Ms Noonan's 2nd Class 2020/21
Happy Halloween
We have been very creative in the lead up to the Halloween break this year. We practised lots of important skills while creating some fantastic Halloween crafts.
We had to be very careful making our sock pumpkins and practised tying knots with the wool to create a pumpkin effect.
We learned the careful skill of weaving while making our spider webs. We also practised cutting along curved lines with each craft too. They all required a lot of concentration and precision.
Ms Noonan made a witches potion with us and we watched as it all bubbled up!!
We really enjoyed our witches walk on Friday. There was some very spooky people around!!!
Well done to Bella for winning the Halloween raffle.
We had to be very careful making our sock pumpkins and practised tying knots with the wool to create a pumpkin effect.
We learned the careful skill of weaving while making our spider webs. We also practised cutting along curved lines with each craft too. They all required a lot of concentration and precision.
Ms Noonan made a witches potion with us and we watched as it all bubbled up!!
We really enjoyed our witches walk on Friday. There was some very spooky people around!!!
Well done to Bella for winning the Halloween raffle.
Hands on Maths!
We were using lolipop sticks in our pods to understand tens and units sums with renaming.
Africa
We loved learning all about Africa. We learned about African animals such as, the zebra, elephant , giraffe and lion. We discovered some of the famous landmarks in Africa like Table Mountain, Mount Kilamajaro, the Pyramids of Giza and many more. We learned where each of these landmarks are on a map of Africa and we even got to see them on Google Maps.
The Carnival of the Animals
We have been learning about Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals. We were learning the sounds different instruments make and learning to tell the difference between the sounds the instruments make. Ms Noonan plays us one piece of music at a time and we have to guess what animal the music is portraying and what instrument(s) we can hear. After we have discussed our ideas, Ms Noonan reads us a short story about the animal and instruments. We have a little booklet where we keep track of the animals and instruments we've met.
We have gotten very good at this!!
We have gotten very good at this!!
Sports Day 2020
Some action shots from a very enjoyable day!
Portraits
We had lots of laughs making these portraits. Ms Noonan gave us some string and we had to look at our partners and use our string to make an outline of their head on an a4 page. We traced around the string and added in their facial features!
Ms. Noonan's 1st Class
Creative Clonburris - click here for details
Dear Parents, Boys and Girls,
I hope you are all continuing to keep safe and well. I miss seeing you all very much and hearing all of your stories and news. If you would like to email me with any news or messages you have for me, don't be afraid to send me an email. It doesn't need to be school-work related.
As always....
Do not feel under pressure to complete ALL work/subjects every day! Choose one or two pieces daily (if it suits) to complete. Children like routine so perhaps choose an hour each morning for sit down school work. Do what works for your family and your situation.
If you, the parents wish, you can submit any completed work to my email for feedback and/or comments. I would also love to see what activities you've been doing to keep busy. I bet you've some lovely art work done.
Please contact me if you have any queries big or small in relation to your child's learning. Children work at different paces and I can provide alternative or extra activities if necessary.
Email: msnoonanclonburris@gmail.com
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Ms. Noonan
There are a number of things the children can do daily to help keep some sort of routine while we are at home during this time.
I hope you are all continuing to keep safe and well. I miss seeing you all very much and hearing all of your stories and news. If you would like to email me with any news or messages you have for me, don't be afraid to send me an email. It doesn't need to be school-work related.
As always....
Do not feel under pressure to complete ALL work/subjects every day! Choose one or two pieces daily (if it suits) to complete. Children like routine so perhaps choose an hour each morning for sit down school work. Do what works for your family and your situation.
If you, the parents wish, you can submit any completed work to my email for feedback and/or comments. I would also love to see what activities you've been doing to keep busy. I bet you've some lovely art work done.
Please contact me if you have any queries big or small in relation to your child's learning. Children work at different paces and I can provide alternative or extra activities if necessary.
Email: msnoonanclonburris@gmail.com
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Ms. Noonan
There are a number of things the children can do daily to help keep some sort of routine while we are at home during this time.
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Homework for 3rd to 5th June 2020
Homework for 25th to 29th May 2020
Homework for 5th to 8th May 2020
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Homework for 18th to 22nd May 2020
Homework for 11th to 15th May 2020
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Tune into RTÉ 2 daily where they will be providing a learning at home programme aimed for 1st - 6th class. Class starts at 11am and runs until 12pm Monday to Friday.
After the 'class' the children will be directed to fun content and projects on https://www.rte.ie/learn/ and the RTÉ player.
And then the kids takeover, as RTÉ Home School Extra kicks off at 4.15pm where kids from all over the country can reconnect by uploading and posting video messages and content.
Tune into RTÉ 2 daily where they will be providing a learning at home programme aimed for 1st - 6th class. Class starts at 11am and runs until 12pm Monday to Friday.
After the 'class' the children will be directed to fun content and projects on https://www.rte.ie/learn/ and the RTÉ player.
And then the kids takeover, as RTÉ Home School Extra kicks off at 4.15pm where kids from all over the country can reconnect by uploading and posting video messages and content.
** Suggested activities starting May 18th**
I will continue to change the spelling, sounds and tables focus weekly. The remainder of the work provided can be completed over the two week period 5th - 15th of May.
N.B. There is no expectation to get all of this work completed. We know how challenging it can be to get school work done at home. Choose what works best for you and your child.
Please don't fret if you do not have access to a printer to print off the suggested worksheets. It is just as beneficial to carry out this work orally with your child and discuss the topics using the vocabulary of the topic.
Alternatively, the children are well used to copying down work from the board in school, so they will also be able to copy down worksheets or activities at home.
N.B. There is no expectation to get all of this work completed. We know how challenging it can be to get school work done at home. Choose what works best for you and your child.
Please don't fret if you do not have access to a printer to print off the suggested worksheets. It is just as beneficial to carry out this work orally with your child and discuss the topics using the vocabulary of the topic.
Alternatively, the children are well used to copying down work from the board in school, so they will also be able to copy down worksheets or activities at home.
Literacy
Sound of the week - 3rd June 2020
Sound of the week - or
Action - Put hands on head as if donkey’s ears pointing down, and say or.
Revise the /or/ sound and <or> spelling.
The oy spelling is usually used at the end of words.
With the children, make a list of words which use it. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the toy stencils (see below) like we do in class.
Spelling List - fork, storm, horse, forty, morning, torch.
Revise tricky words - because, want, saw, put, could, should, would, right, two and four.
Revise plurals. Remind the children that a plural is more than one of something.
E.g. The cats ran quickly. The boys ate their sweets.
If a word ends in /sh/, /ch/, /s/, or /x/, the plural is made by adding es.
Wish, dish, crash, brush, church, crunch, catch, ditch, dress, kiss, pass, class, box, fox, six and fix.
You could also make your own booklet like the one shown below.
Sound of the week - 25th May 2020
Sound of the week - oy.
Remind the children that the main way of writing the /oy/ sound are ‘oi’ and ‘oy’. We focused on writing the sound with ‘oi’ last week. E.g. coin - boy. The oy sounds the same, but has a different spelling.
The oy spelling is usually used at the end of words.
With the children, make a list of words which use it. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the toy stencils (see below) like we do in class.
Spelling list 25/5/20
jet, dig, help, boy, you, enjoy, annoy, two, four and destroy.
Revise tricky words
other, were, because, want, saw, could, should, would and right.
Sound of the week - 18th May 2020
Sound of the week - oi.
Action - cup hands around mouth and shout as if to another boat, oi!, ship ahoy!
Remind the children that the main way of writing the /oi/ sound are ‘oi’ and ‘oy’.
With the children, make a list of words which use it. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the pictures of oil cans (see below) like we do in class.
Revise Adverbs
Read the story attached and fill in the missing adverbs. This can be done as an oral exercise.
Spelling list 18/5/20
bug, had, film, oil, coin, noisy, toilet, would, right and boiling.
Revise tricky words
more, before, other, were, because, want, saw, put, could and should.
Revise Adverbs
Look over the list of verbs you came up with last week and/or the pictures you have drawn to match the verbs. Make up some sentences together using verbs. Explain that just like we use adjectives to describe a noun, we use adverbs to describe a verb. This can be done as an oral activity.
E.g. ‘They swim quickly’, ‘She eats loudly’, ‘He reads quietly’.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-l-623-adverbs-powerpoint
Sound of the week - 3rd June 2020
Sound of the week - or
Action - Put hands on head as if donkey’s ears pointing down, and say or.
Revise the /or/ sound and <or> spelling.
The oy spelling is usually used at the end of words.
With the children, make a list of words which use it. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the toy stencils (see below) like we do in class.
Spelling List - fork, storm, horse, forty, morning, torch.
Revise tricky words - because, want, saw, put, could, should, would, right, two and four.
Revise plurals. Remind the children that a plural is more than one of something.
E.g. The cats ran quickly. The boys ate their sweets.
If a word ends in /sh/, /ch/, /s/, or /x/, the plural is made by adding es.
- Fox - foxes
- Church- churches
- Bush - bushes
Wish, dish, crash, brush, church, crunch, catch, ditch, dress, kiss, pass, class, box, fox, six and fix.
You could also make your own booklet like the one shown below.
Sound of the week - 25th May 2020
Sound of the week - oy.
Remind the children that the main way of writing the /oy/ sound are ‘oi’ and ‘oy’. We focused on writing the sound with ‘oi’ last week. E.g. coin - boy. The oy sounds the same, but has a different spelling.
The oy spelling is usually used at the end of words.
With the children, make a list of words which use it. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the toy stencils (see below) like we do in class.
Spelling list 25/5/20
jet, dig, help, boy, you, enjoy, annoy, two, four and destroy.
Revise tricky words
other, were, because, want, saw, could, should, would and right.
Sound of the week - 18th May 2020
Sound of the week - oi.
Action - cup hands around mouth and shout as if to another boat, oi!, ship ahoy!
Remind the children that the main way of writing the /oi/ sound are ‘oi’ and ‘oy’.
With the children, make a list of words which use it. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the pictures of oil cans (see below) like we do in class.
Revise Adverbs
Read the story attached and fill in the missing adverbs. This can be done as an oral exercise.
Spelling list 18/5/20
bug, had, film, oil, coin, noisy, toilet, would, right and boiling.
Revise tricky words
more, before, other, were, because, want, saw, put, could and should.
Revise Adverbs
Look over the list of verbs you came up with last week and/or the pictures you have drawn to match the verbs. Make up some sentences together using verbs. Explain that just like we use adjectives to describe a noun, we use adverbs to describe a verb. This can be done as an oral activity.
E.g. ‘They swim quickly’, ‘She eats loudly’, ‘He reads quietly’.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-l-623-adverbs-powerpoint
Gaeilge - na mothúcháin
This week we will revise feelings. Click on the link irish-feelings-display.pdf to see a range of phrases as Gaeilge. Take 3 feelings a day and draw a picture to accompany them.
“Tá orcas orm.” - I am hungry.
Complete the worksheet draw-the-feelings-activity-sheet.pdf and draw the feelings.
Gaeilge - Caitheamh Aimsire
This week the children will revise pastimes (Caitheamh amsire). Use the powerpoint below and listen to each of them every day.
Take 3 slides a day and make a sentence and picture to accompany it.
For example - Ag tarraingt / drawing.
Is maith lion a bheith ag tarraingt - I like to draw.
- Is maith liom a bheith ________.- I like to _______.
- Ní maith liom a bheith ________.- I do not like to _______.
- Is breá liom a bheith ________. - I love to _______.
| Caitheamh Aimsire |
Maths - Addition and Subtraction
The children will now be finished their MYM books. You can go back over it for anydays / tests you might have missed along the way. Our Planet Maths book has lots of pages similiar to MYM, if you want to try some of those instead.
Maths mosaics are a great way to promote maths in a fun way. Please complete the mosaics below. (Addition/Subtraction)
t-n-7054-emoji-maths-activity-pack---_ver_4.zip
Maths
This week the children will revise patterns in maths. You can make your own patterns using things in the house, for example, spoon, fork, spoon, fork etc.
Click here for an activity sheet to practise
repeating-pattern-activity-sheets-shapes-and-colours-_ver_6__1_.pdf
Maths- Place value
This week the children will revise place value in maths. This is an important foundation in maths. The class was doing a great job in school and it is important to keep this firmly in their mind.
25 - 2 tens and 5 units. (20+5 i.e 10+10+1+1+1+1+1)
The children will remember doing these activities in class with blocks and with lollipop sticks (making the numbers on their white boards too). We counted the lollipop sticks and tied an elastic band around 10 lollipop sticks to show 1 ten. We used these bundles of tens and single lollipop sticks to represent units. We had lots of fun with Ms. Cogan helping us during this topic.
203 = (2 hundreds. 0 tens and 3 units/ 100+100+[0 tens] +1+1+1)
Again, please do not pursue the hundred, tens and units if your child is not able yet. That is work for next year.
The children will now be finished their MYM books. You can go back over it for anydays / tests you might have missed along the way. Our Planet Maths book has lots of pages similiar to MYM, if you want to try some of those instead.
Maths mosaics are a great way to promote maths in a fun way. Please complete the mosaics below. (Addition/Subtraction)
t-n-7054-emoji-maths-activity-pack---_ver_4.zip
Maths
This week the children will revise patterns in maths. You can make your own patterns using things in the house, for example, spoon, fork, spoon, fork etc.
Click here for an activity sheet to practise
repeating-pattern-activity-sheets-shapes-and-colours-_ver_6__1_.pdf
Maths- Place value
This week the children will revise place value in maths. This is an important foundation in maths. The class was doing a great job in school and it is important to keep this firmly in their mind.
- Tens and units, or Tens and ‘ones’ as you will see it referred to at times, helps the children when doing calculations and to read and understand numbers.
25 - 2 tens and 5 units. (20+5 i.e 10+10+1+1+1+1+1)
The children will remember doing these activities in class with blocks and with lollipop sticks (making the numbers on their white boards too). We counted the lollipop sticks and tied an elastic band around 10 lollipop sticks to show 1 ten. We used these bundles of tens and single lollipop sticks to represent units. We had lots of fun with Ms. Cogan helping us during this topic.
- You can quiz your child by writing a number down and asking them to explain how many tens and units make that number. (numbers from 01 - 99)
- If your child is very comfortable with this concept you may continue to the hundreds.
- However this is not a requirement, only an option. If it is too difficult for your child to grasp. Do not pursue it. This is work for next year. Your child is up to speed with the 1st class curriculum.
203 = (2 hundreds. 0 tens and 3 units/ 100+100+[0 tens] +1+1+1)
- You may quiz your child on these as well. “How many hundreds, tens and units in the number 189?”
Again, please do not pursue the hundred, tens and units if your child is not able yet. That is work for next year.
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Creative Clonburris
As we were being very creative, scientific and engineering last week, lets continue on this week with some science experiments. Below, find a range of fun, easy science experiments that involve ingredients you might have in your household cupboard.
dissolving.pdf
fireworks_in_a_glass.pdf
lava_lamp.pdf
As we were being very creative, scientific and engineering last week, lets continue on this week with some science experiments. Below, find a range of fun, easy science experiments that involve ingredients you might have in your household cupboard.
dissolving.pdf
fireworks_in_a_glass.pdf
lava_lamp.pdf
SESE
After looking and learning about the history of Clondalkin last week, and learning about different sources of water in Clondalkin previously such as the Canal, the River Camac, the lakes in Corkagh park, we are going to concentrate on learning more about our locality this week through looking at different bridges in our area and in the wider world.
Let’s start by having a look at some famous bridges around the world. Can you think of any that we learned about already (hint: Australia). Click here to learn more about this bridge click here. https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-t2-g-569-sydney-harbour-bridge-fact-file
Or maybe you’ve seen or even walked across some nice bridges in Dublin City Centre such as the Ha’Penny Bridge. Maybe you could research the Ha’Penny Bridge to learn more about it. http://www.bridgesofdublin.ie/bridges/hapenny-bridge/history
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/cfe2-g-137-bridges-around-the-world-picture-powerpoint
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/cfe2-g-136-bridges-around-the-world-research-booklet
There are many different types of bridges and many different reasons for bridges. For example, did you know a train lines runs through our area that we cross often using a bridge?
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/types-of-bridges-information-powerpoint-cfe-t-1000000034
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-1154-types-of-bridges-display-photos
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2547092-interesting-bridges-activity-sheet
Have fun with your family researching different types of bridges. Then, using different items you can find around your house and garden, with parent permission/help, to build your own bridge.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-ad-119-building-bridges-activity-sheet
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/build-a-bridge-activity-sheet-t-tp-6851
Another great idea: You and your family take a walk around your area and see if you can find a bridge or how many bridges you can find. What type of bridge is it? What is it used for? Why is it needed. You could also try recreate this bridge yourself using lego or playdoh or straws etc
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-252482-pasta-and-playdough-bridges-stem-activity-and-prompt-card-pack
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-26535-building-bricks-rainbow-stem-activity
How to draw a bridge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4rn-5mNFnE
As we are being very creative, scientific and engineering this week let's continue with some science experiments. Below find a range of fun, easy science experiments that involve ingredients you might have in your household cupboards.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-8917-science-experiments-at-home
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-a-7-rain-cloud-in-a-jar-science-experiment
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2547911-ks1-skittle-colour-mixing-science-experiment
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/how-to-grow-a-rainbow-experiment-science-activity-t-sc-2549961
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
To link with our study of bridges, we will revise the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. To listen to this story, please click here. https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/tg-au-18-three-billy-goats-gruff-audio-book or click this link for the story in powerpoint form https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-5380-the-three-billy-goats-gruff-story-powerpoint
I have also included a link to listen to this story as Gaeilge. https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-gl-315-the-three-billy-goats-gruff-na-tri-gabhair-cliste-powerpoint-gaeilge
Why not practice your gymnastic skills while reading this story? https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/twinkl-move-pe-y1-gymnastics-traditional-tales-lesson-1-the-three-billy-goats-gruff-t-mov-2549130
Interactive games
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/the-three-billy-goats-gruff-interactive-word-mat-activity-tg-77-newlink
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/the-three-billy-goats-gruff-interactive-word-search-tg-193-newlink
Build your own raft
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/raft-building-for-the-billy-goats-stem-activity-and-prompt-card-pack-cfe-a-97
After looking and learning about the history of Clondalkin last week, and learning about different sources of water in Clondalkin previously such as the Canal, the River Camac, the lakes in Corkagh park, we are going to concentrate on learning more about our locality this week through looking at different bridges in our area and in the wider world.
Let’s start by having a look at some famous bridges around the world. Can you think of any that we learned about already (hint: Australia). Click here to learn more about this bridge click here. https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-t2-g-569-sydney-harbour-bridge-fact-file
Or maybe you’ve seen or even walked across some nice bridges in Dublin City Centre such as the Ha’Penny Bridge. Maybe you could research the Ha’Penny Bridge to learn more about it. http://www.bridgesofdublin.ie/bridges/hapenny-bridge/history
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/cfe2-g-137-bridges-around-the-world-picture-powerpoint
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/cfe2-g-136-bridges-around-the-world-research-booklet
There are many different types of bridges and many different reasons for bridges. For example, did you know a train lines runs through our area that we cross often using a bridge?
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/types-of-bridges-information-powerpoint-cfe-t-1000000034
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-1154-types-of-bridges-display-photos
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2547092-interesting-bridges-activity-sheet
Have fun with your family researching different types of bridges. Then, using different items you can find around your house and garden, with parent permission/help, to build your own bridge.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-ad-119-building-bridges-activity-sheet
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/build-a-bridge-activity-sheet-t-tp-6851
Another great idea: You and your family take a walk around your area and see if you can find a bridge or how many bridges you can find. What type of bridge is it? What is it used for? Why is it needed. You could also try recreate this bridge yourself using lego or playdoh or straws etc
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-252482-pasta-and-playdough-bridges-stem-activity-and-prompt-card-pack
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-26535-building-bricks-rainbow-stem-activity
How to draw a bridge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4rn-5mNFnE
As we are being very creative, scientific and engineering this week let's continue with some science experiments. Below find a range of fun, easy science experiments that involve ingredients you might have in your household cupboards.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-8917-science-experiments-at-home
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-a-7-rain-cloud-in-a-jar-science-experiment
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2547911-ks1-skittle-colour-mixing-science-experiment
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/how-to-grow-a-rainbow-experiment-science-activity-t-sc-2549961
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
To link with our study of bridges, we will revise the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. To listen to this story, please click here. https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/tg-au-18-three-billy-goats-gruff-audio-book or click this link for the story in powerpoint form https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-5380-the-three-billy-goats-gruff-story-powerpoint
I have also included a link to listen to this story as Gaeilge. https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-gl-315-the-three-billy-goats-gruff-na-tri-gabhair-cliste-powerpoint-gaeilge
Why not practice your gymnastic skills while reading this story? https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/twinkl-move-pe-y1-gymnastics-traditional-tales-lesson-1-the-three-billy-goats-gruff-t-mov-2549130
Interactive games
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/the-three-billy-goats-gruff-interactive-word-mat-activity-tg-77-newlink
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/the-three-billy-goats-gruff-interactive-word-search-tg-193-newlink
Build your own raft
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/raft-building-for-the-billy-goats-stem-activity-and-prompt-card-pack-cfe-a-97
** Suggested activities starting May 5th**
Literacy
Sound of the week - 11th May 2020
Sound of the week - ow (Action - Pretend your finger is a needle and prick your thumb saying ou, ou, ou). Remind the children that /ow/ and /ou/ can make the same sound, just like they learned last week. Example mouth - brown. Revise the ow spelling and the ow sound. With the children make a list of words which use it. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the pictures of owls (see below) like we do in class.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-53460-ow-phoneme-spotter-story
Sound of the week 5th May 2020 - ou
Action - Pretend your finger is a needle and prick your thumb saying ou, ou, ou). Remind the children that /ou/ and /ow/ can make the same sound. Example out - how.
Revise the ou spelling and the ou sound.
With the children make a list of words which use it. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the pictures of houses (see below) like we do in class.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-5744-ow-ou-sound-family-game-game-
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-4133-phase-5-roll-and-read-mat-ou
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-54104-ou-phoneme-spotter-story
Spelling list 11/5/20
big, fox, milk, how, owl, brown, town, could, should, flowerpot
Spelling list 5/5/20
bat, pet, self, out, our, round, mouth saw, put, inside.
Revise tricky words
who, which, any, many, more, before, other, were, because and want.
any, many, more, before, other, were, because, want, saw and put.
Revise Verbs - a verb is a doing word (I ran, he sang, she jumped, we play).
Remember that if we can put the word ‘to’ before a word, then it’s probably a verb. E.g. to sing, to play, to dance, to eat.
Why don’t you practice your verbs by doing some actions with them!
Write the letters of the alphabet A-Z down along the side of your copy. See if you can come up with a verb beginning with each letter. Example - act, bake, carry, drive…. etc.
Sound of the week - 11th May 2020
Sound of the week - ow (Action - Pretend your finger is a needle and prick your thumb saying ou, ou, ou). Remind the children that /ow/ and /ou/ can make the same sound, just like they learned last week. Example mouth - brown. Revise the ow spelling and the ow sound. With the children make a list of words which use it. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the pictures of owls (see below) like we do in class.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-53460-ow-phoneme-spotter-story
Sound of the week 5th May 2020 - ou
Action - Pretend your finger is a needle and prick your thumb saying ou, ou, ou). Remind the children that /ou/ and /ow/ can make the same sound. Example out - how.
Revise the ou spelling and the ou sound.
With the children make a list of words which use it. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the pictures of houses (see below) like we do in class.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-5744-ow-ou-sound-family-game-game-
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-4133-phase-5-roll-and-read-mat-ou
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-54104-ou-phoneme-spotter-story
Spelling list 11/5/20
big, fox, milk, how, owl, brown, town, could, should, flowerpot
Spelling list 5/5/20
bat, pet, self, out, our, round, mouth saw, put, inside.
Revise tricky words
who, which, any, many, more, before, other, were, because and want.
any, many, more, before, other, were, because, want, saw and put.
Revise Verbs - a verb is a doing word (I ran, he sang, she jumped, we play).
Remember that if we can put the word ‘to’ before a word, then it’s probably a verb. E.g. to sing, to play, to dance, to eat.
Why don’t you practice your verbs by doing some actions with them!
Write the letters of the alphabet A-Z down along the side of your copy. See if you can come up with a verb beginning with each letter. Example - act, bake, carry, drive…. etc.
11th May - Gaeilge - Mo bhreagáin
To keep in line with RTE school hub on Tuesday 12th May, this week the class will be revising the names of different toys (bréagán). They will do this through the colouring book (leabhar dathúchán). There is no requirement to print out these pages. Your child could write the name on a page along with its picture. maybe pick 3/4 words a day.
You can extend your child’s learning by putting the words into sentences. e.g “Is/Ní maith liom teidí.” “Tá/Níl teidí agam.”
5th May - Gaeilge - Aimsir
This week we are going to revise Aimsir (weather).
We loved answering the question "Cén sort aimsir atá ann inniú?" What is the weather like today?
We always tried to guess what Mr. Murphy was going to say over the intercom before little break.
I have added the phrases below that we had on our aimsir display in class. Try to tell the weather each day to your parents. Use the pictures to help you remember.
Hopefully the answer most days will be 'Tá an grian ag taitneamh'.
Draw your own picture for each type of weather.
Don't forget to put a heading for each one!
(Please click on the images to show the full picture)
To keep in line with RTE school hub on Tuesday 12th May, this week the class will be revising the names of different toys (bréagán). They will do this through the colouring book (leabhar dathúchán). There is no requirement to print out these pages. Your child could write the name on a page along with its picture. maybe pick 3/4 words a day.
You can extend your child’s learning by putting the words into sentences. e.g “Is/Ní maith liom teidí.” “Tá/Níl teidí agam.”
5th May - Gaeilge - Aimsir
This week we are going to revise Aimsir (weather).
We loved answering the question "Cén sort aimsir atá ann inniú?" What is the weather like today?
We always tried to guess what Mr. Murphy was going to say over the intercom before little break.
I have added the phrases below that we had on our aimsir display in class. Try to tell the weather each day to your parents. Use the pictures to help you remember.
Hopefully the answer most days will be 'Tá an grian ag taitneamh'.
Draw your own picture for each type of weather.
Don't forget to put a heading for each one!
(Please click on the images to show the full picture)
Maths - Spatial Awareness
Also linking with School Hub Monday 11th May, we will be revising words associated with spatial awareness.
You can ask your child to draw a picture. you give directions and test their understanding of these terms. e.g. “Draw a table. Draw a pencil under the table.
Draw a chair behind the table.
Draw a girl beside the table.”
Spatial Awareness: in front, behind, between, on, beside, under.
| spatial_awareness_worksheet.pdf |
| bréagáin_-_dathúcháin.pdf |
| t-n-2545574-y1-count-in-multiples-maths-mastery-powerpoint-english_ver_2.ppt |
| counting-2s-caterpillar-activity-sheet_ver_3.pdf |
SESE (Science/History/Geography)
History of Clondalkin
Clondalkin is a village steeped in history. Why not involve yourselves and your children in finding out more about your hometown. Take a walk through the village and see if you can find the Old Cinema, Tully’s Castle, St. Brigids Well, St. John’s Church … Or maybe look up some interesting facts about The Round Tower and Corkagh Park.
Some ideas to work on might be:
·The history of Clondalkin http://www.southdublinhistory.ie/content.aspx?area=Clondalkin&type=history
· The Round Tower http://www.megalithicireland.com/Clondalkin%20Round%20Tower.html
· https://www.echo.ie/clondalkin/article/here-s-10-things-you-probably-didn-t-know-about-the-clondalkin-round-tower
· Corkagh Park http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/architecture/pre-1850-houses-in-south-/clondalkin/corkagh-house/
· Why is The Mill Centre called The Mill? http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/built-heritage-1700-today/the-mills-of-south-dublin/the-mills-of-clondalkin/
· Can you name 5 estates in Clondalkin named after saints or famous people in Irish history?
The Flower
Following on from us learning about gardens, spring and water sources, and while the weather is good, we will now look at flowers. Below are a number of ideas to turn this into active lessons in the garden/local green area, along with some family friendly fun things to go together to enhance this learning.
- Parts of a plant https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-10000130-parts-of-a-plant-powerpoint-
- Life cycle of a plant https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/lifecycle-of-a-plant-powerpoint-t-t-2547035
- What plants need to grow https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t2-s-230-what-plants-need-to-grow-powerpoint
- Plants need worksheet https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-sc-2046-plants-need-activity-sheet
- Flower Hunt https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2545798-spring-flower-hunt-checklist
- Flower and plant hunt https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-1103-plants-and-flowers-hunt-sheet
- Nature hunt https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/us2-t-168-nature-walk-scavenger-hunt-
- Garden Pack https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-he-539-ks1-summer-fun-in-the-holidays-in-the-garden-activity-pack
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/cfe-t-2544987-what-am-i-outdoor-treasure-hunt-activity
**27th April**
It's Active Home Week! This week I want you to get as active as possible and to record the ways you are being active. Visit the link above for more information, and for some ideas of activities you can take part in.
Like Active School Week, you can choose to do active homework rather than written homework this week.
Please send me any pictures or videos of the activities you take part in, along with your school work.
Have fun!
Ms Noonan
It's Active Home Week! This week I want you to get as active as possible and to record the ways you are being active. Visit the link above for more information, and for some ideas of activities you can take part in.
Like Active School Week, you can choose to do active homework rather than written homework this week.
Please send me any pictures or videos of the activities you take part in, along with your school work.
Have fun!
Ms Noonan
Dear Parents, Boys and Girls,
I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Easter and ate plenty of Easter eggs! Well done for staying at home as I know it's not easy. I hope you are all keeping very active and making the best use of your time off to get creative and try out some new things.
Due to the continued forced closure of the school, there are a number of things the boys and girls can do at home, with guidance, to progress their learning. This is also a great opportunity to revise what we have covered so far this year.
There are a number of things the children can do daily to help keep some sort of routine while we are indoors at this time.
Homework for 27th to 30th April 2020
I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Easter and ate plenty of Easter eggs! Well done for staying at home as I know it's not easy. I hope you are all keeping very active and making the best use of your time off to get creative and try out some new things.
Due to the continued forced closure of the school, there are a number of things the boys and girls can do at home, with guidance, to progress their learning. This is also a great opportunity to revise what we have covered so far this year.
There are a number of things the children can do daily to help keep some sort of routine while we are indoors at this time.
Homework for 27th to 30th April 2020
- MYM week 28 Mon - Thurs 1-12.
- Tables -12.
- Spellings 3 per night (see below).
- Draw 4 pictures with 'ew' words (see below).
- Write 4 sentences with 'ew' words (see below).
- Spellbound wk 28
- READ every day. Keep a list of the books you've read (I have provided links to free e-books below for those of you who may have finished all of your books at home!).
**Suggested activities starting April 20th**
I will change the spelling, sounds and tables focus weekly. The remainder of the work provided can be completed over the two week period 20th - 30th of April.
N.B. There is no expectation to get all of this work completed. We know how challenging it can be to get school work done at home. Choose what works best for you and your child.
Please don't fret if you do not have access to a printer to print off the suggested worksheets. It is just as beneficial to carry out this work orally with your child and discuss the topics using the vocabulary of the topic.
Alternatively, the children are well used to copying down work from the board in school, so they will also be able to copy down worksheets or activities at home.
Literacy
Sound of the week - ew (makes an /oo/ sound). This can be a difficult spelling because it often makes an /oo/ sound, as in ‘grew and flew’. Remind the children that ‘ue’ ‘u_e’ and ‘ew’ can all make the same sound (blue, tune, blew). 'Revise the ew spelling and the ew sound. With the children make a list of words which use it. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the jewel shapes like we do in class.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/us-t-l-5366-roll-and-read-ew-ue-u-e-and-oo-sound-mat-english-united-states
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-54654-ew-phoneme-spotter-postcard
Sound of the week - ea (makes an /ee/ sound).
Remember 'when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking'.
Revise the ea spelling and the ea sound. With the children make a list of words which use it. Try to stick to 'ea' words which make the /ee/ sound. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the teapot shape like we do in class (see above).
(E.g. sea, leaf, beans, beat, seal, bead, meat, read, seat, teacher, steam, treat, etc.)
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-l-53753-ea-read-and-write-activity-sheet
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-l-296-ea-vowel-digraph-differentiated-word-search
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-54593-ea-phoneme-spotter-postcard
Spelling list 27/4/20
sun,held, few, flew, grew, chew, because, want, newspaper.
Spelling list 20/4/20
met, web, spin, tea, heat, leaf, each, who, which, seaside.
Revise tricky words
27/4/20 *why, where, who, which, any, many, more, before, other, were*
20/4/20 like, have, live, give, little, down, what, when, why and where.
See how many times you can find the tricky words during the week and count how many you find.
Let's see who finds the most!
Revise adjectives - a describing word e.g. The red chair. The bouncy ball. Try to come up with your best sentences. Lots of opportunity for oral language here (see sample worksheet above).
E-Books
Maths - Time
You can print and cut out the clock pieces to construct your own clock (See pdf below). Parents can use the clock and move the hands. Parents may ask their child questions such as, “Can you show me 7 o’clock?”/”Can you show me half past 8?”
The child can move the hands of the clock to display the time they were asked.
If your child is doing very well perhaps show them and explain ‘quarter to’ and ‘quarter past’.
After plenty of practice and explanation a parent may ask questions such as “Can you show me quarter to 3/past 3?”
Parents could also ask their child a question like “Half 4”and the child draws a picture of a clock and displays half 4.
Gaeilge - Éadaí
RTÉ school hub is covering éadaí on Monday 20th April. Be sure to watch it back on rté player if you miss it!
You can print or draw these worksheets down onto a page (see pdf below). The first few pages are to do with clothes.
The children can match the clothes with the correct word.
They could do a page each day or second day if they like. There is also a word search to further use the words and a picture of a boy and girl they could label and colour in.
Visit Folens online - Abair Liom 1st Class - click Resources - click Theme - click éadaí - click póstaer - here you will find games and songs and poems which we have learned together in class based on this topic.
SESE (Science/History/Geography)
As there are quite a number of different water sources around the Clondalkin area, we thought we would involve the children is some active learning involving learning about water and different habitats found near water sources eg pond life. However, as always, safety is of utmost importance so please ensure your children are supervised by an adult when doing any of this active work.
**NB**
Water safety:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2547177-staying-safe-around-water-powerpoint
https://watersafety.ie/primary-school/
https://watersafety.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Land-PAWS-Lesson-2-LP.pdf
Different areas in Clondalkin with water sources include:
Pond focus:
Frog focus:
Duck Focus:
Science experiments:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-a-7-rain-cloud-in-a-jar-science-experiment
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-sc-220-british-science-week-2017-changes-experiment-resource-pack
PROJECT WORK
Children can choose one of the above topics - the pond, the frog or duck, to do a project similar to other projects they have completed. Topics to include what family they are from, what they look like, where they live, what they do, why they're important etc.
Time Capsule
The time capsule provided is a nice idea to document the historic time you are living through today.
It is a personal piece which you can share with your family and may be nice to look back on in years to come. There are pictures, activity brainstorming page diary entries you can make.
N.B. There is no expectation to get all of this work completed. We know how challenging it can be to get school work done at home. Choose what works best for you and your child.
Please don't fret if you do not have access to a printer to print off the suggested worksheets. It is just as beneficial to carry out this work orally with your child and discuss the topics using the vocabulary of the topic.
Alternatively, the children are well used to copying down work from the board in school, so they will also be able to copy down worksheets or activities at home.
Literacy
Sound of the week - ew (makes an /oo/ sound). This can be a difficult spelling because it often makes an /oo/ sound, as in ‘grew and flew’. Remind the children that ‘ue’ ‘u_e’ and ‘ew’ can all make the same sound (blue, tune, blew). 'Revise the ew spelling and the ew sound. With the children make a list of words which use it. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the jewel shapes like we do in class.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/us-t-l-5366-roll-and-read-ew-ue-u-e-and-oo-sound-mat-english-united-states
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-54654-ew-phoneme-spotter-postcard
Sound of the week - ea (makes an /ee/ sound).
Remember 'when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking'.
Revise the ea spelling and the ea sound. With the children make a list of words which use it. Try to stick to 'ea' words which make the /ee/ sound. Then ask them to make some sentences using the word. This can be done orally or written. The words can also be written onto the teapot shape like we do in class (see above).
(E.g. sea, leaf, beans, beat, seal, bead, meat, read, seat, teacher, steam, treat, etc.)
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-l-53753-ea-read-and-write-activity-sheet
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-l-296-ea-vowel-digraph-differentiated-word-search
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-54593-ea-phoneme-spotter-postcard
Spelling list 27/4/20
sun,held, few, flew, grew, chew, because, want, newspaper.
Spelling list 20/4/20
met, web, spin, tea, heat, leaf, each, who, which, seaside.
Revise tricky words
27/4/20 *why, where, who, which, any, many, more, before, other, were*
20/4/20 like, have, live, give, little, down, what, when, why and where.
See how many times you can find the tricky words during the week and count how many you find.
Let's see who finds the most!
Revise adjectives - a describing word e.g. The red chair. The bouncy ball. Try to come up with your best sentences. Lots of opportunity for oral language here (see sample worksheet above).
E-Books
- Oxford Owl - We read a lot of Biff, Chip and Kipper books in our classroom and these can be found here: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-site/find-a-book/library-page?view=image&query=Biff&type=book&age_group=Age+6-7&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=#
- Storyline online - https://www.storylineonline.net/
- International Children’s Digital Library - http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
- Amazon free books for Kindle - https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kindle-Store-Childrens-eBooks/zgbs/digital-text/155009011/ref=zg_bs?_encoding=UTF8&tf=1
Maths - Time
You can print and cut out the clock pieces to construct your own clock (See pdf below). Parents can use the clock and move the hands. Parents may ask their child questions such as, “Can you show me 7 o’clock?”/”Can you show me half past 8?”
The child can move the hands of the clock to display the time they were asked.
If your child is doing very well perhaps show them and explain ‘quarter to’ and ‘quarter past’.
After plenty of practice and explanation a parent may ask questions such as “Can you show me quarter to 3/past 3?”
Parents could also ask their child a question like “Half 4”and the child draws a picture of a clock and displays half 4.
Gaeilge - Éadaí
RTÉ school hub is covering éadaí on Monday 20th April. Be sure to watch it back on rté player if you miss it!
You can print or draw these worksheets down onto a page (see pdf below). The first few pages are to do with clothes.
The children can match the clothes with the correct word.
They could do a page each day or second day if they like. There is also a word search to further use the words and a picture of a boy and girl they could label and colour in.
Visit Folens online - Abair Liom 1st Class - click Resources - click Theme - click éadaí - click póstaer - here you will find games and songs and poems which we have learned together in class based on this topic.
SESE (Science/History/Geography)
As there are quite a number of different water sources around the Clondalkin area, we thought we would involve the children is some active learning involving learning about water and different habitats found near water sources eg pond life. However, as always, safety is of utmost importance so please ensure your children are supervised by an adult when doing any of this active work.
**NB**
Water safety:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2547177-staying-safe-around-water-powerpoint
https://watersafety.ie/primary-school/
https://watersafety.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Land-PAWS-Lesson-2-LP.pdf
Different areas in Clondalkin with water sources include:
- The Canal
- River Camac – community centre and Corkagh Park
- Lakes in Corkagh Park
- Garden ponds
- Places to find water https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/us-g-36-bodies-of-water-powerpoint
- Water wordsearch https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/us-g-38-bodies-of-water-word-search
Pond focus:
- Pond information https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t2-s-1379-ks2-what-is-a-pond-information-powerpoint
- Pond dipping https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t2-e-41421-ks2-pond-dipping-identification-checklist-activity-sheet
- Pond Vocabulary https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/us-t-2548445-pond-life-word-cards
- Pond reading https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/us-t-2548783-ponds-emergent-reader-ebook
- Pond reading activity https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t2-e-41427-ks2-bbc-springwatch-all-about-pond-life-differentiated-reading-comprehension-activity
- Pond graph maths activity sheet https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/us-t-2548786-pond-count-and-graph-activity-sheet
Frog focus:
- Letter from a frog https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-tp-62-invitation-to-visit-a-frogs-pond-topic-hook-letter
- Lifecycle of a frog resource pack https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2546274-frog-life-cycle
- Lifecycle of a frog https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-5230-frog-life-cycle-powerpoint
- Lifecycle worksheet https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-t-1398-australia---frog-lifecycle-worksheets
- Lifecycle writing sheets https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/life-cycle-of-a-frog-early-writing-activities-t-e-2549745
- Information on frogs videos https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/search-results/?q=lifecycle%20of%20frog
- Art activity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_kovglf_eM
- Letter revision https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/us-t-2548776-pond-upper-and-lowercase-letter-matching-activity
- Phonics revision https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-l-869-phonics-fishing-game
Duck Focus:
- Reading https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-53920-brendas-boring-egg-ebook
- Activities based in above story https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-54085-brendas-boring-egg-story-sack-resource-pack
- Character work based on above story https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-54128-brendas-boring-egg-character-description-differentiated-activity-sheets
- Lifecycle of a duck https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-54166-brendas-boring-egg-life-cycle-of-a-duck-resource-pack
- Art activity https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2548932-2d-shape-duckling-activity-sheets
- Art activity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReQT_be_SoU
Science experiments:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-a-7-rain-cloud-in-a-jar-science-experiment
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-sc-220-british-science-week-2017-changes-experiment-resource-pack
PROJECT WORK
Children can choose one of the above topics - the pond, the frog or duck, to do a project similar to other projects they have completed. Topics to include what family they are from, what they look like, where they live, what they do, why they're important etc.
Time Capsule
The time capsule provided is a nice idea to document the historic time you are living through today.
It is a personal piece which you can share with your family and may be nice to look back on in years to come. There are pictures, activity brainstorming page diary entries you can make.
| maths_-_interactive-clock.pdf |
| gaeilge_-_Éadaí.pdf |
| time_capsule.pdf |
KEEP ACTIVE
** PE with Joe! Monday - Friday @9am LIVE on YouTube The Body Coach TV. #PEwithJOE **
Find his channel and videos here : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Although you will be indoors a lot, it's important to get outdoors as much as possible, when it's safe to do so. It might be tempting to play on your tablets/playstations/xbox's frequently over this period but try to reduce your screen time as much as possible. Play some games outdoors, go on a scavenger hunt, look for signs of spring and record what you see.
While indoors, play some board games, make jigsaws, get creative with lego, play with your dolls, find new uses for recycled objects.
Here are some useful websites to stay active:
https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X655B4ISakg
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
** PE with Joe! Monday - Friday @9am LIVE on YouTube The Body Coach TV. #PEwithJOE **
Find his channel and videos here : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Although you will be indoors a lot, it's important to get outdoors as much as possible, when it's safe to do so. It might be tempting to play on your tablets/playstations/xbox's frequently over this period but try to reduce your screen time as much as possible. Play some games outdoors, go on a scavenger hunt, look for signs of spring and record what you see.
While indoors, play some board games, make jigsaws, get creative with lego, play with your dolls, find new uses for recycled objects.
Here are some useful websites to stay active:
https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X655B4ISakg
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter everyone! Hope you are all keeping safe and well. As the children were due to be on holidays for the next couple of weeks, don't feel under pressure to continue school work with them. Take a break, get as creative as possible and keep yourselves active. I will update the page with some Easter activities which some of you might like to do.
I would love to see what you've been up to and how you've been keeping yourselves busy. You can contact me via email - msnoonanclonburris@gmail.com
In addition, feel free to contact me in relation to any specific learning needs.
Please pass on the word to any other parents you are in contact with :)
I will update the page with more at home learning activities after Easter.
Hope the Easter bunny comes!
Ms. Noonan
I would love to see what you've been up to and how you've been keeping yourselves busy. You can contact me via email - msnoonanclonburris@gmail.com
In addition, feel free to contact me in relation to any specific learning needs.
Please pass on the word to any other parents you are in contact with :)
I will update the page with more at home learning activities after Easter.
Hope the Easter bunny comes!
Ms. Noonan
** UPDATE - March 30th - April 3rd **
Learning at Home page here
English
- ** Revise 'wh' words **
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/us-t-s-620-picture-scenes-and-wh-questions
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-8495-find-and-write-the-wh-words-differentiated-activity-sheets
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-4141-phase-5-roll-and-read-mat-wh
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-526520-wh-phoneme-spotter-postcard
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/wh-sound-activity-stations-cfe-l-178
- Write a daily diary entry. Include plenty of adjectives to describe what you did or saw each day. Include how you are feeling each day. Don't forget 'I' gets a capital letter when you are writing about yourself e.g. 'My Mam said I could play after my schoolwork'. Write the date on each diary entry so you can look back on them when you are older!
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-52624-saving-easter-ebook
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/the-easter-journal-differentiated-reading-comprehension-activity-t-or-1139
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/the-easter-journal-easter-traditions-powerpoint-t-or-1314
- Encourage your child to use the reading strategies used in school. Before reading a new book or story, make a prediction based on the picture of what the story might be about. During the story can they make some 'connections' to the story (using Cara the Castle Connector'. They might also use 'Queenie the Question Queen' to ask questions such as Who? What? Where? When? and Why? during their reading.
- They could perhaps write their own alternative ending to the story OR what might happen next....
- There is a fantastic story writing competition running at the minute which the children might enjoy. https://johnboyne.com/short-story-competition/
- Choose a sound that we have learned previously ('igh', 'oa', 'ie'), maybe one per day and look out for that sound in the books/stories you are reading.
- If you visit the TWINKL website which you are guided to on the homepage above you will be able to gain some fantastic resources for FREE! You can search by class -1st/2nd and then you can search what you're looking for e.g. 'igh' word games, spring, verbs. adjectives etc. I use this website every day in the classroom and you can find a wealth of resources here.
- Practices some spellings you find difficult and become more familiar with the sight words. https://sightwords.com/sight-words/games/bingo/
- Practice your verbs, nouns and adjectives and use them in your writing.
- As we had just started procedural writing (how to do something step by step). You could write steps on how to brush your teeth, how to make breakfast, how to tie shoe laces, the list is endless!
- Learn a new poem/poems, talk about why you like/dislike it and draw a picture to match it. https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poems/children
- ** 2D / 3D shape hunt! Try and find as many shapes around your home as possible.
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2546559-chick-2d-shape-activity-sheets
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-n-5526-maths-all-around-me-1st-2nd-class-home-activity-sheet
- Weight - grams/kilograms. Have fun in the kitchen weighing some items from your cupboard/fridge. Guess which items are the heaviest / lightest and put them in the order you think they go in. Weigh the items individually (with your parents guidance) and see if you were right! Maybe you could help weighing some ingredients for baking nice treats! **
- Folens online (how to create an account is on the homepage. We use Planet Maths for 1st Class. Go to resources and see some games to suit different topics.
- Money - we have just learned about money. If you have some change in the house, we have learned how to use coins and to make up to €1. They could make a shop like we did in school, and use coins to buy items from the shop and work out the cost and change.
- Some online maths worksheets can be made on https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-1
- Revsise addition and subtraction, tens and units.
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-n-5490-addition-and-subtraction-word-problems-challenge-cards
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-n-5328-week-1-problem-solving-one-a-day-challenge-cards
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-2619-properties-of-2d-shapes-activity-sheets
- https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-17242-easter-themed-maths-activity-book
Gaeilge
- Gaeilge is one of the favourites in our class and the children will be happy to know that they will now have access to the games we play in class.
- Folens online - Abair Liom 1st Class - Resources -Choose a lesson (we have completed 1-16) - here you will find the games, songs and poems to go with each lesson we have done. This is a great opportunity for revision.
- Revise Bia - Is maith liom...(I like) Ní maith liom (I don't like).
- Ar maith leat? (Do you like?) Ba mhaith liom / Níor mhaith liom...
SESE (Science, History, Geography)
We had just started the topic of Spring. We were learning about plants and flowers grow in the garden and the animals we see in Spring. To continue this learning, TWINKL provides a lot of information and activities on the topic.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-5680-mothers-and-their-young-farm-animals-flash-cards
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2545802-signs-of-spring-powerpoint
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-sc-222-ks1-all-about-spring-powerpoint
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-l-53870-hello-to-spring-poem-and-activity-sheet
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-sc-409-what-does-a-healthy-plant-need-powerpoint
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-10000130-parts-of-a-plant-powerpoint-
We had also planned on doing a project on the life cycle of a frog. The children can create their own posters with facts and pictures.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-2546274-frog-life-cycle
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-5230-frog-life-cycle-powerpoint
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-16673-frog-life-cycle-sentence-writing-activity-sheet
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-tp-855-life-cycles-sequencing-cards
Art
This is a perfect opportunity to get creative and do LOTS of arts and crafts!
https://onelittleproject.com/easter-crafts-for-kids/
Or you could keep up the school tradition at home and make your Easter bonnet using some materials you have at home. You can have a parade for your family!
KEEP ACTIVE
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Although you will be indoors a lot, it's important to get outdoors as much as possible, when it's safe to do so. It might be tempting to play on your tablets/playstations/xbox's frequently over this period but try to reduce your screen time as much as possible. Play some games outdoors, go on a scavenger hunt, look for signs of spring and record what you see.
While indoors, play some board games, make jigsaws, get creative with lego, play with your dolls, find new uses for recycled objects.
Here are some useful websites to stay active:
https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X655B4ISakg
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Please visit our homepage for lots of other fantastic links and resources for all subject areas.
Don't forget to help out your parents at this time and do some chores around the house. You could help by cleaning up your toys, tidying out your wardrobe/drawers, setting the table, washing up, maybe you'll even learn to bake something new together.
Stay Safe!
I'll see you all again very soon!
Ms. Noonan
P.S. your cress plants are safe and have all grown!!!
All about money
We had lots of fun learning all about money in maths class. We can now calculate cost up to €1 using all of the coins. We also started to learn how to calculate change. Our 100 squares came in very handy for this. We set up a shop in our classroom and took turns in being the customers and shopkeepers in small groups.
Spring is here
We have been learning all about the signs of Spring. We loved creating our very own Spring scenes.
World Book Day 2020
A huge thank you to the parents who helped the children with these wonderful costumes for World Book Day. We took part in a parade in the hall, where we got to show off our favourite characters. We chatted about our favorite characters/ books in class and then wrote and drew about them too.
We love reading in our classroom and each day we had 15 minutes of D.E.A.R (Drop Everything And Read), to allow us to read more of our favorite books.
We also took part in a school readathon over the week. In total, our class read over 85 books!! Amazing readers!
We love reading in our classroom and each day we had 15 minutes of D.E.A.R (Drop Everything And Read), to allow us to read more of our favorite books.
We also took part in a school readathon over the week. In total, our class read over 85 books!! Amazing readers!
Pancake Tuesday
Before Lent began, Ms. Noonan brought in some pancakes for us to enjoy. We got to choose our favourite toppings to put on. They were so yummy!
Australia
We learned lots of interesting facts about Australia and the animials which live there. We worked in groups and researched Australia on the tablets. Ms Noonan gave us a list of questions to find the answers to. We really enjoyed this project. Look at the cute Koala bears that we drew!!
Valentine's Day
Showering you all with our love!
Aoife was the lucky girl to win the chocolate rose brought in to raffle among the class. Thanks Daniel!
Aoife was the lucky girl to win the chocolate rose brought in to raffle among the class. Thanks Daniel!
Grandparent's Day 2020
This is always a very special day of the year. We are so lucky to have such wonderful grandparents and we love to share our school life with you. Leading up to grandparents day, we had lots of fun 'interviewing' our grandparents about their lives when they were kids and comparing it to our lives! It gave us the opportunity to look at toys from the past and even hobbies and food! Thank you so much to all of the grandparents for participating!
Lava lamps
Before we made our lava lamps we predicted what was going to happen. These were really fun to make! If you want to try this at home you just need - vegetable oil, food colouring, water and an alka-seltzer and water.
Watch and wait for it...
Watch and wait for it...
Christmas 2019
Hibernating Hedgehogs
Halloween Pumpkins
Space Week
We were truly blown away by the amount of space projects brought into school this week. Each project was unique and we learned so much from them all. We had a show and tell where each child got to come up and talk about the project they made with their parents. Learning about space was fascinating! We really enjoyed it! We even created our own moons and space scenes during art.
Jersey Day to support the Dubs in their 'Drive for Five'!
Senior Infants
What a great bunch!!
Best of luck to all the boys and girls moving on into their new class :) I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know them for the past two years and they have been a joy to teach! I know I will be seeing them in the Big Yard next year, and I can't wait to see all the cool things that they get up to! I will miss you all, Ms. Dempsey
What we liked best about Senior Infants
Looking after a baby
W.O.W
Well done to all of the boys and girls who took part in the
Walk to school on Wednesday this week!
Walk to school on Wednesday this week!
Happy Father's Day - to all of the special people in our lives!
"I love you from my head TO-MA-TOES!"
Active Schools Week
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Wake Up Shake Up!!
Storytellers and Musicians
Special Visitors - An Garda Siochana
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Sports Day 2019
Here are a few pictures from our Sports Day this year, we had so much fun!!
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School Tour - Imaginosity and Corkagh Park
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Summer Walk
Dancer for Cancer - Today FM
Maths Trail
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Happy Easter Everyone
I hope everyone has a lovely Easter. The boys and girls have been absolutely brilliant in school and a pleasure to teach. We had so much fun for our Easter bonnet parade and we even got to write letters to the Easter bunny ahead of next week.
Well done everyone for working so hard :)
Well done everyone for working so hard :)
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Drop Everything and Dance
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Happy Mother's Day
Bake Sale
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Seachtain na Gaeilge - Ceolchoirm
Our weather reports - Rain gauges
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Engineers Week
#show your stripes
World Book Day
Pancake Tuesday
Magic of Music
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Active Schools - Dance Break
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Valentines Day
Amazing reading
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Making prints in Art
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Grandparents Day 2019
We had a really lovely day for Grandparents Day. Thank you to all of the lovely people that came in to our class today. You were all so kind and caring to the children. Thank you for listening to our performance also, maybe even more than once :) We had only 12 children left in school afterwards, and as you can see, we had a lot of fun! Thank you once again :)
Grandparents Day preparations
Blow painting
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Happy Christmas Everyone!!
Thank you so much!!
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Christmas Fun
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Concert Party!!
Christmas Concert Fun!!
Well, what an amazing week we've had in school. The boys and girls did amazing in their second school concert. I was so proud of them all for having fun and doing their best. We love drama in our class, so they really shone out on stage! And then again today in school, everyone was saying how good they were! Well done everyone!!
Santa Claus is Coming to Town!
Winter Art
Here are the links for the Christmas concert songs
for the children to practice at home:
Silver Bells - Chorus and first verse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SoYra42KZQ
Wannabe - Spice Girls - Only the first verse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw-QRyQcFH8
for the children to practice at home:
Silver Bells - Chorus and first verse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SoYra42KZQ
Wannabe - Spice Girls - Only the first verse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw-QRyQcFH8
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Christmas concert practice
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Our super performers
GAA training
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Happy Halloween
Our Irish dancing Superstar
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Space Week
Our first GAA lesson
40th Anniversary celebrations
Some of our girls showing off their dance moves in class!! They were so confident and we loved clapping along to the music!
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Our school is 40 years old :)
Happy birthday to Clonburris
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Friendship Week
The key to being a good friend is...
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We are learning the song 'Shotgun' in our class this week. The children are loving it, and some of them knew the lyrics already. We are really enjoying it,
here's the link so you can practice at home :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_B3qkp4nO4
Guess Who?
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Family Tree
And don't forget
PE is on this Monday :)
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Up the DUBS!!
Welcome back everybody :)
Junior Infants 2017/18
Last Days of Junior Infants!!
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Teacher's Sports Day
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Yoga
Wake up Shake up!!
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Summer art
Parachute fun :)
Floating and sinking: Science
Learning about weight: Light and heavy
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Sports Day Medals Presentation
We had a really great day for Sports Day, everyone had lots of fun and tried their best in the races. We did the beanbag, egg and spoon, sack and running race as well as Musical Hoops. Well done to all of the boys and girls who got their medals on Friday, and if you didn't, remember that teacher is so proud of you for always smiling and having fun :) Great job everyone!!
Sports Day
School tour to Newbridge Farm
We had such a great day out for our school tour. We were so lucky with the weather and the children had a great time with the animals and on the playground. As you can see they were wiped out afterwards :)
Thanks so much to the Mammies who came to help out with supervision, it was really appreciated :)
Thanks so much to the Mammies who came to help out with supervision, it was really appreciated :)
Fun in the Sun
Sponsored Walk
Huge well done to all the boys and girls who took part in their first Sponsored Walk today.
They did such a good job and were so well behaved.
Big thank you to all of the Mammies and Daddies that came out to walk with us, we had a great time :)
They did such a good job and were so well behaved.
Big thank you to all of the Mammies and Daddies that came out to walk with us, we had a great time :)
Storyteller
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Such good fun on yard :)
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Cake Sale
We had such a great day for our cake sale today! The children were delighted seeing all the lovely treats in the hall! Thank you to all the parents who baked and brought in delicious treats for us. The children were so kind and even bought some cakes for their brothers, sisters, cousins and even parents. Well done everyone :)
Magnets
We were learning all about magnets in Science this week. We were able to do lots of fun things with them, like making paperclips dance around and moving toy cars. We learned what things magnets are attracted to and we experimented in our own classroom. We are great scientists!
The Wind
We are learning about different kinds of weather and this week we were talking about the wind. The wind is a force that can move things. We decided to use our own wind by blowing into a straw to try to move different things in the classroom. Teacher even tried to blow away some of the boys and girls, but that wind was definitely not strong enough :)
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Well done to the Tigers and Monkeys
for winning group of the week again!
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Look at our AMAZING work
Reduce Reuse Recycle
Magic Show
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Scissors work
We are learning how to use our scissors properly in school. We are getting so good at holding the scissors and cutting out our pictures. Look at our amazing butterflies that we cut out this week!
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Well done to everyone on a great week!
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Maths work
We are working on data in Maths and collecting information to find out different things about our class, like our favourite food or our eye colours. Check out our amazing work :)
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Well done to the Tigers and Penguins
for winning group of the week :)
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Easter Bonnets!
Well done to everyone who went to so much effort in making their gorgeous Easter bonnets! We had a great day on Thursday showing off our lovely creations to the entire school! We had hats with flowers, to sheep, egg shells and to chicks and some even lit up! We are so creative :)
Easter Chicks
W.O.W
Walk on Wednesday
Well done to all of the parents and children who participated in the walk to school on Wednesday! We had a great time and lots of the boys and girls came out to walk which was amazing! We were so good that we won the Silver Boot which is the second prize for the most people walking in the school. Well done everyone!
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Ceolchoirm for
Seachtain na Gaeilge
We had such a great time during Seachtain na Gaeilge, using all of our Irish that we have learned in Junior Infants. Today we had our Ceolchoirm, which is a concert where we performed our song Tóg Amach Mé in front of the whole school. Everyone thought we were brilliant! We even won the prize for the best listeners during the concert. Holly from our class won a special certificate for using excellent Irish all week in class :) Well done you!! We also had some Irish dancers from Downey Crowley and everyone thought they were brilliant! See if you can see yourselves in any of the pictures :)
St. Patrick's Day Art
Spring Walk
The children wet on a Spring Walk around the school, looking out for all of the different signs of Spring around. We went to visit the school garden and found lots of lovely things around there. We had a lovely sunny day to do our walk on, we were so good walking around the entire school :)
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Well done to the Frogs and the Penguins
for both winning group of the week :)
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Happy Mothers Day
Happy Mothers Day to all of the amazing parents out there. We made hot air balloons to tell our Mammys that we love them to the moon and back. The children wrote their lovely messages on a heart and placed it inside the hot air balloon.
World Book Day
We had a great day today for World Book Day dressing up as our favourite characters from our books. We got to design our own book cover and we even practiced our writing. Check out our lovely work and our gorgeous costumes! Everyone looked so well in their outfits :)
Engineers Week
The children learned all about the forces of push and pull this week. We used bowling pins and balls to show how we can push something against something else to knock it down - we also discussed gravity and how we would love to float around like the astronauts in space.
Practice for Seachtain na Gaeilge
The children are learning a song for Seachtain na Gaeilge next week. We will be performing the song in front of the whole school. Here is the link for the song, if the children want to practice at home :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Xiq3EgSPU
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Well done everyone on a great week!
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Happy Valentine's Day
Happy Pancake Tuesday!
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We love Drama!
We love doing Drama in our class. Everybody is so good at coming up with their lines and different actions for their characters. Our rules for Drama are to respect others, to be kind and to try our best :)
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Well done everybody on a super week
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Happy Grandparents Day :)
We had such a great time celebrating Grandparents Day on Friday. The children really loved seeing you all in their classroom. Thank you so much to all of the lovely Grandparents that came in. We made some lovely artwork and cards for you, and took lots of pictures with our very special Grandparents. Hope you enjoyed the day :)
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Well done Monkeys on winning group of the week
Well done everybody on a super week
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We are great at puzzles
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Well done Frogs on winning group of the week
Well done everybody on a GREAT week
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Learning all about the number 4
Welcome back to school!
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Well done Tigers on winning group of the week.
Well done everybody on a FANTASTIC first week back
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Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you to all the Mammies and Daddies for everything throughout the year, and I hope your Christmas is full of fun and laughter. Can't wait to see all the boys and girls back in school next year. Ms. Dempsey
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Well done everybody on a FANTASTIC last week in school
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Our Christmas pictures
Christmas Carols
We had a great time singing all our Christmas songs in the hall with all of the older classes.
It was so much fun and we even started to dance to some of the songs!
Everybody was so good in the hall and we had a great time!!
It was so much fun and we even started to dance to some of the songs!
Everybody was so good in the hall and we had a great time!!
Up the Dubs!!
We were very lucky to get to meet Jim Gavin in school this week, and he brought a very special guest - Sam Maguire. We were all singing songs to welcome Jim and we had such a fun day!
We even got our photo taken with Jim and the cup :) Great day!!
We even got our photo taken with Jim and the cup :) Great day!!
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Well done everybody on a great week in school!
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Reindeer Art for Christmas
We were very busy at school this week! We got to make Rudolph the red nosed reindeer! The children were so good at painting, tracing around their hands, cutting out and even gluing things together to make their reindeer. They even painted white and black for their eyes!
Have a look at their amazing work in Room 2 :)
Have a look at their amazing work in Room 2 :)
Music with Sinéad
Our VERY FIRST
Christmas concert!!
It's showtime!!! We put on a great show for all of our Mammies and Daddies and everyone who saw us on the stage! We can't wait for next year already! We had so much fun and we did a super job!
We all got certificates to say that we were so good in our first Christmas concert. Have a look, they are outside our classroom at Room 2 :)
And on Friday, we got to watch the entire Christmas concert on stage with all of the other boys and girls in the school! It was great fun :)
Well done Zuzanna!
Excellent job Zuzanna, on getting your picture chosen for the school's advent calendar this year. You did a great job! Have a look at the gorgeous art work at the stairs in school :)
Great teamwork!
Christmas concert preparations :)
Student of the Week, Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine
and the Best Friend Award
Well done everybody on a great week in school!
The winners this week...
Winter Art
Student of the Week, Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine
and the Best Friend Award
Well done to the Tigers and Penguins
for winning Groups of the Week!
Well done everybody on a great week in school!
The winners this week...
Christmas Concert rehearsals!!
We are so excited to be in our first ever Clonburris Christmas concert!! The stage went up this week and we walk by it everyday going out to yard. Today we finally got the chance to try out the stage for ourselves to do our rehearsal! We loved it and we were absolutely BRILLIANT!!
We can't wait to get on the stage on Tuesday night of concert week!!
We can't wait to get on the stage on Tuesday night of concert week!!
Student of the Week, Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine
and the Best Friend Award
Well done to the Tigers for winning Group of the Week!
Well done everybody on a great week in school!
The winners this week...
Science Week
This week was Science week in school, and the theme for Science week was Ice. In Junior Infants we did our experiment on how we could stop the ice from melting as quick as it usually does. Some children picked tin foil, and others picked paper and newspaper to wrap their ice in. Then we timed how long it took for the ice to melt. We found out that the tin foil helped the ice from melting quickly. We also experimented with salt and ice and the salt dissolved the ice making it melt.
We had great fun being scientists!!
We had great fun being scientists!!
Student of the Week, Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine
and the Best Friend Award
Well done to the Frogs AND the Tigers
for winning Groups of the Week!
Well done everybody on a great week in school!
The winners this week...
Stretch!
We read a story called 'Stretch' in school this week. After we read it, we wanted to see who was the tallest in our class, so we put ourselves in order of height. It was fun to see who the tallest people were. We talked about being different - how we all look different and like different things, but we are still one big family here in Room 2.
Student of the Week, Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine
and the Best Friend Award
Well done to the Monkeys for winning Group of the Week!
Well done everybody on a great week in school!
The winners this week...
Happy Halloween Everyone!!
Special visitors!
Look how much we've all grown...
Can you spot anyone you know?
We are amazing dancers!
Student of the Week, Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine
and the Best Friend Award
Well done to the Frogs for winning Group of the Week!
Well done everybody on a great week in school!
The winners this week...
Is your bucket full?
We read the story 'How full is your bucket' in school this week. We are all bucket fillers in this class which means we are all kind and nice to each other. We don't want to be a bucket dipper, which is someone who does mean things to others. When we are happy our buckets are full and when something bad happens, we are sad and our buckets are empty. So far we all have full buckets and we are all bucket fillers.
Music with Sinéad
Sinéad came in again this week and we got to play some instruments! We played things like the tamborine, the cow bell, the triangle and the shakers. Sinéad said we were the best class at using our instruments and listening to teacher. Well done everybody!!
Rothko pictures
Student of the Week, Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine
and the Best Friend Award
Well done to the Penguins for winning Group of the Week AGAIN!
Well done everybody on a SUPER week!
The winners this week...
Our Super work
Music
We are Astronauts!!
More from Space Week
The children had a great day dressing up for Space Week on Wednesday. Some of the children from our class dressed up as planets, stars and even characters from Star Wars. We had great fun and our teacher took lots of pictures of us all.
Well done to everyone for all of the effort they put into their costumes!
Well done to everyone for all of the effort they put into their costumes!
Student of the Week, Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine
and the Best Friend Award
Well done to the Tigers for winning Group of the Week!
Well done everybody, you are all doing a great job at school!
The winners this week...
Space Week
