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Mr. Ryan's 2nd class
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Learning at Home page here
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Learning at Home Activities
Dear Parents,
I hope you and your families are keeping safe and well at this time. During this difficult period, it is important that the children continue with their learning. The Learning at Home link above includes lots of useful activities that the children can engage in. As always, they can read and write regularly at home as well as practice their tables and problem solving skills. Below I will lay out some activities in certain subject areas that they can also engage with at home.
I will continue to post activities and work on a regular basis over the coming weeks so please check back in regularly for these updates.
This is also a great opportunity for the children to learn basic life skills at home such as taking care of themselves, tying their shoe laces, helping around the house etc.
Hope you all remain safe and well and I hope to see you very soon.
Mr. Ryan
I hope you and your families are keeping safe and well at this time. During this difficult period, it is important that the children continue with their learning. The Learning at Home link above includes lots of useful activities that the children can engage in. As always, they can read and write regularly at home as well as practice their tables and problem solving skills. Below I will lay out some activities in certain subject areas that they can also engage with at home.
I will continue to post activities and work on a regular basis over the coming weeks so please check back in regularly for these updates.
This is also a great opportunity for the children to learn basic life skills at home such as taking care of themselves, tying their shoe laces, helping around the house etc.
Hope you all remain safe and well and I hope to see you very soon.
Mr. Ryan
RTE Home School Hub-starts Monday 30th March
RTE have launched a Home School Hub which is suitable for primary school pupils from 1st to 6th Class.
Starting on RTÉ2 from Monday 30 March, teachers on the RTÉ Home School Hub will present three short class segments aimed at 1st and 2nd class, 3rd and 4th class and 5th and 6th class. Classes will start each morning from 11am to 12pm.
Classes will start on television, for an hour, before directing the kids to fun content and projects on rte.ie/learn and the RTÉ Player.
And then we let the kids takeover, as RTÉ Home School Extra kicks off at 4.15pm where kids from all over the country can reconnect by uploading and posting video messages and content.
Starting on RTÉ2 from Monday 30 March, teachers on the RTÉ Home School Hub will present three short class segments aimed at 1st and 2nd class, 3rd and 4th class and 5th and 6th class. Classes will start each morning from 11am to 12pm.
Classes will start on television, for an hour, before directing the kids to fun content and projects on rte.ie/learn and the RTÉ Player.
And then we let the kids takeover, as RTÉ Home School Extra kicks off at 4.15pm where kids from all over the country can reconnect by uploading and posting video messages and content.
Literacy
- Children can continue with their Spellbound work and do the daily activities as usual. Start a new week next week.
- For this week children can revise the weeks they have already done and pick 4 words to make interesting sentences with
- Write out a daily schedule every day
- Write diary entries every second or third day
- Have a family story writing competition
- Host a family 'Author's Chair' where children can read what they have written
- Encourage your children to read every day
- Listen to stories on Youtube
- Write a book review on books the children have already read
- Have a family 'read-aloud'
- These choice boards may come in handy. The children can choose their own reading/ writing activity for the day
Maths
- Continue with Master Your Maths Daily
- Revise number facts and tables every day. Learn off tables from +1 to +12, -1 to -12
- Revise skip counting in 2's, 3's, 4's etc.
- Revise friendly numbers e.g. 3+7=10. 6+4 =10
- Go on a 2D and 3D shape hunt inside the house and in the garden
- Create a shop at home.Price up items you have at home, add totals and calculate change
- Telling Time-Children find this topic tricky. Ask them the time throughout the day- o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to
- Measure the weight of food items
- Measure the lengths of different objects around the house
- Problem Solving- read written problems and try and solve them independently. Use MYM for example problems
- When problem solving use the RUDE Strategy
- R- Read
- U- Underline ( important words)
- D- Draw (a picture of the problem)
- Estimate- (Guess the answer)
- Then solve the problem
- Below is a choice board based on maths activities which you may find useful
SESE(Science, Geography and History)
Our theme for the month of March is Water. We had learned all about the uses of water and methods of water conservation. We had started the water cycle so the children can continue to learn all about how this works and can conduct their own experiments and make projects on these topics.
The CJ Fallon website allows free access to their books online and I would recommend using the Small World Second Class book which covers the topic well and has a variety of useful activities. It also has lots of work covering the topic of Spring.
The link to this website is below and should be very easy to access.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/login/index
Twinkl is another useful website which allows free access to their excellent resources and you will find lots of useful resources for the topics suggested below on this website. I have attached this link also:
https://www.twinkl.ie/sign-in
The children can engage in Project Work on these topics and can do their own research, write about them in their copies or make fun posters with facts and drawings.
- Suggested Topics
Water Conservation
The Water Cycle https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-us-sc-314-water-cycle-in-the-bag-model-science-experimen
Floating and Sinking Science Experiment - Small World
Using recycled water bottles to create bird feeders/ plant pots etc.
Spring ( Trees, Plants and Animals)
Complete a project on your favourite animal
Planting Seeds- What do plants need to grow
Conduct interviews with people in your family to see how life has cahnges ( phone interviews in some cases)
Research a country ( Learn about the culture, lifestyle , food and climate)
Easter SESE Activity- Easter Egg Treasure Hunt Map
Children can have a lot of fun with this one and be as creative and imaginative as they want. They must draw a simple map of a small area (e.g. back garden) and mark off where the easter eggs/treats are hidden or include clues as to where they might be hidden.
The children may find it challenging at first to visualise the map of the area in their heads so may need your help. Skills such as their Spatial Thinking and awareness and sense of direction will be improved greatly during this activity. It may be best to start with a small area (e.g one room) This can be done several times and as the children get better at drawing their maps, they can maybe expand it to include a larger area. ( e.g. different rooms in the house) Enjoy the treats at the end!!
Link below to a useful resource from Twinkl for this activity !
https://content.twinkl.co.uk/resource/1d/30/T-T-19010-Easter-Egg-Hunt-Treasure-Map-Aerial-View.pdf?__token__=exp=1585581553~acl=%2Fresource%2F1d%2F30%2FT-T-19010-Easter-Egg-Hunt-Treasure-Map-Aerial-View.pdf%2A~hmac=3353157a6088917bf8ae3d965c3565a2fdf2b93805450b5972a6613af1fd1ef9
Physical Education
Children should be getting out for regular exercise and continue to work on and improve their fundamental movement skills such as walking, running, jumping, balance as well as ball skills such as catching, throwing and kicking.
Children might like to follow the Body Coach- Joe Wicks on Youtube each morning at 9am.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
10@ 10 on RTE Player is something the children are familiar with and might like to try again
https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
Just Dance and GoNoodle are class favourites and have a huge variety of videos on their websites which you may like to try out.
Yoga for Kids on Youtube might also be something you would be interested in trying with your children.
Again lots of different videos to choose from.
TJ Reid (Kilkenny Hurler and health and fitness instructor) is offering free PE lessons Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12 noon for those who would be interested
https://twitter.com/_tjreid/status/1244721306760855554?s=12
There are also a lot of fun challenges doing the rounds on social media which may be a fun way to get your child active. Toilet Roll Keepy-uppies and GAA Skills challenges are some examples which you may like to try.
Children might like to follow the Body Coach- Joe Wicks on Youtube each morning at 9am.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
10@ 10 on RTE Player is something the children are familiar with and might like to try again
https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
Just Dance and GoNoodle are class favourites and have a huge variety of videos on their websites which you may like to try out.
Yoga for Kids on Youtube might also be something you would be interested in trying with your children.
Again lots of different videos to choose from.
TJ Reid (Kilkenny Hurler and health and fitness instructor) is offering free PE lessons Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12 noon for those who would be interested
https://twitter.com/_tjreid/status/1244721306760855554?s=12
There are also a lot of fun challenges doing the rounds on social media which may be a fun way to get your child active. Toilet Roll Keepy-uppies and GAA Skills challenges are some examples which you may like to try.
Art
Children can practice their drawing, colouring and painting while at home. They can practice by colouring some everyday objects at home or fruit bowl still lifes for example.
There are also a variety of competitions and challenges available for kids which can be found online and on Twitter. I have linked a few of these pages below.
One artist Will Sliney sets simple drawing/ colouring challenges every day for children and these can be sent back to him on Twitter.
Will Sliney #Wewilldraw Daily Challenges- found on Twitter
GAA Colouring Book
FAI #wewilldraw Ireland International Stars
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xt8352nbd6196ho/GAA_Heroes_Colouring_Book.pdf?dl=0
https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/wewilldraw-ireland-international-stars
How to Draw videos have also proved very popular in the classroom and there is a huge Variety of these to be found on Youtube so the children can choose what they would like to draw
Easter Art
Children can complete art activities using a variety of materials that may be found at home.
Some ideas may include:
Easter Bonnets- as done every year in the school
Easter Bunny crafts
Easter Egg mosaic art/ Mindfulness colouring.
Again Twinkl and Pinterest are some useful Websites for these ideas
There are also a variety of competitions and challenges available for kids which can be found online and on Twitter. I have linked a few of these pages below.
One artist Will Sliney sets simple drawing/ colouring challenges every day for children and these can be sent back to him on Twitter.
Will Sliney #Wewilldraw Daily Challenges- found on Twitter
GAA Colouring Book
FAI #wewilldraw Ireland International Stars
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xt8352nbd6196ho/GAA_Heroes_Colouring_Book.pdf?dl=0
https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/wewilldraw-ireland-international-stars
How to Draw videos have also proved very popular in the classroom and there is a huge Variety of these to be found on Youtube so the children can choose what they would like to draw
Easter Art
Children can complete art activities using a variety of materials that may be found at home.
Some ideas may include:
Easter Bonnets- as done every year in the school
Easter Bunny crafts
Easter Egg mosaic art/ Mindfulness colouring.
Again Twinkl and Pinterest are some useful Websites for these ideas
1st Class
School Tour to Lullymore - May 2019
First Class really enjoyed their school tour to Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park this week. Great fun was had by all on the day.
Well done to those who received their certificates for full attendance during Term 2.
Easter Bonnet Parade- April 2019
Great fun was had by everyone during our Easter Bonnet parade. Some very impressive bonnets on display on the day!!
World Book Day- March 2019
We had great fun dressing up as our favourite book characters for World Book Day!
Yummy Rice Krispie Buns!!
Working Hard - February 2019
Terms1 + 2 Full Attendance
Well done to those who received their certificates for full attendance during Terms 1 and 2.
Christmas 2018!!
Nature Walk- October 2018
Space Week - October 2018
We really enjoyed learning about the solar system during Space Week and had fun making our own planets and rockets to create our own classroom solar system.
Fun in the yard - September 2018
Senior Infants 2018/19
IMAGINOSITY - Senior Infant School Tour May 2018
A world of imagination - All the children (and the adults!!) had great fun at Imaginosity today and we were lucky enough to have time for Corkagh Park too.
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
Children were treated to a magic show which showed us all the importance of recycling. Great fun was had by all - children and teachers included!
GREEN FINGERS
We were learning how to grow tomatoes this April. We waited patiently for our seeds to grow. The children got to bring home their plants in May and have all been encouraged to look after their plants at home. We are looking forward to lots of tomato dishes this summer!
AISTEAR - HOSPITAL
Our doctors and nurses have been busy carrying out major operations and fixing broken bones and even broken hearts!
WINTER TIME
Winter is here and we can certainly feel it these days as the children are wrapping up in their hats, coats, scarves and gloves to play in the yard. We are learning all about winter in our Gaeilge and SESE lessons and getting to enjoy the snow during our Aistear time. The children have been creating winter scenes with our sensory/investigation area making it snow, building snowmen and creating all sorts of scenarios. Its winter on our farm and we are making sure to keep all the animals warm and fed and in our farmhouse. We have painted some beautiful winter scenes as we wait and hope for a white Christmas.
OUR BOOK CLUB
We have organised our very own book club here in senior infants where we get to read and share some of our favourite books with our friends. We all loved showing off how great we are at reading and our favourite part of course was the delicious hot chocolate!!
Houses and Homes
This month in our class our theme is Houses and Homes. We will be learning through stories, Aistear, history, writing and many other ways. During Aistear we will be creating home scenes in our role play area, building all sorts of houses and homes in our construction area and designing houses and homes in our creative area.
Halloween Fun
We all had lots of fun dressing up for Halloween. There was great excitement in the weeks leading up to it creating our skeletons and making our pom-pom monsters. We loved clearing out our pumpkins to get them ready for carving. We all got to show off our dance moves during our Halloween party!
SPACE WEEK
October 2017
The children really enjoyed dressing up and creating their chalk drawings based on the Solar System.
AUTUMN
Everyone has been very creative with our Autumn theme. We set up our investigation station and made leaf rubbings and painted our Autumn trees.
PATTERNS
Sept/Oct 2017
The children were learning about patterns in Maths - they were very creative with their patterned patchwork art piece and came up with lots of different patterns using shapes.
PAIRED READING
Sept/Oct 2017
The children were so proud to share their classroom with their family members this week and loved reading together.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Sept 2017
SENIOR INFANTS
PUPIL OF THE WEEK AND GAEILGEOIR NA SEACHTAINE
NOAH'S ARK
The children really enjoyed reading Noah's Ark and creating their art display.
Welcome back to Senior Infants. Lovely to see all these happy faces again. Look how much they have grown!
Junior Infants 2016/17
Our First Week in School
Pupils of the Week!
We're Working Very Hard in Junior Infants....
But We Have Time to Have Fun Too!
We Did Some Lovely Autumn Leaf Rubbings...
And Some Beautiful Autumn Trees
We made pictures in the style of Kandinsky's Concentric Circles
Self Portraits in the Style of Van Gogh......
Our Spooky Halloween Pictures!
Our Scary Halloween Costumes at the Halloween Parade....
Waiting to Meet Sam! 8th December
Christmas.......
Some of Our Favourite Toys
We Learned All About Penguins in Antarctica
Grandparents Day......
We welcomed our grandparents in to school today, 3rd February. They had a ceremony in the hall and then came in to our classroom to see all of our work and photos.
We welcomed our grandparents in to school today, 3rd February. They had a ceremony in the hall and then came in to our classroom to see all of our work and photos.
Operation transformation 10@10!!
We all went to the yard to get active and get some exercise...
Our Spring Flowers
World Book Day.......
We all dressed up as our favourite book characters
We all dressed up as our favourite book characters
And parents and grandparents came in to read with us!
Seachtain na Gaeilge.....
We performed Teidí Beag Álainn agus Luascadar Luascadar Luch at the Ceolchoirm
Clonburris Spring Clean Day...
We cleaned up the junior infant yard!
Easter Bonnet Competition
We made lovely Easter bonnets at home for the big day!
AISTEAR - LEARNING THROUGH PLAY
OUR SPECIAL VISITORS - BUTTERFLIES
We looked after our caterpillars until they hid in their cocoons and came out as beautiful butterflies. We then set them free in our garden. Their was great excitement with all the boys and girls.
