Monday the 8th of February

Hi folks,

Good morning and welcome to week 5!

Apologies by the way for the corrections not loading so from now on I will link them on the webpage separate to this document.

Once again, I would like to remind you to make a note of any areas of work you are finding challenging and let me know and I may be able to address these with a video or detailed reply if required.

ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM. I am going to try and attempt a zoom meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12. I sent on the password via Aladdin last Friday. Can you email me if you can attend please. There is no obligation to attend but it would be lovely to see you!

Mr O Sullivan is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Mr O’Sullivan’s Zoom meeting
Time: Feb 9, 2021 12:00 PM Dublin

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/96440370864?pwd=a3hrdlJaNXg0VzI1RXZlRmY5ZGptZz09

Meeting ID: 964 4037 0864
Passcode: sent on Aladdin

There will be a waiting room so be patient as it’s my first time hosting a meeting. I’ve posted the rules below and check Aladdin to see what you need for tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you at 12pm!

Thanks a million for sending in the work the way I asked. I know we have changed it around since we started and I appreciate your flexibility and willingness to try new formats. I really appreciate it.

Thanks a million, please find today’s work and tutorial videos below.

Mr. O’Sullivan.

Hi folks,

I hope all is well with you at present.

You have worked so hard these past three weeks, well done. I’ve posted Friday’s work below for you. Can you get someone to test your English and Irish spellings (a sibling could do this or whoever is minding you) and do your master your maths Friday test.

The spellings can be self-corrected with your spelling list and Irish workbook. After your work there is some nice art activities and an experiment in the document below. The correction corner is there and Friday’s answers are there also. I trust that you will wait until afterwards before checking the Friday answers. Thanks so much for your co-operation this week.

To start your Friday, I have read this lovely picture book about giving your parents 5 minute peace. Here it is, read by me, so be nice to me, it’s my first attempt at recording a picture book! The video is on the website page below with the Irish video as they won’t load up from the PDFs above.

Stay safe and well, have a nice weekend,

Mr. O’Sullivan.

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Happy Thursday everyone,

I’ve linked the work for Thursday below. In that document there are all the videos and a suggestion of how to send in the work. I’ve attached the corrections separately to make 100% certain that they will load. I’ve also had to upload today’s oral language lesson video and the power point for Confirmation class below as they wouldn’t open in pdf format.

Thanks for all the hard work and sending me in the material. I know some of you are sending in the work in PDF already but for those that aren’t I have a suggestion please.

 I can correct directly on my ipad if you send me the material in one document. I have started to send my girl’s work in PDF format directly from my Ipad and Android phone (depending on what is closer to hand). It is so much easier for me and has saved me a lot of time. I think once you have tried it, you will see that it will be easier for you too. There is NO pressure to do it this way BUT if you send it to me this way on ONE email I can respond twice as fast.

I have included a you tube clip on how to do it here:

1. This is the clip for Iphones and Ipads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5r4chWG1gk

1. This is the clip for android phones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUz7R3luoes

Below is Thursday’s work and Wednesday’s corrections

Religion for Confirmation class powerpoint.

Please let me know straight away if you are having trouble downloading the PDF.

Have a great day,

Mr. O’Sullivan.

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Wednesday February 3^rd 2021

Hi folks,

Thanks for all the hard work and sending me in the material the way I requested.

Below is Wednesday’s work  in a document. You can download the document and click the links to the videos.

Let me know straight away if it’s not loading or you are having difficulties loading the work,

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. O’Sullivan.

I’ve also left a link to a video message from myself. https://photos.app.goo.gl/CuYCVcU33BfB1KHp9

Below are two you tube karaoke songs to sing along too today.

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Tuesday 2/2/21

Hi folks,

Well done on getting your work done and to me. Some people have not sent me Friday tests, so if you have them can you send them to me so I can put your grade in my logbook please?

First thing this morning to do is to correct the work from yesterday please and send it to me. When that is sent you should start today’s work. Today’s answers will be posted tomorrow morning.

Below is Tuesday’s work.

Have a nice day, thanks,

Mr. O’ Sullivan.

Monday’s Corrections

                                                                                Maths

5^th class                                                                 6^th class

1.Planet Maths Page   86 A and B             Planet Maths Page 78 C+D

2. Master Your Maths Tuesday Week 20       MYM Tuesday Week 20

3. Speed test

English

Oral language

1.Diary Entry every day please

2. Starlight C and D- Both classes

3. Spellings- put into sentences please

4. Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day

Gaeilge

1. Fuaimeanna agus Focail C and D
2. Abair Liom Abair Liom page 59 f AND g
3. Page 176– write out RITH and SEAS on page 179

SESE   Aztecs:

1. Unlocking SESE Page 44 AND 45 Q1-4 THINK AND DISCUSS
2. Look back on links yesterday to improve your general knowledge on the Aztecs people.

PE:

Try the 7 balls challenge game. The activity cards are attached here.

Religion:

1. BOTH CLASSES Grow In love Page 59
2. 6^TH CLASS- next page of Confirmation Workbook please

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1^st of February 2021

Hi folks,

Good morning and welcome to week 4!

Today is St. Brigid’s Day, the 1^st of February. St. Brigid is one of our patron saints. I’ve Included some nice activities for you, including how to make a St. Brigid’s Day cross. If you make one, I’d love to see a snap of it.

I would love to chat to you this week on the phone so if you have a day or time in mind, email me and I will ring you at that agreed time. I’m looking forward to having a chat and if you are having any problems with work , have it ready and I can go over it with you.

Thanks a million, please find today’s work and tutorial videos below.

Mr. O’Sullivan.

To begin today LET’S SAY THE PRAYER ABOVE before beginning and at the end of the work below.

Today’s work

Maths

5th class                                                                              6th class

1.Planet Maths Page 85 all of the page                     Planet Maths Page 78 B

2.Both classes Master Your Maths Monday Week 20 

3. Do your daily speed test- screen shot your results maybe?

https://www.timestables.com/speed-test/

English

1. NEW! ORAL LANGUAGE VIDEO ATTACHED-
2. 1.Starlight Unit 10A   Do A and B- Both classes (video below 5TH FROM 1:50 0NWARDS)
3. Look up Vocabulary and write it into your copybooks
4. Spellings-LIST 15 BOTH CLASSES put into sentences please  
5. Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day
6. Diary Entry daily please. Just a short passage please.

Gaeilge

1. Week 19 Fuaimeanna agus Focail A and B– SEE VIDEO BELOW FOR BOTH CLASSES
2. Both classes Abair Liom page 58 both classes- video below
3. Both classes: Page 179 start writing out GLAN agus ÓL in all tenses

 

SESE Both classes

CHECK THESE  RESOURCES OUT AGAIN

..\..\..\..\Downloads\t2-h-5580-ks2-amazing-aztec-art-information-powerpoint_ver_3.ppt

t2-h-5574-explore-aztec-society-activity-_ver_3.pdf

1. Aztecs: Unlocking SESE Page 44 and 45 Do CHECKPOINT QS 1-4 from page 45 into SESE Hardback please

Religion

1. ST BRIGID’S DAY CROSS INSTRUCTIONS AND POWERPOINT
2. See Glance Card for January – Tonight P.58 in your Grow In love 3VIPS PLEASE
3. Both classes: GIL_AtaGlance_Jan_Amended_PDF.pdf

Ms. Carney’s work for week 4 attached.- Thank you Ms Carney .

#If you find that you are finished too early each day, use the time to perfect your tables, read a new book, start a new hobby.  Do a project on your favourite team, person, animal etc.#

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Friday the 29th of January 2021

Hi folks,

I hope all is well with you at present.

You have worked so hard these past three weeks, well done. I’ve posted Friday’s work below for you. Can you get someone to test your spellings (a sibling could do this or whoever is minding you) and do your master your maths Friday test.

The spellings can be self-corrected with your spelling list and Irish workbook. After your other work there is some nice art activities and some dingbats to challenge yourself. The correction corner is there and Friday’s answers are there also. I trust that you will wait until afterwards before checking the Friday answers. Thanks so much for your co-operation this week.

NEW~ I will post how to complete a St. Brigid’s cross on Monday. You will need 16 straws (or long lengths of reeds/rushes if you have them growing in the fields around you) and some elastic bands/string if you wanted to pick up the material over the weekend.

If you remember I read this lovely picture book back in December. Here it is again read by a you tuber;

Stay safe and well, have a nice weekend,

Mr. O’Sullivan.

Corrections for Thursday

Corrections for Friday test and work

Below is Friday’s work

Maths Both classes

Complete Friday Master Your Maths Test Week 19-   videos below

Planet Maths- 5^th class: Page 71 C, D and E

Planet Maths- 6^th class: Page 68 D and E

Friday spelling test- someone at home can call out your spellings and you can write them into your test hardbacks. You will want to test yourself after all your hard work. Self-correct them and I look forward to seeing how you did. Don’t be too hard on yourselves!

English Both Classes

Friday test- please don’t call out spellings in order.

 

Starlight-

5^th Page 103 : Planning a blog

6^th Page 103 :Planning a diary entry

Gaeilge Both classes

Spelling test- PLEASE INCLUDE MEANINGS

Go over your cómhrá

5^TH CLASS Abair Liom page 57 B

6^TH CLASS Abair Liom page 57 C

Write out AS from page 176  

Art Time

6^th class: I’ve attached some tutorials on you tube to draw 2 types of doves, a realistic dove and a cartoon dove.- Mind this art in your display folder and we can use for Confirmation time!

 

5th Class: As you well know, “Among us” is a huge success at the moment. Below is a link to how to draw the characters from the hit game.

https://artprojectsforkids.org/how-to-draw-among-us/

SPHE

I’ve attached a worksheet on how to figure out what’s important to you in your life. It will help you to stay present. It’s a nice self reflection exercise you can do with your parents and family. Discuss each other’s values and what drives them to keep going every day. Some of my values are family, being a good teacher and being a better person. I try every day to improve and make up for the mistakes I make. No one is perfect and it’s important to reflect on what you value the most.

SESE:

Here is a lovely powerpoint to switch off and focus on nature.

HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND! Chat to you on Monday, which is February the 1^st, St.Brigid’s day.

 

 

Thursday January the 28TH

Hi folks,

Thanks for all the hard work and sending me in the material the way I requested.

Below is Thursday’s work

CORRECTIONS FOR YESTERDAY.

Maths

5th class                                                                                            6th class

1.Planet Maths Page 83 All of it                                Planet Maths Page 72 All of it

2.Master Your Maths Thursday Week 19                MYM Thursday Week 19

Videos Below for both classes

3.Tables challenge use the great balloon challenge

4. https://www.timestables.com/speed-test/

English

                       5th class                                                                                          6th class

1. Starlight Writing skills Features of Blogs contd.-     features of Diary writing contd.
2. Spellings- put into sentences please
3. Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day
4. Diary entry

Gaeilge

1. Sign up for duolingo below. It’s free and will help with your Irish!

https://www.duolingo.com/course/ga/en/Learn-Irish

• Cómhrá-  start conversing with your family. Send in some recordings if you want.
• Fuaimeanna agus Focail G and H
• Abair Liom page 56&57 Questions in A all of them.
• Write out “Ó and ROIMH” from page 176

SESE

Science Experiments- this is another new experiment. See if you can do them and if you do take some photographs and send them to me please. Write your discoveries in your hardback please.

Instant Ice Science Experiment for Kids

Apple Oxidation

 

What works best for keeping an apple from turning brown? Test to find out! Slice up an apple, and let each slice soak in a different liquid. Then take them out, lay them on a tray, and check the brownness after three minutes, six minutes, and so on. Not only does this test the properties of different liquids, it also helps students practice the scientific method if they create hypotheses about which liquids would be most effective.

RE

Grow In Love Page 54- 57 -3VIPS from the entire chapter

Confirmation class- complete the next page in your Confirmation workbook please.

That’s all for today, practice your spelling before tomorrow’s test. I look forward to seeing all your great work!

Thanks as always,

Mr. O’Sullivan.

 

 

Wednesday January the 27th

Hi folks,

Thanks for all the hard work and sending me in the material the way I requested.

Correction sheet attached here;

Let’s start the day with a quick meditation;

Below is Wednesday’s work  

                                                                                Maths

5th class                                                                                                                              6th class

1. BOTH CLASSES                   Master Your Maths Wednesday Week 19     

2.Planet Maths Page 82 All of it                                  Planet Maths Page 71 All of it

3.BOTH CLASSES Tables challenge use the great balloon challenge

4. NEW!! Try and challenge yourself on https://www.timestables.com/speed-test/

It will improve your tables and give you a challenge.

I have attached a brief power point on prime and composite numbers that may assist your understanding.

English

1. Starlight E- Both classes Video
2. Spellings- put into sentences please
3. Diary entry- doesn’t have to be very long and I WON’T be correcting spelling or grammar as it is meant to be enjoyable and free flowing.
4. Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day

Gaeilge

1. Fuaimeanna agus Focail E and F

2. BOTH CLASSES Abair Liom page 54  Q1-4. (see video below)

3. Page 158- start chatting and using the vocabulary (see video from Monday)

4. WRITE OUT “FAOI and LE” from page 176

5. Revision Video- Days of the week

SESE

1. Unlocking SESE- Aztec people   – Page 43 Q1-4
2. Look at the material I posted on Monday to gain a greater understanding of the Aztecs people.

RE

1. Grow In Love Page 57- 3VIPS
2. (6^TH ONLY)Confirmation class- complete the next page in your Confirmation workbook please. Please make it as colourful as possible. Thanks.

Ms. Carney’s suggested work for week 3 is linked below. Enjoy!

Tuesday 26/1/21

Hi folks,

Well done on getting your work done and to me. Some people have not sent me Friday tests, so if you have them can you send them to me so I can put your grade in my logbook please?

First thing this morning to do is to correct the work from yesterday please and send it to me. When that is sent you should start today’s work. Today’s answers will be posted tomorrow morning.

Below is Tuesday’s work.

Have a nice day, thanks,

Mr. O’ Sullivan.

Monday’s Corrections

                                                                                Maths

5^th class                                                                                 6^th class

1.Planet Maths Page   81- ALL OF IT                      Planet Maths Page 70 ALL OF IT

TUTORIALS BELOW

2. Master Your Maths Tuesday Week 19                 Master your Maths Tuesday Week 19

 

3. Tables challenge use the great balloon challenge

English

Oral language

1.Diary Entry every day please

2. Starlight C and D- Both classes

3. Spellings- put into sentences please

4. Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day

Gaeilge

1. Fuaimeanna agus Focail C and D
2. Abair Liom Abair Liom pages

5^TH Page 54 Q1-8                                                 6^th Page 54 Q1-8

• Page 176- write out DE and DO on page 176 – see video from yesterday to help.

SESE   Aztecs:

1. Unlocking SESE Page 42 Q1-3 Both classes
2. Look back on links yesterday to improve your general knowledge on the Aztecs people.

Religion:

1. BOTH CLASSES Grow In love Page 55 and 56 Answer “Think About It” question on this page.
2. 6^TH CLASS- next page of Confirmation Workbook please

Monday the 25th of January 2021

Hi folks,

Good morning and welcome to week 3!

I would like to remind you to make a note of any areas of work you are finding challenging and let me know and I may be able to address these with a video or detailed reply if required.

As mentioned before, this week I will do my best to contact you all be email or with a short video. With my slow internet and time constraints, this may not always be possible. You have been so understanding of this and I appreciate your many emails of well wishes. I am aiming to alternate the days you receive video and typed messages.

Thanks a million, please find today’s work and tutorial videos below.

Mr. O’Sullivan.

To begin today please try some meditation before beginning and at the end of the work below.

Today’s work

Monday the 25th of January 2021

Maths

5th class                                                                              6th class

Planet Maths Page 80 all of the page                     Planet Maths Page 69 all of it (video from 3:46)

Both classes Master Your Maths Monday Week 19  (5^th – video from 5:39)

Tables challenge use the great balloon challenge

English

Starlight Unit 9 B                                               Do A and B- Both classes (video below)

Look up Vocabulary and write it into your copybooks

Spellings-LIST 14 BOTH CLASSES put into sentences please  

SEE LISTS LINK BELOW AND VIDEO

Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day

Gaeilge

Week 18 Fuaimeanna agus Focail A and B- SEE VIDEO BELOW

Both classes Abair Liom page 55

SEE VIDEO BELOW (5^th from 2:04)

Both classes: Page 176 start writing out AG, AR and CHUIG (end of spelling video)

Vocabulary for the theme An Scoil- use page 158 in Abair Liom (video below for both classes)

SESE Both classes—–THE AZTECS——-

Aztecs: Unlocking SESE Page 40 and 41 Do answers from page 40 into SESE Hardback please. I have put in some lovely activities below which have great images and will bring the Aztecs to life for you.

 

Religion

Religion – 6^th class– can you continue the confirmation workbook please.  Complete the next page.

Both classes: GIL_AtaGlance_Jan_Amended_PDF.pdf

See Glance Card for January – Tonight P.54 in your Grow In love

#If you find that you are finished too early each day, use the time to perfect your tables, read a new book, start a new hobby.  Do a project on your favourite team, person, animal etc.#

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Hi folks,

I hope all is well with you at present. 

You have worked so hard these past two weeks, well done. I’ve posted Friday’s work below for you. Can you get someone to test your spellings (a sibling could do this or whoever is minding you) and do your master your maths Friday test. The spellings can be self-corrected with your spelling list and Irish workbook. After your work there is some nice art activities and some more riddles below. The correction corner is there and Friday’s answers are there also. I trust that you will wait until afterwards before checking the Friday answers. Thanks so much for your co-operation this week. 

I’ve copied Ms. O’Toole’s video link to a book that may be for younger children but I found it useful so I’m sure you will too.

Stay safe and well, have a nice weekend,

Mr. O’Sullivan.

Corrections for Thursday and Friday

 

Below is Friday’s work

Maths Both classes

Complete Friday Master Your Maths Test Week 18-   videos below

Planet Maths- 5^th class: Page 71 C, D and E

Planet Maths- 6^th class: Page 68 D and E

Friday spelling test- someone at home can call out your spellings and you can write them into your test hardbacks. You will want to test yourself after all your hard work. Self-correct them and I look forward to seeing how you did. Don’t be too hard on yourselves!

English Both Classes

Friday test- please don’t call out spellings in order.

Riddle Time- Answer these in your copies-

 

Starlight- 

5^th Page 103 : Planning a blog

6^th Page 103 :Planning a diary entry

Gaeilge Both classes

Go over your cómhrá

Abair Liom page 54 both classes  

Friday test- write in meaning for Irish too please

Art Time

1.Please find a link below to a nice art activity. It shows a boy/girl looking out the window. What is he/she looking at? What can you see from your window? Can you draw what you see?

SPHE

Some tips for well being that can be used in your diary entries

SESE:

Bird watching sheet- if you can, print out the sheet and keep an eye out for these common garden birds

HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND! Chat to you on Monday.

Thursday January the 21^st

Hi folks,

Thanks for all the hard work and sending me in the material the way I requested. 

Below is today’s work

correction corner

                                                            Maths

5th class                                                                                               6th class

Planet Maths Page 71 B                                                 Planet Maths Page 68 C 

Master Your Maths Thursday Week 18                                 Master your Maths Thursday Week 18

Videos above for both classes

Tables challenge use the great balloon challenge

English

5^th class 4:22 on video                                                   6^th class  from the start

Starlight Writing skills Features of Blogs–                       features of Diary writing

Spellings- put into sentences please

Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day

Gaeilge

Sign up for duolingo below. It’s free and will help with your Irish!

https://www.duolingo.com/course/ga/en/Learn-Irish

Cómhrá-  start conversing with your family. Send in some recordings if you want.

Fuaimeanna agus Focail G and H

Abair Liom Abair Liom page 52 all of it. (see video below) 5:11 for 6^th class

Page 158- start chatting and using the vocabulary (see video below)

SESE

Science Experiments- there are 2 new experiments attached relating to sound- see if you can do them and if you do take some photographs and send them to me please. Write your discoveries in your hardback please.

RE

Grow In Love Page 50-53 -3VIPS from the entire chapter

Confirmation class- complete the next page in your Confirmation workbook please.

Wednesday 20/1/21

Hi folks,

Thanks for all the hard work and sending me in the material the way I requested.

Below is Wednesday’s work

Corrections for Tuesday the 19th

                                                                                Maths

5th class                                                                                                                              6th class

Planet Maths Page 70 C (Video below)                                                   Planet Maths Page 68 B (Video below)

Master Your Maths Wednesday Week 18                                 Master your Maths Wednesday Week 18

Video Below for both classes

Tables challenge use the great balloon challenge

English

Starlight E– Both classes Video below

Spellings- put into sentences please

Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day

Gaeilge

Fuaimeanna agus Focail E and F

Abair Liom Abair Liom page 51 all of it. (see video below)

Page 158- start chatting and using the vocabulary

SESE

Science Experiments- there are 2 experiments attached relating to sound- see if you can do them and if you do take some photographs and send them to me please. Write your discoveries in your hardback please.

RE

Grow In Love Page 52- 3VIPS

Confirmation class- complete the next page in your Confirmation workbook please

Tuesday 19/1/21

Hi folks,

Well done on getting your work done and to me all last week. Some people have not sent me Friday tests, so if you have them can you send them to me so I can put your grade in my logbook please?

First thing this morning to do is to correct the work from yesterday please and send it to me. When that is sent you should start today’s work. Today’s answers will be posted tomorrow morning.

Below is Tuesday’s work.

Have a nice day, thanks,

Mr. O’ Sullivan.

The correction corner:

                                                                                Maths

5^th class                                                                                 6^th class

Planet Maths Page  70- B-all of it                          Planet Maths Page 67-c-e

Master Your Maths Tuesday Week 18                 Master your Maths Tuesday Week 18

From start of video                                                  from 13:07- end of video

Tables challenge use the great balloon challenge

Practice all tables please.

English

Oral language link attached

https://content-sandbox.folensonline.ie/programmes/Starlight/5th_class/resources/activities/SL_05_ACT_CH08_002/index.html

Starlight C and D- Both classes

Spellings- put into sentences please

Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day

Gaeilge

Fuaimeanna agus Focail C and D

Abair Liom Abair Liom pages 84 g Q1-4  Both classes

Page 180- write out the next 3 Briathra on page – see video from yesterday.

Have a look at this months song below;

https://content-sandbox.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/5th_class/resources/song/AL_5C_ACT_CH07_007/index.htmlht

SESE     Sound:

I have attached a link to a power point on sound. Give me 5 Vips and put them in your Science hardback copy please.

Religion:

Grow In love Page tonight-   NEW! Give me 3 VIPS (Very Important Points) on this page.

Monday the 18th of January 2021

Hi folks,

Good morning and welcome to week 2! I’m posting a reminder of the new approach to work below.

I’m asking the children to self-correct most of their work and send it to me (SOME WORK CANNOT BE SELF-CORRECTED AND I WILL DO THIS). I feel this approach will enable me to give you more effective feedback and it will also free up some time to do some more tutorial videos.

Work that is assigned each day need not be submitted until the following morning (just like normal homework). I will post the answers the following morning at 9:30am and ask that the boys and girls self-correct their own work using a red pen. So, tomorrow you will find today’s (Monday’s) answers in the “correction corner”. Can you correct your work in red pen and send it to me. Then start Tuesday’s work. Could I also ask that you put your NAME in clear writing on your work at the top of the page please? This makes it so much easier for sorting the photographs on my laptop/i-pad.

I ask that you make a note of any areas of work you are finding challenging and let me know and I may be able to address these with a video or detailed reply if required.

This week I will do my best to contact you all be email or with a short video message every day. With my slow internet and time constraints, this may not always be possible. You have been so understanding of this and I appreciate your many emails of well wishes. I am aiming to alternate the days you receive video and typed messages.

Thanks a million, please find today’s work and tutorial videos below.

Mr. O’Sullivan.

To begin today please find a thank you card that I received from the local nursing home. Well done boys and girls for sending in those lovely Christmas wishes. As you can read below, it was really appreciated by the nursing home staff and residents.

Today’s work

Maths

5th class Video (start -6:50)                                                    6th class Video (from 6:52-end)

Planet Maths Page 70 A- all of it                                            Planet Maths Page 67 A and B

Master Your Maths Monday Week 18                  Master your Maths Monday Week 18 (6th watch from 11:12)

Tables challenge use the great balloon challenge

English

Starlight A and B- Both classes   (5^th class go to  3:26 on the video below )

Spellings-LIST 13 BOTH CLASSES put into sentences please   SEE LISTS LINK AND VIDEO BELOW

Both classes                                     All of the spellings 1-18

Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day

Gaeilge

Fuaimeanna agus Focail A and B- video below- see video below   (5^th – look at 8:38  )

Both classes below Abair Liom page 91 Both classes the entire page- see video time (from 8:38)

Both classes: Page 179- start writing out the The first 3 verbs fully- see video below time (SEE 15:08 in the video below)

SESE Both classes

Latvia- Unlocking SESE- Page 161  Q1-3 What did I learn? Do answers into SESE Hardback please

Start the project now with the knowledge you have gained from last week’s work and use the internet to find other interesting facts. Please use Kiddle to find facts and tell your parents you are searching the internet please.

NEW! Religion – 6^th class– can you start the confirmation workbook please. Complete the first 3 pages by Friday please.

Both classes: GIL_AtaGlance_Jan_Amended_PDF.pdf

See Glance Card for January – Tonight P.50 in your Grow In love

NEW! If you find that you are finished too early each day, use the time to perfect your tables, read a new book, start a new hobby.  Do a project on your favourite team, person, animal etc.

Ms Carney has left another selection of extra material to complete if you finish early.

 

Hi folks,

I hope all is well with you at present.

You have worked so hard this week, well done. I’ve pasted Friday’s work below for you. Can you get someone to test your spellings (a sibling could do this or whoever is minding you) and do your master your maths Friday test. The spellings can be self-corrected with your spelling list and Irish workbook. After that there is a nice art activity and some riddles below. The correction corner is in place now and I am trusting you to not check Friday’s answers until after you have it done. When you have Thursday and Friday’s work corrected can you send it at the same time and I’ll do my best to get a reply to you asap. Thanks so much for your co-operation this week. I am so happy and proud of all your efforts. Thanks so much, it means a lot.

Stay safe and well, have a nice weekend,

Mr. O’Sullivan.

Below is Friday’s work

Maths Both classes

Complete Friday Master Your Maths Test Week 17– I have uploaded the answers now (I can’t trust my internet to work later on today).

SPELLING TEST

Friday spelling test- someone at home can call out your spellings and you can write them into your test hardbacks. You will want to test yourself after all your hard work. Self-correct them and I look forward to seeing how you did. Don’t be too hard on yourselves!

English Both Classes

Riddle Time- Answer these in your copies-

1.       What goes up and down stairs without moving?

2.       Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die.

3.       What can you catch but not throw?

4.       I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?

5.       Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.

Gaeilge Both classes

Go over your cómhrá

Art Time

Please find a link below to a nice art activity

How to Draw “Happy New Year” in 3D

HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND! Chat to you on Monday.

The Correction Corner

 

 

Hi folks,

CHANGE OF APPROACH REQUEST PLEASE.

How are you all doing? I’m going to ask to change our approach slightly please. I want us to find a happy medium where everyone is getting the most out of this difficult situation.

 I’m going to ask the children to self-correct most of their work and send it to me (SOME WORK CANNOT BE SELF-CORRECTED AND I WILL DO THIS). I feel I can give you a more effective feedback. It will also free up some time to do some more tutorial videos.

So, like Mr. Scanlon’s approach, work that is assigned on Monday need not be submitted until Tuesday morning like homework. Starting from today I will post the answers the following morning at 9:30am and ask that the boys and girls self-correct their own work using a red pen. So, tomorrow (Friday the 15^th of January) you will find today’s (Thursday’s) answers in the “correction corner”. Can you correct your work in red pen and send it to me. Then start the days work. I will also post Friday’s answers in the late morning- Friday will only have one piece of correcting to do and should only take a few minutes. Could I also ask that you put your NAME in clear writing on your work at the top of the page please? This makes it so much easier for sorting the photographs on my laptop/i-pad . I ask that you make a note of any areas of work you are finding challenging and let me know and I may be able to address these with a video or detailed reply if required.

Please attach all the assignments for that day (photographed) to one document and e-mail it to me. Example Mr O’Sullivan, Your child’s name, Monday Schoolwork. I can then either comment on said work or send you a voiceover of the feedback with the work underneath as soon as possible.

We can adjust the approach later on if needs be. This new stage of lockdown is a challenge for us all and we need to learn as we go. I am delighted with your work to date and I genuinely thank you for your co-operation,

Mr. O’Sullivan.

Video here explaining new method. Thanks.

Below is Thursday’s work

                                                                                Maths

Sorry about my mistake yesterday, I gave the same work and typed the 6^th into the 5^th section.

5th class                                                                                                                              6th class

Planet Maths Page           68 C                                                      Planet Maths Page  66 C and D

Master Your Maths Thursday Week 17                                  Master your Maths Thursday Week 17

Video Below

Start of video for 5^th class                                                              Jump to 3:12 on video

Tables challenge use the great balloon challenge

Both classes English

Starlight F- Both classes            Video below- 6^th class jump to 1:48

Spellings- put into sentences please- if you have all your sentences wrote, pick any 5 and write sentences with those spellings in them.

Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day

Both classes Gaeilge

Fuaimeanna agus Focail I and J

Abair Liom Abair Liom page  78 B all of it. Fill in the spaces  5^th– Jump to 2:15

Page 182. Write out the Aimsir Chaite of Tabhair, Tar agus Téigh

Both classes SESE

Latvia- Unlocking SESE- Read Page 159 and p160 answer Checkpoint questions on Page 160

Wednesday January the 13^th

Hi folks,

Thanks for all the hard work and sending me in the material. Sometimes I will make a comment in a video and sometimes it will be a typed response. It has been a real challenge for all of us so let’s work together as a team to get through this.

If at all possible, can you please take photographs of the work in a flat position and ,if possible, paste into a document or keep the images in one email. I have received many formats and that is fine but it makes it so much easier for me if the images are in one or two messages. It means I can get back to you faster as well. I know this is not easy to do (I have my own little student here at home as well). If you are having any problems please let me know asap and I can assist you as best as I can.

Keep an eye on doing your own level’s work. Some people have done the wrong work. If the work applies to both classes I will type BOTH CLASSES before it to save confusion.

Thanks again for all the hard work and the dedication of sending me work,

kindest regards,

Mr. O’Sullivan.

 

Below is Wednesday’s work

13/1/21

Maths– video below

5th class                                                                                                                              6th class

Planet Maths Page 67 D and E                                                     Planet Maths Page 64 E and 65 A and B

Master Your Maths Wednesday Week 17                                 Master your Maths Wednesday Week 17

Tables challenge use the great balloon challenge

Both classes English– video below

Starlight E– Both classes

Spellings- put into sentences please

Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day

Both classes Gaeilge

Fuaimeanna agus Focail E and F

Abair Liom Abair Liom page 75 all of it.

Page 180- write out the 4 Briathra Neamhrialta on page 181

Both classes SESE

Latvia- Unlocking SESE- Read Page 157 and page 158 Complete the Think and Discuss questions on page 158 (6 in total-   2qs at the top of the page and 4qs at the bottom of the page).

Tuesday 12/1/21

Hi folks,

Well done on getting your work done and to me yesterday. I will sometimes post the next day’s work beforehand to make sure it is there for you.

If I haven’t got back to you about your work, I may not have received it or my internet shut down. I will respond as soon as I can. Any work sent in after 4pm will be looked at the following day. The response may be in video format as well.

The size of my responses can be an issue when sending videos, so apologies if I’m speaking really fast in the feedback clips. Otherwise, I can’t send them through email.

Could I please ask that you all correct your master your maths for me. Put a * next to the incorrect ones. Don’t stress over mistakes as we haven’t covered some of the topics in Master Your Maths yet.

Below is Tuesday’s work.

Thanks,

Mr. O’ Sullivan.

                                                                                Maths

5^th class                                                                                                                 6^th class

Planet Maths Page 67 D and E                                                     Planet Maths Page 64 E and 65 A and B

Master Your Maths Tuesday Week 17                                  Master your Maths Tuesday Week 17

Tables challenge use the great balloon challenge at http://www.theschoolhub.ie/sample.php

 

English Both classes

Starlight C and D- Both classes

Spellings- put into sentences please

Read for pleasure (choose any book) for 10 minutes a day

Gaeilge Both classes

Fuaimeanna agus Focail C and D

Abair Liom Abair Liom pages   74 6-10 Both classes

Page 180- write out the 4 Briathra Neamhrialta- see video below

SESE Both classes

Latvia- Unlocking SESE- Page 156 Q1-5 Do answers into SESE Hardback please

 

11/01/21

Dear 5th/6th class children and parents of Mr. O’Sullivan’s class,

firstly, I’d like to wish you all a Happy New Year and I hope you had a nice Christmas time. I was really looking forward to chatting to you about your break and moving on with our work for term 1. I know it must be hard for everyone to have to face into another lockdown but hopefully by staying at home for the next few weeks we will make a big difference in reducing the cases of Covid-19 and we can see each other again soon.

We are all (including you boys and girls) working from home as asked by the government to do so. All I ask of you is to try your best.

Every day, I will be uploading a document with the days suggested work. It is so important that we work through this lockdown. When you have the day’s work completed can you please email it to me as a photograph or as a word document as soon as you can so it gives me time to respond. If I do not get back to you straight away it is more than likely that my internet connection has failed. I will do my best to respond to you as soon as possible. This will be by email and the email may consist of some typed advice or a small video clip.

While Irish, English and Maths are important, your well being is more important. We have practised mindfulness and meditation throughout the year. Use those skills we worked on and get outside and get some air. Kick a football, skip or go for a walk (within the government guidelines please).

Ms. Carney and Ms. O’Donovan will be supporting me throughout lockdown so you may receive an email from these teachers as well. In some cases, these teachers will be responding to the work you send into me.

Ms. Carney has a lovely page of nice things to do after your work below is completed. The link to these lovely extras is below;

My email address is  n.osullivan@upperglanmirens.ie  and I will be checking emails during school hours. If you have any queries or concerns please communicate with me and we can work as a team to get through this challenging time. I will be in touch over the coming days as well.

Kindest regards,

Mr. O’Sullivan.

Monday the 11th of January 2021
5th class	6th class
English: Explanation video below for both classes:
Spelling list 12 put into sentences List is below this table – 10 to do this week Look up meanings please.	Spelling list 12   put  into sentences The list is below- I have highlighted the spellings to ignore. Look up meanings please.
Starlight Page 94 8B -complete A and B on page 95 – SAME FOR BOTH CLASSES
Vocabulary as normal- look up in your dictionary
Start a  diary entry. Just a few brief words. For example; Today is Monday. I am working from home. We are making Rice Krispie cakes later on. I am feeling upset today as I miss my school friends and my amazing teacher 😉. Maybe add something positive that happened.
Maths: Tutorial video below for both classes
Useful decimal Place value chart link below.
Master Your Maths Week 17 Monday Answers below when correcting Planet Maths Page 67 B and C	Master Your Maths Week 17 Monday Answers below when correcting Planet Maths Page 64 C AND D
Tables work- multiplication times tables Use the great balloon challenge online to help; here is the link; http://www.theschoolhub.ie/sample.php
Gaeilge Tutorial video below for both classes
F+F Page 49 A and B	F+F Page 49 A and B
Abair Liom pages   74 1-5 Both classes This is a repeat exercise	Abair Liom pages   74 1-5 Both classes This is a repeat exercise
Cómhrá pages 154-159- practice at home with your folks/siblings/ yourself if needs be 😊	Cómhrá pages 154-159- practice at home with your folks/siblings/ yourself if needs be 😊
SESE
Both Classes: Latvia Powerpoint link below: Latvia Case Study Powerpoint Unlocking SESE book Page 156-161 Project due in on the February the 5th- use guidelines I gave you- population, currency, language, culture, flag etc.