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Dress Up Day!
European Day of Sport
The end of Senior Infants! WOW!
Girls and boys you are no longer infants! You are moving to a new class with a new teacher - Ms. Maher. It will be fantastic and you will love it.
You have all been amazing over the last two years - I know it was strange not to be in school for five and a half months during that time. Thank you for so many great memories. You have all done so well and I know you will continue to shine as you progress through Clonburris.
You, as parents, had to take on a much bigger role in your child's schooling over the last two years at a time when many of you were also working from home. You were great. The boys and girls have done you proud and are a credit to you all.
Thank you for all your support and kindness. It was very much appreciated.
Take care and stay safe.
Ms. Kinlough
Congratulations and Best of Luck to 6th Class of 2021
Congratulations to all the boys and girls of 6th class who will be having their graduation tonight - especially all those I taught in Junior Infants and Senior Infants .
You always were and continue to be an amazing group of children.
The photograph below is your Senior Infant photograph recreated in 6th class! 😊😊
Summer Nature Walk
We made the most of the lovely weather last week and went on a Summer nature walk.
Medal Winners
Well done to everyone who took part in the sports day, did their best and had great fun in the sunshine.
Congratulations to everyone who won medals - especially Conor (pictured here with his very proud big brother) who was the overall winner in Senior Infants.
Art Activities
We have been enjoying some art activities this week.
Active Schools' Week concludes .....
The sun and the fun brought Active Schools' Week to a perfect close last Friday. A big thank you to Mr. Murray who did a brilliant job organising the events for everyone. And what can we say about the amazing boys and girls from 6th class? They were brilliant, mannerly, helpful, kind and patient with the senior infants. A big thank you and very well done to you all.
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Active Schools' Week and the fun continues.......
Remember to put sun cream on your child every morning before they come to school. It might also be a good idea to put some sun cream in their bag so it can be reapplied later in the day.
Active Schools Week
Time for our Wake Up Shake Up.........what a great way to start our day than going out into the air and dancing! I knew those steps we learned during lockdown for 'Jerusalema' would come in very handy!!!
Sports Day
It is so good to be back in school this June and getting to enjoy all the fun days and activities that we missed last year in Junior infants. These pictures show the children enjoying some of the events. The medal presentation will take place in a week or so.
Well done to everyone - you were all winners. A big thank you to Mrs. Duffy, Ms. McMorrow and Ms. O'Neill for all their help.
March 2021
Well done to everyone for engaging so well with the online learning platform - SeeSaw. It was great to see so many also taking part in the zoom calls on Wednesday. Nothing is the same as being in the classroom though so it was brilliant to get back to school at the beginning of March.
Here are some pictures giving a taste of what they have been doing including world book day on March 4th, playing in the senior yard during break times (before 3rd to 6th returned to school, hence the Santa in the window on March 9th!), mothers' day cards, Easter cards for grandparents, a spring flowers display as well as Easter Bonnets.
2nd School Closure
I hope all the boys and girls (and parents!) are doing okay as we go through our second school closure. It was lovely, as always, to see everyone on zoom.
You have received quite an amount of communication from the school over the last week - but now that you have the books and the systems are set up, things will be easier going forward.
Hopefully most of you are able to login to SeeSaw. As I said during the zoom calls on Wednesday - we will take it nice and slow next week as we are all getting used to this new platform.
There are some changes from the last lockdown.
This time my communication with the children regarding work to be done will be on Seesaw. Their work will be sent to me on SeeSaw. As a whole school approach, email will not be used and the website will not be used in the same way.
Also, if there are any queries or concerns please don't hesitate to contact me.
The best of luck over the next two weeks. We can do this!
While the school remains closed - I will put all my messages and updates to you on Aladdin Connect. That way you will not have to go between too many platforms.
Stay safe and stay well.
F. Kinlough
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Happy New Year Everyone
H A P P Y C H R I S T M A S E V E R Y O N E
S T A Y S A F E
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Christmas Panto from The Helix
What better way to spend our last day before the holidays than to have our party and then watch the Christmas Panto - 'The Sword in the Stone'. The girls and boys really enjoyed it and they joined in with the songs and tik tok dances.
Oh no they didn't ....... oh yes they did!!!
Well done to everyone involved in putting this together and the initiative taken to show it in schools. It kept up a tradition that many children would otherwise have missed this year. Perhaps it has started a new tradition for others who may not previously have been to the Panto in The Helix. Thank you - we loved it.
Absolutely enthralled!
Guess the baby Competition!
The boys and girls had great fun with the guess the baby competition. They worked in their pods to identify all the baby pictures. There were many 'robust discussions' ...... (ok....arguments!) but as a group they had to agree on one name for each picture. Great fun. Well done to the winning team -(seen pictured below).
Christmas Jumper Day and Santa Dash
What a lovely end to the week. Christmas jumpers, out for a fun run and movie time and lots more Christmas photos!
Christmas is coming.........
We had lots of fun this week as the countdown to Santa's arrival has really begun. Not many more sleeps now!
We are getting telephone calls this week from the big man himself all the way from the North Pole. Even with all the snow in the North Pole - we can hear Santa so clearly. We can even hear Rudolf's bells ringing! It is so exciting. We sang songs for him too. He told us that we are all at the very top of his good list.
We have also been busy doing lots of artwork. We are getting outside for a run most days. We are calling this week - FUNDOWN after LOCKDOWN!
CLONBURRIS CHRISTMAS FAIR
In the absence of our Annual Christmas Concert - the students from sixth class have been very busy organising the Christmas Fair. We got our chance to visit on Thursday. The senior infants loved it. The two sixth classes with the help of their teachers have done an amazing job.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas........
The girls and boys recently drew their own SNOW GLOBES based on the story of William's Wish. I think they did a brilliant job. They also did their first piece of 'free writing' - with a letter to Santa.
Congratulations Patricia!
Congratulations and many thanks from all of us to this amazing lady who recently celebrated 40 years working in Clonburris as the school secretary. A super achievement!
The Artist's Chair
The boys and girls love being asked about their paintings and what better place to answer their questions than in the Artist's chair.
Happy Halloween
Who are all these people? Don't they look fantastic? And where are all my senior infant boys and girls gone?? Very very spooky!
Space Week
Look at the lovely work done for Space week. We will have our quiz when everyone is back after the midterm break.
Well done to Eleanor who put together an amazing Solar System book. Fantastic work - take a bow!
If you have not played the Solar System Song at home - play it on YouTube - the children absolutely love it.
Great to be back in Clonburris reunited with our friends. These two pictures say it all!!
ART
Anything Claude Monet can do - the senior infants can do too.
As promised last week - here are some of the senior infants 'Hay Stack' paintings.
We say A BIG THANK YOU to Mr. Murphy as he finishes on Friday October 2nd after 35 years in Clonburris. WOW! He has taught many children during that time - including children who are currently in Clonburris as well as the parents of those children. We wish you the very best for the next 35 years.............
stay well and stay safe!
National Sports Day 24/09/20
Well done to everyone for arriving in on Friday morning in their P.E. gear, with their spare shoes and socks and feeling very excited about the fun day ahead! Activities included: rock- paper-scissor hoops, ladders station, hurdles station, skipping, races, obstacle course, duck-duck-goose and more.
A big thank you to Mr. Murray for organising the event and putting everything in place to ensure it ran smoothly.
P.E.
We will continue to go outside for P.E. while the weather is kind! It might be a good idea to put spare socks/footwear into the school bag just in case the grass is damp. Here are the boys and girls having fun last week playing football, trying out mini tennis, and stuck in the mud!
Artist's Chair
Well done to Holly, Violet, Mason, Zak and Luke for their lovely artwork and making it to the Artist's Chair to take questions from the class about their paintings. We love what Holly's grandmother has told her - art is about 'the freedom of the brush'.
The squirrels have arrived. The good weather has also arrived!!
We got the opportunity this week to take advantage of the lovely weather and get out for a walk!
Congratulations to a very special member of staff - Margaret Sharkey - who celebrates 40 years in Clonburris this week. Well done Margaret and a big 'Thank You' from all the boys and girls for looking after them so well after falls, bumps and grazes while playing on the yard.
A big thank you from me for all your delicious baking, your kindness with a guaranteed smile every day. The picture below shows David, Carol, Paula and Aidan (who are all past pupils of Clonburris) with their mum.
The classroom is all set - only one ingredient missing......
And here they are! The senior infant class of 2020-21
Autumn is here......the children painted trees using the style of Claude Monet. They have also recreated one of his many 'hay stack' paintings which I will post up here later. They used beautiful Autumnal colours.
As promised here are some pictures of the boys and girls settling back in to Senior infants. The children had a great laugh at me forgetting I was wearing a visor as I stuck the banana and peanut straight into it!!!
Week commencing 31 August
All the boys and girls are settling back in to our new routine. We are washing their hands every morning before they come in to the classroom and they are sanitising their hands before we start our first activity. You might hear them talking about their 'magic - magic rub'!
I have taken some pictures of their first day in senior infants but these will not be posted up until all the forms regarding Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) have been returned.
Just a few reminders:
When sending in money - can you please put the exact amount (if at all possible) into an envelope with your child's name on it.
Can you please make sure to send in sanitiser - I am keeping this on their desks at school and will send the bottle home when it needs to be refilled.
Most of the children now have their red pencils and twistables with their names on each one. This is very important as we CANNOT share resources.
Please send in the Just Phonic A4 sized book from Junior Infants. This is a very good way for the children to touch base with junior infant material for letter writing, sounds and phonological awareness. You do not need to send in their junior infant maths books - I am using my own sheets in the classroom.
On Thursday this week - 27th of August we will all return to Clonburris. I am so looking forward to welcoming everyone back to school (Room 6) and into Senior Infants. Most of the children have seen their new classroom already during our 'virtual move' on zoom back in June.
I have arranged the groups exactly as they were set up in March in Junior infants - a blue group, a red group, a yellow group, and a green group. I have 6 children in each group. So for example the blue group will sit together and they will also hang up their coats in groups - their name badge is colour coded. (Pictures below). The children in each group are exactly the same as in March - so this will make it easier for them on their return to school.
The children will be collected from the Junior Infant yard by me at 08:55. I will be wearing a face covering - so it would be a good idea to say this to the children before they come back. Tell them I could not get the Kerry colours (Up the Kingdom)! - but I did manage to get the Wexford ones! Purple and Gold!
Before going into the classroom we will arrange for all the children to wash and sanitize their hands.
The only items the children will need to bring in to school for the first few days are: sanitizer, a clear pencil case with their name on it and a set of twistables (which cannot be shared with any other child) with their name on EACH one. These twistables will remain in school and should not be taken home.
At 1:40 I will bring the boys and girls out to the senior yard where they will be collected while maintaining social distancing.
In the first few days I would ask you to just bear with us while we establish this new routine for the children in a safe and efficient manner.
Over the next while my focus with the children will be about the the 3 Rs - Reconnecting, Reassurance and Resilience. We will all do our utmost to look after each other and keep everyone happy, safe, healthy and well.
Here's to a brilliant Senior Infant Year.
29th and 30th of June 2020
We got there!!! These are our last two days in school before the Summer holidays.
I know it has been a year like no other and we missed out on so many lovely activities between March and June. The new school year will quickly come around and I promise we will more than make up for it then.
Thank you so much to everyone for doing your best over the last 14 weeks. A huge 'thank you' to all the parents - some of you were juggling Junior Infants work with other children at home while working on your jobs from home and on top of all that - still being mammy and daddy!
Your emails, messages, photographs and taking part in zoom calls were all so much appreciated.
I will do one last zoom call to the children on Tuesday to give them a chance to see each other and say goodbye before the holidays begin (be sure to check your emails).
Have a brilliant Summer holiday - get out, enjoy the 'great' weather and I look forward to seeing everyone back in the classroom in the Autumn.
Take care, stay safe and stay well.
June 15th - 30th: click here for Learning at Home activities.
29th and 30th of June 2020
These are our last two days in school before the Summer holidays.
I know it has been a year like no other and we missed out on so many lovely activities between March and June. The new school year will quickly come around a we will make up for it then.
Thank you so much to everyone for doing your best over the last 14 weeks. A huge 'thank you' to all the parents - some of you were juggling Junior Infants work with other children at home AND on top of all that - still continuing to work in your own jobs from home.
Your emails, messages, photographs and taking part in zoom calls were all so much appreciated.
I will do one last zoom call to the children on Tuesday to give them a chance to see each other and say goodbye before the holidays begin (be sure to check your emails).
Have a brilliant Summer holiday - get out, enjoy the 'great' weather and I look forward to seeing everyone back in the classroom in the Autumn.
Take care, stay safe and stay well.
22 June 2020
I hope the girls enjoyed the 'virtual move' to the senior infants room last Friday and I look forward to seeing the boys on Monday at 12:00 for their virtual move on Zoom.
Later in the week we will do a zoom call with everyone to say goodbye before the holidays.
It has been a year like no other and you have all been brilliant. Thank you so much to all the parents who were 'teacher' for the last 14 weeks - and for many of you - working from home with your own jobs also.
I will be in touch again later in the week.
For work this week I would like the following:
Free writing - write a note to a friend in the class and I will post it up here
Free writing - write 1 thing your missed when school was closed and 1 thing you really enjoyed (again I will post it here)
Practice the song A million Dreams.
Most importantly of all - get out and get lots of exercise and have fun!
If you would like to do written work - continue with the Just Phonics A4 and A5 books (Remember though, we are bringing the A4 book into Senior Infants and we will do pages 66 to 80 then).
Sounds - revise 'sh' - shout, shoot, shield
'ou' - ouch, pouch, couch out
'ue' - cue, fuel, blue,
'er' - father, brother, mother, sister, bigger, smaller, funnier, taller
High frequency words -
The last 4 words before the holidays are no, mum, one and them.
Scroll down to have a look at the notes written by some of the children, zoom calls and pictures of the children's work.
17 June 2020 - Scroll down to 'Stay Connected' to see notes written by the boys and girls..........
15 - 19 June 2020
Some good news - for the next two weeks Clonburris School is asking everyone to engage with the 'Learning at Home' page and some fun activities. This will give some of the boys and girls (and parents and some grandparents and older siblings from secondary schools who help them!) a welcome break from written work and school books.
The work that you have done with the children at home has been amazing - while also juggling many other demands on your time.
One thing I would like EVERYONE to do is to please practise the song 'A million Dreams' - I have a little plan for that later in the week!!
However, I know some of the children like to have the routine and structure of some prescribed pieces of work so for you I would suggest the following few ideas:
English - Sounds
It is so important to know all the double letter sounds.
This week we will concentrate on revising:
ng, ch, qu, oi, and ar.
Look at words ending in ng (running, jumping, laughing, singing, smiling, joking etc. I always tell the children 'ing' is my favourite word ending because of all these lovely words!
I'm skipping oo/OO/sh/th/th for now to avoid any possible confusion.
English - Free Writing
I would love if everyone could write two sentences saying one thing they loved doing when school was closed and one thing they did not like when school was closed. It would be lovely to get pictures of these.
English - High Frequency Words
The 4 new words this week are: were, go, little and as.
Reading/Writing
In the small A5 Just Phonics book do pages 6 to 10 using the same format as last week.
In the large A4 Just Phonics book - do page 48 (ring the initial sound for each picture), page 49 (circle the final sound for each picture) and 50 (which is a good exercise to read the 3 letter words and colour the correct picture). These pages will give you a good idea of how the children are doing with their sounds in words.
Maths
Have some fun this week measuring things to see what is the tallest and the widest. I know some of you have a measuring tape. You could also use a ruler, or you could use a non stardard measuring unit such as a lollipop stick! You will need the help of an adult or an older brother or sister to help you with this. How tall is dad, mam, your brother or sister? Make a prediction before you measure them. How wide is the chair, the table, the door? Make a prediction.
How accurate was your prediction?
Was your prediction more than or less than it should have been.... or maybe your prediction was just perfect!!
Pages 31, 34 and 35 in the maths book relate to these topics- but you do not need to complete them.
Having fun playing cards and playing board games - I know many of you love snap as well as snakes and ladders.
It might also be a good time to revisit these two very helpful books:
Staying Home - click this link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1egpDbW9diSV7H0B9tj3s-o488PWrY7De/view
Everybody Worries - click on this link
https://en.calameo.com/read/000777721945cfe5bb9cc?authid=Xu9pcOzU3TQx
Gaeilge
I love to hear Junior Infants using their Gaeilge. I know many of you have revised the August - Sept vocabulary sheet. Some of you have also emailed me for the vocab for 'An Teach'.
If you would like to receive the Gaeilge sheet for animals and 'is maith liom/ní maith liom - please just send me a email and I will send it to you.
As we have missed out on our school tour, sports day, medal presentation and lots more end of year fun - it was super to see so many of you engaging with 'Health and Wellbeing' week. A big thank you to Mr. Murray for this brilliant initiative.
Fingers crossed - we will see our Summer come back this week. Get outside, stay active and have fun. Most of all - stay well and stay safe.
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8 June - 12 June 2020
G R E A T N E W S
T A K E A B R E A K T H I S W E E K
T I M E F O R S O M E F U N!
It is Clonburris Health and Wellbeing Week
Take a well deserved break from all your hard work this week and join in some fun activities instead!
Click on the link above to look at what you have to do each day!!
A big thank you to Mr. Murray who came up with the concept and collated the video.
Enjoy - send me lots of pictures and I will post them up on this page.
(Scroll down underneath all the work schedules below to see all the pictures posted to date).
Stay safe, stay well, have fun and enjoy!
STAY CONNECTED
With these lovely notes to our friends during the Covid 19 School Closure
2 June - 5 June 2020
The most important activity of all - get out and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. While this is a difficult time and there is so much we can't do - REMEMBER there are plenty of things we CAN do ......kick a ball, skip, puck a sliothar, go fishing, jog, walk, run, dance, sing, paint, jump on the trampoline and lots more.
As we are not in school to enjoy our sports day this year (not to mention our school tour) next week we will be focusing more on activities and challenges as Mr. Murray is preparing a week of fun events for you all to do at home.
In the meantime, I look forward to seeing you on zoom and hearing all your news.
Stay well and stay safe everyone!
2 June - 5 June 2020
I have now met with everyone - with just one exception to return your child's books. Everyone now has their books at home. This will make completing school work a little easier as the children can now work with familiar resources.
I have also spoken with many of the children on zoom (see just some of the pictures below) and I will arrange to speak with more of you over the coming week.
I have also put a number of the children in touch in pairs as I really believe we are at a stage now where making connections with their pals is crucially important. I am more than happy to set up more of those this week - just send me an email telling me who your child would like to zoom -[email protected].
So this week while I will put up some work that I would like the children to do (if possible - but don't be at all concerned if it does not suit your individual circumstances) - the main focus will be making contact with each other.
See suggested written work underneath the pictures below.
STAY CONNECTED
With Zoom Calls during Covid 19 School Closure
2 June - 5 June (continued)
EAL Students
Please work through the English Language workbooks that were sent home over the last 2 weeks. It is also a good idea to visit Ms. M. Carolan's page for more ideas.
Reading
English - Reading
Continue to access books from the CJ Fallon website and the Harper Collins website.
English - Free Writing
This week I would like you to write a little note to someone in the class that you are missing. If Mam or Dad could take a picture of it and send it to me - I will post it up here on the page so their Mam/Dad can show it to them.
English - High Frequency Words
The 4 new words this week are: some, so, not and then. These are very useful words and you might like to include them in your note to your friend.
English - letters
We have now finished all our letters - so it would be good to go over pages 68 - 71 this week which revises all the letters.
In the small A5 orange book - do one page every day using the format on page 7 that was used for the letter c. The most important part of this exercise is to write the four words for the letter (one in each box).
English - Sounds
It is a good idea at this time in June to revise your sounds. All the sounds were taught before the school closed in March. There are 25 single letter sounds (s, a, t, i, p, n etc) and there are 18 double letter sounds (ai, oa, ie, ee, or etc).
The last assessment on sounds was done in school on the 11th of February - 4 weeks before the shut down. This assessment checked all 25 single sounds and 13 of the double letter sounds. The scores will be in the school reports.
It is particularly important to know all these sounds. For the next few weeks we will concentrate on revising the double letter sounds. This week we will focus on ai, oa, ie, ee and or.
Maths
As we have been working on the life cycle of the butterfly - you could do the following page in your Maths Book.
We have also done work on the language of capacity so it would be useful to do pages 90 and 91 in the Maths Book.
Continue working on 'time' and using your clocks at home.
The following two pages could be done in your 'What a Wonderful World' book.
Art
Sticking with our friend the butterfly and because we have so much time to be outdoors, maybe you could have a look at doing the following (with the help of an adult).
26 May - 30 May 2020
I know from emails and speaking with many of you - the last 2 weeks appear to be the weeks during which the children really felt the strain of being away from their friends for so long and were missing their normal school routine. To help with this I spoke with a number of the children on zoom and I was absolutely delighted to see them.
I am happy to set up more zoom calls and speak to the children who would like to chat with teacher this week.
I have also set up zoom calls to connect the children in pairs to have a chat with each other. I am more than happy to set up more of those this week - just send me an email telling me who your child would like to zoom ([email protected]).
The children love seeing their pals and this will help them to feel more connected as the time away from school is now entering week 11.
Do not worry if your child is not getting any/all of the suggested work on this page done. I love to hear about the girls and boys doing other great things too such as fishing with their dad, painting furniture with their parents, going on extra nature walks painting stones etc. Everyone's circumstances are different - please do what works for you and know that what you are doing is absolutely plenty.
So this week - our main focus will be on connecting with others in the class. If that is all you get done - that's great. For those who want to do more, I would suggest the following:
English - letters
We have now finished all our letters - so we will revise the letters this week. I will post up the pages from the Ready to Write A1 book tomorrow which best facilitate this.
English - High Frequency Words
The next four words are this, have, went and be.
I am also going to put up the sheet here again now which shows you the full lists. Go back over the previous words - and for those who want an extra challenge, feel free to work onwards from the list.
Come up with sentences using some of the high frequency words you have learned already. Remember - these words will help you with your reading and will also help with your free writing.
English - Reading
Continue to access books from the CJ Fallon website and the Harper Collins website. I know some of you are finishing off the Wonderland Books and that is great also. Remember in Phase 2 of the easing of restrictions - libraries will be opening again. I know many of you joined Clondalkin library following our visit there in Junior Infants. For those who did not, I would strongly encourage you to do so. The children will get endless hours of pleasure from reading and will also enjoy the stories that mammy and daddy read to them. That bedtime story is always very precious.
English- Word Family
This week we will focus on words ending in 'am'.
dam / ham / jam / mam / Pam / ram / Sam /
Worth noting here too for the children who are reading the above words with ease - what happens when we add the 'magic e'. We had just begun this the week before the school closed.
came / dame / same
came / fame / game / lame / name / same
So what we have to remember is the magic e changes the sound of the 'a' to its name 'a' and the magic e is silent!
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Sam and Pam sat on the red jam.
How many words are in this sentence?
Can you think of words that rhyme with the word 'jam'?
Can you think of words that rhyme with the word 'red'?
Are these rhyming words - Sam / Pam?
Are these rhyming words - jam / sat?
Are these rhyming words - ham / red?
Are these rhyming words - red / bed?
Which word does not rhyme - Sam / sat / jam?
Which word starts with a different sound - Sam / red / sat?
Write out the sentence Sam and Pam sat on the red jam.
Remember your capital letters, spaces and full stop.
Why have Sam and Pam got capital letters?
English - Free Writing
Try to get two pieces of free writing done again this week. I have seen what some of you have written over the last 2 weeks. You are making a great effort - keep up the super work.
English - Phonics
Revise over the Jolly Phonics sounds from now til the end of the school year. Most children have no difficulty with the single letter sounds. Start this week by focusing on ai, oa and ie.
It is handy to remember the general rule of thumb 'when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking'. So for these three (ai, oa and ie) the sound is the NAME of the first letter. There are some exceptions to this rule though .... unfortunately... which we will come across later.
English - EAL
A reminder to check link in with Ms. M. Carolan's page to help extend and build your vocabulary.
Maths
Now that you have the books at home it would be great to get the pages relating to time and capacity completed.
I know you have been doing great work on adding and mental maths - keep this up.
I know many of you are in the process of making clocks - I can't wait to see the pictures.
SESE
Let's look at the life cycle of a butterfly this week. There are many clips you could have a look at on Youtube, here is one -
https://youtu.be/O1S8WzwLPlM
You could complete page 51 and page 55 in your 'What a Wonderful World' book.
ART
Click on this link to make a paper butterfly.
https://youtu.be/qmPTMNBIz0o
17 May - 23 May 2020
Thank you to everyone for all the pictures and the emails - it is always lovely to hear from you. I'm putting up some work ideas for this week and the reminder to do what you can - everyone's circumstances are different so do not put yourself under any extra pressure.
Again to remind you for anyone that would like additional work, advice or any extra help - just send me an email.
English - Writing small letters (last 2 letters - x and p)
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English - Reading (4 new high frequency words)
The four new words this week are - 'her', 'what', 'there' and 'out'.
Write the words on separate pieces of paper and put them on your own word wall. Remember, it will make your reading much more fluent when you are able to read these words without having to think about them or attempting to sound them out.
As I said before 'see it and say it'! The more familiar you are with these words - the more likely you are to use them in your free writing.
Free Writing
Continue with at least one free writing activity this week. Follow the format I have outlined over the last number of weeks.
Reading
I know the feedback from parents on the two stories uploaded last week was very positive. For those who may not have had a chance - now might be a good time for your child to hear them as we enter week 9 week of semi lockdown! Continue also to access books on the CJ Fallon website as well as the Harper Collins website.
English - Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
Take the family of 'an' words.
The man with a tan sat in a van.
How many words are in this sentence?
Can you think of words that rhyme with the word 'man'?
Can you think of words that rhyme with the word 'sat'?
Are these rhyming words - van / man?
Are these rhyming words - in / van?
Are these rhyming words - tan / man?
Are these rhyming words - sat / bat?
Which word does not rhyme - man / van / sat?
Which word starts with a different sound - man, mouse, sat?
Write out the sentence in red above.
Write out more sentences using some of the high frequency words to date.
Have a look at completing the following pages when you get your books. You need to select the final sound for each picture - so for dog - you will put a circle around g.
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Maths 18 - 23 May 2020
We have looked at money and time over the last few weeks. You will be getting access to your books very soon so these are the pages that you could look at completing in relation to money over the next few days.
Summer
We have looked at time and the change of month and season. When you get your books you could look at completing the following pages. I know many of you have enjoyed the Summer nature walk - have a look at the picture of a GIGANTIC leaf below - see can you find one that is even bigger!!!!!!
Gaeilge
Continue to go over all the words on the words list (Sept - March) and 'An Teach' from Abair Liom (for those who asked me to email this to them last week). For anyone else who would like this - just drop me an email ([email protected]) and I will send you notes on how best to navigate through the resources. For anyone else who would like to start a new topic at home this week - just send me an email.
Most important thing is for everyone to stay well and say healthy. Please do not put yourself under any unnecessary pressure or stress at this time.
Books can be collected by prior appointment done through email which will make home schooling considerably easier. Please refer to the note at the top of this page to organise collection.
11 May - 15 May 2020
Hi everyone - thanks for all the pictures and emails over the last 8 weeks, it is lovely to hear from you and to see you getting on so well. The weather has been fantastic so I hope you are getting the chance to get out and enjoy it as much as possible. I will put up some ideas/work for this week but again, I just want to reiterate the importance of not putting yourself under any unnecessary extra pressure at this time. Everyone's circumstances are different - just do what works for you.
English - Writing (2 new letters this week - p and f)
English - Reading (4 new high frequency words)
The four new words this week are - 'are', 'up', 'had' and 'my'.
Write the words on separate pieces of paper and put them on your own word wall. Remember, it will make your reading much more fluent when you are able to read these words without having to think about it. As I said before 'see it and say it'!
The more familiar you are with these words - the more likely you are to use them in your freewriting.
English - Stories
I have given you links below for two stories . 'Staying Home' helps young children to understand why their lives are so unusual right now, not seeing their friends, not going to school and not seeing their grandparents.
Everybody Worries gives the message that it is normal to worry at this time but that by supporting each other we will all get through it. Remember too - this time will pass.
Staying Home - click this link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1egpDbW9diSV7H0B9tj3s-o488PWrY7De/view
Everybody Worries - click on this link
https://en.calameo.com/read/000777721945cfe5bb9cc?authid=Xu9pcOzU3TQx
English - Free writing
Continue with free writing once a week - using the same format outlined over the last two weeks.
'ask your child to 'read' out to you what they have written. Write the correct spelling under the words - date the writing and keep it. Make sure to give lots of praise - irrespective of the standard of the written work.
The children will be at very very different levels with this exercise. Some might write a sentence in which one or two of the high frequency words are written perfectly and they might have the first sound of other words. They might also remember a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, spaces and a full stop at the end. Others might just have a series of letters which look like one big word. If your child is reluctant to do this exercise or you think it is beyond them just now - call out one sentence for them, for example 'I can sing'.
Remind them before they start to count the words and spaces on their fingers. Ask them 'to remind you' what goes at the start of sentence and tell them you have forgotten what goes at the end....... they will love reminding you (hopefully!) that it is a full stop. Then let them off to write it without any help. Keep this page and date it. You know what the sentence was that they were aiming to write - so you can just write it underneath it. Remember...... lots of praise and look for what they did well.
This is about encouraging confidence and instilling a love of writing. The standard at this stage can be very weak - but you will be amazed at how quickly this will improve with practice, encouragement and praise. This is an exercise I would encourage you to do with your child once a week from now until the end of the school year.
Later in the week you could write out the sentence correctly (not making any reference to any mistake they might have been made) and get them to copy it.'
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English - Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
The cat ran to the big wall.
How many words are in this sentence?
Can you think of words that rhyme with the word 'cat'?
Can you think of words that rhyme with the word 'wall'?
Are these rhyming words - cat / fat?
Are these rhyming words - ran / tin?
Are these rhyming words - big / fig?
Are these rhyming words - wall / ball?
Which word does not rhyme - cat / fun / bat?
English - Write a sentence
Write out the sentence above (The cat ran to the big wall). Use the letter a that you have learned in school - not the one here!!
What do you need to remember?
Capital letter at the start of a sentence, spaces (remember say the sentence out loud using your hand first, using your fingers for the words and the gaps between your fingers for the spaces).
Remember the full stop at the end of the sentence.
Maths 12 - 16 May 2020
Continue with the clock and reading the time (o' clock, half) - and for those who want to extend this - read the times at quarter past and quarter to.
I would also like to revise pattern. Initially put two colours or two shapes in a pattern. Can your child recognise the pattern? Can s/he copy the pattern? Can they extend (continue) the pattern? If they can do this with ease - then extend the colours or the shapes to 3.
To make the activity even more difficult - mix shapes and colours.
Continue too with Money - using all those coins. This is something that can be done on an ongoing basis - the children are learning without even realising it.
Remember, the Planet Maths website has excellent resources and games for all these topics.
Gaeilge 12 - 16 May 2020
Continue to go over all the words on the words list (Sept - March) and 'An Teach' from Abair Liom (for those who asked me to email this to them last week). For anyone else who would like this - just drop me an email ([email protected]) and I will send you notes on how best to navigate through the resources. For anyone else who would like to start a new topic at home - just drop me an email.
SESE
Now that the weather is so beautiful the timing is perfect for a nature walk. Use this page to record what you see and hear.
Have fun!
I hope this helps to keep you busy and engaged. I know some people may not have access to a printer. That is why I have handwritten the letter page above. Just do what works for you.
Stay safe and stay well everyone.
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5 May - 8 May 2020
I hope you all enjoyed the lovely weather over the bank holiday weekend and I hope you got up to lots of fun activities for Active Schools Week last week. It is a well worthwhile keeping active and staying fit during this time - so I would encourage you to keep up as many of those activities as possible.
For those children in my class who are learning English as a second language it is a good idea to have a look at Ms. M. Carolan's page on the website which you will find under classes, special education, Ms. M. Carolan. She can also be contacted by email on [email protected]
English - Writing Letters
English - Reading
Our 4 new high frequency words this week are 'with', 'all', 'we' and 'can'. Continue to use the idea of a word wall, writing out these words on pieces of paper and sticking them on a wall. You can see some pictures below of some of your word walls at home.
We now have 23 words on this wall. Remember we don't sound out these words - 'we see them and say them'.
English - Writing
Using the template above write out some sentences incorporating some of the words we have learned to date.
English - Free Writing
Try to do at least one piece of free writing every week. Just to remind you of what I suggested previously -
'ask your child to 'read' out to you what they have written. Write the correct spelling under the words - date the writing and keep it. Make sure to give lots of praise - irrespective of the standard of the written work.
The children will be at very very different levels with this exercise. Some might write a sentence in which one or two of the high frequency words are written perfectly and they might have the first sound of other words. They might also remember a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, spaces and a full stop at the end. Others might just have a series of letters which look like one big word. If your child is reluctant to do this exercise or you think it is beyond them just now - call out one sentence for them, for example 'I can sing'.
Remind them before they start to count the words and spaces on their fingers. Ask them 'to remind you' what goes at the start of sentence and tell them you have forgotten what goes at the end....... they will love reminding you (hopefully!) that it is a full stop. Then let them off to write it without any help. Keep this page and date it. You know what the sentence was that they were aiming to write - so you can just write it underneath it. Remember...... lots of praise and look for what they did well.
This is about encouraging confidence and instilling a love of writing. The standard at this stage can be very weak - but you will be amazed at how quickly this will improve with practice, encouragement and praise. This is an exercise I would encourage you to do with your child once a week from now until the end of the school year.
Later in the week you could write out the sentence correctly (not making any reference to any mistake they might have been made) and get them to copy it.'
ENGLISH - Phonological / Phonemic Awareness
How many words are in this sentence?
Can you think of words that rhyme with the word 'in'?
Can you think of words that rhyme with the word 'car'?
Are these rhyming words - car / far?
Are these rhyming words - in / at?
Are these rhyming words - is / his?
Are these rhyming words - she / he?
Which word does not rhyme - car / dog / jar?
Some children find these exercises very difficult. Now that we have finished all the sounds and we are almost finished writing all the letters - it is a good idea to focus on this activity.
This will then feed into working on the spelling of word families.
Maths 5 - 8 May 2020
We will continue to focus on time activities this week. Revise the days of the week, the months of the year and the seasons. If any of you have made your own clocks I would love to see pictures. This week we need to look at the language of morning, afternoon, evening and night. Think about what activities you do at the different times. Think about the words early and late. What do they mean? Planet Maths on the Folens website have excellent resources which can still be accessed made free by all parents.
Gaeilge 5 - 8 May 2020
Continue to go over all the words on the words list (Sept - March) and 'An Teach' from Abair Liom (for those who asked me to email this to them last week). For anyone else who would like this - just drop me an email ([email protected]) and I will send you notes on how best to navigate through the resources.
While I have put some ideas here please do not feel under pressure to get this done. Everyone's circumstances are different so just do what works for you. I am not putting up too many links as I know some of you are accessing resources that are available free on line from the publishing companies, others are using 'twinkl' pages while some children love to come up with their own ideas. Keep doing what you are doing and just continue to do your best. There is no wrong way!
27 April - 1 May 2020 (ACTIVE SCHOOLS WEEK - see below)
I would like you to concentrate on the next 4 high frequency words for this week which are at, his, but and that. Write the words on flash cards and stick them up on your word wall at home.
Remember continue to go back over ALL the previously learned words. Make sentences using more and more of those words.
Remember continue to go back over ALL the previously learned words. Make sentences using more and more of those words.
Active Schools Week - 27 April
Okay boys and girls - this is a special week in the school calendar. This is ACTIVE SCHOOLS week. So you can see above that Mr. Murray has put a link above to lots of various activities. I know you all absolutely love your activities and sport so you can test yourselves as well as having lots and lots of fun.
You have been brilliant at emailing me pictures of your work todate- this week I'm going to ask you to email me pictures of the activities. Make sure there is more than 1 person in the picture. I will not put your names under the pictures so it is okay for your face to be clearly visible.
Maths 27 April - 1 May 2020
Time is a big factor this week. We are moving not just to a new week, not just to a new month but we are also moving to a new season. We are leaving Spring behind and we are moving to Summer.
So this week we will look at revising the days of the week, the months of the year and the 4 Seasons.
We also need to look at TIME on the CLOCK. Why not look at making your own clock with the face, the numbers and the 2 hands? I have made a one - see above!
In Junior Infants we need to be able to read the hourly time (o'clock) from 1 o'clock all the way to 12 o'clock and for those who quickly grasp this - I would like everyone to be able to read the half hour time too.
It would be great if an adult could set a 10 second timer on a stop watch to give the children the idea of this amount of time.
Then maybe set 20 seconds on a timer.
Link in with Active school week and use the timer to see how long it takes to do 10 star jumps or bounce a ball 10 times or run the length of the garden etc etc.
The boys and girls are used to do a 3 minute jog in school as an active break - so they have a sense of this amount of time. (They really enjoy counting down the last 20 seconds at the end of a jog and they usually run as fast as they can for the last 10 seconds).
See what other ideas you can think of - remember to send me pictures.
Have fun everyone.
Gaeilge
I know many of you are still going back over the words we have done since September. Some of you have asked me for the topic of 'An Teach' from the Abair Liom Programme.
For anyone else who would like this - just drop me an email ([email protected]) and I will send you notes on how best to navigate through the resources.
20 - 24 April 2020
Welcome 'back' everyone - I hope you had a lovely Easter and I hope the Easter Bunny was busy delivering lots of tasty chocolate to you all! I hope you are all keeping safe and well, I'm looking forward to seeing you all really soon. In the meantime we will continue with the format/ideas that we used before the Easter break.
English 20 - 24 April 2020
Writing
I would like you to concentrate on the next 4 high frequency words for this week which are on, she, is, and for. Go back over the previous 11 words again. Write the words on flash cards and stick them up on your word wall at home.
Write some sentences using these words.
The three new letters which we will concentrate on this week are r, n and m - middle letters. Make sure you get the formation of 'r' as accurate as possible from the start. This will make the writing of 'n' and 'm' easier later in the week. Again, I will put up the page structure here this morning.
I would like everyone to do a free writing exercise this week - 2 or 3 lines is plenty. Just a reminder to parents - ask your child to 'read' out to you what they have written. Write the correct spelling under the words - date the writing and keep it. Make sure to give lots of praise - irrespective of the standard of the written work.
The children will be at very very different levels with this exercise. Some might write a sentence in which one or two of the high frequency words are written perfectly and they might have the first sound of other words. They might also remember a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, spaces and a full stop at the end. Others might just have a series of letters which look like one big word. If your child is reluctant to do this exercise or you think it is beyond them just now - call out one sentence for them, for example 'I can sing'.
Remind them before they start to count the words and spaces on their fingers. Ask them 'to remind you' what goes at the start of sentence and tell them you have forgotten what goes at the end....... they will love reminding you (hopefully!) that it is a full stop. Then let them off to write it without any help. Keep this page and date it. You know what the sentence was that they were aiming to write - so you can just write it underneath it. Remember...... lots of praise and look for what they did well.
This is about encouraging confidence and instilling a love of writing. The standard at this stage can be very weak - but you will be amazed at how quickly this will improve with practice, encouragement and praise. This is an exercise I would encourage you to do with your child once a week from now until the end of the school year.
Later in the week you could write out the sentence correctly (not making any reference to any mistake they might have been made) and get them to copy it.
On Friday this week (or maybe early next week) I would like the children with the help of mam/dad to write and post a letter or a little card to their grandparents. Let your child decide what they would like to say and perhaps you could write out the sentences and they could copy them.
Again, I understand that parents might not have the time to do this school work which is totally understandable. So please don't feel under pressure. The most important thing is to stay well and stay safe.
English Reading
Many of the children will be finished the Wonderland books now. If you do not have access to other readers at home - you could connect to the Harper Collins website here:
https://connect.collins.co.uk/School/Portal.aspx
Parents click on the Teacher portal and use the login [email protected] & password parents20!
From there you click into Collins Big Cat and then you can select the book level most appropriate for your child.
You can also access more stories at
The story we would have covered this week is The Snail and the Whale'. It is also available on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?u=hheolVGZVus
In class we would usually discuss the name of the author, the name of the illustrator, make a prediction about the story based on the name and based on the front cover. After a few pages we would recap on what we have read so far, was our prediction right, make another prediction for the remainder of story. At the end of the story we would recap/summarise the whole story in sequence, ask ourselves if it reminds us of any other story we have heard (if yes, why?), does it remind us of anything that has happened to us. Discuss who were the main characters of the story and what was the setting for the story. This is one of my favourite activities with the children and I'm certainly missing their reactions to story time.
To integrate English reading with art - you could draw three pictures that best summarise the story or another activity that can be done is to draw a new cover for the book.
Maths 20 April - 24 April
For this week - continue with money (using the ideas and structure outlined on 30.03.20) and revise the story of number.
We can also introduce the language for 'capacity'. (See visual below and some pictures of floating and sinking done by Sam).
Revise the days of the week (remember our weather poem)
On Monday it was misty
On Tuesday it was wet
On Wednesday it was windy
On Thursday - oh .... I forget!
On Friday it was showery
On Saturday it was dry
On Sunday it was lovely with a rainbow in the sky.
https://youtu.be/8GKmCQOy88Y
Have a look at Number (what comes before and what comes after).
So focusing on what comes before - give your child 6 or 7 'quick fire' numbers and they need to tell you straight away what comes before each number. Then you can look at what comes after a certain number.
The final focus for the week should be the months of the year.
https://youtu.be/gtc4c1JlAEM
I hope this gives you some ideas for this week. As always, don't hesitate to contact me if you have any queries.
I know many of you have told me the children love seeing their pictures up on the website. Try to ensure their faces CANNOT be clearly seen - otherwise I can't put their name under the picture.
Gaeilge 20 April 2020
Many of you have emailed me for the list of Irish words taught in Junior Infants from Sept to March and you have been revising these at home which is brilliant.
If you would like your child to learn vocab for a new topic - An Teach (particularly relevant at this time!) - please email me and I will send you some tips and advice on navigating the Abair Liom website which the children are used to seeing in school.
https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-junior-infants/resources/
I have a typed up page with the relevant vocab and translations which you may also find helpful at home.
7 April 2020
Now that we have this great news from Leo Varadkar - I know all the boys and girls will have a great Easter. Enjoy all that chocolate and have lots of fun!
30.03.20 - 03.04.20 See English sheets below. The next 4 high frequency words are it, was, you, and they.
Scroll down below the English sheets to see Maths for this week.
Lots of pictures below the Maths section showing some of the work you have done at home up to April 7th.
30.03.20
Money
See below what it is the children should know in Junior Infants with the senior infants aims on the right hand side. This is a completely new topic for the boys and girls in Junior Infants.
It is usually an area the children love and the fact that they are learning about something they will use for the rest of their lives makes it even more exciting.
I usually tell them when we are learning about money - to ask granny and grand-dad for the coins. (Maybe during this time, their grandparents will put all those coins to one side for them). It doesn't take long until the boys and girls realise the value of the coins and what they can/cannot buy with them. Even though the curriculum suggests identifying the 1c, 2c and 5c - it is a particularly good time to go beyond that over the next few weeks.
What is an excellent idea is to set up a little shop and to stick prices on items e.g. a pencil is 5 cent (if only!), a pen is 10 cent, a chocolate bar (remember to keep using items that hook their interest) is 20 cent etc. If you have a toy cash register at home - great. So, take the 5 cent item, over a few weeks the children need to understand that if something is 5 cent then there are a number of ways this can be given to the shopkeeper - one 5 cent coin, or two 2 cent coins + one 1 cent coins or lastly five 1 cent coins. In this way the children are engaged in active learning and are also having fun. (See a picture of 'Sam's Shop' below).
However focus on the coins initially and being able to recognise them.
What is a nice idea too for the children is to put the coins under a white piece of paper and shade over them with a pencil. They love doing this.
Lastly on this - remember you have free access to all the publishers websites. So for Planet Maths (which is what we use in school) go on to Folens website. If you go on to CJ Fallon website you can access Busy at Maths, Mathemagic and more. But perhaps more importantly, you can access their on line interactive resources which the children really enjoy.
These are the pages for the Planet Maths book relating to money. You can access these on line.
Using a clothes hanger and clothes pegs can be a useful resource to help the children to understand and visualise the concept. So put the pegs on it - 0 + 3 = 3, then just turn the hanger around and they can can that 3 + 0 is also equal to 3. (Hold the hanger the right way up.....by the metal hook!) My phone is not co-operating...pics below are upside down).
Continue using the above model for the higher numbers. Hope you find this helpful. Remember when the children are having fun while they are learning - it is easier!
Maths - Week Commencing 23.03.20 and 29.03.20
See week one for many general ideas.
In particular for these these two weeks revise writing the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and then draw for example 1 triangle beside the number 1, 2 circles beside the number 2, 3 squares beside the number 3 and 4 rectangles beside number 4 and 5 smiley faces beside the number 5.
Introduce the number 0 - showing that it is empty (no pictures beside it). Write it beginning with a C then close it - similar to the letter o. (Some children might have a tendency to write it clockwise - so it's better to write it correctly from the start rather than getting into a bad habit).
The other main focus we would have been doing during these weeks in school is the STORY OF NUMBER. I have put some sheets together below to guide you on the best way of teaching this to your child. Again, if you need any more advise, help or direction - just drop me a quick email.
English - Week Commencing 23.03.20 and 30.03.20
Continue working generally with the ideas outlined in detail below for the 1st week of the school closure.
However, focusing on specifics for English I would recommend doing the following -
Continue reading Book 3 of the Wonderland Scheme - Where can GG sit?
Practice writing the next 4 high frequency words - using the same method as outlined for the week of 18.03.20.
(said, in, I, of ). I have previously put up a visual for the high frequency words. I will put up a visual now for the Jolly Phonics Tricky words. These are words that cannot be easily sounded out so it is better if the children can 'just see the word and say it'. It is a shorter list of words - with 35 words common to both lists.
For the Jolly Phonics words - the children are used to me flashing a card with some of these words on them. It is also a good idea to write some of these words on coloured card and put them up on a word wall in your home. Take the words focusing initially on the blue words, then yellow etc. This can be done over a number of weeks and remember the ability of every child is different.
If you would like me to email the 35 words or would like help establishing what you should focus on for your child - just send me an email.
We can move on to writing 2 more new letters this week and they are v and w. v can be done for 2 days (Monday and Tuesday) and then w on Wednesday and Thursday and then go back over both on Friday. Come up with as many words as you can beginning with these letters and try writing them.
For v - use the same template as shown below for k and what
the children need to hear for v is:
it is a middle letter, start at the top, slant down to the right, now slant up to the right (don't lift the pencil until the whole letter is done).
Then when we do w - start at the top, slant down to the right, now slant up the right and do the same again (again, don't lift the pencil until the whole letter is done).
What we do in class before we attempt to write the letter on dots is to 'shape' the letter on the palm of our hand, then write it on our partner's back - 'as big and clear as you can - it might even tickle your partner' and what is also a good idea is to write it in some sand on plate.
Using playdough to make the shape of the letter too. This helps develop the fine motor skills which are crucial for developing good writing skills.
Again, use the idea outlined below for our previous letter and dot some v's onto the lines for the children to write over first.
Then use another sheet for going back over the previously learned letters (see below).
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PICTURES OF ALL YOUR AMAZING WORK
DURING COVID 19 SCHOOL CLOSURE
18 June 2020
Sam has been a busy young man this week.....measuring his brother, the swing, the goal posts, the table. Well done Sam and I see you are getting great help there from your big brother, Harry.
17 June 2020
Well done to Mason for the work you have recently done... and I know Lexie is going to love the note your wrote for her.
7 June 2020
Great to see all this amazing work Sam - I know you love the letter S! Great words - sun and summer. I hope they come back in the next day or so! I love the picture of your teddy. Keep up the great work with your writing. Great pencil grip and well done on the way you are holding the book steady with your left hand. Well done young man!
5 June 2020
Eleanor has been very busy with her stick insects - she has 7 new babies now - she has rescued a caterpillar and found a leaf with eggs while out exploring which she has put in a homemade nest outside. She also made cakes for a virtual birthday party she was invited to! She also found time to write the letter z and get get maths work done on money. Well done Eleanor, a job awaits you helping to run Dublin Zoo!!
1 June 2020
Just a small selection of the amazing work done by Alex. You have been so busy. Well done. Just look at those fantastic patterns. I'm very proud of you.
24 May 2020
Lovely to hear from Amber who turned the BIG 5 during the week. You have been very busy making butterflies, painting life sized pictures with your family, making a shop and a dolls house! Not only that, but you have also been very busy painting furniture. Well done Amber.
24 May 2020
Well done to Violet for painting these stones in such beautiful colours.
15 May 2020
Look at those delicious muffins! Thank you for sharing how to make them in your amazing free writing Emma. You have also been busy with your letter writing and reading too. It's great to hear you have been back to football and camogie training - through zoom. Well done. Up the Dubs ……… Up the Kingdom!
15 May 2020
Who is that hiding behind the leaf?! Wow - is this the biggest leaf in Dublin? Here's a challenge - can anyone find a leaf that is bigger than this? Well done Alfie. I know you really enjoyed your Summer nature walk and I know you have been out fishing too. Fantastic! Well done also on your super writing. Keep up the great work.
10 May 2020
Eleanor you have been so busy. Thank you for sending all these amazing pictures. Your clock is excellent and I love your writing and your work on capacity. Your letter to your nanny is something special - no wonder she put it in a frame. Well done. Keep up the excellent work.
7 May 2020
Well done Conor. You have done excellent work there. I love your clock! I also heard your big news...….. you lost your first tooth - wow! So grown up. Great to hear that the work of the tooth fairy is essential work and they do not have to stay at home. Keep up the great work Usain Bolt!!
6 May 2020
Great to see Luke doing lots of maths. Well done young man, great work!
6 May 2020
Thanks Lexie for sending these pictures of your great work. You have been very busy. Well done, super job.
5 May 2020
Super work from Leja who has done lots of writing and just look at that excellent painting. It looks like Summer with those beautiful colours. Who is that behind the face mask?
5 May 2020
Holly - I just love your clock! It looks great. Well done also on your writing. You have done so well. Keep up the great work.
5 May 2020
Well done Sam on your free writing - you have been a very busy man. Great to see you working on your rhyming words. Maith thú. Keep up the great work.
4 May 2020
Fabulous example of free writing from Emma. Well done - you are a little star.
4 May 2020
Super creations from Mason - you will have to be the mini múinteoir for art when you get back to school. Well done on your amazing bird feeder and your jelly fish. Keep up the great work on your maths and colouring too.
1 May 2020
More activities as part of Active 'Home' Week - look who completed a treasure hunt on the green and a forest trail! I also heard they did an obstacle course in their garden. Well done!
27 April 2020
As part of Active Schools Week - well done to the boys for their jog/walk by the canal.
26 April 2020
Well done on your writing of h and b Sam. I just love your big clock which I know your mammy told me was bought at School and Office Supplies at Newlands Cross. This is a super idea for anyone to have at home. I also heard you wrote a card to your grandparents - fantastic, I'm sure receiving your card meant so much to them. Keep up the great work young man!
24 April '20
Well done to Kyle. You have been very busy with your writing, maths and drawing. Keep up the great work. I saw pictures showing your new cool haircut too! I'm jealous. We all need a hairdresser in our home right now! Lucky you.
23 April '20
Mason has also been busy with his writing today. And wow - look at that gigantic word wall. That is just brilliant!
23 April '20
Sam has been busy with his writing today - well done. Happy birthday to big brother Harry - enjoy your celebrations.
22 April 20
A big hello to Mason. Fantastic work with the planets. I hope you sang the song for mam and dad too. Great to hear from you. Delighted to see picture of your writing too. Well done Mason. Keep it up!
22 April '20
Keep up the great work with your writing Holly. Fantastic! Well done! Look at the amazing Easter Bonnet. I love it! Move over Philip Tracey - Holly is here!
22 April '20
Great work from Eleanor - and just look at the volcano! It is brilliant to see you working with money too. Super job Eleanor!
22 April '20
Well done to Sam on his floating and sinking experiments in science. Great integration with capacity in maths. Super job!
7 April '20
Well done to Eleanor for her fantastic work below. If like me, you think these are not real spiders....... then you are wrong!! Say hello to Eleanor's pet stick insects that got involved in the high frequency words exercise. Wow Eleanor - amazing.
Doesn't she look so professional using that microscope? Well done also on your super writing - (I love your pencil grip and just like your last work - the way you are using your other hand to hold the page steady). Your work on the story of number is excellent. You have been so busy! Jellies with your name on them going into my bag now.
3 April '20
Thank you Sam for sharing a picture of your Easter Bunny. I hear you were very keen to include green and yellow in your choice of colours! Up the Kingdom!! I hope the Easter Bunny brings you lots of chocolate - you certainly deserve it. Great work also on ordering your numbers. Well done Sam!
1 April '20
A big hi to Lucy who has been very busy getting school work done at home. That writing is super and mammy told me that you are really enjoying reading your book. That is fabulous news - keep up that reading, you are a topper! Well done on your excellent maths work too on The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Jellies and stickers in my bag with your name on them!
31.03.20
Well done Sam - I love your shop. Great to see you reading with your dad and your colouring is super. It's wonderful to see you cutting with the scissors. Keep it up. Well done young man. More jellies being put aside for you now!
26.03.20
Wow Violet - you have been very busy working on the Story of Number. This is fantastic work - and looks like you had great fun. Well done.
26.03.20
Well done Kyle on your super work. I love the way you have matched your words and pictures. Great to see you continuing with Jolly Phonics and thank you for sending me the video clip of you reading 'Where can GG Sit?' - it is excellent.
25.03.20
Great to hear that Emma was out on a Spring hunt with a checklist page downloaded from Twinkl. Well done also for continuing the pages from Jolly Phonics Book 3. I love your colouring. I am so pleased to see you reading 'Where can GG Sit' from the CJ Fallon website. Super work E.
25.03.20
A selection of work done by Luke - well done young man! Lots of reading, matching and writing. Keep up the brilliant work Luke.
25.03.20
Well done Sam - I just love your work on the story of 5 - fantastic! Keep up the super work on your letter writing and I'm thrilled to see you keeping fit and doing exercise 'body coach' with Joe. I have put the link for this in the notes under P.E. Great fun for the adults too.
25.03.20
Well done Conor on your excellent word wall, curly k writing and continuing your jolly phonics page every night. I'm very proud of you - well done.
24.03.20
Well done Eleanor - who has done a little project about endangered animals with her mum. Her little brother Bobby is taking part in reading and phonics activities. Brilliant! A super pencil grip Eleanor and I love the way you are using your left hand to hold the page steady. Fantastic work.
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23.03.20
Great writing work from Leja - well done. I love the way you are also continuing to do your Jolly Phonics Book 3. By doing a page every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night - this book should be finished in the next 2 weeks. Well done Leja.
20.03.20
Great writing done by Luke and I love the way he is copying the high frequency words. He has also made a lovely card for his mam for Mothers' Day and well done on matching all those shapes.
Super work from Lexie on her phonics, well done. Violet has been very busy with her writing (super pencil grip shown below) and Sam has been learning about the life cycle of the frog and has also been very busy cutting and pasting his words onto a wordmat. Brilliant stuff boys and girls- well done!
20.03.20
Twinkl has fantastic resources available - great to see many of you printing them out and using them. I am posting here the type of writing page that the children are used to working on in the classroom. It is really easy to do it up if some people have no access to printers.
Great work Sam - writing your letters and playing swat with the new words for Wonderland Book 3. I love your whiteboard! Well done.
Well done Violet! Brilliant to see such great work being done at home. Keep it up.
Junior Infants 2019/2020
Teacher: Ms. Kinlough
WHAT COULD YOU DO DURING THIS SCHOOL CLOSURE?
Friday 13 March 2020
We have completed all 43 Jolly Phonics sounds (see visual below)
I have been sending home the small white A5 Jolly Phonics workbooks as a way of revision. We had started the final book (Book 3) before the school closed. I would ask that the boys and girls continue doing 1 page in this book every day (Mon - Thurs). They should be able to come up with 5 words relating to the sounds and they can write these words in the box.
Again I would encourage you not to write the words - but instead, write them on a piece of page and encourage your child to copy it into the book. It is also important that they do their best colouring for the visual that corresponds with the sound - staying inside lines, using a range of colours and being as accurate as possible.
It is worthwhile looking up Jolly Phonics on youtube as it is very helpful and the children enjoy the songs.
The abilities and needs of every child are different. If you are concerned about what specifically you should do with your child - please feel free to email me on [email protected]
I did an assessment of letter writing and sounds at the end of February and I have those results here at home with me.
In general however I would advise the following:
Week of 18 March (just three days)
English Writing - we have learned to write c, o, a, d, g, q, i, j, l, and t. It would be good to revise these letters and practice writing them.
I would encourage you to write the letter k this week (we call it curly k). Watch the pencil grip and make sure the letter starts at the top.
What the children need to hear is - it is a tall letter, start at the very top, all the way down, back up half way, around/in, slant out and a kick. It is a good idea for an adult to write some letters using dots which the children can write over - then as they get more comfortable with this, they can write the k without the dots. Again, keep making sure the pencil grip is correct with their thumb and index finger holding the pencil. Their other hand is used for holding the page steady.
English Reading - Continue reading GG is too Big. The next book in the series is 'Where can GG Sit which is in the classroom but for those who would like to continue with this reader - it can be ordered on line for about €5.00. It is not necessary to do this but I know some of the children were finished book 2 and might like to continue on. As of yesterday (19 March) CJ Fallon have now given free access to all teachers and parents to all their resources which is great news. You can go into their website through the home learning link at the top of this page.
The other fun option is for an adult to write their own story for their child to read. If you do this - and would like to share it - take a photograph of it and email it to me. I will put it up here. We can share stories!
It is also important at this stage the children start reading 'high frequency words' without even having to think about the word or sound it out. The first three words this week are - the / and / a. The full list of the first 100 words is shown below.
It is a good idea to write each words in black marker on a coloured piece of paper and stick them up on a wall. This way the children will create their own word walls at home.
World Book Online have made their collection of over 3,000 ebooks and audiobooks available free for children to access at home. They have books suitable for all ages. Just google worldbook.kitaboo.
Maths - Revise over writing the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. We had started the number 5 before the school closed so to back over the formation of this, what the children need to hear is 'top down, number 1, around at the bottom and put on the hat'.
Maths for fun - play board games e.g. snakes and ladders, play cards e.g. snap, make jigsaws and why not give the children a little job such as matching socks! Getting the children to copy (and then extend) a pattern is very important e.g. 2 blue dots, 2 red dots, 2 green dot, 2 blue dots. You could also use shapes. You can make the patterns more challenging by increasing the number of colours/shapes.
There are a number of fantastic websites I would encourage you to visit -
https://www.starfall.com
https://www.twinkle.ie (parents can sign up free for a month)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk
https://www.helpmykidlearn.ie
https://www.scoil.net
Gaeilge
Bain feidhm as an ghaeilge ag an am seo. Taitníonn na páistí an teanga Gaeilge, dá bhrí sin tabhair an seans doibh chun í a cleachtadh.
Use your Gaeilge at this time. The children enjoy the language so give them the chance to practise it.
If you would like a copy of the Gaeilge they have learned to date - just email me and I will send it on to you.
PE/Sport
Run / Skip / Kick a football / Throw a ball against a wall and catch it, bounce it, catch it / if you have a hurley take it out and strike the ball against a wall and stop it with the hurley on the return.
These are all things you can do on your own or with a parent in your back garden! Dublin Football and Hurling teams of the future will thank us for this!!!!!!!!!
https://www.gonoodlegames.com
https://rte.jr.rte.ie/10at10
https://pssi.pdst.ie
The body coach with Joe -
Art
www.youtube.com/art for kidshub
It is well worthwhile drawing, colouring, and cutting. Cutting needs a lot of practise - it is a good idea for a parent to draw a straight line initially with a wide black marker, get your child to cut along this line. Then do a curved line, then a zig zag line etc. Then move to drawing a picture e.g. a shamrock and get them to cut this out. Some children find these easy but again others find it very challenging. Using play dough and pegs is a good way to strengthen fine motor skills.
Music
The boys and girls absolutely love singing and dancing. Give them the opportunity to show you how they do the chicken dance / gangnam style / dance monkey / old town road. They also love singing the song 'A million Dreams' and before the school closed we had just finished learning ' Tóg amach mé.'
Finally, there is so much that we cannot do at this time but let's focus on the positive. We can dance, sing, laugh, bake, work in the garden, read, write, draw, play music, go for walks, cycling and more. If you get the opportunity to do any of these during the time away from school - remember to email me pictures and I will put them up here. Make sure to get someone into the picture with your child - as I cannot post a picture of one child on their own.
Stay safe, stay well and stay in touch with grandparents by phone, facetime and Whatsapp.
Ms Kinlough
I will post up all the pictures I receive of any activities done during the school closure. Stay safe everyone.
WORLD BOOK DAY
The boys and girls looked amazing today as they dressed up as a character from their favourite book. The pictures below show how much effort they (along with their parents) put in to making these books come to life. Well done everyone!
CONGRATULATIONS - FULL ATTENDANCE IN TERM 1
Well done to the 6 girls and boys who received an attendance award from Mr. Murphy. 'Every Day Counts' is a banner currently displayed in the hall - these boys and girls missed no day in school in Term 1.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Welcome back to all the boys and girls and happy 2020. It seems that Santa was a very busy man in the Clondalkin/Lucan area and judging by what everyone left out for him - he was very well looked after very well fed!! Rudolf didn't do so badly either!
Happy Christmas Everyone! I can't wait to hear all your news on January 6th.
It's the most wonderful time of the year ........ and I was so proud of all the boys and girls for their performance in Goldilocks! They all did so well - you would not think it was their first time on stage in primary school. Take a bow - you were all fantastic.
I hope the pictures below capture some of the atmosphere and the excitement.
Visit to our local library
The children were so excited recently when we went (by bus!) to the local library. A number of the children became members on that day. Many thanks to those mams and dads and grandparents who met us there. It was very much appreciated. Hopefully the pictures below capture the essence of the day.
Jim Gavin brings the Sam Maguire back to Clonburris
There was huge excitement recently when Jim Gavin brought the Sam Maguire back to his 'old school'. It was lovely to see his parents - no doubt bursting with pride - watching on in the hall. The boys and girls were so excited to see him. As he arrived into the class, they were singing 'Sam is coming Home'! A great day for Clonburris.
Clover Project
Many thanks to all the parents/grandparents who took time out to visit us as part of the recent Clover project. We hope you had fun back in a junior infant classroom! Your presence was very much appreciated. Thanks also to Ms. Kerins for all her work on the project which culminates in a visit to the local library this week.
It's Halloween
Friendship Week
The boys and girls learned how to fill each other's buckets by using kind words, kind actions and looking after each other.
SPACE WEEK
The boys and girls learned the names of all the planets and loved singing the song about the Solar System - I am the Sun!
Painting some squirrels
Up the Dubs! Well done to the Dublin team on an outstanding achievement of winning Five in Row All Ireland Senior Football Titles. Jim Gavin is a past pupil of Clonburris and Frank Roebuck on their management team is a former teacher. We are proud of what they have accomplished with this incredible team.
Congratulations on completing your first full day in Clonburris. Wow! Here is your very first Primary School class photo!
Our First Golden Time - Friday 6th of September 2019
Welcome to all the boys and girls to Junior Infants in Clonburris. I hope you all enjoyed your first day.
Just to let you all know that tomorrow, Friday 30 August is a Jersey Day. This gives the boys and girls who are supporting the Dubs in their 'Drive for Five' the opportunity to come to school in their Dublin jerseys...… or wear something blue.
Just to let you all know that tomorrow, Friday 30 August is a Jersey Day. This gives the boys and girls who are supporting the Dubs in their 'Drive for Five' the opportunity to come to school in their Dublin jerseys...… or wear something blue.
