Ms. De Oliveira's Senior Infants
2019/20
STAY ACTIVE - EAT HEALTHILY
Everyday in our school we encourage all children to stay active and eat healthy foods. Please do not provide unhealthy snacks or chocolate for your child's lunch. Also a reminder that we have severe allergies in our class so please do not include any food items containing nuts. |
PE - This year children have PE on a Tuesday. Please ensure your child wears their tracksuit on this day only.
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SCHOOL CLOSURE MARCH 2020
Learning at Home page here
I will regularly update this webpage so please pass on the word to other parents to check in when they can. Please also refer to the main webpage for other websites and resources to keep all the boys and girls busy at this time. Children should continue to READ, READ and READ. I appreciate that parents have other young children at home and some are perhaps trying to work from home and it will be very hard to juggle all of this so with this in mind the below are suggestions of activities, work and available resources and we can all just do the best we can during this time.
All of the children have been working so hard this year and this has really showed in their reading and writing ability. Continue to encourage them as much as you can and don't worry as we will all catch up after this. I look forward to us all being back together in school but until then we can all just do our best and make learning fun. In school we encourage learning through play which also happens at home. Role play areas can all happen at home eg The Shop, Kitchen, restaurant, hospital etc. Play board games, cards, connect 4, bingo etc. Sand play, water play, lego, playdough etc. Use whatever you have available at home, ask the children as they always come up with the best ideas.
All of the children have been working so hard this year and this has really showed in their reading and writing ability. Continue to encourage them as much as you can and don't worry as we will all catch up after this. I look forward to us all being back together in school but until then we can all just do our best and make learning fun. In school we encourage learning through play which also happens at home. Role play areas can all happen at home eg The Shop, Kitchen, restaurant, hospital etc. Play board games, cards, connect 4, bingo etc. Sand play, water play, lego, playdough etc. Use whatever you have available at home, ask the children as they always come up with the best ideas.
Literacy |
Maths Activities |
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Most of the children should have their Just Phonics workbook at home as they had that for their homework on Wednesday night. We will continue to revise a sound each week and complete the page/pages in the book associated with theses sounds.
JUST PHONICS WORKBOOK Week of 30th March 2020: Page 74 & 75 diagraph aw This week we will focus on the diagraph aw. 1. Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xvdbR6g060 2. Discuss the diagraph aw and try to remember some words that Geraldine the Giraffe found. 3. Complete page 74. 4. Encourage your child to list words that have the diagraph aw or write a sentence using a word you came up with e.g jaw, claw, strawberry 5. Go on an aw hunt around your house and garden. How many aw words can your child find? 6. Complete page 75 with your child. THE GRUFFALO Watch the book of the Gruffalo being read or if you have the book at home then read it together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8sUPpPc8Ws Have your child try to recognise the aw words in the story. Try to identify some rhyming words throughout the story eg mouse, house, black, back, wood, good. Come up with other words that rhyme with these and do not appear in the story. JUST PHONICS WORKBOOK Week of 23rd March 2020: Page 72 & 73 er sound This week we will focus on the ar sound. 1. Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXBQDsgRuMo 2. Discuss the ar sound and try to remember some words that Geraldine the Giraffe found. 3. Complete page 72. 4. Encourage your child to list words that end in ar or write a sentence using an ar word e.g jar, scarf and come up with their own words. 5. Go on an ar hunt around your house and garden. How many ar words can your child find? P 6. Complete page 73 with your child. JUST PHONICS WORKBOOK Week of 16th March 2020: Page 70 & 71 er sound This week we will focus on the er sound. 1. Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK8_kUg3454 2. Discuss the er sound and try to remember some words that Geraldine the Giraffe found. 3. Complete page 70. 4. Encourage your child to list words that end in er e.g jumper, hamper and come up with their own words. 5. Go on an er hunt around your house and garden. How many er words can your child find? Paper, letter, sharpener, flowers, mixer, etc. 6. Complete page 71 with your child. |
Week of 30th March 2020: Money
Continue with the topic of money this week. Complete the worksheets below (don't worry if you don't have a printer, these can be drawn out on a sheet instead): https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-2894-how-much-money-is-in-my-piggy-bank-differentiated-worksheets-euros https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-n-5562-going-shopping-activity-sheet https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-n-5276-up-up-and-away-money-addition-problems-activity-sheet Week of 23rd March 2020: Money Our topic for this week is money. Get your child to sort as many coins as you have. Empty your piggy banks! Set up a shop at home eg, food shop, stationery shop, toy shop Label objects with a price tag up to 10c e.g. a pencil at 2c, a toy 10c, etc. Encourage your child to use a mixture of coins e.g. 5c + 5c or a 10c or 2c+2c+2c+2c+2c when paying. Don’t forget to give back the change if needed! Use the links below for interactive money activities: https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_108/index.html https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_109/index.html https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_110/index.html https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_112/index.html Week of 16th March 2020: Weight We had just started the topic of weight in school last week. Encourage the children to compare objects/food items found in the house. Discuss which one is lighter/heavier? Order objects from lightest to heaviest. https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/tp-n-81-heavy-or-light-activity-sheet https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-n-565-lighter-or-heavier-powerpoint STORY OF A NUMBER The children are familiar with a maths game in school where they guess how many blocks are hidden in the cup. We were focusing on the number 10. You will need a cup/box and 10 objects eg. beans/crayons/counters. Show them the 10 objects, get them to close their eyes. Hide a certain amount in the box/cup and they must say how many are hidden. Your child will know how to play this and can show you. Get them to play with their brothers and sisters if they can. Encourage them to use the story of the number that they have learned and not to count with their fingers. Eg 0 + 10 = 10, 1 + 9 = 10, 2 + 8 = 10 and so on. Revise over all the numbers 5 to 10 using the story of each number. Refer to Jack Hartmann number bonds on You Tube for number stories 5- 10. Dot to Dot activities: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2546556-easter-dot-to-dot-activity-sheet |
GaeilgeCeisteanna:
Cad is ainm duit? ______ is ainm dom. Cén aois thú? Tá mé cúig bliana d’aois/Tá mé sé bliana d’aois/ Tá mé seacht mbliana d'aois. Conas atá tú? Tá mé go maith go raibh maith agat. Cén sórt aimsire atá ann inniu? Tá sé gaofar/scamallach inniu. Tá sé fuair/té. Tá sé ag cur báistí. Tá scamaill sa spéir. AN CHÁISC You can find activities, a story, a poem and a song all based on the topic of Easter. Encourage the children to use this resource and sing along with the song and recite the poem. https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L23_001/index.html Resources |
Handwriting Week of 30th March: Capital U & Mrs. Murphy's Copy
This week we will form the capital letter U. This can be practised by tracing in sand, using chalk on the ground outside, making the letter out of playdough, lollipop sticks, spaghetti, etc. Try one of these before writing it. Complete the page with Capital U in Mrs. Murphy's handwriting copy. See below for Capital U formation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UTxkyhSyzI Week of 23rd March: Capital T & Mrs. Murphy's Copy This week we will form the capital letter T. This can be practised by tracing in sand, using chalk on the ground outside, making the letter out of playdough, lollipop sticks, spaghetti, etc. Try one of these before writing it. Start at the top, straight line down, leap frog up to the left and straight across. Complete the page with Capital T in Mrs. Murphy's handwriting copy. Below is a helpful resource to revise over all capital letters covered. We have practised up to letter S. Don't worry if you don't have access to a printer, just write out the letters in a copy or on a page. https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-52210-ks1-me-and-my-name-capital-letters-pencil-control-activity-sheets MRS. MURPHY'S HANDWRITING COPY Each week continue to use Mrs Murphy's handwriting copy. Try and complete 3 pages per week including the Capital Letter page of the week. Ensure your child is staying within the lines and forming the letters properly. Please refer to their handwriting formation sheet. It is also below. Encourage your child to do free writing. The children are encouraged to write their news or write about any topic they wish and to sound it out themselves. Children should be reminded of sentence structure eg Capital letters, finger spacing and full stops. Handwriting Formation: c– start at the top, around and stop. o– start at the top and go all the way round. a– around, up, down and flick. d– around, up, up, down, down and flick. g– around, up, down, down and tail. q– around, up, down, down and kick out. f- around, down, lift your pencil and across. s- around and around. i– down, flick, lift your pencil and dot. r– down, up but not to the top and around. n– down, up but not to the top, around, down and flick. m– down, up but not to the top, around, down, up, around, down and flick. l– down and flick t– down, flick, lift your pencil and across. p– down, up and around. k– down, up half way, around, in, slant down and kick out h– down, up half way, around, down and flick. b– down, up half way and around. u– down, around, up, down and flick. y– down, around, up, down, down and tail. j– down, around, lift your pencil and dot. v– slant down, slant up w– slant down, slant up, slant down, slant up e– straight across, up and around z– across, slant down and across x– slant down, slant down. |
Grandparent's Day 2020
A very special day for our senior infants to share their classroom with their Grandparents. They were so happy to have you all here and share their song 'Count on Me' and Grandparents Day poem. We thank all the Grandparent's for sharing this special day with us
The Ugly Bug Ball, December 2019
Learning is Fun
Noah's Ark
The children have loved reading the story of Noah's Ark this week. They all loved working in groups together to create their Noah's Ark display. Please encourage your child to share the story with you at home.
First Full Week Back
All the boys and girls were ready for school work after their summer holidays. They all deserved golden time for all their hard work at the end of the week.
First Day Back at School
Ms. De Oliveira's Junior Infants
2018/19
Please remember not to post photos of other pupils on social media, such as facebook, twitter, instagram etc.
Teddy Bear's Picnic
A huge thanks to Ms Tormey and her 5th Class for organising our teddy bear's picnic. We all had great fun. A special thanks to Ms Murray for organising all the yummy sandwiches and to Ms Hilliard and Ms Lanigan for all your help too.
Active Maths
Active Schools Week
School Tour - Newbridge House Pet Farm
COSMIC KIDS YOGA
20 Day Running Challenge
Outdoor Learning
Sponsored walk
May 2019
Easter Bonnets and Parade
Athletics
As a whole school we have been focusing on Athletics in PE over a number of weeks. The Junior Infants have been improving their running, jumping and throwing skills through different games. Our favourite game was The Popcorn Maker and we also loved the bean bag relay races.
GROUP WORK
We really enjoy working together in groups. Using our maps, we made decisions together and worked out the best routes to take us around our garden.
Structures using Spaghetti
We were experimenting using spaghetti and marshmallows to make different structures with Mr Lawlor.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
We love to work together in pairs. Here we sequenced the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Grandparent's Day
Every year in Clonburris we welcome Grandparents to visit their grandchild in school as part of Catholic Schools week. This time is especially important for our Junior infants as it is the first time they get to welcome their Grandparents into their school and classroom.
GOLDEN TIME
The Book With No Pictures
We really enjoyed reading The Book With No Pictures this week especially when it makes grown ups say silly things. The children used their imaginations to create pictures for the book.
CLOVER
A big thank you to all of our parents/guardians who joined us to read our new books and help the children with their pirate activities. We really enjoyed welcoming you all into our classroom and meeting all our friends.
Our first Christmas Concert in Clonburris - Superstars!!
Aistear - Learning through play.
Active Learning - Bringing our classroom outside. We really enjoy learning to write our numbers with chalk.
First month of Junior Infants nearly over and we are learning so much. We love learning our new sounds each day.
GAA with Shane
Our first week in Junior Infants. Celebrating yet another win for Dublin.
