4th Class 2023/24

1st Class 2020/21

The Snowman

Halloween

The children enjoyed dressing up for Halloween and going on a witches walk. They also made crazy pumpkins in class.

Space Week 2020

For Space Week, all the children had great fun in class learning all about Space and at the end of the week they painted and created their own models of the solar system. 

Ms. Cleary's Senior Infants
2019/20



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[email protected] is my email address if you would like to contact me at any time. ​​

Parents: please remember that photos or videos on our website must not be copied or used in any way.

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15th- 30th June 2020 

Hi everyone, 
I hope you all enjoyed Health and Wellbeing Week and had a well deserved break from school work. Well done to all the boys and girls who got involved, I hope you had lots of fun!
Normally at this time of year in school we would start to wind down as June usually see's events like the school tour, sports day, teddy bear's picnic etc. As you know, the children would usually get less homework and would be encouraged to be active outdoors. It is for this reason that I encourage you to follow the 'Learning At Home' page (linked below) where there are lots of fun activities for your child to do. If you wish to continue finishing off the school books over the next few weeks that is no problem too. 
Finally, I want to take the opportunity to say a big well done to all the boys and girls for all their hard work over the past few weeks. I am so proud of how they continued to try their best in these unforeseen circumstances. They really are so resilient and I have no doubt they will all be ready for first class! I would also like to say well done to all the parents who took on the role of 'Ms. Cleary' the past few weeks too!!! 
I wish you all a safe, happy and enjoyable summer. I hope all the boys and girls have a nice rest after all their hard work and I look forward to seeing everybody in the new school year. 

Happy holidays and take care, 
Ms. Cleary. 

P.S: I have some photographs from the year that I have yet to post so keep an eye out over the next few weeks! 

June 15th - 30th: click here for a message and activity ideas.

8th- 12th June 2020 


​Clonburris Health and Wellbeing Week
Take a break from your work this week and join us in our activities! Click on the link above to look at the activities for each day!!

1st- 5th June 2020

Hello everyone, 
I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend and that all the boys and girls had lots of fun in the sun! Hopefully you got a chance to collect the children's books and if not you can still email [email protected] and arrange an appointment with the school to collect them this week. Thank you to everyone who has sent me an email to check in and I appreciate the pictures of all the work the children are doing at home. 
A big well done to all the boys and girls who sent me names for our new foal! I received amazing pictures with lovely handwriting and it was really difficult to choose a winner. Well done to Ryan who chose the name Annie, with an excellent picture and fantastic sentence to match. 

Wishing you all a lovely week, 
Take care,
Ms. Cleary. 

Tricky Words: Week 5

  • Each week we will revise a page of the tricky words. 
  • If you can, print/ write out the words like so.
  • Call out a word and ask your child to point to it first. Colour in the word orange and ask to child to make a sentence with that word. 

Literacy: Mrs. Murphy (Green Copy Book)
  • Complete 2-3 pages of this copy book per week.  
  • Remember to always use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops! 
  • Remind the children that Mrs. Murphy doesn't like jumping letters, letters that are too small and letters that are above/below the middle line etc. 
  • Continue on with the blue Mrs. Murphy capital letters copy book if there are still pages left. 
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Literacy: Sounds/ Diagraphs 

​This week's sound is 'ee' e.g. sheep, meet, deep etc. 

Before you start, ask your child if they can think of any words that have ee in them. Listen to the jolly phonics song here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W57mT4x488A
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  1. Watch Geraldine the Giraffe learns the ee sound; www.youtube.com/watch?v=W57mT4x488A
  2. Put 3-5 words from the video into sentences and draw a picture to match. 
  3. Alternatively complete pages 35 & 36  in Just Phonics Senior Infants book. The online link is here also: educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infant 


​Literacy: Away with Words (book) 
Complete page 75 'Sports Day.' 
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Literacy: Story 
​This week's story is Maisy's Sports Day which you can find here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dguBluyAC7Y. After listening to the story, ask your child to come up with their own sports day game/ choose their favourite sports day game and write instructions on how to play. 


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​Gaeilge: An Lá Spóirt 
​This week in Abair Liom we will be looking at An Lá Spóirt (Sports Day). 
  1. You can show the children na luaschártaí (flashcards) to start www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-senior-infants/resources/
  2. Next look at the comhrá (conversation) content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Dialogue/AL_SI_ACT_Comhra_L26_002/index.html and answer na ceisteanna. 
  3. Have a look at the scéal (story) and the children can also listen to the amhrán and dán here content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L26_001/index.html

Maths: Revision 
During the month of June we usually revise topics which we previously covered throughout the year. Have a look through the Planet Maths book and choose some uncompleted pages to revise. Complete 1-2 pages per day. 


Project work: Safety in the Sun
As we have been experiencing amazing weather the past few weeks, our theme this week is 'Safety in the Sun.' We all love being in the sun and how happy we feel when the weather is nice, but there are also things we need to do to protect ourselves. Ask your child why we need to protect ourselves from the sun and how can we do this? 

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25th - 29th May 2020

Hi everyone, 
I hope that you are all keeping safe and well at this time. I have to say a big well done to all the boys and girls who are continuing to do great work at home, I really am so proud! I am aware that most of you have collected your school books by now but if not please see; www.clonburrisns.ie/letter-to-parents.html for more information. This week our theme is The Farm and I know the class are going to love it! 
Wishing you all a great week.
Take care,
Ms. Cleary. 

A New Arrival...Name Suggestions

What perfect timing for our theme of the farm! Last week, one of our horses in Tipperary had a baby! We learned before that a baby horse is called: a foal. Something you also might not have known is that we don't say girl or boy to describe a foal we say a 'filly' for a girl or a 'colt' for a boy. Our mare had a filly foal and the pictures above show her only one day old. I need all the boy's and girl's help now as we can't decide what to name our new filly. I would love if everyone could try choose a name, write it on a piece of paper and email me your suggestions! I will choose the best name by next weekend! I can't wait to hear all your ideas...

Tricky Words: Week 4

  • Each week we will revise a page of the tricky words. 
  • If you can, print/ write out the words like so.
  • Call out a word and ask your child to point to it first. Colour in the word pink and ask to child to make a sentence with that word. 
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Literacy: Mrs. Murphy (Green Copy Book)
  • Complete 1-2 pages of this copy book per week.  
  • Remember to always use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops! 
  • Remind the children that Mrs. Murphy doesn't like jumping letters, letters that are too small and letters that are above/below the middle line etc. 
  • Continue on with the blue Mrs. Murphy capital letters copy book if there are still pages left. 
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Literacy: Sounds/ Diagraphs 

​This week's sound is 'ie' e.g. pie, tie, lie. 

Before you start, ask your child if they can think of any words that have ie in them. Listen to the jolly phonics song here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WehwDbH9ESs


  1. Watch Geraldine the Giraffe learns the ie sound; www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoPUHeA0CHA
  2. Put 3-5 words from the video into sentences and draw a picture to match. 
  3. Alternatively complete pages 32-33 in Just Phonics Senior Infants book. The online link is here also: educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infant 



​Literacy: Away with Words (book) 

Complete pages 34 & 35 on The Farm. 
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Literacy: Reading 
I encourage children to keep reading The Beach House at their own pace. Some children might be finished the book and if so I have found a link for Oxford readers which we use in school, that you can access online as ebooks. All you have to do is register and then you can access lots of ebooks for free, with different levels and different types of books, including audio books. 

Find the access here: www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/



​Literacy: Story 
Keeping with our theme of The Farm, this week's story is Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell. As always you can find the story on Youtube if you don't have the book at home. 
  • There are lots of examples of onomatopoeia in the book (e.g. Moo, Baa, Cluck, Quack). Can you think of any more examples.
  • 'They stole down the hall' is a sentence from the book. 'Stole' can have more than one meaning. Can you think of other words like this.
  • Could you write/ talk about the story from the duck's point of view... Or from the farmer's point of view?


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Gaeilge: Turas Scoile go dtí an bhFeirm 

This week in Abair Liom we will be looking at Turas Scoile go dtí an bhFeirm (school tour to the farm).
  1. You can show the children na luaschártaí (flashcards) to start content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Printables/Flashcards/AL_SI_PCM_Flashcard_L27.pdf
  2. Next look at the comhrá (conversation) content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Dialogue/AL_SI_ACT_Comhra_L27_002/index.html and answer na ceisteanna. 
  3. Have a look at the scéal (story) and the children can also listen to the amhrán and dán also content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L27_001/index.html




Maths: Spacial Awareness
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This week for Maths we will be looking at spacial awareness; which is knowing where your body/things are in space, in relation to objects or other people. 

Vocabulary that is often related to spacial awareness includes;  above, below, beside, under, over, on, in front of, behind, beside, near, close, between, on the right, on the left 

Activities: 
1. Play Where is Winnie here: content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_089/index.html​

2. Ask your child to follow some oral instructions.
For example:
  • ‘Walk to the table. Where are you now?’ (‘I am standing beside/in front of/behind the table’)
  •  ‘Put a pencil under/on top of the table. What did you do?’ (‘I put my pencil under/ on top of the table’)
  • ‘Walk over to the door. Where are you now?’ (‘I am standing near/beside/close to the door) etc. 

3. Ask your child to get their favourite toy. Use the vocabulary listed above and ask them to place their toy in different places in the room, e.g. place the toy below the clock, now place it beside the microwave etc. 

4. Pages 88, 89 & 90 can be completed in the Planet Maths book. 



Project work: Creative Clonburris 

This week our project work coincides with Creative Clonburris. Find more information here: www.clonburrisns.ie/creative-clonburris.html

Wow work! ​

18th- 22nd May 2020

Tricky Words: Week 3

  • Each week we will revise a page of the tricky words. 
  • If you can, print/ write out the words like so.
  • Call out a word and ask your child to point to it first. Colour in the word red and ask to child to make a sentence with that word. 
 Literacy: Capital Letters 
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  • The boys and girls learned before that we use capital letters at the start of a sentence, 'i' on it's own, for people's names and places. See if they can correct teacher's sentences in a copy... 

1. i like to eat fruit and vegetables. 
2. my favourite fruit is ________________. 
3. the vegetable i like to eat the most is ____________. 
4. we do our weekly food shop in aldi. 





Literacy: sounds/ diagraphs

This week's sound is 'oa' e.g coat, goat, oak. 

Before you start, ask your child if they can think of any words that have ai in them. Listen to the jolly phonics song here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AbBZcErXZs


  1. Watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBG-syplglM
  2. Put 3-5 words from the video into sentences and draw a picture to match. 
  3. If possible Just phonics Senior Infants can be completed page 30-31: educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infant 


Literacy: Reading

​I hope all the boys and girls are enjoying our new Wonderland reader, The Beach House. It is available to access online through the following link: my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1. 
  • Please read two pages per night with your child and point out any tricky words on each page.  
  • Before reading, ask your child to predict what the page might be about by looking at what is happening in the picture. 
  • Get them to predict what might happen on the next page. 


Literacy: Poem of the Week

This week our theme is healthy eating, so here is a great poem to read and discuss with your child...


Healthy Eating Poem by Pat Ingoldsby
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2....4....6....8.....
Keep your body feeling great
3....5....7....9
Full of life and feeling fine
Grab an apple, take a bite
Fruit and veggies keep you right.
Nature's goodness just for you
Fresh as sparkling morning dew.
Oranges filled with vitamin C
Delicious juicy energy.
Crunch a carrot, munch a pear
Everyone deserves their share.
Eat your way to tingling health
Treat yourself to nature's wealth. 
Lively people on the go
Love the fruit and veggie glow! 


Gaeilge: Am Dinnéir (Dinner Time) 

This week we are revising am dinnéir which we have covered earlier on in the year. Your child can listen t the story and songs here:
 content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L03_001/index.html
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There is also a matching cards name which the boys and girls really enjoy
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Maths: Data 

This week we are revising the topic of data (collecting and sorting information and then recording the facts). We did this previously in class using the children's birthday months and finding out what was the most popular month for birthdays in the class. 


Try and fill out this interactive data chart: 
content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_047/index.html


Now see if you can make your own data chart by using ideas from your own environment e.g. the colour of cars parked on your road/ different flowers in your garden etc. 


​Project: Healthy Eating

This week for our mini project your child can make a diary of all the healthy things they eat in a day/ week. You can draw pictures or write words or sentences! 

Your child could make a healthy breakfast/ lunch/ dinner menu either! 


Here is a lunch box template you could copy for your diary! www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-t-t-2399-australia---healthy-eating-lunch-activity



11th- 15th May 2020 ​

Wow work! 

Tricky Words: Week 2

  • Each week we will revise a page of the tricky words. 
  • If you can, print/ write out the words like so.
  • Call out a word and ask your child to point to it first. Colour in the word yellow and ask to child to make a sentence with that word. 

Literacy: Capital Letters 

  • The boys and girls learned before that we use capital letters at the start of a sentence, 'i' on it's own, for people's names and places. See if they can correct teacher's sentences in a copy... 

1. today is monday. 
2. today's date is the 11th of may 2020. 
3. it is __________ (sunny/cloudy/ raining) outside. 
4. today i am going to _____________. 
5. my favourite game to play is _____________.  



Literacy: Sounds/ Diagraphs 

This week's sound is ai e.g. rain, pain, Spain. 

Before you start, ask your child if they can think of any words that have ai in them. Listen to the jolly phonics song here www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDRar3qbQjk

A simple rhyme for ai is: The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. 

  1. Watch Little Learners ai video www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDzpV3jFefs
  2. Put 3-5 words from the video into sentences and draw a picture to match. 
  3. If possible Just phonics Senior Infants can be completed page 27-29: educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infant 




Literacy: Reading 

I hope all the boys and girls are enjoying our new Wonderland reader, The Beach House. It is available to access online through the following link: my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1. 
  • Please read two pages per night with your child and point out any tricky words on each page.  
  • Before reading, ask your child to predict what the page might be about by looking at what is happening in the picture. 
  • Get them to predict what might happen on the next page. 

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Literacy: Story 

This week's story is Little Red Riding Hood. As always, if you do not have this book at home you can access it on YouTube. 
  • Ask your child if they have heard the story before and if so get them to retell it to you in their own words.

Extra Activities: 
  • Create a small world for Little Red Riding Hood by using materials you already have at home. Use part of a garden/ green area for the woods/ make a house for her grandmother and use toys as the characters to act out the story. 



Gaeilge: Scéal 

This week's story is Cochaillín Dearg (Little Red Riding Hood). 

There are flashcards of words from the story here; www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-senior-infants/resources/

An scéal Cochaillín Dearg can be found here; content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Stories/AL_SI_ACT_Sceal_L06_CochaillinDearg/build/index.html



Maths: Money 

This week's topic for Maths is Money. Your child should be able to recognise 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c and 20c. Get your child to use these coins at home and sort them by size and colour. Then can then order the coins from lowest to highest. 

Activities: 
1. Coin rubbings
Make coin rubbings by placing coins under a piece of paper and rubbing a pencil/crayon lightly over the top and matching the rubbings to the original coins on completion. This exercise will encourage the children to look more closely at the coin design features and thus facilitate the development of coin recognition.

2. Set up shop
Ask your child to set up a shop and find things around the house to 'sell'. Get them to label each item a different price. Encourage them to add up the prices and to give the correct change back! They can practice their number writing by making receipts too. 

3. Interactive games
content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_108/index.html

content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_109/index.html

​content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_110/index.html

content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_112/index.html

4.Problem solving
 Benny and Betty went to the sweet shop. Mum had given them 5c to spend. They both wanted lollipops costing 2c each.  

(a) Have they enough money to buy 2 lollipops?  
(b) Will they have any money left over? 
(c) Can they buy an extra lollipop for their friend Tom?
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5. Worksheets

Planet Maths pages 108-111 (if possible) www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/planet-mathssi/ebook/

www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-2894-how-much-money-is-in-my-piggy-bank-differentiated-worksheets-euros

www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-n-5276-up-up-and-away-money-addition-problems-activity-sheet



Art
We have used Art Hub in school before and the boys and girls love it! See if they can copy this butterfly to tie in with our mini project!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxtH-OkFxU


Mini Project: The life cycle of a butterfly

This week we are learning about the life cycle of a butterfly- how a butterfly starts off as a little egg and goes through different stages before it turns into an amazing insect! 

Watch this video; www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1S8WzwLPlM
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​See if you can draw your own life cycle of a butterfly with these words: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. 

​5th- 8th May 2020

Hi everyone,
I hope you all had a nice bank holiday weekend and that you enjoyed the amazing sunshine we had! Thanks again to everyone who sent me an email during the week, I love hearing how the boys and girls are getting on. [email protected] is my email and feel free to contact me at any time. Regarding this week's work, as always it is suggested work so there is no pressure, please only do what you can. 
During the week I received pictures of all the brilliant work the boys and girls are doing at home- I am so proud! I told them that I would put up these pictures here on our class page to show off their super efforts and it also proved to be some motivation for them too! Well done and keep up the good work! 

Wishing you a safe and happy week,
Ms. Cleary. 

Tricky Words Page 1 

  • Each week we will revise a page of the tricky words. 
  • If you can, print/ write out the words like so.
  • Call out a word and ask your child to point to it first. Colour in the word blue and ask to child to make a sentence with that word. 
***Please remind your child to write their name and the date on their work everyday. 



​Literacy: Capital Letters
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  • The boys and girls learned before that we use capital letters at the start of a sentence, 'i' on it's own, for people's names and places. See if they can correct teacher's sentences in a copy... 

1. summer is one of the four seasons. 
2. it comes after spring and before autumn. 
3. the weather gets warmer in summer. 
5. it is my favourite season because i get to eat lots of ice-cream! 
6. i wear sun cream to protect my skin. 
7. i like to play out in the sun with my friends. their names are ________________. 




Literacy: Sounds/ Diagraphs
This week we are learning about the diagraph 'y' e.g. daisy, fairy, noisy. The children learned before that some letters can have a few different sounds- sometimes y helps out 'shy i' for words such as cry, sky, my and then in this case y has an 'ee' sound.

This saying might help: y is ee's best friend. She says ee too!


Let's think, ask your child... 
  • If you could make a berry smoothie, what berries that end in 'y' could you put in it? 
  • Can you think of any feelings that end in 'y'? (happy, angry, lonely, crazy). 
  • How many of the dwarves in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves end in 'y'? Sneezy, Dopey, Grumpy, Doc, Happy, Bashful and Sleepy. 


Literacy: Reading 
I hope all the boys and girls are getting on well with our new Wonderland reader, The Beach House. It is available to access online through the following link: my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1. 
  • Please read two pages per night with your child and point out any tricky words on each page. 
  • See if there are any words on the pages that have our sound of the week 'y'. 
  • Ask your child to describe what is happening in the picture and how each character might be feeling based on their facial expression. 
  • Get them to predict what might happen on the next page. 

​Games: 
How many- Ask your child to call out words from pages 18/19 e.g. she. Get them to count how many times the word she is mentioned on the two pages. Repeat with a new word. 

Finish my sentence- Choose a sentence from page 20 or 21. Choose a sentence and call out the first three words in the sentence e.g. 'Then she puts'. Get your child to skim the page for the sentence and finish it! 


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Literacy: Story 
​This week's story is Cinderella. If you don't have this book at home you can find it on YouTube or ask your child if they know the story already and get them to tell you what happens. Ask them lots of questions such as their favourite part of the story and why, how did Cinderella's stepsisters treat her? how do you think Cinderella felt? 


Extra activities: 
  • Draw a picture of your favourite part of the story. 
  • Design an alternative dress for Cinderella. 
  • Choose another vegetable that Cinderella could use as her carriage! 



Gaeilge: Sceal 
This week the children can listen to a story we did previously- Luaithriona (Cinderella). 

Before your child listens to the story you can show them the online flashcards here: 
www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-senior-infants/resources/

You will find the full story here: 
content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Stories/AL_SI_ACT_Sceal_L12_Luaithriona/build/index.html




Maths: 3D shapes 
This week we are revising the 3D shapes; cube, cuboid, sphere, pyramid, cylinder, cone and triangular prism. 

You can find all these shapes here; 
content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/toolkit/3d/index.html

Watch this video on sorting shapes; 
content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/video/pm_si_v054.mp4
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  • Get your child to do a shape hunt around the house/ garden and collect as many objects as they can.
  • Ask your child to describe each shape discussing if the shape has flat/ curved lines, if it has corners, how many faces it has ( e.g. a cube has 6 faces), if it has edges. 
  • Do the roll test and see what shapes can roll and ones that cannot and why?

Play ‘Hide a Shape’: Hide a shape, e.g. a cube, in a bag and describe its properties: ‡
  • I have 6 faces which are square. 
  • My edges are all straight 
  • I have 8 corners 
  • I cannot roll along the floor 
  • What am I?  
 
  • Get your child to invent and design new 3D shapes by combining and dividing a set of assorted shapes.


Here are some interactive games:
pbskids.org/peg/games/magical-shape-hunt

​content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_054/index.html


​Project work: Summer
It is now officially summer in Ireland, so this week for our mini project we will look at the signs of summer. Your child can view this power point all about summer; www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-tp-891-ks1-when-is-summer-powerpoint
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Encourage your child to draw pictures of : 
- Clothes we wear in summer 
- Weather in the summer 
- Food we eat in the summer
- Your favourite summer holiday


Talk about signs of summer in nature when in the garden/ park/ on walks such as different flowers, trees full of green leaves, lots of bees etc. Get creative and looking forward to seeing all your lovely work! 

27th April- 1st May 2020

Hi everyone,
I hope you all had a lovely week and that you are all keeping safe and well. Thank you to everyone that sent me an email during the week, it was so nice to hear from you. I look forward to hearing from you all, please feel free to email at any time- [email protected], even if its just to say hello! Below is this week's work and just to remind everyone that the boys and girls should only do what they can. It is also Active Home Week this week and there is a link above to some great activities the children can do at home! Toilet Roll Keepy Uppies is one I will definitely be trying!! 
Take care and talk to you all soon,
Ms. Cleary. 
 

Literacy: Capital Letters
  • The boys and girls learned before that we use capital letters at the start of a sentence, 'i' on it's own, for people's names and places. See if they can correct teacher's sentences in a copy... 
1. today is monday. 
2. this friday will be the first of may. 
3. the summer months are may, june and july. 
4. my full name is __________________. 
5. i love doing p.e in school. 



Literacy: Sounds​
This week's sound is the diagraph 'ay', e.g. day, hay, May, say, stay. 

​Literacy: Reader 
I hope all the boys and girls are getting on well with our new Wonderland reader, The Beach House. It is available to access online through the following link: my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1. 
  • Please read two pages per night with your child and point out any tricky words on each page. 
  • Ask your child to describe what is happening in the picture and how each character might be feeling based on their facial expression. 
  • Get them to predict what might happen on the next page. 

Game: Capture a word!
Write the word take on a page. Ask your child to think of words that rhyme with take. Make a list of all the rhyming words e.g. bake, cake, lake, wake, snake, rake etc. Ask your child to choose one of the rhyming words e.g. cake. Ask them to draw a picture of their chosen word and write all the rhyming words inside it. 

​Game: I'm thinking of a word...
Begin by saying 'I'm thinking of a word on page 10. It begins with the /p/ sound. It has the letter t in it. You find it in a cupboard with cups and saucers (answer: plate). Give another example before your child takes turns describing a word. 


Literacy: Story 
This week's story is Barry the Fish with Fingers. If you have this story at home you can read it to your child or you can access it on You Tube. 
  • Discuss the  title and the cover of the book- 'do you think Barry is an unusual fish?' 
  • Puffy, the puffer fish, blows bubbles. Think of different words to describe bubbles. You might try blowing bubbles to help you think of some new vocabulary.
  • 'Barry was no ordinary fish'. What does 'ordinary' mean?
  • After the story ask your child to retell you the story by describing what happened at the beginning, middle and end of the story. 

Extra activities: 
  • Barry is described as 'amazing' in the story. Describe/write a story about another amazing creature.
  • Use finger puppets to tell a story that Barry might perform to his friends.
  • Can you make up/write a new adventure for Barry and his friends?
  • Look at the illustrations in the book and create a new fish friend for Barry.
  • Design a new animal that has some body parts from different creatures.
  • Try some finger painting like Barry does!




Gaeilge: Súil Siar 4 1. Seán agus an Gás Pónaire;
content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Stories/AL_SI_ACT_Sceal_L19_SeanGasPonaire/build/index.html

2. Pancóga 
content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L21_001/index.html



​Maths: Length/ Calendar
  • This week's topic for Maths is length. Please watch this episode from RTÉ's Home School Hub where Múinteoir Ray teaches how to measure length using non standard units. www.rte.ie/player/series/1st-and-2nd-class-rté-home-school-hub/SI0000006858?epguid=PL000003238
  • We have covered this topic preciously in class but this is great revision for the children. Vocabulary for this topic include: Long, short, tall, longer than, shorter than, longest, shortest, the same length etc. If possible your child can do pages 106 & 107 from the Planet Maths ebook: www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/planet-mathssi/ebook/
  • Alternatively you can use objects you have at home and get your child to first estimate how many lego blocks (or any alternative!) are needed to measure e.g. a shoe/ lunchbox etc then measure to find out. 

Here are some interactive games for your child to play; 
content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_104/index.html

content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_105/index.html


Calendar
At the start of every day in school we would discuss what day and date it was, including the month and season of the year. The children had started to get into the habit of dating their work; e.g. 26/4/20. It would be a good idea for your child to continue this at home by dating their work in the top right hand corner of the page. There is also an interactive calendar here that your child can use to tell today's date and fill in the blanks: 
www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=292843196

Children should also continue to write their name on their work. We used this rhyme: 'the first thing I do is always the same, I take out my pencil and write my name!' Encourage your child to write their surname too as this is also good practice. 




Science
The are lots of fun and interesting experiment ideas for your child on ScienceFun.org. Let me know if you try any experiments!  www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/​​

20th-24th April 2020

Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a lovely Easter break and that the Easter Bunny was good to all the boys and girls! 
Listed below is school work for the week and as always this is suggested work so please only do what you can, there is no pressure. I have set up a class email; [email protected] for you to contact me at any time. I would love to hear how everyone is getting on and please feel free to send me work/ pictures that the children have been doing. I look forward to hearing from you soon. 

Literacy: Capital Letters
  • The boys and girls learned before that we use capital letters at the start of a sentence, 'i' on it's own, for people's names and places. See if they can correct teacher's sentences in a copy... 
  1. i love going to mc donalds. 
  2. when i grow up, i want to play for dublin. 
  3. michael d. higgins is the president of ireland. 
  • Continue on with the next 2 letters in the Mrs. Murphy handwriting copies. 

Literacy: Sounds
  • ​​This week's sounds are 'ar' e.g. car, jar, card and 'aw' e.g. saw, claw, hawk. 
ar
aw
Draw a circle around/ 'tell me' the odd one out... 
ar                                                                              aw 
card       shark        jam                                             paw        saw        day                   

bar        pig         car                                                  sun         straw      thaw 

jar         car         mat                                                 raw         pen         law 


​Literacy: Reader 
This week we were due to start our new Wonderland reader, The Beach House. It is available to access online through the follwing link: my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1. 
Please read two pages per night with your child and point out any tricky words on each page. To begin, allow your child to read the title and discuss the cover of the book. Ask your child to predict what they think the story might be about and what characters are in the story. 


Literacy: Story 
​This week's story is Hansel and Gretel. If you don't have this story at home you can find it on YouTube. Point out the name of the author and the illustrator to your child. Ask your child to describe the characters, what their favourite/ least favourite part of the story was and discuss different emotions they may have felt reading the story. 

Get your child to be the illustrator and design an alternative cover for the book. Get them to sit in the 'artists chair' and talk about the cover they drew and why. 


Gaeilge: Scéal: Hansel agus Gretel
This week we would have been learning the story of Hansel agus Gretel in Irish. You can show your child the story through the following link where they can listen to the story online: content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Stories/AL_SI_ACT_Sceal_L24_HanselAgusGretel/build/index.html


Maths: Capacity 
Our theme this week in Maths is capacity. Hopefully your child will be able to have lots of fun experimenting with water outside in the lovely weather we're getting! 

  • The children can experiment through play by filling and emptying different sized and shaped containers. 
  • Try and encourage your child to use the following vocabulary while doing so; full, empty, nearly full, holds more, holds less, holds the same amount, holds the most, holds the least, pour, fill up to the top, enough, level... 

  • Here are some visuals to help: www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-117-capacity-display-posters-jugs
  • Ideas of containers your child can use include: cups, eggcups, jugs, jam jars, saucepans, empty milk cartons, bowls, basins, buckets and plastic bottles. 

Solve this! 
Here are some tricky mental maths puzzles your child can solve mentally or by using containers: 
  1. If a jug hold 4 cups of water, how many cups would I need to fill 2 jugs? ‡
  2. A glass holds 6 eggcups of water altogether. If I poured 4 eggcups of water into the glass how many more would I need to fill it completely?
  3.  A saucepan holds 5 jugs of water altogether. How many saucepans can I fill with 10 jugs of water?

Worksheets
Song
There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzm9urjQbWU

Professions Project! 
This week your child can do a 'mini project' on a profession of their choice. This could be a doctor, nurse, garda, postman, hairdresser or any person who works in the community. The boys and girls can get creative by drawing pictures and writing about their chosen profession. 
Encourage your child to write about:
  •  What they wear
  •  What they do
  •  Where they work
  • What equipment they use in their work
  •  Who they help etc. 
Your child can complete this project on card/ paper/ in a scrapbook or make their own book, whatever means necessary! Encourage them to be as creative as they can and allow them to do free writing and work from their knowledge of the profession. Have fun! 
​

23rd- 27th March 2020

English/ handwriting
  • This week's sound is 'oi' e.g. coin, soil.
  • To begin get your child to say/ write any words they can think of that have 'oi' in them. 
  • Show them 'Geraldine the Giraffe learns oi' on Youtube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRTITdRL_cU
  • If it is possible for you, you can access the Just Phonics Senior Infants book online and the children can complete certain parts of the pages 66 & 67 in a copybook. https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infants 
  • Continue with the next 2 capital letters in the Mrs. Murphy handwriting copies. 
  • Encourage your child to do some free writing remembering to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops! 
Maths 
  • Keep up counting forwards and backwards to 20 everyday. You can make this into a game e.g when you get to the numbers 10 and 20 you have to do a star jump/ count up to 20 by doing the head, shoulders, knees, toes actions. 
  • Practice skip counting in twos, what number is before/ after a number, counting on etc. 
  • You can also play 'the price is right' - a class favourite! Your child will know how to play it. 
  • This week I'd like the children to revise the number 6. 
  • Get your child to form the number 6 using the rhyme 'down we go and make a loop number six makes a hoop.'
  • Get them to make a 'six table' and collect lots of things around the house for this number e.g. 6 socks, 6 pencils etc. 
  • Show your child 'I can say my number pairs 6 Jack Hartman' on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIMK8bHoH68
  • Give your child a set of six objects- toys will make it more fun for them. 
  • Get a ruler/ pencil/ skipping rope- any sort of line that will divide the objects and get them to find how many ways they can make six. 
  • Get your child to write out all the ways including opposites e.g. 5 + 1 = 6 , 1 + 5= 6.







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At Home Activities for School Closure
​Learning at Home page here
Dear Parents, 

I hope you and your families are keeping well and safe at this time. I have set out some activities that the boys and girls can do at home during the school closure. The most important things your child can be doing are reading, writing, counting, problem solving along with being creative and imaginative at home! I will update this webpage weekly with more ideas so make sure to keep posted. 

Kind regards, 

Ms. Cleary. 


Writing 
  • Continue with the Mrs. Murphy handwriting copy, doing 2 capital letters per week. Along with this, get the children to write out people's names and places with that letter e.g. M- Michael, Mayo, Mcdonalds etc.
  • Encourage the children to do 'free writing' - which is allowing the children to sound out words themselves without help.
Ideas for this would be:
* Keeping a diary 'Today I...'
*Procedural writing- writing out step by step 'how to' e.g how to make toast/ how to brush your teeth/ how to play hide and seek etc. 
*Make a shopping list/ jobs list for your parents
*Write a note/ letter to your friend/ grandparent/ teacher. 

Sounds
  • Our sound for this week is 'er.'
  • Try and get your child to write/ draw pictures of words they can think of that have 'er' in them; e.g. mixer, dancer, burger, jumper.  
  • Do a sound hunt around the house and count/ list all the objects you find! 
  • Search 'Phonics ER sound song 2' on YouTube for the jolly song and 'er' words/ phonics phase 3.

Reading​/ oral language
  • Encourage your child to read as much as possible. 
  • There are plenty of read aloud story books on YouTube so you can also get your child to listen to a book and then draw their favourite part of the story/ retell the story to you or their siblings! 
  • Get the children to read their favourite book then design an alternative cover for the book. 
  • Encourage your child to make up an alternative ending to a book by using their imaginations! 


Maths
  • ​Our topic for Maths this week is weight using the vocabulary heavy, light, big, small, heavier, lighter, the same weight as...
  • Encourage your child to find things in your home and label them heavy/ light. 
  • You can play games for example: 30 seconds- where the children must answer one question in 30 seconds... 
Name 3 light/heavy animals. 
Name 3 light/heavy types of fruit.
Name 3 light/heavy vegetables.
Name an animal which is lighter/much lighter than a dog.
Name an animal which is heavier/much heavier than a dog.
  • Card games are good for counting on, for example get a deck of cards, put 10 cards facing down and choose 2/3 cards and add the numbers together. Write down the numbers each time and the person with the biggest number at the end wins. 

Other useful links
https://www.twinkl.ie/
Parents can sign up to twinkl for a month free! Excellent resource. 
​https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
https://www.starfall.com/h/
​https://www.scoilnet.ie/
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​https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
​https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/GoNoodleGames
https://www.youtube.com/user/JackHartmann
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Happy Halloween!

Procedural Writing: How to carve a pumpkin

Our Class Family Tree

Space Week
October 2019

Student of the Week, Gaeilgoir na Seachtaine, Kindness Award
4th October 2019

Student of the Week, Gaeilgoir na Seachtaine, Kindness Award
27th September 2019

Student of the Week, Gaeilgoir na Seachtaine, Kindness Award
13th September 2019

Student of the Week, Gaeilgoir na Seachtaine, Kindness Award
20th September 2019

Student of the Week, Gaeilgoir na Seachtaine, Kindness Award
6th September 2019

Ms. Cleary's Junior Infants
​2018/19

First Day of School... 

Well done to our Students of the Week! 

Jersey day...Up the Dubs! 

Building Fun! 

Purple Jelly! 

The boys and girls were learning about our new colour this week; purple! They painted lovely pictures of purple jelly... 

This is us as babies...

Space Week! 

Halloween Art...

Happy Halloween... 

Christmas shoe box appeal 2018

Well done to all the very generous boys and girls in Junior Infants who gave presents for the shoe box appeal. They will be making lots of boys and girls who are less fortunate around the world very happy this Christmas!

Buddy reading with 2nd class :)

Well done to Ms. Maher's 2nd class who did excellent reading for our class. It was a great way for Junior Infants to interact with other classes in the school and it was also a nice way for 2nd class to build confidence in their literacy skills. 



It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... 
​

Grandparent's Day 

Engineer's Week 

Seachtain na Gaeilge! 

Mother's Day Art 

Happy Easter! 

Sponsored Walk 2019 

School Tour to Newbridge House 

Sports Day Winners!

Teddy Bear's Picnic