Ms Walsh's 2nd Class
2021/22
Spring Activities
With the days getting longer and warmer, we took to the school garden to investigate what minibeasts and flowers we could find!
St. Patrick's Day!
The children had great fun getting ready for St. Patrick's Day. They took part in the fun dance shake up, they made shamrock wands and they also had gymnastics!
Looking Forward to 2022!
Christmas Fun!
We loved December in school as we got to open a door on our advent calendar every morning, we took part in the 12 days of Fitmas, we painted Christmas Trees and decorated our own baubles, we learned a dance to 'Rockin' around the Christmas Tree', we got to attend the Christmas Fair, we painted Rudolph pictures and we even made reindeer headbands on the day of the Christmas Holidays! Here are a few pictures of some of the above activities. Nollaig Shona ó Rang a Dó!
How to Make a Strawberry Smoothie!
After discussing the importance of healthy eating, we decided to make our own healthy smoothie. Watch the slideshow below to see how we washed the fruit, chopped the fruit, added the ingredients and then used a blender to make our smoothie. We also had some fantastic waiters and waitresses to help serve our delicious smoothies. Finally, after tasting the smoothie, we practised our procedural writing and we wrote the recipe for the strawberry smoothie.
Happy Halloween!
Take a look at our scary costumes! I hope we didn't scare too many people on our Halloween walk!
Space Week
We have been busy celebrating Space Week. We wrote about Space in English and we created our own solar system pictures in Art. One pupil in our class brought in a Space project from which we gathered more information about Space!
European Sports Day Sept 2021
The pupils had a fantastic and active day playing dodgeball, soccer, basketball etc. Check out some of the photographs below!
Starting Our Journey in Second Class
A warm welcome back to all the boys and girls in second class. They have all settled back extremely well and we are all very excited to see what this year has in store!
1st Class 2020/21
Summer Fun in First Class!
We've had so much fun over the past few weeks as we took part in Sports Day, Active Schools Week and Going for Gold. Check out the photographs below to see some of the activities and yummy ice-creams!
Easter Bonnets and Classroom Egg Hunt!
Check out the photographs below to see all the amazing Easter Bonnets! The children also had great fun trying to find the secret eggs hidden around our classroom!
World Book Day!
We had a fantastic time celebrating World Book Day. The children dressed up as their favourite characters, they completed a book review and they even took part in a fun quiz! To top it all off, we also had a special zoom with Seósamh, a storyteller, who read 3 books to all the first class boys and girls.
Water
For Engineer's Week, we were looking at the topic of water. We discussed all the different ways that we use water and each pupil designed a water drop for our display. We also wanted to investigate how plants drink water. To do this, we poured some food colouring into the water with our white flowers, and when we came into school the next day, our white flowers had changed colour!
Fun with Magnets!
Last week we learned about magnets in Science. We had great fun predicting what classroom materials were magnetic and then we tested the items to see if our predictions were correct. We also completed fun mazes using magnets.
Halloween Art
All the boys and girls have settled back really well into school life once again! I am also delighted to be teaching such a happy and friendly class. Since returning, we have been very busy with our school work and we have been learning lots of fun poems, rhymes and songs. We really enjoy doing art and as you can see below, first class are already getting ‘pumped’ for Halloween!! Keep an eye on this page to see all the fun and exciting things we will be doing this year!
Look Who's Popped into First Class!
Ms. Creed's Senior Infants
2019/20
June 15th - 30th:
click here for a message and activity ideas.
Happy holidays!! |
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Hi girls and boys, a big well done for working so hard at home doing your school work. I am very proud of you all! I was always so happy to see your photos and videos and to hear your news. Ms Walsh is lovely and you will love having her as your new teacher. She is looking forward to meeting you and getting to know you. I told her she is very lucky to have such amazing children in her class. I really enjoyed teaching you in Junior and Senior Infants and will miss you all next year. You have worked very hard during that time and are now ready for first class.
I hope you have a great summer and enjoy lots of fun with your family and I look forward to visiting you in your new classroom at the end of August.
Ms Creed
Dear parents, it has certainly been a very strange time for us all but hopefully by September we will have more normality back in our lives.
Well done with the homeschooling and supporting your child's learning during the past few months. I'm sure it wasn't easy and that you are glad you can now relax and enjoy a well deserved break. Thank you so much for keeping in contact as I loved to hear from you and to know how your child was getting on.
It has been a pleasure teaching your child in Junior and Senior Infants and it's such a pity that it all ended so suddenly in March.
Have a great summer and stay safe.
Mary
I hope you have a great summer and enjoy lots of fun with your family and I look forward to visiting you in your new classroom at the end of August.
Ms Creed
Dear parents, it has certainly been a very strange time for us all but hopefully by September we will have more normality back in our lives.
Well done with the homeschooling and supporting your child's learning during the past few months. I'm sure it wasn't easy and that you are glad you can now relax and enjoy a well deserved break. Thank you so much for keeping in contact as I loved to hear from you and to know how your child was getting on.
It has been a pleasure teaching your child in Junior and Senior Infants and it's such a pity that it all ended so suddenly in March.
Have a great summer and stay safe.
Mary
8th -12th June
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!!
Creative Clonburris - click here for details
Learning at Home page here
Dear parents, I hope you are all keeping safe and well and that you had a good week. My email is [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you and to know how your child is getting on. Please feel free to send photos of your child's work (e.g. drawings, school work, LEGO creations etc.) or just a little note to say hello. Thank you to all the parents who have already emailed. It was so good to hear from you! Each week I will give some additional work. These are only suggestions as I know that some of you are working from home or minding other children, so please don't feel under any pressure. Don't worry as your child has worked very hard all year and will catch up when back to school. In the meantime, have a good week, mind yourselves and stay safe.
M. Creed
For parents who don't speak English at home and feel their child may need some extra support, have a look at Ms. Carolan's website for lots of ideas and activities
http://www.clonburrisns.ie/eal-ms-m-carolan.html or email
[email protected]
You will find useful and fun resources and websites further down the page!
3rd - 5th June
Jolly Phonics diagraph/sound of the week
This week we are revising initial consonant blends/sounds.
Encourage your child to listen for the initial sounds of the words on page 26 of the Just Phonics Senior Infants book. Then write the letters and read the words.
Next complete page 27 by listening for, writing the initial blends/sounds and then reading the words.
Reading
If you have finished reading The Beach House, here is another Senior Infant reader which is available online - Globby's Football Match. Please be aware that it is a Stage One - Bridge Reader so is a little more difficult than the others so you may need to read it with your child.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/index/2705/1
Before reading each page, chat about what things are in the picture and what might be happening / what might happen next / what is being said.
Choose one of the following games as per previous weeks:
1. Write out a sentence, cut up the words, mix them up and put them in the correct order.
2. I Spy Game
3. The Rhyming Game
4. True or False Game
Oxford Readers online (the little readers which were sent home as homework)
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-site/find-a-book/library-page?view=image&query=Biff&type=book&age_group=&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=#
The link below will help you to know the reading stage/level of your child.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/which-reading-level-stage/
Story of the Week
Our story for the week is Maisy's Sports Day. Read and chat about the story. Can you think of any other fun or novelty Sports Day events?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dguBluyAC7Y
The calendar and writing names on written work
Encourage your child to continue with writing the date and his/her full name on any worksheets in preparation for next year.
Your child might like to use this interactive calendar each day.
https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=292843196
Hand writing
Capital letter of the week is X:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AQUDbEhTm8
Here is a nice little video to help your child to remember when and where to use a capital letter in a sentence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwUjGtdTxVo
Free-writing: Encourage your child to do some free-writing e.g. something she/he did during the week by sounding out the letters in the words themselves. Remember to always use neat handwriting, spaces, capital letters and full stops.
Your child may like to do page 75 in A Way with Words (Sports Day).
* Continue with Mrs Murphy's Letter Copy
* Continue with Mrs Murphy's Writing Copy
I would suggest that your child does only one page at a time from each book (2/3 pages of each book per week). Encourage your child to take their time as the objectives of these writing copies are to help your child develop good letter formation, neat writing and to write between the lines as indicated. You can refer to the language to use as below.
Language to use for lower case letters
c start at the top, around and stop.
o start at the top and go all the way round.
a around, up, down and flick.
d around, up, up, down, down and flick.
g around, up, down, down and tail.
q around, up, down, down and kick out.
f around, down, lift your pencil and across.
s around and around.
i down, flick, lift your pencil and dot.
r down, up but not to the top and around.
n down, up but not to the top, around, down and flick.
m down, up but not to the top, around, down, up, around, down and flick.
l down and flick
t down, flick, lift your pencil and across.
p down, up and around.
k down, up half way, around, in, slant down and kick out
h down, up half way, around, down and flick.
b down, up half way and around.
u down, around, up, down and flick.
y down, around, up, down, down and tail.
j down, around, lift your pencil and dot.
v slant down, slant up
w slant down, slant up, slant down, slant up
e straight across, up and around
z across, slant down and across
x slant down, slant down.
Maths
June is always a month for revising all the Maths topics completed during the year. So for this month, you may like to go through any unfinished pages in Planet Maths and complete 1/2 pages a day.
Continue to practise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3Fbxib3hU
Gaeilge - An Lá Spóirt
Have a look at the story, song, poem and vocabulary on the topic of Sports Day.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L26_001/index.html
Show your child the pictures and Irish words. Encourage your child to repeat the words after you.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Printables/Flashcards/AL_SI_PCM_Flashcard_L26.pdf
Your child will enjoy this matching game based on Lá Spóirt
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Vocabulary_games/AL_SI_GAME_Matching_L26_003/index.html
Project work
As we are continuing to enjoy the fabulous weather, this weeks project is 'Safety in the sun'. Can you think of all the ways to keep safe whilst enjoying the sunshine?
Here's a little poem to help you remember:
Pour on lotion, rub it in,
Perfect for my summer skin.
On my bike or in the pool,
A drink of water keeps me cool.
Shades are on, flip flops too,
In summer there's so much to do!
Have a look at this powerpoint:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-20666-sun-safety-powerpoint
Your child may like to complete page 58 of What A Wonderful World which is linked to the topic.
Art ideas:
Try either of the following ideas:
* Sun Safety Cut and Paste activity
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-tp-759-pack-for-sun-safety-activity-sheet
* Draw and colour/paint something fun you did in the sunshine this week.
Some fun with Science
If you feel like trying a Scientific experiment, here is a great website with lots of science fun. I’d love to hear back how you get on.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiment
Religion:
Continue to complete unfinished pages in Grow in Love. The Religious Programme is now available to parents at:
https://app.growinlove.ie/en/login
This week we are revising initial consonant blends/sounds.
Encourage your child to listen for the initial sounds of the words on page 26 of the Just Phonics Senior Infants book. Then write the letters and read the words.
Next complete page 27 by listening for, writing the initial blends/sounds and then reading the words.
Reading
If you have finished reading The Beach House, here is another Senior Infant reader which is available online - Globby's Football Match. Please be aware that it is a Stage One - Bridge Reader so is a little more difficult than the others so you may need to read it with your child.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/index/2705/1
Before reading each page, chat about what things are in the picture and what might be happening / what might happen next / what is being said.
Choose one of the following games as per previous weeks:
1. Write out a sentence, cut up the words, mix them up and put them in the correct order.
2. I Spy Game
3. The Rhyming Game
4. True or False Game
Oxford Readers online (the little readers which were sent home as homework)
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-site/find-a-book/library-page?view=image&query=Biff&type=book&age_group=&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=#
The link below will help you to know the reading stage/level of your child.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/which-reading-level-stage/
Story of the Week
Our story for the week is Maisy's Sports Day. Read and chat about the story. Can you think of any other fun or novelty Sports Day events?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dguBluyAC7Y
The calendar and writing names on written work
Encourage your child to continue with writing the date and his/her full name on any worksheets in preparation for next year.
Your child might like to use this interactive calendar each day.
https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=292843196
Hand writing
Capital letter of the week is X:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AQUDbEhTm8
Here is a nice little video to help your child to remember when and where to use a capital letter in a sentence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwUjGtdTxVo
Free-writing: Encourage your child to do some free-writing e.g. something she/he did during the week by sounding out the letters in the words themselves. Remember to always use neat handwriting, spaces, capital letters and full stops.
Your child may like to do page 75 in A Way with Words (Sports Day).
* Continue with Mrs Murphy's Letter Copy
* Continue with Mrs Murphy's Writing Copy
I would suggest that your child does only one page at a time from each book (2/3 pages of each book per week). Encourage your child to take their time as the objectives of these writing copies are to help your child develop good letter formation, neat writing and to write between the lines as indicated. You can refer to the language to use as below.
Language to use for lower case letters
c start at the top, around and stop.
o start at the top and go all the way round.
a around, up, down and flick.
d around, up, up, down, down and flick.
g around, up, down, down and tail.
q around, up, down, down and kick out.
f around, down, lift your pencil and across.
s around and around.
i down, flick, lift your pencil and dot.
r down, up but not to the top and around.
n down, up but not to the top, around, down and flick.
m down, up but not to the top, around, down, up, around, down and flick.
l down and flick
t down, flick, lift your pencil and across.
p down, up and around.
k down, up half way, around, in, slant down and kick out
h down, up half way, around, down and flick.
b down, up half way and around.
u down, around, up, down and flick.
y down, around, up, down, down and tail.
j down, around, lift your pencil and dot.
v slant down, slant up
w slant down, slant up, slant down, slant up
e straight across, up and around
z across, slant down and across
x slant down, slant down.
Maths
June is always a month for revising all the Maths topics completed during the year. So for this month, you may like to go through any unfinished pages in Planet Maths and complete 1/2 pages a day.
Continue to practise:
- Writing your numbers 1-10 and number stories 1-10
- Make up little addition stories e.g. I had three ice-creams and then bought five more. How many ice-creams have I now? My brother ate two, how many have I left?
- Continue to be a Number Detective when you are out and about e.g. add up the numbers on car registrations, add the numbers together on front doors e.g. 83, 8+3 = 11 etc.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3Fbxib3hU
Gaeilge - An Lá Spóirt
Have a look at the story, song, poem and vocabulary on the topic of Sports Day.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L26_001/index.html
Show your child the pictures and Irish words. Encourage your child to repeat the words after you.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Printables/Flashcards/AL_SI_PCM_Flashcard_L26.pdf
Your child will enjoy this matching game based on Lá Spóirt
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Vocabulary_games/AL_SI_GAME_Matching_L26_003/index.html
Project work
As we are continuing to enjoy the fabulous weather, this weeks project is 'Safety in the sun'. Can you think of all the ways to keep safe whilst enjoying the sunshine?
Here's a little poem to help you remember:
Pour on lotion, rub it in,
Perfect for my summer skin.
On my bike or in the pool,
A drink of water keeps me cool.
Shades are on, flip flops too,
In summer there's so much to do!
Have a look at this powerpoint:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-20666-sun-safety-powerpoint
Your child may like to complete page 58 of What A Wonderful World which is linked to the topic.
Art ideas:
Try either of the following ideas:
* Sun Safety Cut and Paste activity
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-tp-759-pack-for-sun-safety-activity-sheet
* Draw and colour/paint something fun you did in the sunshine this week.
Some fun with Science
If you feel like trying a Scientific experiment, here is a great website with lots of science fun. I’d love to hear back how you get on.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiment
Religion:
Continue to complete unfinished pages in Grow in Love. The Religious Programme is now available to parents at:
https://app.growinlove.ie/en/login
Tricky Words- Continue to learn and revise the tricky words
Links for Tricky Word Songs - The children love singing them in school!
https://youtu.be/TvMyssfAUx0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R087lYrRpgY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NOzgR1ANc4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2
Set of 6 Tricky Words (sent home on coloured pages)
Some good resources and websites
25th - 29th May
Jolly Phonics diagraph/sound of the week
This week we are revising the final consonant in a word. Encourage your child to listen for and write the last sound of each word.
Complete pages 19 and 20 of your Just Phonics Senior Infants book.
Reading
Continue to read The Beach House at your own pace. Look out for the tricky words.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1
If you have finished reading The Beach House, here is another Senior Infant reader which is available online - Globby's Football Match. Please be aware that it is a Stage One - Bridge Reader so is a little more difficult than the others so you may need to read it with your child.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/index/2705/1
Before reading each page, chat about what things are in the picture and what might be happening / what might happen next / what is being said.
Choose one of the following:
You or your child can choose a sentence. Then write the sentence out on a page, cut up the words and mix them up. Ask your child to put the words in the correct order.
I Spy Game: Using the pictures, play ‘I spy’ with my little eye something beginning with the letter name or sound ‘s’ etc. or ‘I spy’ with my little eye a word with the ‘ig’ sound etc.
The Rhyming Game: Choose a word e.g. run on page 6. Have your child think of other words that rhyme with it.
True or false Game: Choose a sentence. One part is to be true and the other part false e.g. on page 8 - Orin has six crackers in one hand and half a cracker in the other. Your child can identify which part is true and which is false.
Oxford Readers online (the little readers which were sent home as homework)
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-site/find-a-book/library-page?view=image&query=Biff&type=book&age_group=&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=#
The link below will help you to know the reading stage/level of your child.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/which-reading-level-stage/
Story of the Week
Our story for the week is Farmer Duck. Read and chat about the story. Encourage your child to listen for words which rhyme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gug6P8l1q6c
After reading Farmer Duck, ask your child to tell the story using the following powerpoint:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-7614-farmer-and-duck-powerpoint
The calendar and writing names on written work
Encourage your child to continue with writing the date and his/her full name on any worksheets in preparation for next year.
Your child might like to use this interactive calendar each day.
https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=292843196
Hand writing
Capital letter of the week is W:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZ-c3_EDj4
Here is a nice little video to help your child to remember when and where to use a capital letter in a sentence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwUjGtdTxVo
Free-writing: Encourage your child to do some free-writing e.g. something she/he did during the week by sounding out the letters in the words themselves. Remember to always use neat handwriting, spaces, capital letters and full stops.
Your child may like to do pages 34 and 35 (On the Farm) in A Way with Words.
* Continue Mrs Murphy's Copy
* Begin Mrs Murphy's Writing Copy
I would suggest that your child does only one page at a time from each book (2/3 pages of each book per week). Encourage your child to take their time with their work as the objectives of these writing copies are to help your child develop good letter formation, neat writing and to write between the lines as indicated. You can refer to the language to use as below.
Maths
This week we are revising the topic of Spatial Awareness. The vocabulary to use is:- above, below, under, beside, next to, in front of, behind, near, close, between, on top, on the right, on the left.
Play Where is Winnie
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_089/index.html
Give your child instructions and she/he has to use the above words to describe their location or the location of objects for example:
"Walk to the window. Where are you now?"
(I am beside the door and in front of the chair. The table is next to the chair etc.)
"Put your pencil on (under/beside/to the right/to the left) of the chair. Where did you put your pencil?"
(I put my pencil on the chair etc)
Planet Maths Book pages 88, 89 and 90 (Spacial Awareness)
Continue with one/two pages of Planet Maths Number Practice
Revision of the story of 10. Watch the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD9tjBUiXs0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7KzI3n2Zk
Watch the I can count from any number song which your child can join in with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3Fbxib3hU
Gaeilge - Turas Scoile go dtí an bhFeirm - School trip to the farm
Have a look at the story, song, poem and vocabulary on the topic of a farm.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L27_001/index.html
Show your child the pictures and Irish words. Encourage your child to repeat the words after you.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Printables/Flashcards/AL_SI_PCM_Flashcard_L27.pdf
Your child will enjoy the Tráth na gCeist
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Vocabulary_games/AL_SI_GAME_TurnCards_L27_003/index.html
Project work
Our school is participating in "Creative Clonburris" from 18th - 31st May. So our class project for this week is to encourage your child to come up with some creative ideas of their own. It can be something in art, lego creations, Junk Art, dance, baking or on a particular interest your child may have. Click on this link for more details and photos of some ideas already submitted!
http://www.clonburrisns.ie/creative-clonburris.html
Religion:
Grow in Love, our Religious Programme is now available to parents. The topic for the month of May is 'Mary' which can be found in the Seasonal Themes. Follow the Senior Infants book.
https://app.growinlove.ie/en/login
Art ideas:
Try one or more of these ideas:
* Using playdoh, think of and make as many farm animals as you can
* Draw and colour or paint a farm scene or your favourite part of Farmer Duck
* Using Art for Kids Hub, choose and draw a farm animal of your choice
https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=farm+animal+art+hub
Some fun with Science
If you feel like trying a Scientific experiment, here is a great website with lots of science fun. I’d love to hear back how you get on.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiment
This week we are revising the final consonant in a word. Encourage your child to listen for and write the last sound of each word.
Complete pages 19 and 20 of your Just Phonics Senior Infants book.
Reading
Continue to read The Beach House at your own pace. Look out for the tricky words.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1
If you have finished reading The Beach House, here is another Senior Infant reader which is available online - Globby's Football Match. Please be aware that it is a Stage One - Bridge Reader so is a little more difficult than the others so you may need to read it with your child.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/index/2705/1
Before reading each page, chat about what things are in the picture and what might be happening / what might happen next / what is being said.
Choose one of the following:
You or your child can choose a sentence. Then write the sentence out on a page, cut up the words and mix them up. Ask your child to put the words in the correct order.
I Spy Game: Using the pictures, play ‘I spy’ with my little eye something beginning with the letter name or sound ‘s’ etc. or ‘I spy’ with my little eye a word with the ‘ig’ sound etc.
The Rhyming Game: Choose a word e.g. run on page 6. Have your child think of other words that rhyme with it.
True or false Game: Choose a sentence. One part is to be true and the other part false e.g. on page 8 - Orin has six crackers in one hand and half a cracker in the other. Your child can identify which part is true and which is false.
Oxford Readers online (the little readers which were sent home as homework)
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-site/find-a-book/library-page?view=image&query=Biff&type=book&age_group=&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=#
The link below will help you to know the reading stage/level of your child.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/which-reading-level-stage/
Story of the Week
Our story for the week is Farmer Duck. Read and chat about the story. Encourage your child to listen for words which rhyme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gug6P8l1q6c
After reading Farmer Duck, ask your child to tell the story using the following powerpoint:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-7614-farmer-and-duck-powerpoint
The calendar and writing names on written work
Encourage your child to continue with writing the date and his/her full name on any worksheets in preparation for next year.
Your child might like to use this interactive calendar each day.
https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=292843196
Hand writing
Capital letter of the week is W:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZ-c3_EDj4
Here is a nice little video to help your child to remember when and where to use a capital letter in a sentence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwUjGtdTxVo
Free-writing: Encourage your child to do some free-writing e.g. something she/he did during the week by sounding out the letters in the words themselves. Remember to always use neat handwriting, spaces, capital letters and full stops.
Your child may like to do pages 34 and 35 (On the Farm) in A Way with Words.
* Continue Mrs Murphy's Copy
* Begin Mrs Murphy's Writing Copy
I would suggest that your child does only one page at a time from each book (2/3 pages of each book per week). Encourage your child to take their time with their work as the objectives of these writing copies are to help your child develop good letter formation, neat writing and to write between the lines as indicated. You can refer to the language to use as below.
Maths
This week we are revising the topic of Spatial Awareness. The vocabulary to use is:- above, below, under, beside, next to, in front of, behind, near, close, between, on top, on the right, on the left.
Play Where is Winnie
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_089/index.html
Give your child instructions and she/he has to use the above words to describe their location or the location of objects for example:
"Walk to the window. Where are you now?"
(I am beside the door and in front of the chair. The table is next to the chair etc.)
"Put your pencil on (under/beside/to the right/to the left) of the chair. Where did you put your pencil?"
(I put my pencil on the chair etc)
Planet Maths Book pages 88, 89 and 90 (Spacial Awareness)
Continue with one/two pages of Planet Maths Number Practice
Revision of the story of 10. Watch the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD9tjBUiXs0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7KzI3n2Zk
- Practise writing your numbers 1-10
- Write out the story of 10
- Look out for the number 10 around your house and when out and about
- Be a number 10 Detective!
Watch the I can count from any number song which your child can join in with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3Fbxib3hU
Gaeilge - Turas Scoile go dtí an bhFeirm - School trip to the farm
Have a look at the story, song, poem and vocabulary on the topic of a farm.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L27_001/index.html
Show your child the pictures and Irish words. Encourage your child to repeat the words after you.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Printables/Flashcards/AL_SI_PCM_Flashcard_L27.pdf
Your child will enjoy the Tráth na gCeist
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Vocabulary_games/AL_SI_GAME_TurnCards_L27_003/index.html
Project work
Our school is participating in "Creative Clonburris" from 18th - 31st May. So our class project for this week is to encourage your child to come up with some creative ideas of their own. It can be something in art, lego creations, Junk Art, dance, baking or on a particular interest your child may have. Click on this link for more details and photos of some ideas already submitted!
http://www.clonburrisns.ie/creative-clonburris.html
Religion:
Grow in Love, our Religious Programme is now available to parents. The topic for the month of May is 'Mary' which can be found in the Seasonal Themes. Follow the Senior Infants book.
https://app.growinlove.ie/en/login
Art ideas:
Try one or more of these ideas:
* Using playdoh, think of and make as many farm animals as you can
* Draw and colour or paint a farm scene or your favourite part of Farmer Duck
* Using Art for Kids Hub, choose and draw a farm animal of your choice
https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=farm+animal+art+hub
Some fun with Science
If you feel like trying a Scientific experiment, here is a great website with lots of science fun. I’d love to hear back how you get on.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiment
18th - 22nd May
Jolly Phonics diagraph/sound of the week
As we are finished learning all the diagraphs/sounds, this week we are going to revise oa. First take a look at the jolly phonics oa song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AbBZcErXZs
Watch the video and try to remember some words that Geraldine the Giraffe found. Can you think up a few of your own? Write down your oa words and put one or two in a sentence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCJyHN0IFE8
Watch the alphablocks video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSeaayCPftE
Complete pages 30 and 31 at:
https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infants
Reading
Continue to read The Beach House at your own pace. Look out for the tricky words.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1
Before reading each page, chat about what things are in the picture and what might be happening / what might happen next / what is being said.
Choose one of the following games to play.
Game: You or your child can choose a sentence. Then write the sentence out on a page, cut up the words and mix them up. Ask your child to put the words in the correct order.
I Spy Game: Using the pictures, play ‘I spy’ with my little eye something beginning with the letter name or sound ‘s’ etc. or ‘I spy’ with my little eye a word with the ‘ig’ sound etc.
The Rhyming Game: Choose a word e.g. run on page 6. Have your child think of other words that rhyme with it.
True or false Game: Choose a sentence. One part is to be true and the other part false e.g. on page 8 - Orin has six crackers in one hand and half a cracker in the other. Your child can identify which part is true and which is false.
Poem of the Week
This week we have the theme of healthy eating. Read the poem below with your child over the week. Have them pick out the rhyming words.
Healthy Eating Poem by Pat Ingoldsby
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
The calendar and writing names on written work
Encourage your child to continue with writing the date and his/her full name on any worksheets in preparation for next year.
Your child might like to use this interactive calendar each day.
https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=292843196
Hand writing
Capital letter of the week is V:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZjEtwr8Q4o
Here is a nice little video to revise with your child about when and where to use a capital letter in a sentence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwUjGtdTxVo
Encourage your child to do some free-writing e.g. something she/he did during the week by sounding out the letters in the words themselves. Remind your child to always use neat handwriting, spaces, capital letters and full stops. You may also like to continue with Away with words.
Maths
This week we are revising the topic of data (collecting and sorting of information and then recording the facts).
Have a try at sorting and recording using the charts:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_047/index.html
Now your child might like to record other information using similar charts e.g. the colour of the cars parked on your road or the colours of front doors near where you live. You might like to come up with your own ideas for data!
Revision of the story of 9. Watch the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoOrRWYtv9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQvjdtQR7A
Watch the I can count from any number song which your child can join in with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3Fbxib3hU
Gaeilge - Revision of Am Dinnéir / Dinner Time
We have already covered this topic so it is good revision for your child:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L03_001/index.html
Your child will enjoy this matching game whilst revising Irish vocabulary:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Vocabulary_games/AL_SI_GAME_Matching_L03_003/index.html
Revision of questions:
Cad is ainm duit? (What is your name?) _____________ is ainm dom
Conas atá tú? (How are you?) Tá mé go maith / Níl mé go maith
Cén aois thú? (How old are you?) Tá mé cúig bliana d'aois / Tá mé sé bliana d'aois
Revision of the weather:
Cén sort aimsire atá ann inniú? / What is the weather today?
Tá sé (níl sé) grianmhar inniú – It is (is not) sunny today
Tá sé (níl sé) ag cur báistí inniú – It is (is not) raining today
Tá sé (níl sé) scamallach inniú – It is (is not) cloudy today
Tá sé (níl sé) gaofar inniú - It is (is not) windy today
Tá sé (níl sé) fuar inniú – It is (is not) cold today
Tá sé (níl sé) te inniú – It is (is not) hot today
Tá sé (níl sé) tirim inniú – It is (is not) dry today
Tá sé (níl sé) fluich inniú – It is (is not) wet today
Project work
Our project for this week is 'Healthy Eating'. Your child may like to keep a diary from Monday to Friday to record the healthy food she/he has eaten.
Encourage your child to create a healthy menu for one of the following: breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Healthy Eating Lunch Activity:
If you have no access to a printer, your child can draw the lunchbox and pictures of the food.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-t-t-2399-australia---healthy-eating-lunch-activity
You may like to read the Hungry Caterpillar again this week. What healthy food did he eat?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY
Enjoy the Carrot Club story:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-or-150-carrot-club-ebook
Religion:
Grow in Love, our Religious Programme is now available to parents. The topic for the month of May is 'Mary' which can be found in the Seasonal Themes. Follow the Senior Infants book.
https://app.growinlove.ie/en/login
Art ideas:
Try one of these!
* Using playdoh (if you have some at home), make as many fruits and vegetables that you can think of.
* Fruit or vegetable prints. Have a look at the video for ideas:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+of+vegatble+prints&&view=detail&mid=FEECC9D6986998F78A27FEECC9D6986998F78A27&&FORM=VDRVRV
Some fun with Science
If you feel like trying a Scientific experiment, here is a great website with lots of science fun. I’d love to hear back how you get on.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments
As we are finished learning all the diagraphs/sounds, this week we are going to revise oa. First take a look at the jolly phonics oa song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AbBZcErXZs
Watch the video and try to remember some words that Geraldine the Giraffe found. Can you think up a few of your own? Write down your oa words and put one or two in a sentence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCJyHN0IFE8
Watch the alphablocks video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSeaayCPftE
Complete pages 30 and 31 at:
https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infants
Reading
Continue to read The Beach House at your own pace. Look out for the tricky words.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1
Before reading each page, chat about what things are in the picture and what might be happening / what might happen next / what is being said.
Choose one of the following games to play.
Game: You or your child can choose a sentence. Then write the sentence out on a page, cut up the words and mix them up. Ask your child to put the words in the correct order.
I Spy Game: Using the pictures, play ‘I spy’ with my little eye something beginning with the letter name or sound ‘s’ etc. or ‘I spy’ with my little eye a word with the ‘ig’ sound etc.
The Rhyming Game: Choose a word e.g. run on page 6. Have your child think of other words that rhyme with it.
True or false Game: Choose a sentence. One part is to be true and the other part false e.g. on page 8 - Orin has six crackers in one hand and half a cracker in the other. Your child can identify which part is true and which is false.
Poem of the Week
This week we have the theme of healthy eating. Read the poem below with your child over the week. Have them pick out the rhyming words.
Healthy Eating Poem by Pat Ingoldsby
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
The calendar and writing names on written work
Encourage your child to continue with writing the date and his/her full name on any worksheets in preparation for next year.
Your child might like to use this interactive calendar each day.
https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=292843196
Hand writing
Capital letter of the week is V:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZjEtwr8Q4o
Here is a nice little video to revise with your child about when and where to use a capital letter in a sentence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwUjGtdTxVo
Encourage your child to do some free-writing e.g. something she/he did during the week by sounding out the letters in the words themselves. Remind your child to always use neat handwriting, spaces, capital letters and full stops. You may also like to continue with Away with words.
Maths
This week we are revising the topic of data (collecting and sorting of information and then recording the facts).
Have a try at sorting and recording using the charts:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_047/index.html
Now your child might like to record other information using similar charts e.g. the colour of the cars parked on your road or the colours of front doors near where you live. You might like to come up with your own ideas for data!
Revision of the story of 9. Watch the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoOrRWYtv9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQvjdtQR7A
- Practise writing your numbers 1-10
- Write out the story of 9
- Look out for the number 9 around your house and when out and about
- Be a number 9 Detective!
Watch the I can count from any number song which your child can join in with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3Fbxib3hU
Gaeilge - Revision of Am Dinnéir / Dinner Time
We have already covered this topic so it is good revision for your child:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L03_001/index.html
Your child will enjoy this matching game whilst revising Irish vocabulary:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Vocabulary_games/AL_SI_GAME_Matching_L03_003/index.html
Revision of questions:
Cad is ainm duit? (What is your name?) _____________ is ainm dom
Conas atá tú? (How are you?) Tá mé go maith / Níl mé go maith
Cén aois thú? (How old are you?) Tá mé cúig bliana d'aois / Tá mé sé bliana d'aois
Revision of the weather:
Cén sort aimsire atá ann inniú? / What is the weather today?
Tá sé (níl sé) grianmhar inniú – It is (is not) sunny today
Tá sé (níl sé) ag cur báistí inniú – It is (is not) raining today
Tá sé (níl sé) scamallach inniú – It is (is not) cloudy today
Tá sé (níl sé) gaofar inniú - It is (is not) windy today
Tá sé (níl sé) fuar inniú – It is (is not) cold today
Tá sé (níl sé) te inniú – It is (is not) hot today
Tá sé (níl sé) tirim inniú – It is (is not) dry today
Tá sé (níl sé) fluich inniú – It is (is not) wet today
Project work
Our project for this week is 'Healthy Eating'. Your child may like to keep a diary from Monday to Friday to record the healthy food she/he has eaten.
Encourage your child to create a healthy menu for one of the following: breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Healthy Eating Lunch Activity:
If you have no access to a printer, your child can draw the lunchbox and pictures of the food.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-t-t-2399-australia---healthy-eating-lunch-activity
You may like to read the Hungry Caterpillar again this week. What healthy food did he eat?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY
Enjoy the Carrot Club story:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-or-150-carrot-club-ebook
Religion:
Grow in Love, our Religious Programme is now available to parents. The topic for the month of May is 'Mary' which can be found in the Seasonal Themes. Follow the Senior Infants book.
https://app.growinlove.ie/en/login
Art ideas:
Try one of these!
* Using playdoh (if you have some at home), make as many fruits and vegetables that you can think of.
* Fruit or vegetable prints. Have a look at the video for ideas:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+of+vegatble+prints&&view=detail&mid=FEECC9D6986998F78A27FEECC9D6986998F78A27&&FORM=VDRVRV
Some fun with Science
If you feel like trying a Scientific experiment, here is a great website with lots of science fun. I’d love to hear back how you get on.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments
11th - 15th May
Jolly Phonics diagraph/sound of the week
As we are finished learning all the diagraphs/sounds, this week we are going to revise ai. First take a look at the jolly phonics ai song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDRar3qbQjk
Watch the video and try to remember some words that Geraldine the Giraffe found. Can you think up a few of your own? Write down the ai words or put the words in a sentence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnXaN-CvR9s
Watch the alphablocks video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtNCpM6uu0U
Complete page 27 and page 28 at:
https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infants
Reading
Continue to read The Beach House at your own pace. Look out for the tricky words.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1
Before reading each page, chat about what things are in the picture and what might be happening / what might happen next / what is being said.
Choose one of the following games to play.
Game: You or your child can choose a sentence. Then write the sentence out on a page, cut up the words and mix them up. Ask your child to put the words in the correct order.
I Spy Game: Using the pictures, play ‘I spy’ with my little eye something beginning with the letter name or sound ‘s’ etc. or ‘I spy’ with my little eye a word with the ‘ig’ sound etc.
The Rhyming Game: Choose a word e.g. run on page 6. Have your child think of other words that rhyme with it.
True or false Game: Choose a sentence. One part is to be true and the other part false e.g. on page 8 - Orin has six crackers in one hand and half a cracker in the other. Your child can identify which part is true and which is false.
Story of the Week
Our story for this week is Little Red Riding. You may already have the book at home. If not, there are a few versions on line to choose from. Read the story and then ask your child to retell it. Chat all about the story. What is your favourite part and why? What words would you use to describe the wolf? Make up a different ending. Using lego or blocks, build your own version of Grandma's house. Use your toys to act out the story.
The calendar and writing names on written work
Encourage your child to continue with writing the date and his/her full name on any worksheets in preparation for next year.
Your child might like to use this interactive calendar each day.
https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=292843196
Hand writing
Capital letter of the week is U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF59Xs60uRM
Encourage your child to do some free-writing by sounding out the words themselves. Maybe write a little about the zoom meeting with your friends. Remind your child to always use neat handwriting, spaces, capital letters and full stops. You may also want to continue with Away with words.
Maths
This week we are revising the topic of weight. Use these words when chatting about weight: heavy, light, heavier, lighter, heaviest, lightest and the same weight. Have your child compare the weight of two objects e.g. a book and a pencil. Which one is heavier / lighter? Now compare three objects. Which is the heaviest / lightest? Choose two objects the same e.g. two pencils. They are the same weight.
Try this interactive game:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/toolkit/scales/index.html
Have a look at this quiz and see how many can you get right:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-n-565-lighter-or-heavier-powerpoint
Revise the story of 8. Watch the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Kb6hpwB2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtsVRgXt8CM
Gaeilge - Revision of Cochaillín Dearg / Little Red Riding Hood
We have already covered this story but your child may like to see and hear it again. Before beginning each page, ask your child to listen for words they recognize. They can tell you the words after each page.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Stories/AL_SI_ACT_Sceal_L06_CochaillinDearg/build/index.html
Show your child the pictures and Irish words. Encourage your child to repeat the words after you. They know some of them already.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Printables/Flashcards/AL_SI_PCM_Flashcard_L06.pdf
If you have access to a printer, your child can cut out and colour the pictures before putting them in the correct order. Otherwise, your child can draw his/her favourite part of the story.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/TRB/AL_SI_TRB_323.pdf
Revision of questions:
Cad is ainm duit? (What is your name?) _____________ is ainm dom
Conas atá tú? (How are you?) Tá mé go maith / Níl mé go maith
Cén aois thú? (How old are you?) Tá mé cúig bliana d'aois / Tá mé sé bliana d'aois
Revision of the weather:
Cén sort aimsire atá ann inniú? / What is the weather today?
Tá sé (níl sé) grianmhar inniú – It is (is not) sunny today
Tá sé (níl sé) ag cur báistí inniú – It is (is not) raining today
Tá sé (níl sé) scamallach inniú – It is (is not) cloudy today
Tá sé (níl sé) gaofar inniú - It is (is not) windy today
Tá sé (níl sé) fuar inniú – It is (is not) cold today
Tá sé (níl sé) te inniú – It is (is not) hot today
Tá sé (níl sé) tirim inniú – It is (is not) dry today
Tá sé (níl sé) fluich inniú – It is (is not) wet today
Ceann, Gualainn, Clúin is Cos (Head, shoulders, knees and toes)
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L01_001/index.html
Project work
This week we will be learning all about the life cycle of a butterfly. Look out for butterflies during the coming week, especially on sunny days!
Watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1S8WzwLPlM
Enjoy dancing to this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rvGUevGxDk
You may like to read the story 'The hungry Caterpillar' when learning all about butterflies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY
Now draw your own picture of the life cycle of the butterfly including the four stages:
* egg
* caterpillar
* pupa (chrysalis)
* butterfly
Art ideas:
Draw your own butterfly with the help of Art Hub. Once you have the outline completed, why not decorate it your own way using lots of bright colours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxtH-OkFxU
Some fun with Science
If you feel like trying a Scientific experiment, here is a great website with lots of science fun. I’d love to hear back how you get on.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/
As we are finished learning all the diagraphs/sounds, this week we are going to revise ai. First take a look at the jolly phonics ai song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDRar3qbQjk
Watch the video and try to remember some words that Geraldine the Giraffe found. Can you think up a few of your own? Write down the ai words or put the words in a sentence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnXaN-CvR9s
Watch the alphablocks video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtNCpM6uu0U
Complete page 27 and page 28 at:
https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infants
Reading
Continue to read The Beach House at your own pace. Look out for the tricky words.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1
Before reading each page, chat about what things are in the picture and what might be happening / what might happen next / what is being said.
Choose one of the following games to play.
Game: You or your child can choose a sentence. Then write the sentence out on a page, cut up the words and mix them up. Ask your child to put the words in the correct order.
I Spy Game: Using the pictures, play ‘I spy’ with my little eye something beginning with the letter name or sound ‘s’ etc. or ‘I spy’ with my little eye a word with the ‘ig’ sound etc.
The Rhyming Game: Choose a word e.g. run on page 6. Have your child think of other words that rhyme with it.
True or false Game: Choose a sentence. One part is to be true and the other part false e.g. on page 8 - Orin has six crackers in one hand and half a cracker in the other. Your child can identify which part is true and which is false.
Story of the Week
Our story for this week is Little Red Riding. You may already have the book at home. If not, there are a few versions on line to choose from. Read the story and then ask your child to retell it. Chat all about the story. What is your favourite part and why? What words would you use to describe the wolf? Make up a different ending. Using lego or blocks, build your own version of Grandma's house. Use your toys to act out the story.
The calendar and writing names on written work
Encourage your child to continue with writing the date and his/her full name on any worksheets in preparation for next year.
Your child might like to use this interactive calendar each day.
https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=292843196
Hand writing
Capital letter of the week is U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF59Xs60uRM
Encourage your child to do some free-writing by sounding out the words themselves. Maybe write a little about the zoom meeting with your friends. Remind your child to always use neat handwriting, spaces, capital letters and full stops. You may also want to continue with Away with words.
Maths
This week we are revising the topic of weight. Use these words when chatting about weight: heavy, light, heavier, lighter, heaviest, lightest and the same weight. Have your child compare the weight of two objects e.g. a book and a pencil. Which one is heavier / lighter? Now compare three objects. Which is the heaviest / lightest? Choose two objects the same e.g. two pencils. They are the same weight.
Try this interactive game:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/toolkit/scales/index.html
Have a look at this quiz and see how many can you get right:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-n-565-lighter-or-heavier-powerpoint
Revise the story of 8. Watch the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Kb6hpwB2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtsVRgXt8CM
- Practise writing your numbers 1-10
- Write out the story of 8
- Look out for the number 8 around your house and when out and about
- Be a number 8 Detective!!
Gaeilge - Revision of Cochaillín Dearg / Little Red Riding Hood
We have already covered this story but your child may like to see and hear it again. Before beginning each page, ask your child to listen for words they recognize. They can tell you the words after each page.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Stories/AL_SI_ACT_Sceal_L06_CochaillinDearg/build/index.html
Show your child the pictures and Irish words. Encourage your child to repeat the words after you. They know some of them already.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Printables/Flashcards/AL_SI_PCM_Flashcard_L06.pdf
If you have access to a printer, your child can cut out and colour the pictures before putting them in the correct order. Otherwise, your child can draw his/her favourite part of the story.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/TRB/AL_SI_TRB_323.pdf
Revision of questions:
Cad is ainm duit? (What is your name?) _____________ is ainm dom
Conas atá tú? (How are you?) Tá mé go maith / Níl mé go maith
Cén aois thú? (How old are you?) Tá mé cúig bliana d'aois / Tá mé sé bliana d'aois
Revision of the weather:
Cén sort aimsire atá ann inniú? / What is the weather today?
Tá sé (níl sé) grianmhar inniú – It is (is not) sunny today
Tá sé (níl sé) ag cur báistí inniú – It is (is not) raining today
Tá sé (níl sé) scamallach inniú – It is (is not) cloudy today
Tá sé (níl sé) gaofar inniú - It is (is not) windy today
Tá sé (níl sé) fuar inniú – It is (is not) cold today
Tá sé (níl sé) te inniú – It is (is not) hot today
Tá sé (níl sé) tirim inniú – It is (is not) dry today
Tá sé (níl sé) fluich inniú – It is (is not) wet today
Ceann, Gualainn, Clúin is Cos (Head, shoulders, knees and toes)
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L01_001/index.html
Project work
This week we will be learning all about the life cycle of a butterfly. Look out for butterflies during the coming week, especially on sunny days!
Watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1S8WzwLPlM
Enjoy dancing to this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rvGUevGxDk
You may like to read the story 'The hungry Caterpillar' when learning all about butterflies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY
Now draw your own picture of the life cycle of the butterfly including the four stages:
* egg
* caterpillar
* pupa (chrysalis)
* butterfly
Art ideas:
Draw your own butterfly with the help of Art Hub. Once you have the outline completed, why not decorate it your own way using lots of bright colours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxtH-OkFxU
Some fun with Science
If you feel like trying a Scientific experiment, here is a great website with lots of science fun. I’d love to hear back how you get on.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/
5th - 8th May
Jolly Phonics diagraph/sound of the week
Our diagraph for this week is y. These videos below are not exclusively for the y sound but it does show that letters can have several sounds (ee, ea, ey, y, e and ie). It will seem confusing to your child but don't worry as they will have plenty of practice with these sounds again next year. Watch the videos and then write some of the words you have heard. The little rhyme on page 80 may help your child to know that ee sounds the same as y:
y is ee’s best friend. She says ee too.
(This one is easier to follow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqgkdWrSPTc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO1ylMaWf0w
Watch the alphablocks video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eunmvlex0c
Complete pages 80 and 81 at:
https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infants
Reading
Continue to read The Beach House at your own pace.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1
Before reading each page, chat about what things are in the picture and what might be happening / what might happen next / what is being said. Encourage your child to find any ee words in the book e.g meet, cheese, Feena etc. Do the same with ea, and y.
Choose one of the following games to play.
Game: You or your child can choose a sentence. Then write the sentence out on a page, cut up the words and mix them up. Ask your child to put the words in the correct order.
I Spy Game: Using the pictures, play ‘I spy’ with my little eye something beginning with the letter name or sound ‘s’ etc. or ‘I spy’ with my little eye a word with the ‘ig’ sound etc.
The Rhyming Game: Choose a word e.g. run on page 6. Have your child think of other words that rhyme with it.
True or false Game: Choose a sentence. One part is to be true and the other part false e.g. on page 8 - Orin has six crackers in one hand and half a cracker in the other. Your child can identify which part is true and which is false.
Story of the Week
Our story for this week is Cinderella. You may already have the book at home. If not, there are a few versions on line to choose from. Read the story and then ask your child to retell it. Chat all about the story. What is your favourite part and why? Make up names for Cinderella's stepmother and two unkind sisters. Come up with other animals that the Fairy Godmother could have used to change into the horses. Make up your own ending for the story.
The calendar and writing names on written work
Encourage your child to continue with writing the date and his/her full name on any worksheets in preparation for next year.
Your child might like to use this interactive calendar each day.
https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=292843196
Hand writing
Capital letter of the week is T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yl9p--gElU (note our 't' is down, flick, lift your pencil and across)
Encourage your child to do some free-writing by sounding out the words themselves. It can be about something they did during the week or a programme watched on TV or write about Cinderella's dress etc. Remind your child to always use neat handwriting, spaces, capital letters and full stops. You may also want to continue with Away with words.
Maths
This week we are revising 3D shapes. We have already learnt about cubes, cuboids, cylinders and spheres earlier this year. We haven't however learnt about a pyramid, prism or cone but your child can learn about them in this song/video and link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZYK83utu0
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/toolkit/3d/index.html
Go on a 3D Shape Hunt
Have your child go on a shape hunt at home. Find one or more of each shape; cubes (e.g. dice), cuboids (e.g. cereal box) cylinders (e.g. tinned food) and spheres (e.g. an apple). Ask your child to name the 3D shapes they have found. Chat about each one of them:- how many corners and faces/sides are there? Has it straight edges? If so, how many edges? (For example a cube has six faces, eight corners and twelve edges). Can you see 2D shapes within each 3D shapes (circles, squares, rectangles). Which can roll/which cannot roll? Which can be stacked on top of each other?
A 3D shape game:
Pop a few of the objects in a bag. Have your child, with eyes closed, choose one object. He/she should try and name the 3D shape by feeling the number of sides/faces, corners and edges.
Try this interactive game:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_054/index.html
Revise the story of 7. Watch the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIyEWSoz9UY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIMK8bHoH68
Gaeilge - Revision - Luaithriona / Cinderella
We have covered this story already but your child may like to see and hear it again. Before beginning each page, ask your child to listen for words they recognize. They can tell you the words after each page.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Stories/AL_SI_ACT_Sceal_L12_Luaithriona/build/index.html
Show your child the pictures and Irish words. Encourage your child to repeat the words after you. They know some of them already. https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Printables/Flashcards/AL_SI_PCM_Flashcard_L06.pdf
If you have access to a printer, your child can cut out and colour the pictures before putting them in the correct order. Otherwise, your child can draw his/her favourite part of the story.
https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-senior-infants/resources/
Project work
This week we will take a look at 'Summer' for our project work (keeping in mind that in Ireland Summer is from 1st May to 31st July).
Your child can have a look at the Powerpoint and see can he/she spot signs of Summer during the coming week.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-tp-891-ks1-when-is-summer-powerpoint
See can you child guess what it is????
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-11650-summer-themed-what-can-you-see-powerpoint
Our diagraph for this week is y. These videos below are not exclusively for the y sound but it does show that letters can have several sounds (ee, ea, ey, y, e and ie). It will seem confusing to your child but don't worry as they will have plenty of practice with these sounds again next year. Watch the videos and then write some of the words you have heard. The little rhyme on page 80 may help your child to know that ee sounds the same as y:
y is ee’s best friend. She says ee too.
(This one is easier to follow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqgkdWrSPTc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO1ylMaWf0w
Watch the alphablocks video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eunmvlex0c
Complete pages 80 and 81 at:
https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infants
Reading
Continue to read The Beach House at your own pace.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1
Before reading each page, chat about what things are in the picture and what might be happening / what might happen next / what is being said. Encourage your child to find any ee words in the book e.g meet, cheese, Feena etc. Do the same with ea, and y.
Choose one of the following games to play.
Game: You or your child can choose a sentence. Then write the sentence out on a page, cut up the words and mix them up. Ask your child to put the words in the correct order.
I Spy Game: Using the pictures, play ‘I spy’ with my little eye something beginning with the letter name or sound ‘s’ etc. or ‘I spy’ with my little eye a word with the ‘ig’ sound etc.
The Rhyming Game: Choose a word e.g. run on page 6. Have your child think of other words that rhyme with it.
True or false Game: Choose a sentence. One part is to be true and the other part false e.g. on page 8 - Orin has six crackers in one hand and half a cracker in the other. Your child can identify which part is true and which is false.
Story of the Week
Our story for this week is Cinderella. You may already have the book at home. If not, there are a few versions on line to choose from. Read the story and then ask your child to retell it. Chat all about the story. What is your favourite part and why? Make up names for Cinderella's stepmother and two unkind sisters. Come up with other animals that the Fairy Godmother could have used to change into the horses. Make up your own ending for the story.
The calendar and writing names on written work
Encourage your child to continue with writing the date and his/her full name on any worksheets in preparation for next year.
Your child might like to use this interactive calendar each day.
https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=292843196
Hand writing
Capital letter of the week is T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yl9p--gElU (note our 't' is down, flick, lift your pencil and across)
Encourage your child to do some free-writing by sounding out the words themselves. It can be about something they did during the week or a programme watched on TV or write about Cinderella's dress etc. Remind your child to always use neat handwriting, spaces, capital letters and full stops. You may also want to continue with Away with words.
Maths
This week we are revising 3D shapes. We have already learnt about cubes, cuboids, cylinders and spheres earlier this year. We haven't however learnt about a pyramid, prism or cone but your child can learn about them in this song/video and link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZYK83utu0
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/toolkit/3d/index.html
Go on a 3D Shape Hunt
Have your child go on a shape hunt at home. Find one or more of each shape; cubes (e.g. dice), cuboids (e.g. cereal box) cylinders (e.g. tinned food) and spheres (e.g. an apple). Ask your child to name the 3D shapes they have found. Chat about each one of them:- how many corners and faces/sides are there? Has it straight edges? If so, how many edges? (For example a cube has six faces, eight corners and twelve edges). Can you see 2D shapes within each 3D shapes (circles, squares, rectangles). Which can roll/which cannot roll? Which can be stacked on top of each other?
A 3D shape game:
Pop a few of the objects in a bag. Have your child, with eyes closed, choose one object. He/she should try and name the 3D shape by feeling the number of sides/faces, corners and edges.
Try this interactive game:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_054/index.html
Revise the story of 7. Watch the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIyEWSoz9UY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIMK8bHoH68
- Practise writing your numbers 1-10
- Write out the story of 7
- Look out for the number 7 around your house and when out and about
- Be a number 7 Detective!!
Gaeilge - Revision - Luaithriona / Cinderella
We have covered this story already but your child may like to see and hear it again. Before beginning each page, ask your child to listen for words they recognize. They can tell you the words after each page.
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Stories/AL_SI_ACT_Sceal_L12_Luaithriona/build/index.html
Show your child the pictures and Irish words. Encourage your child to repeat the words after you. They know some of them already. https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Printables/Flashcards/AL_SI_PCM_Flashcard_L06.pdf
If you have access to a printer, your child can cut out and colour the pictures before putting them in the correct order. Otherwise, your child can draw his/her favourite part of the story.
https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-senior-infants/resources/
Project work
This week we will take a look at 'Summer' for our project work (keeping in mind that in Ireland Summer is from 1st May to 31st July).
Your child can have a look at the Powerpoint and see can he/she spot signs of Summer during the coming week.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-tp-891-ks1-when-is-summer-powerpoint
See can you child guess what it is????
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-11650-summer-themed-what-can-you-see-powerpoint
Some fun with Science
If you feel like trying a Scientific experiment, here is a great website with lots of science fun. I’d love to hear back how you get on.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/
If you feel like trying a Scientific experiment, here is a great website with lots of science fun. I’d love to hear back how you get on.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/
30th April - 1st May
Jolly Phonics diagraph/sound of the week
Our diagraphs for this week are ay and ai. Watch the videos and then write the words you have heard. You can point out to your child that ay and ai have the same sound as in hay and rain. The little rhyme on page 78 will help to explain that ay comes at the end of a word:
ai’s cousin is always late but he catches up in the end. Hip! Hip! Hurray!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTCP8i4Nwgc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbmpw192MSg
Watch the alphablocks video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROKNNvuGpEo
Complete pages 78 and 79 at the below link:
https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infants
Reading
Continue reading The Beach House. Go at your own pace, either one or two pages per day.
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1
Before reading each page, chat about what things are in the picture and what might be happening / what might happen next / what is being said. Choose one of the following games to play each day.
Game: You or your child can choose a sentence. Then you write the sentence out on a page, cut up the words and mix them up. Ask your child to put the words in the correct order. You can repeat for other sentences if you wish.
I Spy Game: Using the pictures, play ‘I spy’ with my little eye something beginning with the letter name or sound ‘s’ etc. Or ‘I spy’ with my little eye a word with the ‘ig’ sound etc.
The Rhyming Game: Choose a word e.g. run on page 6. Have your child come up with other words that rhyme with it.
True or false Game: Choose a sentence. One part is to be true and the other part false e.g. on page 8 - Orin has six crackers in one hand and half a cracker in the other. Your child can identify which part is true and which is false.
Story of the Week
Our story for this week is Barry the fish with fingers. Read the story and then ask your child to retell it. What words would you use to describe Barry? What other musical instruments can you think of? Pretend to play the instruments! What is your favourite part of the story and why? Maybe make up a different ending.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=barry+the+fish+with+fingers+youtube&docid=608042969343791012&mid=77CA303FEC279A27C78777CA303FEC279A27C787&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
The calendar and writing names on written work
Each day in school, as part of our morning routine, we talked about what day, date, month and year it was. Your child was in the habit of dating all work e.g. 27/4/20 and writing his/her first and surname on all worksheets. It would be a good idea that your child continues to practise writing both their full name and the date on all worksheets in preparation for next year.
Your child might like to use this interactive calendar each day.
https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=292843196
Hand writing
Capital letter of the week S
https://youtu.be/IaFlt1TjM-k
Your child can do some free-writing, a sentence or two about something they did, watched on TV etc., remembering to always use neat handwriting, spaces, capital letters and full stops.
Maths
Our theme for this week is Length. Some vocabulary to use whilst chatting about length:- long, short, tall, tallest, longest, shortest, longer than, shorter than and the same length.
Watch the following link from RTE's home school hub (broadcasted 31st March) all about length and learn how to measure length using non standard units. Múinteoir Ray has some great ideas!
https://www.rte.ie/player/series/1st-and-2nd-class-rté-home-school-hub/SI0000006858?epguid=PL000003238
Try these interactive games:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_104/index.html
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_105/index.html
https://www.twinkl.ie/go/resource/tg-ga-75-beanstalk-height-ordering-game
- Revise the story of 6. Watch the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIMK8bHoH68
- Practise writing your numbers 1-10
- Look out for the number 6 around your house and when out on walks
- Be a number 6 Detective!!
Gaeilge - Ag dul siar / revision
Try the tráth na gceist / interactive quiz:
Open the link, click on Lesson, click on 25. Súil Siar 4, click on Tráth na gCeist - Súil Siar 4.
https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-senior-infants/resources/
The children always enjoyed telling the weather as Gaeilge and may like to continue doing so at home.
Cén sort aimsire atá ann inniú? / What is the weather today?
Tá sé (níl sé) grianmhar inniú – It is (is not) sunny today
Tá sé (níl sé) ag cur báistí inniú – It is (is not) raining today
Tá sé (níl sé) scamallach inniú – It is (is not) cloudy today
Tá sé (níl sé) gaofar inniú - It is (is not) windy today
Tá sé (níl sé) fuar inniú – It is (is not) cold today
Tá sé (níl sé) te inniú – It is (is not) hot today
Tá sé (níl sé) tirim inniú – It is (is not) dry today
Tá sé (níl sé) fluich inniú – It is (is not) wet today
Revision of the song Ceann, Gualainn, Clúin is Cos (Head, shoulders, knees and toes)
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L01_001/index.html
You may also like to take a look at other parts of the link. We have covered this topic already in school so it could be good revision for your child.
Some fun with Science
If you feel like doing a Scientific experiment, here is a great website with lots of science fun. Do one a week perhaps! I’d love to hear back how you get on.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/
Project work
I won’t give any project work this week as it’s Active Home Week but we can resume with one again next week. So in the meantime get active and have fun!
20th - 27th April
Jolly Phonics revision of diagraphs/sounds
This week, we will be revising the following diagraphs: ou, oo and oo, oa, oi, ee, ie, aw, or, ue, ar and ai. Watch the Mr. Thorne does Phonics videos on YouTube to help with the revision.
Write words mentioned on the videos and think of other words with these diagraphs. Write as many as you can. The youtube alphablocks diagraph videos will be useful also. Just type in the diagraph you want.
https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infants
Complete pages 76 and 77. If you don’t have a printer, it’s no problem as your child can do it orally or write it on a page or copybook.
Reading
Begin reading ‘The Beach House’, Wonderland Reader. You will find the book on the following link:
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/2704/1
I would suggest that on the first day the parent reads the whole book and your child reads the first page. From then on your child can read two pages each day as we did with the other books for homework. Before reading each page, chat about the objects in the picture and what might be happening and what might happen next.
Game: You or your child can choose a sentence. Then you write the sentence out on a page, cut up the words and mix them up. Ask your child to put the words in the correct order. You can repeat for other sentences if you wish.
Also, continue learning or revising the Tricky Words.
Our story for this week is Hansel and Gretel
Either read the storybook or find it on YouTube. Chat together about the story. Which was your favourite/least favourite part? How about changing the story, for example have different characters or a different ending!
Hand writing
Encourage your child to practice writing his/her name, both first and surname.
Capital letter of the week R
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5z941Xx2fM
Have your child write a sentence or two about the favourite part in the story Hansel and Gretel remembering good letter formation, spaces, capital letters and full stops. Alternatively write about something you did or your favourite joke or a shopping list. Any topic of choice or interest!
Choose 2/3 tricky words and encourage your child to put the word in a sentence.
Maths
Our theme for this week is Capacity. This topic is always a fun one to learn as it involves lots of water play! So just get a basin or container of water and fill it with lots of different containers – egg cups, cups, empty milk cartons, containers of all sizes etc. Add a drop of food colouring if you like! Some vocabulary to use whilst chatting and splashing about:- full, empty, half empty, half full, nearly empty, nearly full, holds more, holds less, as much as/same amount, fill up to the top, pour, enough and level. Chat about which container holds more/less etc. Ask your child to put the containers of water in order of capacity. Have your child estimate amounts e.g. how many egg cups of water do you think will fill the cup etc. Check the fridge – which milk/juice cartons hold more/less etc.
Play the following interactive game:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_122/index.html
Try these worksheets:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-2545119-how-much-does-it-hold-activity-sheet
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-n-556-more-than-less-than-capacity-activity-sheet
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-c-254584-everyday-objects-capacity-activity-sheet
Why not give this quiz a try!
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/capacity-quiz-t-m-3633
Continue with counting forwards/backwards and sums, both orally and written.
Revise the story of 5 and practise writing your numbers 1-10. Look out for the number 5 around your house, on food packages etc. Watch the clock for 5 o'clock. Be a number 5 Detective!!
Gailge - Scéal Hansel and Gretel
Your child will enjoy the story at
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Stories/AL_SI_ACT_Sceal_L24_HanselAgusGretel/build/index.html
Ask your child to listen for words they recognize and tell you the words after each page of the story.
https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-senior-infants/resources/
Click on Lesson, then Hansel agus Gretel and scroll to Luaschártaí. Show your child the pictures. Your child can repeat the words after you. They know some of these words already.
Then scroll down the page to Ceacht 24: Hansel and Gretel. If you have a printer, print the page and your child can colour, cut and put the pictures in the correct order. If not, your child can draw and colour in their favourite part on a blank page.
A project challenge!
Your child might like a little challenge each week, however there is no pressure at all to do it! The topic for this week is Professions. Help your child to name as many professions as possible. Then encourage your child to choose one, a vet, a bus driver, a doctor, a hairdresser, an astronaut etc. Then together think what work this person does, what uniform they wear, what equipment they use, where they work etc. You can go about it in your own way. Maybe go on line to find out more. Print and cut out pictures if no access to a printer. Encourage your child to write about what he/she already knows or has now learnt and draw pictures. It can be done on paper, a sheet of card, a copybook or using whatever you already have at home. Have fun with it!
Some fun with Science!
If your child would like to try some Scientific experiments, here is a great website with lots of science fun. I especially like the Dry Erase one! Do one a week perhaps! I’d love to hear back how you get on.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/
Good websites you may like to dip in and out of!
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All subjects are available on Twinkl.
The Maths and English worksheets are particularly good and can be completed orally if you have no access to a printer. |
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30th March - 3rd April
Diagraph of the week
* Our diagraph for this week is aw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xvdbR6g060
* Think of other words with this diagraph, then write the words and draw pictures of things with aw e.g. jaw, straw etc.
https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infants pages 74 and 75
* If you don’t have a printer, it’s no problem as your child can do it orally or write it on a page or copybook.
Reading
* Continue reading ‘Globby helps out’
* Revise lists of tricky words
* Watch the book The Snail and the Whale
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+snail+and+the+whale+story+youtube&docid=607996738290452329&mid=A0AD535CEF6E7E668C31A0AD535CEF6E7E668C31&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
* Encourage your child to read with you where possible including the tricky words they already know.
* Listen for rhyming words in the story e.g. snail /trail, foot / soot etc.
Hand writing
* Capital letter of the week Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L987a64I2cY
(We do our small q as per our handwriting guidelines given last week)
* Make and design Easter cards for your family. Write Easter greetings on them.
Irish
* Our topic for this week is Easter - An Cháisc
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/resources/Poster/AL_SI_ACT_Postaer_L23_001/index.html
* We use this resource in school so your child will be familiar with the activities in Foclóir 1 / Foclóir 2 and will enjoy singing and dancing to the song and listening to the poem for new words learnt.
* Watch a cartoon daily on TG4
Maths
* Here are some interactive activities on the topic of Money:
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_108/index.html
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_109/index.html
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_110/index.html
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_112/index.html
* Continue with the next two pages of your Planet Maths Workbook
Week of the 23rd March
Diagraph of the week
Our diagraph for this week is ar. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXBQDsgRuMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vywhf7cF7Q
Go on an ar hunt at home to find as many things as possible with the diagraph. Think of other words with this diagraph. Draw pictures and write the words (with help) of things with ar e.g. card, jar, scarf etc.
If you are able to access Just Phonic Senior Infants book on line, your child can do pages 72 and 73 on a page/copybook - https://educateplus.ie/ppresource/just-phonics-senior-infants
Reading
* Continue reading ‘Globby helps out’ (homework folder)
* Lists of tricky words (See picture of words below)
* See videos of tricky words:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMyssfAUx0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R087lYrRpgY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NOzgR1ANc4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2dx65u59aw
Hand writing
Capital letters of the week are O and P
O (start at the top and go all the way round, same as a small o, just bigger)
P (down, lift your pencil, back up and around)
If you are able to access this link on line, your child can do page 46 and page 50
https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/1297/53
Irish: Watch a cartoon daily on TG4
Maths
* Revision: Write out the story of 5 and 6 i.e. 0 + 5 = 5, 5 + 0 = 5, 1 + 4 = 5 etc.
(remember to write your numbers correctly).
* Continue to practise counting forwards and backwards to 20 (or as far as you can to 100!)
* What number comes before or after e.g. 14 (or 54). Which number is bigger / smaller - 23 or 32 etc.
* Maths games and songs from the various websites recommended for the week of 16th March and
on the Learning at Home page at the top of this page.
* Do two pages of your Planet Maths workbook
Money
* Continue to play shop as per last week.
* This week you can buy three items. Then write down your sum e.g. 2c + 4c + 1c = 7c.
* Make your own money by doing coin rubbings! Cover the coins with paper and using your pencil, colour over them to see the coin appear. You can then cut them out.
16th - 20th March
English:
Diagraph of the week
Our diagraph for this week is ‘er’. Your child can list, then draw pictures and label things (with your help) of things with ‘er’ e.g. sticker, burger, jumper etc. See Go on an ‘er’ hunt at home to find as many things as possible!
Oral language
Topic: THE FARM
* Talk about farm animals, foods produced there and farm activities i.e. the work of a farmer etc.
Reading
* Read the story Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell on YouTube
* Continue to learn the tricky words and the reading of ‘Globby helps out’
Handwriting
* Write a list of farm animals and their young
* Write about the favourite part of the story Farmer Duck and draw a picture of your favourite part.
* Encourage ‘free writing’ whilst allowing your child to sound out the words on his/her own (remembering to use small/capital letters, spaces between words and full stops).
Irish: Watch a cartoon daily on TG4
Maths:
STORY OF 10
* We are currently learning the ‘story of 10’ i.e. 0+10 = 10, 10+0= 10, 1+9 =10, 9+1=10 etc.
* Make up little stories e.g. if I had 1 sweet, how many more do I need to have 10 sweets etc.
* Continue with Planet Maths small workbooks (should be in homework folders).
* Play ‘Magic Number’ with any number from 5 to 10 as the magic number.
MONEY
Our topic for this and next week is money. Get your child to sort as many coins as you have. Check out the piggy banks at home! Label objects with a price tag up to 10c e.g. a pencil at 2c, a toy 10c etc and play shop together. Encourage your child to use a mixture of coins e.g. 5c + 5c or a 10c or 2c+2c+2c+2c+2c when paying. Don’t forget to give back the change if needed!
Diagraph of the week
Our diagraph for this week is ‘er’. Your child can list, then draw pictures and label things (with your help) of things with ‘er’ e.g. sticker, burger, jumper etc. See Go on an ‘er’ hunt at home to find as many things as possible!
Oral language
Topic: THE FARM
* Talk about farm animals, foods produced there and farm activities i.e. the work of a farmer etc.
Reading
* Read the story Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell on YouTube
* Continue to learn the tricky words and the reading of ‘Globby helps out’
Handwriting
* Write a list of farm animals and their young
* Write about the favourite part of the story Farmer Duck and draw a picture of your favourite part.
* Encourage ‘free writing’ whilst allowing your child to sound out the words on his/her own (remembering to use small/capital letters, spaces between words and full stops).
Irish: Watch a cartoon daily on TG4
Maths:
STORY OF 10
* We are currently learning the ‘story of 10’ i.e. 0+10 = 10, 10+0= 10, 1+9 =10, 9+1=10 etc.
* Make up little stories e.g. if I had 1 sweet, how many more do I need to have 10 sweets etc.
* Continue with Planet Maths small workbooks (should be in homework folders).
* Play ‘Magic Number’ with any number from 5 to 10 as the magic number.
MONEY
Our topic for this and next week is money. Get your child to sort as many coins as you have. Check out the piggy banks at home! Label objects with a price tag up to 10c e.g. a pencil at 2c, a toy 10c etc and play shop together. Encourage your child to use a mixture of coins e.g. 5c + 5c or a 10c or 2c+2c+2c+2c+2c when paying. Don’t forget to give back the change if needed!
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Ms. Creed's Senior Infants
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Congratulations to the Pupils of the Week and Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine!
World Book Day
We all enjoyed a brilliant World Book Day! The children looked amazing dressed as a character from their favourite storybook. We also loved having Seosamh again this year reading to us.
Engineers Week
Our task this week was to design, make and test a water tower. The children worked so well and enthusiastically and produced some amazing water towers. Well done to you all!!
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
We have been learning how to tell the time e.g. 1 o clock, 5 o clock etc. We had fun telling the time on the clocks we made.
We think of and remember all our Grandparents today.
We enjoyed lots of activities in Aistear this week.
We made snowman in Art and then decorated them. Happy Christmas everyone!!
Christmas Concert photos
Well done to all the children who sang and performed so well. They looked amazing too!!!!
We enjoyed making Christmas links to decorate our classroom.
See our colourful winter mittens which we did in Art this week!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
We enjoyed Engineers week last week. We made and designed some rockets.
Have a look at what we did in Aistear this week!!
Look at our beautiful portraits!
We really enjoyed the story of Noah's Ark and so we did a class painting. Great team work!!!!
We have been doing amazing work during Aistear - building, imaginative and creative play, jigsaws, writing and much more!
JUNIOR INFANTS
Newbridge House and Farm, May 30th
Sponsored Walk - Monday, 13th June
Well done to all the boys and girls who did their sponsored walk! Thanks to everyone who is sending in sponsorship money.
Congratulations to the Pupils of the Week and Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine!
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We have been learning about healthy food and food that is not healthy. We have sorted them into baskets and did a class pyramid chart. We know that healthy food helps us to grow big and strong!
We loved the story of The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson. Look at our beautiful artwork to represent the story.
World Book Day
Well done to all the children who dressed up as their favourite book characters. They all looked amazing!!!
We had a visiting storyteller with us today to mark World Book Day. We loved it!!!!
A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT!!!
We have planted four pots of cress seeds. We watered them and have them on our tables so they can get light. We are doing a scientific experiment!! One further pot of seeds will get no water and another pot is in a place with no light. After one day we can already see a change in the seeds with the water. We are excited to know how all the seeds will grow!!!!
SPRING IS HERE!!!
We are learning all about Spring and the names of Spring flowers. We had a lovely walk around the school garden and found daffodils, crocuses, snowdrops and primroses!!! We also did some lovely Spring art.
We are learning all about Spring and the names of Spring flowers. We had a lovely walk around the school garden and found daffodils, crocuses, snowdrops and primroses!!! We also did some lovely Spring art.
We enjoyed the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. We did drama and painting based on the story.
We love PE. Here we are playing Lion Safari!!!
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Thank you to all the grandparents who joined us today for Grandparents Day! We remember too all our Grandparents both in Heaven and living abroad.
We love junk art!!!
We had great fun at our Santa Dash. Everyone looks brilliant in their Santa hats!
CLOVER PROJECT
Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who came to visit our classroom for the Clover Project. It was lovely seeing you.
Congratulations and well done to all the children in Room 1 who performed so amazingly at their Christmas Concert on Tuesday. They said their lines perfectly and sang so well!!!
Let it snow!!!!
As part of our Active Schools Flag, each day we do 5-10 minutes of exercise in the classroom. It is great fun and helps to keep us all fit!!! We then record the activity. On Monday 10th December, we will be starting the Clonburris 12 Days of Fitmas!!!! Oh what fun it is to run!!!!
We are learning all about 3D shapes (cylinder, sphere, cube and cuboid). In Aistear, we made buildings using these shapes. It was good fun!
In Science, we are learning about materials. We had a hunt in our classroom and found things made of rubber, wood, wool, plastic, wood and metal. We then sorted all the materials into sets.
We all enjoyed the story of the Three Little Pigs. We did lots of activities in Aistear based on the story. Here we are making straw, stick and brick houses in construction. We did paintings and drew pictures of our favourite part.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
This week was 'Maths Week'. Each day the Maths Wizards came around to ask a question. Well done to the five winners!!!!
The Garda Band came to perform for us today to celebrate our school being 40 years old!!! They played lots of familiar tunes. It was brilliant!!
In Maths, we are learning to sort things by colour, shape, size and type.
This week is Space Week. We love the song 'We are the solar System'. We painted amazing pictures of the solar system and now know a poem called 'I am a Robot'.
We painted our portraits. Come and see them displayed outside our classroom.
Here we are practicing our writing.
We did these amazing pictures using autumn leaves from our nature table.
Look at our lovely hedgehog art!
Here we are on our first day at school!
We love Aistear and enjoy lots of activities during that time!
