Friday, February 5th
Happy Friday everyone, thank you all for another great week, it was great to see all the fantastic work throughout the week and I really enjoyed meeting those who could make it yesterday for a chat and a catch up. It was so great to see you all. Below is the link for the activities for today. If you are interested there is a School Hub activity at 11am which I will post below and some worksheets to go with it if you would like to try any. Have a great weekend and again thank you for all the great efforts.
Ms O’Shea.
Home School Hub 11am
Today we will learn all about all about spatial awareness and about direction in Múinteoir Ray’s Maths class if you would like to tune in.
Thursday, February 4th
Good morning, please see today’s work below and have a look at the zoom etiquette poster for later. See you soon!
Ms. O’Shea.
Wednesday, February 3rd
Tuesday, February 2nd
Good morning all,
Today there’s is a science activity linked to RTE Schoolhub at 11am which is at the end of the pdf, just in case you miss it. Looking forward to seeing if anybody tries out being an engineer today!
E. O’Shea.
Week of February 1st 2021
Good morning everyone and Lá Fhéile Bríde Faoi Mhaise Daoibh go léir!
It’s the first day of spring, the days are getting longer and hopefully brighter. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. A huge well done for all the great work to date and a big thanks for the emails and the huge effort you are all putting in. As always, this week, there are videos to help explain activities. It is good to have a break between activities so I will try to include a few quick movement breaks each day this week that you may be able to use to get up and move about to help refocus the mind. Enjoy the week and please don’t hesitate to contact me if I can help with anything. Please click on the link below for the pdf of this week’s work.
We also earned a badge for all our reading last week on the new reading website which I am very proud of, well done everyone!
E.O’Shea.
Friday, January 29th
Thursday, January 28th
Good morning everyone,
There is a nice P.E. activity that links with School Hub on RTE today at 11am and if you scroll down in the pdf below you will find more details on this just in case it’s too late by the time you see it. Have a great day.
Wednesday, January 27th
Hi everyone, great work yesterday, I loved reading about what you dressed up as for World Book Day last year and enjoyed reading about your heroes. Fantastic work. Apologies for the faulty link yesterday and thank you for letting me know so I could put up another one. Please watch the videos to help your activities again today.
Have a lovely day,
Ms.O’Shea.
Tuesday 26th, January
Good morning all,
Today, click on the download link to find a pdf of today’s activities and please click into the videos to go over Mental Maths and New Wave English corrections each day as well as other link videos to support in the learning of English, Irish and Maths each day. Have a great day! Below is a nice SPHE activity, also in the pdf link, that you might like to start your morning with which is on School Hub, RTE at 10am.
Ms. O’Shea.
*There seems to be a problem with the link in the pdf for fractions in maths so please use the new link here.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVOXO9NBu
SPHE: This might be a nice introduction to the day, on NEW Home School Hub at 10am on RTE.
Múinteoir Ray is teaching us how to create a fact file and we’ll be learning all about the life and work of the Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford in today’s SPHE class.
You could try this next activity in your SESE copy and enjoy the jokes at the end.
Monday, 25th January 2021
Good morning everyone,
I hope you enjoyed the weekend and we are into the final week in January. Spring is on the horizon! Thank you all for your emails last week and it was great to see the super work being put in by everyone and I’m very proud of all the girls and boys.
There are video links each day which I would encourage you to use at home with your child to help to explain activities better and go over any tricky material.
Finally, let’s not forget to wish a big happy birthday to Emily who celebrates her birthday this week. I hope it’s a fantastic day Emily!
Have a good week everyone.
E.O’Shea.
English:
Spellings:
Maybe sometime this week you could try out this to practise your spellings and have a bit of fun with them.
Regular Sort: Write the spellings out on a piece of paper, cut them up and divide them into ow, o and oa words. The one’s under the WWW section are challenge words this week and are just for learning but won’t be used in your activities this week.
Reading and Writing:
Today we are starting our new book! Open page 6 of your Starlight Combined Reading and Skills Book (CRSB). Today we will read half of the new story ‘World Book Day’.
Click on the link below to listen to listen to today’s reading and activities.
Starlight CRSB pg 8 Complete the grammar activities.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crV32T9Azt
New Wave English: Day 57
When you are finished, click on the link below and correct the activity at home.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVFIs9lmy
Handwriting: Open page 18 of your ‘Write on’ book. Today we will do half of this page which practise letters v and w. Click on the link here to watch the formation.
Fun on Monday
Have a go at this tricky activity and see how you get on. Set a timer and record how long it takes. If you make a mistake, you must go back to the start!! See how many your parents can get right too!! Best of luck!!
Tables Sheet: Your child should find table sheets in their maths book. Please just use the -2 sheet this week and today complete Day 1 and learn the first four tables using tables book. You could use this link to take you to hit the button for tables games https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button (addition within 20)
Master Your Maths: Week 18 Monday and then grab your red pen to go through the answers with me. Click here for that link.
Maths Copy Work:
a) Watch this video explaining what halves and quarters are.
b) Now talk through this sheet and point to all the wholes first, then the halves and then the quarters.
c) Rule and date your maths copy. Write the title ‘Halves’ on top. Draw these shapes in your maths copy and divide them into halves. Remember the halves have to be the exact same size.
d) Get your counters from your maths bag and watch this video here. We can work together to find halves of numbers below.
Here’s a funny story about halves if you have time to listen to it this week.
Irish:
- : Aonad 18 Learn two spellings – carr (car) and leoraí (lorry) and complete A+B. There is a short video on the pronunciation of these and how to complete each section if you need it here.
- Listen to the story for lesson 3 here.
Reading, writing and oral language: In this link I will help you with your reading on p50 in Bua na Cainte, writing on p 51 and your oral Irish. Click here.
Listen to the story ‘What sweets?’ here and have a chat about the questions below.
SESE:
Look at the poster below and read about Space travel. Make a prediction of what will happen next (in 2021) on the Space Travel time line.
You are mid-way through your mission to the moon. Write a short postcard home to your family in your SESE copy to tell them how you are getting on. Make sure and tell them where you have been, what you’ve seen, how you are managing feeling weightless and when’ll you’ll be home. Create your own postcard and stamp.
Poetry
Today, we are going to revise a poem we learned in term 1! It was definitely a class favourite!
Friday, January 21st
Test:
Test copy:
Please take out your test copy, rule a page, title and date it like you do each Friday. Please keep your writing as neat as you can. Draw a line down the middle of the page so one side is for English and one for Gaeilge. Tables can go underneath or on a new page.
Click on the link here for your test today.
Mental Maths:
Please complete the next Friday test at the back of the book. Week 16
Click on the link here to correct it with your red pen and write your score at the end of the page.
New Wave English:
Last week I wrote up p 79 and corrected 78, apologies for this. This week we are doing p 79 so whichever of these pages you haven’t completed you can do this week.
Click on the link here to correct p79 with your red pen and write your score at the end of the page.
Maths:
Today you can do your work orally, there is no need to write anything down apart from the skip counting wheels.
Skip Counting:
Use the wheel in your maths kit two write down how to count in 3’s and then 5’s.
Then if you have a rope at home you could try some more skipping chants!
Chat through the activity below. Remember vertices is another word for corners.
If you’d like to try some riddles about 2D shapes, have a look here and see if you can guess them. I’ll put up the answers on Monday to see if you were correct!
Irish:
In your Irish copy draw four hobbies you have and use the idea of the drawing below to help you. Rule, date and title your copy. Caitheamh Aimsire will be your title. If you really want a challenge write down ‘Is maith liom a bheith ag…..’ and pick one thing from the video on Friday to put underneath your picture.
Oral language dice game: click here to hear the Irish questions being read and how to answer them. Then roll the dice and whatever number you land on, you read the question and answer it!
- An bhfuil do ghruaig fada nó gearr?
- An bhfuil deartháir agat?
- An bhfuil deirfiúr agat?
- An maith leat an geimhreadh?
- Cén caitheamh aimsire is fearr leat?
- Ten Lunges!!!
English:
Well done to you all on your super recounts of your Christmas/New Year celebrations last Friday. They were all excellent!!
This week, we are going to write a recount about your last birthday. A lot of you have had very different birthdays this year due to the lockdown but I’m sure you all still had a super time! Some of you already sent me lovely pieces of writing about your birthdays so you could write about another great day you had.
We’re going to use our recount language that we have been using all along. Use the images below to help you or your Skills Book where we wrote some recounts at the beginning of the year.
You can choose to:
- Write it in your English copy.
- Make a comic strip of your birthday.
- Make a video of you telling me about your birthday.
- Present your birthday through pictures or drawings.
- Type it on the computer.
Make sure to use the language of recount in whatever you choose such as first, then, next, after that, soon afterwards, finally, at last. Get creative!
Art:
Before Winter ends, click on this link to make a home-made snowman!
Or grab a cereal box and try one of these activities:
- The first activity you could try is creating your own jigsaw. Find a jigsaw at home and look at the different shapes of each piece. Using the front piece of the box, turn to the cardboard side and draw your pieces (about 16). Cut out carefully and see can you make the puzzle.
- For your favourite teddy, design him/her its very own car!! Cut at space for the teddy to fit and design the car!
- Create a marble maze. Cut the top off a cereal box. Insert and glue in barriers on the bottom of the box. (see image). Use a marble or golf ball and see can you maneuverer the box to move the marble from the top corner to the bottom corner.
P.E.
The weather is supposed to be dry today. As part of your school work today, wrap up in warm clothes and spend 30 minutes playing outside in the fresh air!
We have another circuit challenge!
For these songs (or any lively song on the radio), complete 5 of each of the activities. Count how many rounds you can fit in! There are two songs to choose from
Pump it up!
Dance Monkey
5 x punch forwards
5 x bend and shoot (like you are shooting a basket ball)
5 x opposite knee to opposite elbow
5 seconds of rapid running.
We love ‘Go Noodle’ in school. Try one of our class favourites!
Banana, Banana, Meatball!!
English:
Spelling: Today look for some words with ee and ea in them in your books or readers and write them into you spelling and phonics copy.
Skills Book: Acrostic poem activity on p69.
Click on the video link below to listen to today’s poem and activities.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVqlO9FVX
Robert Pottle (author of ‘Waiting’) is a very funny poet. He has written lots of funny poems about school. Have a read of the poem below and pick one of the activities below after you’ve read it.
Options
- Write your own version of the poem. (You could be allergic to another place in your poem).
- Draw a picture illustrating the poem.
- Make a list of 5 excuses that you could give your teacher for not being at school.
New Wave English: Unit 5 Day 56
After you have completed your English in Practice, click on the link below to correct it.
Handwriting: Finish p 17 and look at the video again here if you need to revise the formation.
Tables Sheet: Revision sheet Day 4
Master Your Maths: Week 17 Thursday, then grab your red pen and correct your work using the link here.
Planet Maths: Yesterday’s work was tricky so here’s a link to go over that first:
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVY2G9TIN
Complete p 110 and talk through the item below. When you have p 110 completed click here to see how you got on.
Irish:
Fuaimeanna Agus Focail: Learn the next two spellings ocras (hungry) and clocha (stones) and complete the rest of the page.
Reading: Read the sentences on page 48 from yesterday.
Bua na Cainte: Listen to the story here and complete p 49 of Bua na Cainte book.
Oral Irish: Click here to practise oral Irish.
Complete p 26 and 27
SESE
Yesterday, our televisions broadcast the inauguration of Joe Biden as the president of the USA. It was a very special day for Joe Biden and his family as he became the 46th president of the USA. Read the short piece below about him and see can you answer the questions. Also, if you tune into News Today on RTE2 at 4.20, you will be able to see videos of the inauguration.
SPHE
Today, we’re going to try some relaxing activities at home to help us unwind after our day of school work. Click on this link for some relaxing music and try these two relaxing exercises.
Sometimes we can get worried, especially being away from school and not being able to see our extended family and friends. Have a listen to this story about a little girl called Ruby who finds a worry.
English:
Spellings: Today call out ten of the spellings at random for your child and ask them to write it down in one of the categories in their spelling and phonics copy without looking at yesterday’s list.
Core Reader: Read Unit 8b pg 61 & 62 Re-read the two poems again.
Skills Book: Complete Comprehension activities on p66
Click on the video link below to read along with this week’s reading and for help on today’s activity.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVqX89bNE
Oral Language:
The aliens in Starlight are having a birthday. Listen to the video today. In what way is it similar to a ‘humans’ birthday party? In what ways is it different? Have a chat with someone at home about this.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVXl8Pg5D
New Wave English: Unit 5 Day 55
After you have completed your English in Practice, click on the link below to correct it.
Handwriting: Open page 17 of your ‘Write on’ book. Today we are looking at the letter ‘o’. It joins differently than other letters. Look at the example at the top of the page and take your time. Complete the first four lines of the page. Click here if you want to watch the formation of the letters.
Tables Sheet: Revision Sheet Day 3 and learn the next four tables.
Master Your Maths: Week 17 Wednesday. Complete this page and then grab your red pen to correct using the link here.
Planet Maths: Complete p 107 and talk through the sheet below.
Irish:
Fuaimeanna Agus Focail: Learn the next two spellings rolla (roll book) and bosca (box). Complete activity E+F
Reading: Listen to the story in the video here. Click on the next link here to go over your own reading for today.
Bua na Cainte: lth 48 Write the correct sentence underneath each picture.
Oral Language: Click here to practise talking about your hobbies.
At Mass we always listen to a story about Jesus from the Gospel. There are four Gospels written by the four apostles: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Watch the video here and then practise the dialogue:
Before the Gospel:
(Stand for Gospel.)
Priest: The Lord Be With You
All: And with your spirit.
Priest: A reading from the Gospel according to Luke.
All: Glory to you O Lord. (Help children to make the sign of the cross on their forehead, lips and heart as they say this line.)
After the Gospel:
Priest: The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
P.E: This is a dance we did a lot in school as a movement break to get us up and moving after working hard. Perform it for your family at home! We have amazing dancers in our class.
We were also working on left and right in maths this week so why not give this a go!
Poetry Today we’re going to revise one of the poems we covered in our first term at school. I love trying different voices when I’m performing a poem. Try a few different ones at home today.
English:
Spellings: Today is a speed sort. Your child should time themselves as they try to arrange the cut up spellings into the correct categories and stop the clock when they are finished. They can write their time on the top of their page in their spelling and phonics copy and then write the words again in their categories to revise the spellings again.
Core Reader: Read Unit 8b p 61 and 62 again.
Skills Book: Complete p 68 Grammar page or p 67 Vocab page whichever you didn’t do yesterday as I made an error here yesterday calling p 67 Grammar. Apologies for this.
New Wave English: Unit 5 Day 54 After you have completed your English in Practice, click on the link below to correct it.
Handwriting: Complete the rest of page 16.
A Limerick is a 5 lined poem that rhymes. It’s usually written about silly things and it’s full of nonsense! Read the 5 examples below and see can you write your own ‘Limerick’ or record yourself saying one orally!
Maths:
Tables Sheet: Revision tables sheet –1 Day 2. Learn the next four. Say them to a clapping beat like you do in class. Try some games on hit the button again for revision. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Master Your Maths: Week 17 Tuesday Please get your red pen when you are done and correct yesterday’s work and today’s work using the link here.
Planet Maths: Watch this video – remember vertices is just another name for corners.
Complete p 106 in your maths book and talk through the sheet below orally to see if you can answer the questions and find some cubes around your house. You could take pictures to send them to me or write down what you found in your copy.
Irish:
Fuaimeanna agus Focal: Learn spellings doras (door) and stoca (sock) and complete activity C+D.
Scéal: Listen to the story on Bua na Cainte again here and colour p 47.
Bua na Cainte Listen to the poem Cé hé mise and practise reading it here.
Oral Language: Practise a new question continuing on from yesterday’s oral language. Listen here.
Religion: The next reading that we hear from the Bible at Mass is one of the psalms. There are 150 of them and each one has a number. This one is Psalm 23. We usually sing the response.
Click here to listen.
Music
Did you know that you could use your body as an instrument. Have a look at the picture and see can you make the four sounds.
You can create a pattern like these ones below. See can you create your own pattern (no need to draw) .
Today we are going to learn a new song called ‘Little Liza Jane’. It’s a lively song and really fun to sing. I have changed the lyrics slightly so the song includes different places around Cork! I hope you enjoy it!
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVFXF9lQs
Week of 18th January 2021
Good morning everyone,
I hope you all had a lovely weekend! A big well done on all the hard work from everybody last week and the great effort that everyone put it. It was terrific to receive all your emails and I look forward to the week ahead. As always you can only do your best and if you need further support please don’t hesitate to contact me at e.oshea@upperglanmirens.ie .
Also a big happy birthday to James who will be celebrating his birthday this week. I hope you enjoy your special day James!
Have a great week everyone.
E.O’Shea.
Monday, January 18th
English:
Spellings:
Regular Sort: Write the spellings out on a piece of paper, cut them up and divide them into ee words and ea words. The one’s under the WWW section are for an extra challenge this week and are just for learning but won’t be used in your activities this week.
Core Reader: Read Unit 8b pg 61 and 62
Skills Book: Complete Grammar activity p67- see link below beforehand.
Click on the video link below to hear today’s reading, explanation of the focus words and a revision of the grammar you will need for your skills book today.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVo2r9nqo
New Wave English: Unit 5 Day 53
After you have completed your English in Practice, click on the link below to correct it.
Handwriting: Open page 16 of your ‘Write on’ book. Today we will do have this page which practise the three letters we did last week l, h and k. Complete half of the page today as far as the word ‘keen’ on the second section.
Tables Sheet: Your child should find table sheets in their maths book. Please just use the -1 sheet this week and today complete Day 1 and learn the first four tables using tables book. You could use this link to take you to hit the button for tables games https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button (addition within 20)
Master Your Maths: Week 17 Monday Tomorrow I will go through the answers for that day and you can correct them with your red pen.
Planet Maths: Try out this Simon Says game below. Whoever is at home with you could be the teacher and call out the instructions to try and catch you out. Then complete p 104 and 105 in your maths book. For part C in 104 you could just give directions orally for how to get to places in your own home.
Irish:
- : Aonad 17 Learn two spellings – pota (pot) and spota (spot) and complete A+B. There is a short video on the pronunciation of these if you need it here.
- Listen to the story about the snowman here.
Listen to anexplanation of page 46 here and then complete the page.
- Listen to the short piece of oral Irish here and practise it at home.
Religion:
Listen to the First Reading that happens in Mass here. It will show a story from the Bible that Jesus heard when he was a boy.
After watching answer these questions: Who read the First reading? What were the people in the church doing while the person was reading? At the end, the person said ‘The Word of the Lord.’ What did people say?
Learn response to ‘The Word of The Lord. Thanks be to God.
SESE:
Continuing with our Space theme, today we’re going to look at the planets in the Solar System. Below you will find a poem which will help you learn the names of the planets. This sounds really good if you add a beat(Clap or tap something) and say it with a rap style rhythm!!
Below, use the worksheet to help you design your won planet. Use paper and colours to draw a picture of your planet.
Friday, January 15th
Test:
Test copy:
Please take out your test copy, rule a page, title and date it like you do each Friday. Please keep your writing as neat as you can. Draw a line down the middle of the page so one side is for English and one for Gaeilge. Tables can go underneath or on a new page.
Ask someone at home to call out 12 of your English spellings for you to write down. Then watch the video here for your Irish spellings and tables. You may need to pause it.
Mental Maths:
Please complete the next Friday test at the back of the book. Week 15
Click on the link here to correct it with your red pen and write your score at the end of the page.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crV22kP9zZ
New Wave English:
Complete second revision p 79 at the back of the book.
Click on the link here to correct it with your red pen and write your score at the end of the page.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crV22NP9CB
English:
I would like you to tell me about your holidays over Christmas. You can tell me about the whole holiday or Christmas day, New Year’s Eve or just your favourite day over the holidays. We’re going to use our recount language that we have been using all along. Use the image below to help you or your Skills Book where we wrote some recounts at the beginning of the year.
You can choose to:
- Write it in your English copy.
- Make a comic strip of your holiday.
- Make a video of you telling me about your holiday.
- Present your holiday through pictures or drawings.
- Type it on the computer.
Make sure to use the language of recount in whatever you choose such as first, then, next, after that, soon afterwards, finally, at last. Get creative!
The Twits:
Before the holidays we were reading The Twits. We didn’t get to finish it but here is part 1 if you want to listen again and I will put up parts 2 and final part next week.
Enjoy!
Maths:
Skip Counting:
Use the wheel in your maths kit two write down how to count in 2’s and then 4’s.
Then if you have a rope at home you could try these skipping chants!
Weight Scavenger Hunt:
Have a look in your kitchen and see if you can find things that weigh near to the weights listed below.
Irish:
Oral language dice game: click here to hear the Irish questions being read and how to answer them. Then roll the dice and whatever number you land on you read the question and answer it!
- Cad is ainm duit?
- Conas atá tú?
- Cén dath atá ar do ghruaig?
- Cén dath atá ar do shúile?
- An mó duine atá i do chlann?
- Six sit ups!!
SPHE: Click here to listen to a story about colours in a rainbow who did not get along. https://youtu.be/wLXrip9t_K4
Art:
Here are some New Year’s Art Activities that you can try at home. You could create your own art projects at home too.
English:
Spelling: Today look for some of the sounds you are working on this week in your books or readers and write them into your spelling and phonics copy. These can be hard to fine so just a few will do.
Reading: Have a listen to this funny story called Baloney by clicking on the link below. It’s a story with some made up words in it all about a boy who makes up a very interesting excuse for being late for class. Before you listen and look at the pictures, see if you can guess what these words below mean. Then go back after listening to the story and see if you can figure out what the words mean or if your guess was correct!
| Word from the story | What I think it means before I see the illustrations | What I think it means after I see the illustrations |
| zimulis | ||
| deski | ||
| szkola | ||
| razzo | ||
| kuningus | ||
| sighing flosser | ||
Skills Book: p 65 write an acrostic poem for PARTY. We have done these in class. Here’s an example of one below. You can write a sentence or just a word that begins with each letter.
New Wave English: Unit 5 Day 52
Handwriting: p15 letter k. Look at this video to watch the formation.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVlo7PHni
Maths:
Tables Sheet: Revision sheet Day 4
Master Your Maths: Week 16 Thursday
Planet Maths: Please watch the video and then complete p 98
Irish:
Fuaimeanna Agus Focail: Learn the next two spellings Liam and Niamh
Reading: Listen to the reading again in the video and then try it yourself.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVll6PGHm
Bua na Cainte: Today we will be learning a new poem called ‘Sciorr an Mhuc’.
The first video link explains today’s page in your Bua na Cainte.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVI6sP7xP
The second link is a recording of the poem from our school Bua na Cainte.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVI6RP746
PE:
This is a great song for getting moving. Try this mini circuit and see how many can times you can complete it during the song.
5 x jumping jacks
5 x touch the floor and jump
5 x butt kicks
5 x punch the sky as high as you can.
If you can’t use this song, use any song on the radio.
You can let me know how many times you were able to complete. Best of luck!
SESE:
Over the next three weeks, we will be learning about space, the planets and space travel. For this week, I want you to design the rocket that you plan to go to space in and make a list of ten things you are going to take with you.
When you are designing your rocket, remember to include the following things:
- Nose – The tip at the top of the rocket
- Exhaust flames- These are at the bottom of the rocket and help when it is about to launch.
- A window
- Tube of the Rocket- Centre/Main part of the rocket
- Next, make a list of what you would bring with you. The rocket is already stocked with food and water! You could write them in your SESE copy.
English:
Spellings: Today call out ten of the spellings at random for your child and ask them to write it down in one of the categories without looking at yesterdays list in their copy.
Core Reader: Read p 59 and 60 again.
Skills Book: p 62, write the answers to the questions into English copy and the rest into the book. Don’t worry about the very last item where they are asked to draw a picture unless they want to do it. They could just chat to you about it.
New Wave English: Unit 5 Day 51
Handwriting: p 15, l and h only. See the video below for the formation.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVX2MPkZb
Maths:
Tables Sheet: Revision Sheet Day 3
Master Your Maths: Week 16 Wednesday
Planet Maths: p97
Irish:
Fuaimeanna Agus Focail: Learn the next two spellings iasc (fish) and an ghrian (the sun)
Reading: Listen to the reading in the video and then try it yourself.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVll6PGHm
Bua na Cainte: lth 44 Crosfhocal – crossword and in your Irish copy draw a picture of yourself in winter time and what you are wearing. The title will be An Geimhreadh.
Tá _______orm. Use these pictures below to help you.
Music:
Today we will revise a song that we learned during the first term ‘Down by the Bay’. We had a great time coming up with extra verses. See can you come up with a new verse and sing it at home.
I love to march to music. Click on the link below and march to the song at home. Pretend you are the conductor of the musicians. Be as dramatic as you can and use your ruler as a baton!!!!
P.E.
Today or sometime this week try out this session by Rebel Og Coaching. You could do it as part of your lunchtime break. Maybe you could ask your friends how they got on with it on the phone!
Tuesday, January 12th
English:
Spellings: Today is called a speed sort. Your child should time themselves as they try to arrange the cut up spellings into the correct categories and stop the clock when they are finished. They can write their time on the top of their page in their spelling and phonics copy and then write the words again in their categories to revise the spellings again.
Core Reader: Read Unit 8a p 59 and 60 again.
Skills Book: Please watch the video below andcomplete activity on contractions p 64.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVXQNPghn
New Wave English: Unit 5 Day 50
Handwriting: Complete p 14 * Remember d and t don’t touch the top line.
Scavenger Hunt:
I hope Santa brought you some nice books for Christmas and that you were able to read a few books over the Christmas Holidays. If you have time, see how many of the books you can find at home in the Scavenger hunt. Best of luck!!
Maths:
Tables Sheet: Revision tables sheet – Day 2. Revise +10 tables. Say them to a clapping beat like you do in class. Try some games on hit the button again for revision. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Master Your Maths: Week 16 Tuesday
Planet Maths: Watch the video below and complete p 96
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVXXKPgO8
Irish:
Fuaimeanna agus Focal: Learn spellings iad (these) and siad (they) and complete activity C+D.
Bua na Cainte Lth 43 Re-read the Irish reading and fill in the blanks on the exercise at the bottom of the page. Listen to this piece talking about what the weather WILL be like tomorrow. We use the word ‘Beidh’ when talking about the future.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVXonPkud
Have a look at the Irish video from yesterday and write a short piece about what a boy/girl wears during winter in your Irish copy. Tá ______air. Tá ______uirthi.
Religion: Listen to the story of David and Goliath on the video link below and complete p 24 and 25 of pupil book.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVXlzPgAY
Poem: Revise ‘I Like Me’ poem in your songs and poems copy.
January 11th 2021
Dear Parents and Children,
I hope you all had a very enjoyable holiday and although it is with great disappointment that we are not returning to school as we know it, I hope for a better 2021 for everyone.
Below are activities for the children to do today Monday 11th of January. The children should be used to doing most of these activities at school during our normal school day and routine. Throughout the week there may be a video to support a particular activity.
If there are activities where the children will be using their copies please encourage them to rule the page and write a title and date on the top of the page as they do in school.
I have also sent home a maths pack with a few items to help them with some maths activities and it would be great if you could look after these as best you can until they children return.
I understand the next few weeks will be challenging so please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of help at e.oshea@upperglanmirens.ie or if you would like your child’s work to be corrected.
Ms. Duggan will also be working with me during this time and can be contacted at a.duggan@upperglanmirens.ie.
I would also like to wish a happy birthday to Sarah and Seán as they celebrated their birthdays over the holidays. I hope you both enjoyed your special day!
Take care and stay safe.
Kind Regards,
Ms. O’Shea.
Monday, January 11th
English:
Spellings: Your child should have a list of spellings for this week that I put into their Skills book. Usually on Mondays, we cut these up and put them into categories according to the spelling patterns. The children should have a scissors in their maths bags to do this.
Core Reader: Read Unit 8a p59 and 60
Skills Book: Complete Vocabulary activity p63
New Wave English: Complete Day 49 on Unit 5
Handwriting: Complete letters d and t only on p 14. This video will help with the formation if you need it. https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crV6bLPzl1
Maths:
Tables Sheet: Your child should find table sheets in their maths book. Please just use the Revision Tables sheet this week and today complete Day 1 and revise +9 tables using tables book. You could use this link to take you to hit the button for tables games https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button (addition within 20)
Master Your Maths: Week 16 Monday
Planet Maths: Please watch the video below to help you.
Then complete p 95 B and C and the short copybook activity explained in the video.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crV6FQPz2L
Irish:
Fuaimeanna Agus Focail: Aonad 16 Learn two spellings – bia (food) and fia (deer) and complete A+B. There is a short video on the pronunciation of these if you need it here:
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crV6FcPzIQ
Bua na Cainte: Bua na Cainte Lth 43 Try the Irish reading at home. Use the video link below to help you.
In your Gaeilge copy, write 4 sentences about today’s weather. Start your writing with ‘Inniu an Luan’. You could use the vocabulary in the story.
https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crViXAP03I
SESE:
Read about these funny New Year Traditions from around the world.
Draw a picture of your favourite tradition in your SESE copy.
Underneath it write some resolutions or plans that you have for the New Year – these could be things that you will take on or things that you might give up.
This year mine are:
- I will try to go for a walk each day.
- I will not eat chocolate during the week.
- I will try to learn how to play chess.
- I will try to learn how to bake something new.
These might give you some ideas if you want to create something bigger in your copy:
Christmas 2020:
Happy Christmas to all and I hope you all have a lovely Christmas holiday! Here’s what we’ve been up to in our class this Christmas. We’ve had great fun and enjoyed the run up to Christmas. The children worked very hard at their play and showed some great acting skills! We hope you enjoyed it at home.
Parents,
Just a quick note to thank you all for your support and hard work in getting the children back to school. It’s been fantastic to be back in school and to see the children enjoying being back with their friends and learning together.
Here is a little look at what we got up to over the past few weeks and a few Halloween activities that we got involved in over past couple of days.
I hope you all enjoy the midterm!
Happy Halloween!
Ms. O’Shea.
We created our own obstacle courses!
Maths Hunt
Leaf Hunt
2nd class reading: Snakes
2nd Class Reading
Spelling Dice Games
