for Halloween and cannot wait for Oíche Shamhna to finally come!
We used spooky ingredients to create potions in our potions lab while dressing up as witches, vampires and dragons. We used play-doh to make Halloween characters, pumpkins and cupcakes. We built haunted castles, houses and roller coasters for the witches. We had great fun catching ghosts as Ghostbusters in our small world.
We also painted trees and autumn leaves as we have been learning about autumn this month.
We used spooky ingredients to create potions in our potions lab while dressing up as witches, vampires and dragons. We used play-doh to make Halloween characters, pumpkins and cupcakes. We built haunted castles, houses and roller coasters for the witches. We had great fun catching ghosts as Ghostbusters in our small world.
We also painted trees and autumn leaves as we have been learning about autumn this month.
For maths week we were learning about 2D shapes. We used geoboards, pegboards and lollipop sticks to make squares, rectangles, triangles and circles. We also sorted shapes and used our 'maths eyes' to find 2D shapes hidden in our classroom.